The Mosquito Coast with Sean Fennessey
4/19/20263 hr 6 min
We all have those moments where we just want to disengage from conventional society. We often yearn to go "off the grid." But, would we ever want to go to the Mosquito Coast? HELL NO. Sean Fennessey joins us to chat about Peter Weir's 1986 film that tests the limits of Harrison Ford's likability to the extent that Ben Hosley would describe it as "anti-smile." Allie Fox is a bad hang. The Mosquito Coast? GOOD MOVIE. Listen to Griffin and David on the Big Picture Watch Harrison Ford on Conan spoil Star Wars 7 The Great Railway Bazaar Read Roger Ebert’s review of Paul Blart Mall Cop Read Rembert Explains America: Burning Man Forever Listen to The A24 Podcast: A Bigger Canvas with Martin Scorsese & Joanna Hogg Dive into the Hogg-verse with Davis piece on Joanna Hogg Watch Ham Hat Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
[upbeat music] Blank Check with Griffin and David. Blank Check with Griffin and David. Don't know what to say or to expect. All you need to know is that the name of the show is Blank Check.
Griffin Newman· Host0:18
Once I had believed in father, and the podcast had seemed small and old. Now he was gone, and I wasn't afraid to love him anymore, and the podcast seemed limitless.
David Sims· Host0:32
I mean, yeah. Well, I, I mean, I wa- I wasn't like, "Oh, Griffin better do this line."
Griffin Newman· Host0:36
No.
David Sims· Host0:37
Right ...
Griffin Newman· Host0:37
last line of the film. Now, I will say, the tagline for this film is- Uh-huh ... extraordinary. I think- I don't know what it is ... potentially one of the best taglines we've ever covered.
David Sims· Host0:45
It's a good tagline. It's a good tagline. It's a good poster. It's a, you know, it's very interesting, very intriguing.
Griffin Newman· Host0:50
Agreed.
Speaker 00:50
Tell me the tagline.
Griffin Newman· Host0:51
The tagline is...
David Sims· Host0:52
"This coast sure be bitin'." No, it's not that tagline.
Griffin Newman· Host0:54
[laughs] Yeah. As I said, one of the best taglines ever.
David Sims· Host0:56
Itchy. [laughs] Ready to g- "Harrison Ford this summer is getting itchy."
Griffin Newman· Host1:00
Scratch, scratch.
David Sims· Host1:01
[laughs] No, he's... This- The tagline is, "How far should a man go to find his dream?
Griffin Newman· Host1:06
Ally Fox went to the Mosquito Coast." Line break, "He went too far." [laughs] That fucking rules. Just to see this poster where you're like, "Here's Harrison Ford," arguably the biggest movie star of that moment. There's an article I read a- when this film came out and people were pushing back against it, where they called out that Harrison Ford starred