EASTWOOD: HONKYTONK DEADPOOL

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S3 E12 HONKYTONK DEADPOOL

DEADPOOL, the wise-cracking meta-superhero is not the same as THE DEAD POOL, from 1988, the final Dirty Harry film; running on thin enough fumes that podcast fave Buddy Van Horn (S3 E10)  was called in to nominally direct a script written by a trio of antioxidant advocates with zero film experience (none of whom would ever work on a film again). Liam Neeson and Jim Carrey are both in it, pre-fame, so it has that going for it. When a remote control car chase is a major selling point, you may be looking up at the bottom of the barrel. Or is The Dead Pool a misunderstood masterpiece that turns genre convention into meta-commentary for next level satire?

Then 1982's Honkytonk Man, a little seen labor of love for Eastwood and an early stretch as director. It's a road movie about a Depression-era singer with TB (not Tom Brady but tuberculosis) and his nephew going to the Grand Old Opry.  If "depression-era " and "tuberculosis" are on your vision board as things you want in a movie, this may be your pot of gold! Our pal Patrick, a DJ and record store proprietor, joins us once again to tell us the value of this movie if it were a vintage LP.

THE DEAD POOL 00:03:12

HONKYTONK MAN 00:41:45