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Season 6:Episode 307 - DOCTOR WHO: Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror
 
8 August – 12 September 1964
 
The Doctor, his granddaughter Susan and teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright arrive in France during the period of the French Revolution known as the Reign of Terror, where they become involved with prisoners and English spies.
 
Two of the six episodes remain missing after the BBC wiped them from archives. It later received several print adaptations and home media releases, with animated versions of the missing episodes constructed using off-air recordings.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.29); Background History (4.32); Plot Synopsis (5.08); Let's Discuss (9.20); Let's Rate (24.28); Tune In Next Time (29.16); Closing Credits (30.53)
 
Opening Credits– Doctor Who Theme. composer Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Copyright 1963 BBC World Music.
 
Closing Credits:  Bella Ciao by Nawja.  Copyright  2019 DRO Atlantic
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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 6: Episode 305 - MAKE/REMAKE: Infernal Affairs (2002)/The Departed (2006)

Internal Affairs (2002) (Hong Kong)
 
Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong action thriller film co-directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. Jointly written by Mak and Felix Chong, it stars Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen. The film follows an undercover Hong Kong Police Force officer who infiltrates a Triad, and another officer who is secretly a spy for the same Triad. It is the first in the Infernal Affairs series and is followed by Infernal Affairs II and Infernal Affairs III. The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards but was not nominated. Miramax Films acquired the United States distribution rights and gave it a limited US theatrical release in 2004. 
 
 
The Departed (2006)
 
The Departed is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan.  It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly, while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster Whitey Bulger.  The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, with Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin in supporting roles.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (.37); Background History (11.49); Infernal Affairs (2002) Film Trailer (14.13); The Original (16.13); Let's Rate (34.13); Introducing the Double Feature (39.43); The Departed (2009) Film Trailer (41.58); The Attraction (44.22); How Many Stars (1:13.11); End Credits (1:20.49); Closing Credits (1:21.54)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Believer by The Imagine Dragons.  Taken from the album Evolve.  Copyright 2017 Interscope Records.
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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 6: Episode 304: Batman: Animated Series: Robin’s Reckoning Part 1&2/Night of the Ninja/Cat Scratch Fever

BATMAN: The Animated Series
 
Robin’s Reckoning Part 1
 
During a fight with some gangsters at a construction yard, Batman and Robin learn the name of their boss: Billy Marin. While Robin looks forward to going up against Marin, Batman becomes distant, and after a falling out at the Batcave, Batman doesn't allow Robin to accompany him on the search for Marin. Robin investigates on the Batcomputer, and soon realizes that Billy Marin is not the boss' real name. Rather, it is an alias of Tony Zucco, the man who killed his parents (which Batman already knew, but chose not to tell Robin).
 
Robin’s Reckoning Part 2
 
Angered by Batman's deceit, Robin sets out to find Tony Zucco on his own, all the while plagued by the memories of his parents' death and how Bruce took him in as his own son. Eventually, Batman manages to find Zucco at an old amusement park, but breaks his leg during the fight. Robin finally arrives and prepares to kill Zucco in revenge.
 
Night of the Ninja
 
A mysterious ninja is robbing Wayne Enterprises subsidiaries, and Batman discovers that the ninja is actually his equal in combat. A grudge against Bruce Wayne and skills to match him can only mean one person: Kyodai Ken, an old rival of Wayne's teacher from his days in Japan, and who was thrown out of the dojo after attempting to rob it, only to be stopped by Wayne. Ken, it turns out, wants revenge.
 
