Edgar Wright

Talking Pictures

TCM and HBO Max

Tv & Film

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Talking Pictures is back with ardent movie fan and beloved filmmaker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead and The Running Man). He talks with host Ben Mankiewicz about living in Quentin Tarantino’s guesthouse, action movie montages, and being mesmerized by Sidney Poitier at the TCM Classic Film Festival. To Ben’s surprise, Wright christens Ben’s home studio with a perfect classic film moniker. Films mentioned: Raiders of the Lost Ark Shaun of the Dead Baby Driver The Running Man Hot Fuzz The World’s End Star Wars: Episode IV: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Star Trek: The Motion Picture Watership Down The Lord of The Rings (1978 animated film) Popeye Evil Dead and Evil Dead II El Mariachi Reservoir Dogs Bad Taste Rumble In The Bronx Something About Mary Silence of the Lambs In the Heat of the Night Raising Arizona Goodfellas Pink Panther films Hellraiser The Wages of Fear Sorcerer Lawrence of Arabia E.T. Umberto D. This Is Spinal Tap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.9	I remember seeing close encounters, I remember seeing Star Trek, the motion picture.
0:37.5	Raids at the Lost Dark, definitely more than once at the cinema. And actually, I remember that. But then you're seven and you're getting it. Well also I remember
0:41.1	that one specifically was the first time I remember understanding that somebody made the movie.
0:45.9	And because the trailer for Raiders made a big deal of like from director Steven Spielberg,
0:52.4	from producer George Lucas.
0:58.6	And then also, you know, like, oh, Han Solo is in this film, but he's playing a different character.
0:59.4	So he's not, Harrison Ford is not really Han Solo.
1:02.2	He's a guy.
1:06.1	This is Talking Pictures, a movie memories podcast from Turner Classic movies and HBO Max.
1:12.0	I'm Ben McAweens.
1:13.2	Today's guest, Edgar Wright.
1:17.0	Edgar Wright has now directed eight feature films, so he's pretty much figured out how movies are made.
1:23.3	He broke out in 2004 with the zombie comedy Sean of the Dead.
1:26.9	He wrote it with its star, Simon Pegg.
1:29.8	Wright's biggest commercial success came in 2017, Baby Driver,
1:33.9	where he put his love of music and punchy editing together
1:37.0	with some wild chase sequences.
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