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The Blair Witch Project 1999

With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1 October 2024 · 26,455 feet

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72:22 – 76:24

… now it's gone and then uh josh's camera which was a cp-16 about 10 years ago sold on ebay what do you think they got it's 30 grand 10 grand okay that's it apex mountain everyone in the movie yeah and the directors literally everyone sundance i don't know what is the apex mountain for sundance this is pretty good this big movie became a top 10 movie and a phenomenon based on a sundance screening is so sex lies and videotape is a huge sundance movie right like yeah that kind of creates sundance yeah so i wonder if that what kind of functions is in in that sense would you say it's apex mountain for viral …

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eventually now it's gone and then uh josh's camera which was a cp-16 about 10 years ago sold on ebay what do you think they got it's 30 grand 10 grand okay that's it apex mountain everyone in the movie yeah and the directors literally everyone sundance i don't know what is the apex mountain for sundance this is pretty good this big movie became a top 10 movie and a phenomenon based on a sundance screening is so sex lies and videotape is a huge sundance movie right like yeah that kind of creates sundance yeah so i wonder if that what kind of functions is in in that sense would you say it's apex mountain for viral marketing yes good call i found footage movies probably paranormal activity right because that leads to nine paranormal activities but it's this invents it you know orin probably doesn't do that that franchise do you think it's witches i think wizard of oz probably for for witches fair uh do you think this is apex mountain for cal ripkin getting mentioned in films i'm gonna say yes how about staring in a corner right before a murder apex mountain yes artists and entertainment acquired this movie for 1.1 million and 250 tuple timed it i think it's a apex mountain for them because i can't think of another movie the great film investments of all time yeah could have floated some to the cast cruise or hanks why not both why not both as josh and mike no gotta pick i was thinking uh hanks as mike young hanks like 1981 hanks yeah it would be really funny if 1999 tom cruise and tom hanks were the fishermen magnolia cruise they were the fishermen cruise is doing the jerry mcguire stuff yeah i'm just gonna freak out i'm in the woods racehorse rock band so we have hanks as the winner for that sure we're keeping score craig keeps score racehorse rock band wrestler fantasy team name coffin rockers is pretty good oh coffin rock is a good one man or coffin rockers i like it fantasy team or coffin rock something coffin rock's good picking nets i said i said earlier why would you stay near the indian burial ground super just uh anyone listening indian if you hear the words indian burial ground out stay just done don't fuck with it how did they have this much camera battery they charge it at heathers the day before i wonder how i mean every they're there for six fucking days those cameras where you chew up the battery in like three hours they would have like 20 battery packs yeah i do think i think that's a legit nit nit to pick it's beyond a nitpick um two cigarette questions why didn't they have more cigarettes and then why did it take mike so long to dig through his pack to make sure there weren't more cigarettes at the bottom i feel like cr it is cigarette smoking peak the bags upside down within three hours and you've gone through every crevice of it to make sure there's no cigarettes left mike's just like hey i found some more butts it's like what that's what we call a carton trip somebody's got to bring a carton just you never could it's like how long is a carton trip it's just anything longer than two days and it's like we don't know where the next convenience store is going to be there's not going to be like any outpost where we can do this what else are we going to do while walking around the woods all of them smoke right so that's at least 15 cigs a day for three people they're going to be in the woods for four so that's i think mike was closer to a pack because when they pick mike up in the morning

85:09 – 87:56

… right so even if it's a really scary effective movie there will be nothing like this again and i don't i can't even think of anything similar it's just like apex mountain for you had to be there moments i don't know oh that's good i like it uh that's it for the blair witch project thanks to chris ryan thanks to craig koralbeck for producing thanks to jack sanders as well you can watch this podcast on the ringer movies youtube channel and we'll see you next week this episode is brought to you by the movie mutiny only in theaters august 21st jason statham stars in mutiny the new action thriller from the …

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experience or did experience in my life so it's just a bummer we have too much paranormal activity have you seen the first paranormal activity yeah but you didn't think it was real yeah right so even if it's a really scary effective movie there will be nothing like this again and i don't i can't even think of anything similar it's just like apex mountain for you had to be there moments i don't know oh that's good i like it uh that's it for the blair witch project thanks to chris ryan thanks to craig koralbeck for producing thanks to jack sanders as well you can watch this podcast on the ringer movies youtube channel and we'll see you next week this episode is brought to you by the movie mutiny only in theaters august 21st jason statham stars in mutiny the new action thriller from the director of plane when an international conspiracy turns deadly statham goes off the grid on a one man mission to take down those responsible if you're a fan of the beekeeper the meg or the expendables this is exactly the kind of movie you want to see statham in one of the defining action stars of the last 25 years doing what he does best think die hard on a boat mutiny only in theaters august 21st rated r for strong bloody violence and language booking.com is the easiest way from a day surrounded by noise to a stay surrounded by nature that's nice go on book it it's easy booking.com booking.com booking.yea you

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