Splash (1984)

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Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film History

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🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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There are movies and then there are career changing movies. Drew Barrymore can thank a loveable three foot tall extra terrestrial for putting her on the map. Sean Penn better add Mr. Hand to his holiday cards, because Fast Time At Ridgemont High was his coming out party. Michael Keating might be "Batman" but without Nigh Shift he might of ended up being Mr. Freeze. Nicolas Cage is basking in the moment, but owes it all to Valley Girl...for sure! And before Nicole Kidman was anything, she was a fifteen year old Aussie in the 80s classic, BMX Bandits. Despite all these examples there is one movie I left off that is solely responsible for launching the career of Hollywood's favorite actor. Had it not been for a sweet silly film about a mermaid in New York, Tom Hanks would be nothing more than a Bosom Buddy instead of the A-List star we know today. Today on Buzzn The Tower we'll take a deep dive into the ocean and talk about the career changing Ron Howard film, Splash. I'm Mo Shapiro and joining me as always the Freddie to my Allen, Max Sanders. And with that...

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0:00.0	One fine day
0:04.8	Love came for me.
0:07.0	John Candy showed up late to set one day.
0:09.1	He profusely apologized to Ron Howard, who was, you know, very cool about it.
0:13.2	It's like, it's all right. It's a little more about it.
0:14.7	He's looking like a kitty, a pretty cool, not a problem.
0:16.4	And they said, let's just get started shooting.
0:18.1	And John Candy kind of pulled Ron Howard aside and told him that he actually hadn't slept through
0:23.5	the alarm clock, but he was drunk.
0:26.8	And the reason he was drunk is because he had gone to a bar the previous night.
0:31.8	And Jack Nicholson was at the bar.
0:33.4	No.
0:34.0	And he recognized him.
0:35.2	And John Candy was fed drinks by Jack Nicholson all through the night, right?
0:39.7	Like they had a night.
0:40.6	He's like, I got to go.
0:41.5	Yeah.
0:41.7	I got to go, you know, shoot the next day.
0:43.7	And Nicholson's like, you're going to be all right, kid.
0:46.0	Don't worry about it.
0:47.0	The next day when he shows up to set, he's also still drunk.
0:49.6	And the scene they were shooting was the racquetball scene.
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