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Maltin on Movies

49 Philip Seymour Hoffman Films

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2662 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2015

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week, Leonard and Baron discuss the remarkable Philip Seymour Hoffman and focus on three films from his unbelievable career: the exceptionally great film Charlie Wilson's War, a definite dud in which he's actually very good in, and a sleeper worth checking out called A Late Quartet.

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. This is Leonard Malton. You're listening to Malton on movies with Baron Vaughn.

0:10.6

And I'm Baron Vaugh. You are Baron Vaughn. I know you anywhere. So I've been told. Yeah, yeah. Are you still touring?

0:17.1

Yes, a little bit. Got some dates coming up. Actually, this weekend in Lafayette, Louisiana.

0:23.3

All right.

0:24.1

Very good.

0:24.9

Eat well.

0:25.6

I will try.

0:28.5

We are doing something we haven't done in a while today.

0:32.6

We're going to focus on a single actor, a single actor's performances.

0:37.4

And we did a few of these in the past, but

0:39.3

we thought it was time we're overdue for doing that again as our theme. And the name that came

0:44.4

to mind, because he's one of the great actors of our generation, is Philip Seymour Hoffman.

0:50.5

Yeah, how did it come to mind? We got to talk about him? Yeah, I don't remember. Some other movie

0:55.0

we watch it, we're like, oh, he's so good. You know, and when you look at his list of films,

0:59.3

I'm just going to read a few, okay? Break out that resume. Uh, nobody's fool. Twister, hard eight,

1:05.9

boogie nights, the big Lobowski, happiness, flawless, magnolia, the talented Mr. Ripley, almost famous,

1:15.1

Staten, Maine, Punch Drunk Love, The 25th Hour, Owning Mahoney, a little film I love,

1:21.9

Cold Mountain, Capote, of course, which one of his Oscar, Mission of Possible Three,

1:26.9

Before the Devil Kn you're dead.

1:29.2

The Savages, another little film I like a lot. Charlie Wilson's War, which we'll be talking about

1:33.7

later on. Cinectody, New York, Doubt, pirate radio, Jack O's Boating, the one that he made himself,

1:41.0

Moneyball, the Master, the Hunger Games, of course, God's Pocket,

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