 
Cat Scratch Fever
 
Batman must stop Roland Daggett's plan to release a viral plague designed by Professor Milo into Gotham by way of its stray cat population. The case gains new urgency when Catwoman becomes infected with the virus during her search for her missing cat, Isis. Now, Batman must find an antidote to save the woman who loves him most.
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.29); Episode One Robin’s Reckoning Part 1 & 2 (22.52); Episode Two:  Night of the Ninja (42.33); Episode Three:  Cat Scratch Fever (53.20); Favourite Character (1:06.58); Favourite Episode (1;13.41);Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel (1:20.08); Closing Credits (1:21.00)
 
Opening Credits– Batman Animated Theme by Danny Elfman.  Copyright 1992 Warner Music 
 
Closing Credits:  Boy Wonder, I Love You by Burt Ward and Frank Zappa.  Copyright 1966 MGM Records.
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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 6: Episode 303 - AMERICA GOES DARK: Lovely Bones (A Sebold/Film: 2009)

Book: Lovely Bones
           By Alice Sebold
 
Film: Lovely Bones (2009)
 
The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The novel received critical praise and became an instant bestseller. A film adaptation, directed by Peter Jackson, who personally purchased the rights, was released in 2009. The novel was also later adapted as a play of the same name, which premiered in England in 2018.
 
The Lovely Bones is a 2009 supernatural thriller drama film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he co-wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It is based on Alice Sebold's 2002 novel of the same name and stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, and Saoirse Ronan. The plot follows a girl who is murdered and watches over her family from "the in-between" and is torn between seeking vengeance on her killer and allowing her family to heal.  An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand, the film was produced by Carolynne Cunningham, Walsh, Jackson, and Aimee Peyronnet, with Steven Spielberg, Tessa Ross, Ken Kamins, and James Wilson as executive producers. Principal photography began in October 2007 in New Zealand and Pennsylvania. The film's score was composed by Brian Eno.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.32); Background History (6.47); Lovely Bones Plot Synopsis (7.46); Book Thoughts (12.10); Let's Rate (33.21); Introducing a Film (36.46); Lovely Bones Film Trailer (38.55); Lights, Camera, Action (41.16); How Many Stars (1:04.25); End Credits (1:06.15); Closing Credits (1:07.40)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Now You Belong To Heaven by Mari Olsen.  Copyright 2008 Mari Olsen Onsøien
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Season 6: Episode 302- M&M: Deliverance (1972)/Race With The Devil (1973)

Deliverance (1972)
 
Deliverance is a 1972 American survival thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The screenplay was adapted by James Dickey from his 1970 novel of the same name. The film was a critical and box office success, earning three Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe Award nominations.  Widely acclaimed as a landmark picture, the film is noted for a music scene near the beginning, with one of the city men playing "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-picking country boy, and for its notorious, violent, brutal sodomy rape scene. In 2008, Deliverance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
 
Race With The Devil (1973)
 
Race with the Devil is a 1975 American action horror film directed by Jack Starrett, written by Wes Bishop and Lee Frost, and starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, and Lara Parker. This was the second of three films Fonda and Oates would star in together (The Hired Hand, 1971) was their first, and 92 in the Shade (1975) was their third). Race with the Devil is a hybrid of the horror, action, and car chase genres.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.04); Background History (20.15); Deliverance (1972) Film Trailer (21.45); The Original (24.37); Let's Rate (57.29); Introducing the Double Feature (1:02.27); Race With The Devil (1973) Film Trailer (1:03.30); The Attraction (1:05.30); How Many Stars (1:51.31); End Credits (1:58.50); Closing Credits (2:00.23)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Take Me Home, Country Roads by Olivia Newton John.  Taken from the album Let Me Be There.  Copyright 1973 Festival Records
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Season 6: Episode 301 - MAKE/REMAKE: Salem’s Lot (1977/2004)

Salem’s Lot (1979)
 
Salem's Lot (also known as Salem's Lot: The Movie, Salem's Lot: The Miniseries and Blood Thirst) is a 1979 American miniseries television adaptation of the 1975 horror novel of the same name by Stephen King. Directed by Tobe Hooper and starring David Soul and James Mason, the plot concerns a writer who returns to his hometown and discovers that its citizens are turning into vampires. Salem's Lot combines elements of the vampire film and haunted house subgenres of horror.
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Salem’s Lot (2004)
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Salem's Lot is a 2004 American two-part television miniseries which first aired on TNT on June 20 and ended its run on June 21, 2004. It is the second television adaptation of Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel of the same name and a remake to the first version.  Although the novel and original miniseries were both set in the 1970s, this version updates the story to take place in the 2000s. The story is still set in a small Maine town, but the miniseries was actually shot on location at Creswick and Woodend, in Central Victoria, Australia.
 
