Running on Empty (1988)

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Who talked about it

The Big Picture

Came from

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Led to

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Connected to

Coming Home: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Running on Empty → Coming Home. Running on Empty was reconciliation, not a reminder of the war's tragedies like Coming Home or The Deer Hunter.
    “It wasn't a reminder of the war's many tragedies, like coming home or the Deer Hunter.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:16:23 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Naomi Foner: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Naomi Foner → Running on Empty. Foner's screenwriting breakthrough drew on her activist past and a friend in the Weather Underground.
    “her breakthrough would have a direct connection to her activist past.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:12:15 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Platoon: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Running on Empty → Platoon. It was not a reckoning with combat horrors like Platoon.
    “Nor was it a reckoning with the horrors of combat, like Platoon.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:16:28 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Sidney Lumet: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Sidney Lumet → Running on Empty. Lumet, director of 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon, got the script in 1987.
    “In 1987, phoner script found its way to Sydney Lament, the director of such classics as 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:14:15 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

The 1960s: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Running on Empty → The 1960s. The 80s as a political and emotional referendum on the 60s, with the film as the example.
    “If any movie demonstrates the degree to which the 80s became a political and emotional referendum on the 60s, it's running on empty.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:14:41 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Sidney Lumet → Running on Empty. Lumet, director of 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon, got the script in 1987.
    “In 1987, phoner script found its way to Sydney Lament, the director of such classics as 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:14:15 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Running on Empty → Coming Home. Running on Empty was reconciliation, not a reminder of the war's tragedies like Coming Home or The Deer Hunter.
    “It wasn't a reminder of the war's many tragedies, like coming home or the Deer Hunter.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:16:23 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Running on Empty → Platoon. It was not a reckoning with combat horrors like Platoon.
    “Nor was it a reckoning with the horrors of combat, like Platoon.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:16:28 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Naomi Foner → Running on Empty. Foner's screenwriting breakthrough drew on her activist past and a friend in the Weather Underground.
    “her breakthrough would have a direct connection to her activist past.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:12:15 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Running on Empty → The 1960s. The 80s as a political and emotional referendum on the 60s, with the film as the example.
    “If any movie demonstrates the degree to which the 80s became a political and emotional referendum on the 60s, it's running on empty.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:14:41 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Running on Empty: Restaurant scene where Annie meets her father (Steven Hill).
    “The most remarkable moment in running on empty takes place in an upscale restaurant.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:15:08 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Running on Empty: Final scene: Arthur lets Danny go on a roadside near the Jersey Turnpike.
    “It takes place on a leafy roadside near the Jersey Turnpike.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:16:52 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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