This week we cover a couple films of dudes sticking together through thick and thin… supporting one another when times are tough…

or just two films with muddafuggin Burt Young

The first film we review is kinda like Porky’s… kinda like Police Academy… it is THE CHOIRBOYS from 1977.

Next we review a film with three method acting power houses… Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts and Eric Roberts’ perm in THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE.

and we talk about Burt Young.

Music this week:
Dead Kennedys – Police Truck
Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair
The Beatles – Help!

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This week on Ye Olde Silva & Gold we cover a couple films about men adjusting to life after prison. They are quite different, but share some definite common themes.

First we talk about a probably underseen Richard Farnsworth film from 1982 called The Grey Fox, a biopic that has Farnsworth playing The Gentlemen Bandit Bill Miner who has just been released from a 33 year prison term in 1903 only to discover a far different society.

Next we jump into another probably underseen film from 1978 starring Dustin Hoffman in a rare tough guy role as Max Dembo in Straight Time. Busey, M. Emmitt Walsh, Cathy Bates, Harry Dean Stanton… this one’s chock full of fun.

Music this week:
Iron Maiden – The Prisoner
Melvins – Set Me Straight
The Cramps – Jailhouse Rock

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