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Podcast: Spoiler Filled Film Conversation, Hooray!
Episode: 453: The Sugarland Express [1974] Movie Discussion
Description:
We return to obscure Steven Spielberg this week with The Sugarland Express, a crime dramedy from 1974 which was his first official feature film and first collaboration with John Williams. Is their movie magic already fully formed at this point or is it a case of tentative first steps into greatness. Come and join our discussion where we: root for the protagonists to fail, discover the sub genre of ‘too many police cars’, witness our favourite car vandalism scene, ponder the effectiveness of the portable toilet antics and wonder just exactly what they did to make that child cry...