Michael Barker and Tom Bernard

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Michael Barker and Tom Bernard are marking 30 years of running Sony Pictures Classics, but we moviegoers are the ones who ought to be celebrating. Thanks to their good taste and savvy salesmanship, films as diverse as The Fog of War, Blue Jasmine, and Frozen River have made their way into American theaters. They have championed such filmmakers as Pedro Almodóvar, Guillermo del Toro, Agnieszka Holland, and Susanne Bier, to name just a few. And they still believe that audiences want to see good films on a theater screen. Leonard and Jessie have known the illustrious pair for many years but never engaged them in an interview until now. They have a lot to say—and a lot to be proud of…including a new boxed set of Blu-ray discs including The Devil’s Backbone, Run Lola Run and their all-time biggest hit, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

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1:01.6	Hi everybody, I'm Leonard Malton. And I'm Jesse Malton. You're listening to Malton on movies.
1:06.5	And if you have watched movies and you have a discerning eye, if you have what I would call good taste,
1:14.0	that's a very subjective thing.
1:16.3	But I would say if you have a wide-ranging interest in all kinds of movies,
1:21.8	then chances are very, very good.
1:24.2	You've seen movies released by Sony Pictures Classics. And then I would say,
1:29.1	Batman and Robin, except they're both Batman. How do we? Well, there are, our guest today
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