We are joined by JM Robson, author of Three Little Words. 
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (.39); Background History (25.50); Salem’s Lot (1977) Film Trailer (26.52); The Original (30.10); Let's Rate (1:24.00); Introducing a Remake (1:29.39); Salem’s Lot (2004) Film Trailer (1.30.49); The Remake (1:31.48); How Many Stars (2:02.13); End Credits (2:17.11); Closing Credits (2:18.58)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Vesta Williams.  Taken from the album Vesta.  Copyright 1986 A&M Records
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Season 6: Episodes 300 - DOCTOR WHO: The Sensorites

The Sensorites
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20 June – 1 August 1964
 
The Doctor, his granddaughter Susan Foreman and her teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright visit a planet known as the Sense-Sphere to find the cure to a disease afflicting the alien race the Sensorites.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.29); Plot Synopsis (8.22); Let's Discuss (11.44); The Best and the Worse (27.43); Let's Rate (36.05); Tune In Next Time (41.28); Closing Credits (44.35)
 
Opening Credits– Doctor Who Theme. composer Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Copyright 1963 BBC World Music.
 
Closing Credits:  Senses Working Overtime by XTC.  Taken from the album English Settlement.  Copyright 1981 Virgin Records. 
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Season 6: Episode 299 - Batman: Animated Series: Eternal Youth/Perchance of a Dream/Cape and Cowl Conspiracy/Laughing Fish

Batman: The Animated Series
 
Eternal Youth
 
Several rich industrialists are invited to the Eternal Youth Health Spa, and that's where they are last seen before disappearing. The only connection: they had something to do with the death of plants. Bruce Wayne also receives an invitation (although it was one of his greedy directors who nearly made the deal to destroy a rainforest before Bruce forced him to shut the operation down), but Alfred and his "lady friend", Maggie, go in his place. When they do not return, Batman is forced to investigate, discovering that the spa is run by Poison Ivy, and that she has been using a formula to turn the industrialists into humanoid trees, including Alfred and Maggie
Perchance of a Dream
Bruce Wayne wakes up one morning to find that his life is completely upside-down: his parents are alive, the Batcave does not exist, Alfred does not remember Robin, and he is engaged to Selina Kyle. However, it doesn't mean that Batman isn't still around, and Bruce starts to wonder what has happened, especially after seeing the characteristics of a dream (such as book and newspaper prints not making sense) inside this new life.
The Cape and the Cowl Conspiracy
Baron Jozek, furious at Batman for humiliating him at a dinner party (over Jozek's underworld connections), hires Josiah Wormwood, a master in setting traps for his victims, to hunt down Batman and bring back the hero's cape and cowl.
The Laughing Fish
Joker creates a toxin that affects only fish, mutating them into Joker fish. Then, he targets innocent men who refuse to copyright his Joker fish. The Joker also captures Harvey Bullock, and Batman must rescue him and foil the Clown Prince of Crime's scheme.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.27); Episode One On Eternal Youth (42.52); Episode Two:  Perchance of a Dream (59.02); Episode Three:  The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy (1:11.12); Episode Four:  The Laughing Fish (1:26.14); Favourite Episode  and Least Episode (1:38.08); Favourite and Least Favourite Character (1:43.13); Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel (1:48.18); Closing Credits (1:49.32)
 
Opening Credits– Batman Animated Theme by Danny Elfman.  Copyright 1992 Warner Music 
 
