The Adventure Films Podcast
Garen Ewing and Murray Ewing venture into the perilous world of Adventure films! In each podcast we explore one of ten classics in different categories to discover what makes them such thrilling stories and fantastic films.
- Update frequency
- every 94 days
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2021
War Film 10: The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
For our final podcast in the War Films series, we turn to David Lean's WWII prisoner of war drama set in Burma in 1943. Starring Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa, the f…
Sat 20 Feb 2021
War Film 9: Kagemusha (1980)
In the Japanese Sengoku period, a diminishing number of daimyos battle to see who will unite the country and become Shogun. The Takeda clan is headed by the immoveable Shingen, fighting the combined …
Sun 22 Jul 2018
War Film 8: Downfall (Der Untergang, 2004)
In the final days of the Third Reich, Hitler rants and raves in the confines of his bunker while his Generals get ever more desperate and the Soviet army closes in. Partially based on the memoirs of …
Wed 11 Apr 2018
War Film 7: The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
A sleepy English village is thrown into the centre of the action when a crack troop of Germans arrives, in disguise, to carry out a kidnap plot against Winston Churchill. This fictional 'secret war' …
Thu 19 Jan 2017
War Film 6: Zulu (1964)
Detailing one of the outstanding small actions of the Nineteenth Century, Zulu tells the story of the small band of British soldiers who defended the mission outpost of Rorke's Drift against up to 40…
Sat 09 Apr 2016
War film 5: It Happened Here (1964)
Made by two teenagers in late 50s/early 60s Britain over 8 years on a minuscule budget, It Happened Here is both a remarkable achievement and a stark commentary on the nature of war and occupation wi…
Thu 21 Jan 2016
War film 4: A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Richard Attenborough directs an all-star cast - including Robert Redford, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Dirk Bogarde and James Caan - in this factual and highly dramatic retelling of 1944's ill-fated …
Fri 04 Dec 2015
War film 3: Paths of Glory (1957)
Stanley Kubrick's third full-length film saw him team up with Kirk Douglas in a stark but stylish screen adaptation of Humphrey Cobb's 1935 WWI novel, Paths of Glory. The film also starred Adolphe Me…
Thu 11 Dec 2014
War film 2: Platoon (1986)
In 1986 Oliver Stone was at last able to turn his Vietnam experiences into a film - Platoon. The first in what would become his 'Vietnam trilogy', it starred Charlie Sheen, Willem Defoe and Tom Beren…
Mon 27 Oct 2014
War film 1: The Guns of Navarone (1961)
After an introduction to the War Films Podcast idea, we discuss Carl Foreman's WWII adventure tour-de-force, The Guns of Navarone, based on the Alistair MacLean novel and starring Gregory Peck, David…
Sat 20 Sep 2014
Adventure film 10: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Our quest to examine ten classic adventure films reaches its conclusion with The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), Ray Harryhausen's fantasy epic starring John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, a…
Tue 20 Dec 2011
Adventure film 9: She (1935)
The Adventure Film Podcast returns with Merian C. Cooper's stylish filmed version of H. Rider Haggard's She (1935), starring Helen Gahagan, Nigel Bruce, Randolph Scott and Helen Mack. Click the image…
Fri 25 Nov 2011
Adventure film 8: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The definitive adventure film for a generation, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) spawned a prequel, two sequels and a television series. Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones alongside Karen Allen, Paul…
Thu 08 Sep 2011
Adventure film 7: Lost Horizon (1937)
"Let's hope we all find our Shangri-La" ... so goes the closing thought of Frank Capra's Lost Horizon (1937) – a beautifully shot adaptation of James Hilton's 1933 lost world novel starring Ronald Co…
Mon 15 Aug 2011
Adventure film 6: Time Bandits (1981)
Terry Gilliam's family fantasy, Time Bandits (1981) – "intelligent enough for kids and exciting enough for adults" – provides the subject for our sixth Adventure Film Podcast. Click the image below t…
Mon 01 Aug 2011
Adventure film 5: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Something a little different - biopic, history, politics - with David Lean's cinema classic, Lawrence of Arabia, starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthonies Quinn and Quayle, and Jack Hawkins. Cli…
Wed 20 Jul 2011
Adventure film 4: The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Master of Japanese film Akira Kurosawa gives us our fourth adventure film with the "100% entertainment" of The Hidden Fortress (1958), starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari…
Fri 01 Jul 2011
Adventure film 3: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
John Huston makes his second appearance in our ten adventure films with The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), based on the novel by B. Traven and starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Ho…
Thu 16 Jun 2011
Adventure film 2: The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
In this episode we talk about the 1975 John Huston film, The Man Who Would Be King, based on the short story by Rudyard Kipling. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (27.1 MB, 1 hour 15 min…
Tue 07 Jun 2011
Adventure film 1: King Kong (1933)
An hour's discussion of the 1933 RKO classic, King Kong. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (21.8 MB, 1 hour). Recorded Sunday 8 May 2011, edited by Murray Ewing. Notes & Errata: Merian C…
Tue 31 May 2011
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