"Asteroid City"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Tom O'Brien & Will Mavity. Today, we're discussing Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" starring Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Hope Davis, Stephen Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dillon, Hong Chau, Willem Dafoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Revolori, Jake Ryan & Jeff Goldblum. What did we think of the story, characters, and craft of Anderson's latest? Tune in as we discuss these points, the narrative framing device, awards potential, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the next best picture podcast, and this is our review of Asteroid City.
0:05.6	You're not here.
0:06.4	We're not there. The car exploded.
0:10.1	Come get the girls. I have to stay here with Woodrow.
0:12.5	I'm not the chauffeur. I'm the grandfather. Where are you?
0:15.5	Asteroid City, farm route 6, mile 75.
0:20.4	My strange. Junior star gazers and space cadets.
0:23.6	Each year we celebrate Asteroid Day,
0:26.6	commemorating September 23rd, 307 BC when the arid plains meteorite made Earth in that.
0:32.6	Holy Toledo.
0:39.2	That's Mitch Campbell.
0:40.4	You were very good in the one about the tramp in the brothel who gets amnesian.
0:44.4	Thank you.
0:44.7	He's a pediatrician.
0:45.4	You were very often.
0:46.2	Actually, maybe my favorite character.
0:47.5	I don't know why nobody else liked it.
0:49.3	All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for Asteroid City, and the story is as follows as follows world changing events spectacularly disrupt the itinerary of a junior space cadet star gazer convention in an american desert town circa 1955 the film is starring jason schwarzeman scarlet johansen tom hanks geoffrey ryan cranston edward norton adrian brodie fryder Lee F. Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steven Park, Rupert friend, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Brian Cranston, Edward Norton,
1:11.1	Adrian Brody, Leif Schreiber, Hope Davis, Steven Park, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carell, Matt Dylan, Hong Chow, Willem Defoe, Margot Robbie, Tony Reve-Volloree, Jake Ryan, and Jeff Goldblum. You think he like packs out his cast deliberately so that you have to read him off in the style of his speech.
1:28.6	The film is written and directed by Wes Anderson.
1:32.2	And here to join me today, I have Josh Parm.
1:36.1	Hello, hello.
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