Closing Credits:  Brave by Sara Bareilles.  Taken from the album – The Blessed Unrest.  Copyright 2013 Epic Records
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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 6: Episode 298 - AMERICA GOES DARK: Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe (F.Flagg/1991)

Book:  Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle
            Stop Café
            By Fannie Flagg
 
Film:  Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle
           Stop Café (1991)
 
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a 1987 novel by American author Fannie Flagg. Set in Alabama, it weaves together the past and the present through the blossoming friendship between Evelyn Couch, a middle-aged housewife, and Ninny Threadgoode, an elderly woman who lives in a nursing home. Every week Evelyn visits Ninny, who recounts stories of her youth in Whistle Stop, Alabama, where her sister-in-law, Idgie, and her friend, Ruth, ran a café. These stories, along with Ninny's friendship, enable Evelyn to begin a new, satisfying life while allowing the people and stories of Ninny's youth to live on. The book explores themes of family, aging, lesbianism, and the dehumanizing effects of racism on both black and white people.
 
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Avnet and based on Fannie Flagg's 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, and starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker and Cicely Tyson, the film tells the story of a housewife who, unhappy with her life, befriends an elderly lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.  The film was released in theaters in the United States on December 27, 1991, garnered positive reviews from critics and was a box office hit, grossing $119.4 million on a $11 million budget. It was nominated for two Oscars at the 64th Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Tandy) and Best Adapted Screenplay.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.29); Background History (11.59); Plot Synopsis (13.19); Book Thoughts(17.57); Let's Rate (1:06.57); Amazing Design Advertisement (16.47); Introducing a Film (1:17.57); Film Trailer (1:18.47); Lights, Camera, Action (1:21.14); How Many Stars (1:59.03); End Credits (2:09.17); Closing Credits (2:11.19)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Count On Me by Bruno Mars.  Taken from the album Doo-Wops and Hooligans.  Copyright 2011 Atlantic/Warner Music.
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Season 6: Episode 297 - M&M: The Invisible Man (1933)/Abbott & Costello Meet The Invisible Man (1951)

The Invisible Man (1933)
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The Invisible Man is a 1933 American science fiction horror film directed by James Whale. Based on H. G. Wells' 1897 The Invisible Man and produced by Universal Pictures, the film stars Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, and William Harrigan. The film involves a Dr. Jack Griffin  who is covered in bandages and has his eyes obscured by dark glasses, the result of a secret experiment that makes him invisible, taking lodging in the village of Iping. Never leaving his quarters, the stranger demands that the staff leave him completely alone until his landlady discovers he is invisible. Griffin returns to the laboratory of his mentor, Dr. Cranley, where he reveals his secret to Dr. Kemp (William Harrigan) and former fiancée Flora Cranley who soon learn that Griffin's discovery has driven him insane, leading him to prove his superiority over other people by performing harmless pranks at first and eventually turning to murder.
 
 
Abbott and Costello Meet the invisible Man (1951)
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man is a 1951 American science fiction comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Nancy Guild.  The film depicts the misadventures of Lou Francis and Bud Alexander, two private detectives investigating the murder of a boxing promoter.
 
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.05); Background History (24.57); The Invisible Man (1933) Film Trailer (27.42); The Original (28.40); Let's Rate (1:29.30); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:30.52); Introducing the Double Feature (1:32.06);Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1953) Film Trailer (1:32.36); The Attraction (1:34.32); How Many Stars (2:35.40); End Credits (2:47.08); Closing Credits (2:48.25)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Invisible by Alison Moyet.  Taken from the album Alf.  Copyright 1984 CBS Records
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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 6: Episode 296 - DOCTOR WHO: The Aztecs

The Aztecs
 
23 May – 13 June 1964
 
The Doctor, his granddaughter Susan  and teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright arrive in Mexico during the Aztec empire. Barbara becomes mistaken for the goddess Yetaxa, and accepts the identity in hope of persuading the Aztecs to give up human sacrifice, despite the Doctor's warnings about changing history.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.29); Plot Synopsis (6.25); Let's Discuss (10.23); Favourite Character (23.05 ); Let's Rate (25.32); Tune In Next Time (26.26); Closing Credits (28.38)
 
Opening Credits– Doctor Who Theme. composer Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Copyright 1963 BBC World Music.
 
