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Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Paul & Amy reach out to 1997's Robert Zemeckis extraterrestrial encounter film Contact! They learn about the long journey Carl Sagan's story took to the screen, ask whether Matthew McConaughey's character is too daffy, and debate the existence of God and aliens. Plus: How did they get Bill Clinton to cameo? Next week Unspooled's space series continues with Alien! You can join the conversation for this series on the Unspooled Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/unspooledpodcast, and on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test, and apply to be a contestant at [email protected]! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:00.0	The year is 1997, and they should have sent a poet or a podcaster.
0:08.0	The movie, contact.
0:10.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Unspooled.
0:32.0	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:34.0	I am Paul Sheer and this is the podcast where Amy and I are endeavoring to find the best movies of all time.
0:40.0	Season 1 was all about the AFI list. Season 2 has been about your list, our list, building the best list.
0:47.0	And right now we are in the middle of our space mini-series, which I am so excited to dig back into after a little time away.
0:55.0	Amy, I'm sorry I've been away. Thank you for running this entire show while I've been gone.
1:01.0	I missed you and I'm so glad we get to make the contact.
1:06.0	Oh, I like it. And you know, Amy, I have to say that maybe I have a better connection now to space films because I feel like I've been out of sorts recently.
1:17.0	We were shooting nights. That's why I haven't been able to do the show. I was shooting nights for about three weeks, which totally messes up your system.
1:23.0	And because I've never been to space, I'm going to say that probably shooting nights and being in space about the same thing. And I'm sure all the astronauts out there that listen to this program probably will agree with me.
1:33.0	You were shooting nights, not too far away like Ventura County, right?
1:37.0	Ventura County, home of the Costco, where Ricky Schroeder assaulted that guy in front.
1:44.0	I mean, by the way, can I just say something about this? Not that this show needs to go into this thing. Can we be over this trend of attacking people who work at stores about masks?
1:54.0	Like, I get it. If you want to be on anti-mask or that's your own thing. I don't need to get into that.
2:00.0	It's dumb, but I won't get into it. I'm just going to say, but we don't need to attack the people who work at these stores. I think it's the lowest of the low.
2:09.0	Like this guy's not making the rules. He's just keep everybody safe. Fucking Ricky Schroeder.
2:14.0	No, it's the dumbest thing on the planet. It's the dumbest thing on the planet.
2:17.0	I'm not going to let you show this job. It just makes you look dumb. We've been doing this over a year. You're still surprised.
2:23.0	Yeah. Come on. Where are you in?
2:26.0	When you were in Ventura County, I have to ask, do you feel like you got closer to God?
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