#523 — John McEnroe, Baz Luhrmann

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Don't ever say that the Empire Podcast has a predictable roster of guests. For this week sees tennis legend John McEnroe sit down on Zoom with Chris Hewitt for a fun chat about his career, the new documentary McEnroe (which chronicles said career), and the numerous cameos he's made (usually as himself) in an array of films and TV shows. We cannot be serious? We can be serious. And don't call us Shirley. Chris is also joined by Elvis director Baz Luhrmann in an excerpt from our upcoming spoiler special on that fantastic fever dream of a movie. And, in the brand new podbooth (actually, the Jazz FM studio), Chris is joined by Ben Travis and Sophie Butcher for an episode in which they discuss the panels they want to see at next week's Comic-Con, the week's movie news, including the sad death of the legendary James Caan, and review The Gray Man -- the movie that sees the Russo Brothers reunite with Chris Evans -- McEnroe, The Sea Beast, and The Railway Children Return. The Railway Children have returned? YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS, MAN! Enjoy. TIMESTAMPS! (Timings are approx.) Intro/Listener Question -- 0:00.00 - 31:04.00 John McEnroe Interview -- 31:05.00 - 46:25.00 Movie News -- 46:26.00 - 1:12:50.00 Baz Luhrmann Interview -- 1:12:51.00 - 1:22:39.00 Reviews/Outro -- 1:22:40.00 - end

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:13.9	Yeah, my podcast is weak. You cannot be serious, man.
0:18.4	John McEnroe, one of the greatest tennis players of all time on a movie podcast?
0:23.8	What are we gonna talk about?
0:25.3	Well, his many film and TV appearances, of course.
0:28.6	Plus, a little mini-spoider chat with the director of Elvis, Mr. Baz Lerman,
0:34.6	all that. And the usual news and nonsense on the movie podcast that is wearing shorts to work.
0:40.4	My apologies to my two colleagues of such lethal cunning. It's white guy legs day. I'm sorry.
0:47.3	I am also part of white guy legs day. And honestly, I'm just relieved you wearing anything on the
0:51.2	farmhouse. It makes a nice change. It's also white girl legs day. Oh, I am also wearing shorts.
0:56.4	Yeah, yeah. Sun glasses may be required. Anyway, hello, Paul. I'm Chris Eutman. Welcome to the
1:01.2	Amprad podcast, which is no longer in the gray to pressing Paul booth. We are now in our new
1:06.8	temporary home. We are recording in the jazz FM, jazz FM studio. And it's all very lovely.
1:15.2	It's got nice ambient lighting. There's a jazz quintet in the corner. It's really quite
1:21.7	light. You know, and jazz is pretty much like this podcast because we like to riff.
1:32.7	I do have my kazoo. I like to have my kazoo. Can we somehow override jazz FM with like a kazoo
1:39.6	freaking out? Kazoo FM, Kaz FM. Now you're talking I could do that because I actually have the
1:45.5	power. I'm not going to use it, but I have the power to log on and override jazz FM. There's
1:50.4	There's every chance we might be doing this right now
1:52.1	that we may be overriding jazz FM.
1:54.0	And people listening,
1:54.8	can I listen to jazz FM?
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