Closing Credits:  Human Sacrifice by Sweetbox.  Taken from the album Jade.  Copyright 2002 Avex Records.
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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 6: Episode 295 - MAKE/REMAKE: DOA (1950)/DOA (1988)

DOA (1949)
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D.O.A. is a 1950 American film noir directed by Rudolph Maté, starring Edmond O'Brien and Pamela Britton. It is considered a classic of the genre. A fatally poisoned man tries to find out who has poisoned him and why. It was the film debuts of Beverly Garland (as Beverly Campbell) and Laurette Luez.
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DOA (1988)
 
D.O.A. is a 1988 American neo-noir mystery thriller film and a remake of the 1950 film noir of the same name. While it shares the same premise, it has a different story and characters. The film was directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, and scripted by Charles Edward Pogue. The writers of the original film, Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene, share story credit with Pogue. It stars Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan and Charlotte Rampling, and was filmed in Austin, Texas and San Marcos, Texas.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (.38); Background History (18.29); DOA (1950) Film Trailer (19.44); The Original (22.11); Let's Rate (39.27); Amazing Design Advertisement (52.24); Introducing a Remake (53.36); DOA (1988) Film Trailer (54.14); The Remake (55.47); How Many Stars (1:25.07); End Credits (1:29.47); Closing Credits (1:31.26)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Dead On Arrival by Fall Out Boy.  Taken from the album Take This To Your Grave.  Copyright 2003 Fueled by Ramen
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Season 6: Episode 294 - BATMAN: The Animated Series: The Clock King/An Appointment in Crime Alley/Mad As A Hatter/Dreams in Darkness

The Clock King
 
After his company goes bankrupt, Temple Fugate becomes the Clock King. Fugate sets out to seek his revenge against the man whom he blames for his misfortunes: Mayor Hamilton Hill. Fugate kidnaps Hill, intending to do away with him to accomplish his revenge. Batman must stop Fugate from carrying out his revenge and save the mayor's life.
 
Appointment in Crime Alley 
 
With the help of arsonists, Roland Daggett plans to destroy Crime Alley and use the land to expand his business empire. Batman must stop Daggett's men and also save a captured Leslie Thompkins (Who helped a young Bruce Wayne cope with the loss of his parents).
 
Mad As A Hatter 
 
Miserable Wayne Industries scientist Jervis Tetch is unable to pursue the girl he loves, Alice the secretary. When she splits up from her boyfriend, he makes an advance and develops a fast friendship with her, until her boyfriend reconciles with her and proposes to her. Enraged, Tetch decides to take matters into his own hands, and dons the mantle of the Mad Hatter, using his mind-control devices to force those who have wronged him all his life to become his mindless slaves.
 
Dreams in Darkness
 
Batman is incarcerated in Arkham Asylum after being exposed to the Scarecrow's fear-inducing gas. Batman knows that the Scarecrow has escaped for the second time and is planning to poison Gotham's water supply with the same fear-inducing gas, and he must bring himself to break the law and escape from Arkham before the Scarecrow brings Gotham to its knees.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.29); Episode One: The Clock King (26.33); Episode Two:  Appointment in Crime Alley (35.33); Episode Three:  Mad As A Hatter (45.19); Episode Four:  Dreams in Darkness (56.19); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:04.09); Favourite Episode (1:05.21); Favourite Character (1:11.31);Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel (1:21.00); Closing Credits (1:22.47)
 
Opening Credits– Batman Animated Theme by Danny Elfman.  Copyright 1992 Warner Music 
 
Closing Credits:  Play With Fire (Featuring Yacht Money) by Sam Tinnesz.  Taken from the album Babel.  Copyright 2017 Warner’s Music Group
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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 6: Episode 293 - AMERICA GOES DARK: To Kill A Mockingbird (H. Lee/1963)

Book: To Kill A Mockingbird
   By Harper Lee
 
Film:   To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
 
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was ten.  Although the novel deals with rape and racial inequality, the book is told with warmth and humour.
 
