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The Erik Anders Lang Show: Golf - Travel - Comedy

Ep 39: Tin Cup Director Ron Shelton

The Erik Anders Lang Show: Golf - Travel - Comedy

RGC Radio

Comedy, Golf, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Sports

4.8949 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Erik talks with Oscar nominated writer/director Ron Shelton about his golf classic Tin Cup with a deep dive inside the psyche of Kevin Costner's character Roy McAvoy, a down on his luck golf hustler looking for his last chance at greatness during the US Open. Ron Shelton is also the writer/director behind the Oscar nominated Bull Durham and White Men Can't Jump. Follow Erik on Instagram @erikanderslang Twitter @erikanderslang and Facebook @erikanderslangofficial Watch Adventures in Golf on youtube.com/skratchtv Send a message on Erik’s website https://www.erikanderslang.com/hit-us-up or direct message Erik on Instagram with your questions. Erik can give you advice on the podcast --- golf, relationships, or anything on your mind! Learn more about Erik's upcoming documentary Be the Ball at betheballmovie.com Butcher Box is offering listeners $20 off their first box and free bacon! Visit butcherbox.com/erik or visit butcherbox.com and use code Erik at checkout! Butcher Box delivers healthy 100% grass-fed and finished beef, free-range organic chicken, and Heritage breed pork directly to your door on a monthly basis.

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome to a I would say very very special episode of the air playing show Jeff. Thank you.

0:17.0

Oh you're welcome. I would say I mean the the person sitting in front of us right now is I don't know I mean a

0:28.0

legend and probably in some ways has done more for golf than his years would allow would you say yeah

0:36.0

I mean how important is tin cup to you as a golf movie is that up there caty shack

0:40.5

happy Gilmore oh yeah I, so we're sitting here

0:44.3

with writer director Ron Shelton.

0:47.6

And I guess, but just before we get into it,

0:51.6

I just really wanted to say I don't know if I've ever been this

0:56.2

excited for a podcast interview. Wow like literally I think I'm technically I'm sitting

1:01.8

in my chair but there's I'm only on like a tenth of it

1:04.4

I'm just on the edge of my seat I just I have so many things to talk about and I'm worried that

1:10.3

you know Mr Shelton is gonna need need to leave after about four and half hours.

1:16.0

Have you prepared a long list of questions for him? I mean the list of questions is more

1:20.5

like a spider web inside my brain.

1:22.6

It's a labyrinth of questions that just each one gets deeper and deeper.

1:26.0

How fascinated are you with Tin Cup?

1:29.0

When was the first time you saw it?

1:30.0

Well, I guess Tin Cup for me, you know, obviously I just watched it again. I've seen it several times.

1:40.0

I think, you know, one of the great things about films is we can watch them again and again and they don't change but we do and they change for us and I mean I guess I want to get into the interview

1:51.3

let should we just start the interview?

1:53.0

And then, because some things I really want to like get into directly.

1:57.0

Yeah, let's jump right into it.

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