{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Director's Chair Network","title":"The Getaway","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6614,"description":"Scott and Andrew Gordion, from the Ramblin’ Amblin’ podcast, discuss Sam Peckinpah’s 1972 *The Getaway*\nThe film was released December 19, 1972, written by Walter Hill, and made over $36 million on a $3.5 million budget. McQueen’s production company produced it and he took a healthy back end. Both hosts revisit it after seeing it as teenagers. They talk about the oppressive real Texas prison opening, McQueen’s moments of vulnerability with Ali MacGraw, the propulsive Quincy Jones score, and the heist and hotel shootout as peak Peckinpah action. The Rudy/vet/wife B-plot is the part neither remembered and both find the most uncomfortable, especially when played for broader laughs than the sexual politics in films like *Straw Dogs*. They also cover the novel’s darker ending versus the film’s warmer note with Slim Pickens.\n0:00 Andrew Gordion joins, film facts and box office\n8:00 Peckinpah and McQueen context, Junior Bonner\n16:00 First-time and teenage memories of the film\n24:00 Prison opening, vulnerability, real Texas jail\n32:00 Quincy Jones score and the pedal sequence\n40:00 The Rudy B-plot and problematic elements\n52:00 Heist, aftermath, and the hotel shootout\n68:00 Ending versus the Jim Thompson novel\n76:00 Ratings and next episode tease\nCREDITS\nFilm: The Getaway (1972), directed by Sam Peckinpah\nGuest: Andrew Gordion (Ramblin’ Amblin’ podcast)\nHost: Scott","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LBAEYblG9PZVYwjdm61Rf1UWRUyUQfQtnArxhuaMpYw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MmRi/NTM1ZThmYjRiZDZj/ODBkMDc3Y2ZhNmEx/NmU0Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}