The 1962 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. The screenplay by Horton Foote is based on Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name. The film stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch and Mary Badham as Scout. It marked the film debut of Robert Duvall, William Windom and Alice Ghostley.  It gained overwhelmingly positive reception from both the critics and the public; a box-office success, it earned more than six times its budget. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture.  In 1995, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (2.33); Background History (17.50); Plot Synopsis (20.57); Book Thoughts(24.52); Let's Rate (1:33.07); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:31.42); Introducing a Film (1:37.53); Film Trailer (1:39.16); Lights, Camera, Action (1:41.55); How Many Stars (1:32.44); End Credits (2:41.44); Closing Credits (2:43.49)
 
Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Not All Heroes Wear Capes by Owl City – taken from the album Cinematic.  Copyright 2018 Sky Harbor Studios
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Season 6: Episode 292 - DOCTOR WHO: Keys of Marinus

The Keys of Marinus
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11 April – 16 May 1964
 
The First Doctor his granddaughter Susan Foreman and her teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright search for four keys to restore the Conscience of Marinus, a computer which maintains law and order. The group travel to two cities, a jungle, and an icy wasteland in search of the keys.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.29); Plot Synopsis (15.29); Let's Discuss (18.51); Favourite Moment (27.29); Let's Rate (49.06); Tune In Next Time (50.21); Closing Credits (53.43)
 
Opening Credits– Doctor Who Theme. composer Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Copyright 1963 BBC World Music.
 
Closing Credits:  Keys To My Heart by Mr Dutch.  Copyright 2020 Nigerian Street Music – Afrobeats.
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Season 6: Episode 291 - M&M: M (1931)/Badlands (1973)

Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved
 
Closing Credits:  Amor De Los Muertos by LVCRFT featuring La Llorona & Devil Dahlia.  Taken from the album Dia De Los Muertos  
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Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. 
 
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Season 6: Episode 290 - MAKE/REMAKE: Scarface (1931)/Scarface (1983)

Scarface (1932)
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Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American pre-Code gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The screenplay, by Ben Hecht, is based loosely on the 1929 novel by Armitage Trail which was inspired by Al Capone. The film stars Paul Muni as Italian immigrant gangster Antonio "Tony" Camonte, a gangster who violently rises through the Chicago gangland, with a supporting cast that includes George Raft and Boris Karloff. Camonte's rise to power dovetails with his relentless pursuit of his boss's mistress while his own sister pursues his best hitman. In an overt tie to the life of Capone, one scene depicts a version of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.  After Hughes purchased the rights to Trail's novel, Hughes quickly selected Hawks to direct and Hecht to write the film's screenplay. Beginning in January 1931, Hecht wrote the script over an eleven-day period. Scarface was produced before the introduction of the Production Code in 1934, which enforced regulations on film content. However, the Hays Code, a more lenient precursor, called for major alterations, including a prologue condemning gangsters, an alternate ending to more clearly reprehend Camonte, and the alternative title The Shame of a Nation. The censors believed the film glorified violence and crime. These changes delayed the film by a year, though some showings retained the original ending. Modern showings of the film have the original ending, though some DVD releases also include the alternate ending as a feature; these versions maintain the changes Hughes and Hawks were required to make for approval by the Hays Office. No completely unaltered version is known to exist.
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Scarface (1983)
 
Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. Loosely based on the 1929 novel of the same name and serving as a loose remake of the 1932 film, it tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino), who arrives penniless in Miami during the Mariel boatlift and becomes a powerful and extremely homicidal drug lord. The film co-stars Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Robert Loggia. De Palma dedicated this version of Scarface to the writers of the original film, Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht.  Pacino became interested in a remake of the 1932 version after seeing it, and he and producer Martin Bregman began to develop it. Sidney Lumet was initially hired to direct the film but was replaced by De Palma, who hired Stone to write the script. Filming took place from November 1982 to May 1983, in Los Angeles and Miami. The film's soundtrack was composed by Giorgio Moroder. Scarface premiered in New York City on December 1, 1983, and was released on December 9, 1983, by Universal Pictures. The film grossed $45 million at the domestic box office and $66 million worldwide. Initial critical reception was negative due to its excessive violence, profanity, and graphic drug usage. Some Cuban expatriates in Miami objected to the film's portrayal of Cubans as criminals
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (.37); Background History (31.40); Scarface (1932) Film Trailer (34.25); The Original (37.00); Let's Rate (1:18.47); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:23.06);  Introducing a Remake (1:24.18); Scarface (1983)  Film Trailer (1:26.21); The Remake (1:29.35); How Many Stars (2:32.14); End Credits (2:49.03); Closing Credits (2:50.36)
 
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Closing Credits:  Gangsta Paradise by Coolio featuring LV.  Taken from the album Gangsta Paradise, I am LV.  Copyright 1995 Tommy Boy/Warner Brothers/MCA Records
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Season 6: Episode 289 - BATMAN: The Animated Series: Feat of Clay Part 1&2/Vendetta/Fear of Victory

Batman:  The Animated Series
Feat of Clay – Part 1
 
Bruce Wayne is framed for the attempted murder of Lucius Fox. The real perpetrator is an actor and master of disguise named Matt Hagen, who was disfigured in a car accident years ago. In order to keep his fame, he secretly started working for Roland Daggett, who provides him with a monthly supply of an addictive face cream known as Renuyu (a pun on "Renew You") that can temporarily reshape his face back to normal, and who wants to take Wayne Enterprises over for marketing expansion. For botching the murder due to Batman's interference, Hagen's supply is cut off, and when he breaks into Daggett's lab for more Renuyu, he pays the price dearly when Daggett's men drench his face in the formula and force him to swallow liters of it to avoid drowning. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne is arrested and taken into custody, charged with the assault on Fox.
 
Feat of Clay – Part 2
 
Bruce Wayne is released from prison on bail. Hagen, as it turns out, survived the murder attempt on him, but at a high cost: the formula entered his body and soaked every single one of his cells, turning him into a shape-shifting mutant. With his newfound powers, Hagen, now calling himself Clayface, decides to take his revenge on Daggett and his men, and Batman must bring Daggett to justice and stop Clayface before innocent people are hurt.
 
Vendetta
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Detective Bullock is arrested for kidnapping. Batman, who dislikes Bullock but nevertheless believes him to be a good man, investigates, and discovers the identity of the real criminal: Killer Croc, who harbors a vendetta against Bullock for capturing him once. Batman must clear Bullock's name before it is too late.
 
Fear of Victory 
 
The Scarecrow invents a fear chemical that is activated by adrenaline. Then, he uses it to affect the outcome of athletic events. Whenever a single person becomes agitated, the fear chemical kicks in, turning his excitement to fear. The Scarecrow bets against the sports stars' teams as part of his criminal scheme to scare up some quick cash, and Batman and Robin must foil his plot.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.29); Episode One & Two:  Feat of Clay Part 1 & 2 (30.23); Episode Three:  Vendetta (50.50); Episode Four:  Fear of Victory (1:03.05); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:14.57); Favourite Character and Least Favourite Character and Favourite Episode (1:16.09);Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel (1:33.15); Closing Credits (1:34.24)
 
Opening Credits– Batman Animated Theme by Danny Elfman.  Copyright 1992 Warner Music 
 
Closing Credits:  The Fear by Lily Allen.  Taken from the album It Not Me, It’s You.  Copyright 2007 Regal Records
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Season 6: Episode 288: AMERICA GOES DARK: The Color Purple (A. Walker)/Film (1985)

Book: The Color Purple
   By Alice Walker
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Film:   The Color Purple (1985)
 
 
The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name. The novel has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000–2009 at number seventeenth because of the sometimes explicit content, particularly in terms of violence.
 
