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The Gentlemen (2020)

Directed by Guy Ritchie•1h 53m•Published May 31, 2022•Episode length 3h 59m
Episode 124 - The Gentlemen (with BFF of the BFE: Hermes)
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Matthew McConaughey
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Rosalind Pearson
Jeremy Strong
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Colin Farrell
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Henry Golding
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Tom Wu
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American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

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There's only one rule in this jungle: when the lion's hungry, he eats! Maybe it's fitting considering this week's title that Georgia couldn't make it due to work commitments. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, and Ethan, as we review Guy Ritchie's return to form in the UK new-gangster classic…

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There's only one rule in this jungle: when the lion's hungry, he eats! Maybe it's fitting considering this week's title that Georgia couldn't make it due to work commitments. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, and Ethan, as we review Guy Ritchie's return to form in the UK new-gangster classic, The Gentlemen - brought to us by BFF of the BFE, Hermes Auslander of The Scuttlebutt Podcast.  We're grilling wagyu steak in our 124th episode as we discuss:

  • The auteur signatures of Guy Ritchie and if this film represents a choice to throw off what big Hollywood expects
  • If the UK scene is Hollywood's hope for a non-superhero pipeline
  • Who almost played Roz - much to Liam's mourning
  • What exactly is the state of independent cinema.  Can you divorce the filmmaker from the film they present?
  • We discuss the cannabis laws in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom
  • Why Graham Norton hasn't crossed over to the United States like James Corden
  • How Matthew completely lost the forest for the trees
  • How brilliant Hugh Grant is in this.  Is this his best role?
  • We discuss the joy of the circular narrative and the unreliable narrator
  • We actually talk pickles and pickled eggs for longer than you would anticipate
  • Hermes from The Scuttlebutt Podcast joins us and gushes some very kind words on the BFE
  • Whether or not Top Gun is the Best Film Ever.

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We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

  • Rev Bruce
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  • Ensign Ian Davies
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  • Katie McRae
  • Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
  • Randal Silva
  • The Yeetmeister
  • Nate The Great
  • Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)

Catch more from Hermes in his pod "The Scuttlebutt Podcast" at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933

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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

 

Timestamps for this episode:

  • 0:00 - Opening Banter
    5:35 - Reflections & Corrections
    12:20 - Shoutouts
    27:30 - Deep Dive
    1:37:45 - We're joined by Hermes
    2:47:40 - Endgame