Episode 44 - Pretty Woman with Fiona from Film Floggers
In this Week's VERY NSFW episode the boys are joined by Fiona from Film Floggers to flog another Garry Marshall joint in 1990's Pretty Woman.We're learning about the Hollywood Walk of fame (and shame!), How Lucille Ball almost met her match at the hands of a disgruntled Italian Actor and how Richard Gere's favourite pet and Sex toy are the same thing.Note: only after the show did Mark realise that a Hamster and Gerbil are not the same creature. Add one to the final tally of things we learned.---Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), Laura San Giacomo, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. The film's story centres on down-on-her-luck Hollywood hooker Vivian Ward, who is hired by Edward Lewis, a wealthy businessman, to be his escort for several business and social functions, and their developing relationship over the course of her week-long stay with him. The film's title Pretty Woman is based on "Oh, Pretty Woman", written and sung by Roy Orbison. It is the first film on-screen collaboration between Gere and Roberts; their second film, Runaway Bride, was released in 1999.Originally intended to be a dark cautionary tale about class and prostitution in Los Angeles, the film was re-conceived as a romantic comedy with a large budget. It was widely successful at the box office and was the third-highest-grossing film of 1990. The film saw the highest number of ticket sales in the US ever for a romantic comedy, with Box Office Mojo listing it as the number-one romantic comedy by the highest estimated domestic tickets sold at 42,176,400, slightly ahead of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) at 41,419,500 tickets. The film received mixed reviews, though Roberts received a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. In addition, screenwriter J. F. Lawton was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a BAFTA Award.---Fiona is just one of the hosts of the brilliant Film Floggers. Talking movies every week as well as playing games on their Twitch stream. A recent addition to the glut of content Ben, Fiona and Tom are putting out if '15 minutes of Flog'. A short, sharp review of films you might have missed.Check out all their episodes on Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/filmfloggers-1439626