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, and marked a turning point in his career, as it was a departure from the summer blockbusters for which he had become known. It was also the first feature film directed by Spielberg for which John Williams did not compose the music, instead featuring a score by Quincy Jones, who also produced. The cast stars Whoopi Goldberg in her breakthrough role, with Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Willard Pugh, and Adolph Caesar.  Filmed in Anson and Union counties in North Carolina, the film tells the story of a young African-American girl named Celie Harris and shows the problems African-American women experienced during the early 20th century, including domestic violence, incest, paedophilia, poverty, racism, and sexism. Celie is transformed as she finds her self-worth through the help of two strong female companions
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (2:34); Background History (17.09); The Color Purple Plot Synopsis (18.27); Book Thoughts (26.15); Let's Rate (1:27.30); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:27.55); Introducing a Film (1:37.07); The Color Purple Film Trailer (1:33.40); Lights, Camera, Action (1:34.57); How Many Stars (2:26.07); End Credits (2:31.47); Closing Credits (2:34.21)
 
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Closing Credits:  The Color Purple by Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Ervio.  Taken from the Broadway Cast Album.  The Color Purple.  Copyright 2016 TCP 2015 Broadway New Cast Recording. 
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Season 6: Episode 287 - M&M: The Little Girl Who Lived Down The Lane/Alice Sweet Alice

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 cross-genre film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby. It was a co-production of Canada and France and written by Laird Koenig, based on his 1974 novel of the same title.  The plot focuses on 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs (Foster), a child whose absent poet father and secretive behaviours prod the suspicions of her conservative small-town Maine neighbours. The adaptation, originally intended as a play, was filmed in Quebec on a small budget. The production later became the subject of controversy over reports that Foster had conflicts with producers over the filming and inclusion of a nude scene, but a 21-year-old body double (Foster's sister) was used. After a screening at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, a court challenge was launched regarding distribution, and a general release followed in 1977.
 
Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
 
Alice, Sweet Alice (originally titled Communion) is a 1976 American slasher film co-written and directed by Alfred Sole, and starring Linda Miller, Paula Sheppard, and Brooke Shields in her film debut. Set in 1961 New Jersey, the film focuses on a troubled adolescent girl who becomes a suspect in the brutal murder of her younger sister at her First Communion, as well as in a series of unsolved stabbings that follow.  Inspired by Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (1973) and the films of Alfred Hitchcock, writer-director Sole devised the screenplay with Rosemary Ritvo, an English professor who was his neighbor. At the time, Sole had been working as an architect restoring historic buildings in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey, and several properties he had worked on were used as shooting locations. Filming took place throughout the summer of 1975 in Paterson and Newark. The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival under its original title, Communion, in November 1976, and was released under this title in London in September 1977. After being acquired by Allied Artists, it was re-titled Alice, Sweet Alice, and released in the United States on November 18, 1977. Another theatrical re-release occurred in 1981 under the title Holy Terror, which marketed the popularity of Shields after her performance in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (1978). While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic, and was controversial in Ireland due to its apparent anti-Catholic themes.
 
Opening Credits; Introduction (1.06); Background History (33.19); The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane (1976) Film Trailer (36.06); The Original (37.02); Let's Rate (1:22.57); Amazing Design Advertisement (1:43.44); Introducing the Double Feature (1:44.27); Alice Sweet Alice (1976) Film Trailer (1:46.31); The Attraction (1:48.12); How Many Stars (3:01.15); End Credits (3:23.15); Closing Credits (3:24.19)
 
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Closing Credits:  Thank Heaven For Little Girls by Maurice Chevalier.  Taken from the original Broadway production of GIGI.  Copyright 1958 MGM Records
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