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🗓️ 9 August 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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The Shat Crew trades leather jackets for Stetsons and arena rock for steel guitars with George Strait’s acting debut, Pure Country. Commissioned by listener Frank Fall, this 1992 romantic drama follows country superstar "Dusty" Chandler, who’s grown tired of the smoke, lasers, and screaming crowds. Disappearing from the spotlight, Dusty sets out to rediscover the joy of music—and maybe find love—while keeping his identity a secret.
While Big D marvels at the film’s unapologetic sincerity and old-school values, Gene wrestles with whether Dusty’s “just folks” routine is genuine or a branding exercise. From ponytails to denim tuxedos, the crew dives into the movie’s nostalgic Americana and debates whether its soundtrack is the true star.
Is Pure Country a sweet, wholesome reminder of sticking to your roots, or is it just a two-hour George Strait music video? Grab your Wranglers, crack open a cold one, and find out.
Plot Summary:
In Pure Country, country music superstar Dusty Chandler grows disillusioned with the flashy trappings of fame and vanishes from the spotlight. Returning to his Texas roots under the radar, he rediscovers the simple joys of performing and falls for a local woman who doesn’t recognize him. But as love blooms, Dusty must choose between the quiet life he’s found and the career waiting for him.
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0:00.0 | We got pickup trucks, check. |
0:02.1 | Horses. Check. Rodeo. Check. Some kind of cattle. Check. Grandma and grandpa. We got wisdom of the ages, the country sage. We got it all, Gene. We got kickers. We got line dancing. Young people trying to hook up. Giant belt buckles got trucks tractor trailers we got fucking everything jean |
0:22.4 | remember when we first met john mclean our god picked him up from the plane and took him down |
0:29.1 | the knocketomi tower at the christmas party and the terrorists were over zealids but it was sweet |
0:36.7 | when they killed ellice and with a little |
0:39.8 | love from Allen john mclec kick dies welcome back to chat the movies the podcast where we |
0:45.9 | answer the question were the movies we love when we were growing up really that good you've ever caught |
0:50.4 | yourself thinking why don't they make movies like they used to can you still remember spending |
0:54.1 | your friday night searching for the perfect movie rental of Blockbuster Video? Do you know what Blockbuster Video is? If you answered yes, and this is the podcast for you, I am one of your hosts, Gene Lyons, alongside as my co-host, Big D, Dick Ebert. Good evening. And each week, we take a look back in time, decided if our favorite films still hold up. The movies we cover are chosen by you, the listeners, who generously commission the films you love. If you like to see all the movies we have covered, we'll cover, or want to choose one for yourself. Please visit chatpod.com and have a look. At the end of each podcast, we'll provide you the audience with a number of wipes each movie tape to get off your respected butts. |
1:30.0 | So thank you so much for listening. If you have not already, hit that subscribe button to share with a friend. |
1:34.1 | It's how we help the podcast grow. Additionally, subscribe to our sister podcast, chat on TV. |
1:39.4 | Review TV series such as Westworld, Taboo, American Gods, Game of Thrones, True Detective, Love Cap Country, |
1:45.0 | and Watchmen. Find all information at past episodes at shappod.com slash TV. And finally, |
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1:54.4 | chatpod.com slash Twitch and our YouTube channel where we play video games, host watch parties, |
1:59.6 | and edit this podcast live. |
2:01.6 | All that being said, Big D, what movie are reviewing today? |
2:06.1 | So, Gene, we're coming up on 10 years with this podcast. |
2:10.7 | Amazingly. |
2:11.3 | I think it's August will be 10 years that shot the movies and shot on TV started. |
2:17.0 | And over those years and hundreds of movies and hundreds of episodes of television, |
2:23.1 | watching the shows and talking about them is a lot of fun. |
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