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The second film in our Dudley Moore pairing comes just two years after our first, but it cemented Moore's status as a Hollywood superstar! For writer/director Stephen Gordon, this was his first feature film, and his last, as he died in 1982. But 1981's "Arthur" would go on to produce four Academy Award nominations and two wins, for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Original Song! The film stars Moore as Arthur Bach, a spoiled rich New Yorker who's never really grown up (largely because he's never had to). The film opens with Arthur being driven around the city by his chauffeur, Bitterman (Ted Ross), and Arthur stops to pick up a hooker named Gloria (Anne DeSalvo) for dinner and a night of friendly debauchery. In the morning, Gloria is tersely turned out by his butler, Mr. Hobson (Sir John Gielgud, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this role). Arthur then goes to meet his father, Stanford Bach (Thomas Barbour) who informs him that Arthur must agree to the marriage he's arrange for him, to Susan Johnson (Jill Eikenberry), or be cut off from his $750 million dollar trust fund. Arthur reluctantly agrees, and seems resigned to his fate, until he meets a beautiful young shoplifter named Linda Marolla (Liza Minnelli). From there, it's a romantic comedy with a surprising sense of heart and the Oscar-winning song, "The Best That You Can Do," by Christopher Cross that seems to sum up all the emotion of the film. Also starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barney Martin, and Stephen Elliott! And, the gents talk about what two films they'll be looking at next for what Jeff is calling his "Kids are capable of the darnedest things!" pairing!

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It's been almost seven months since Buddy, Chad, and Jeff started their list of pairings that were supposed to get them through to the 500th episode. But thanks to too many very famous actors passing away, there are still three pairings left on the list! Fortunately, the fates have allowed the trio to return to it, starting with this week's film! This pairing features two films that made Dudley Moore a well-known name in the United States (he was already well-known in the UK)! First up, directed by the masterful Blake Edwards, 1979's "10" is a story about a famous songwriter hitting his mid-life crisis! George Webber (Moore) is turning 42 and not handling it well. He's in a shaky relationship with singer Samantha Taylor (Julie Andrews) and is squabbling with his lyricist Hugh (Robert Webber). One day, while out driving, he catches a glimpse of a beautiful young woman in a wedding dress and becomes completely smitten! Eventually, he discovers that her name is Jenny Hanley (Bo Derek) and she's just married her boyfriend of two years, David (Sam J. Jones). He also learns that her father, Dr. Miles (James Noble) is a dentist, so he makes an appointment where, while getting six cavities filled, he learns that Jenny has gone to Mexico for her honeymoon. High on the painkillers the dentist prescribes him, he hops on a plane and finds himself at the same resort with the newlyweds. Will he find a way to realize his fantasy? If so, will the real thing turn out to be as great as his fantasy? Watch the film and find out! Also starring Dee Wallace, Max Showalter, and Brian Dennehy!

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Our second film honoring the late Robert Duvall not only shows off his musical abilities, but it won him an Academy Award for Best Actor! Directed by Bruce Beresford, 1983's "Tender Mercies" tells the story of washed-up country singer Mac Sledge (Duvall) who, after a drunken night, finds himself stranded, penniless, at a small motel/gas station in Texas. He seeks out the proprietor, Rosa Lee (Tess Harper) who, with her young son Sonny (Allan Hubbard), tend to the business as best they can, and offers to work to pay off his room. He ends up staying on and cleans himself up, stops drinking, and becomes close with both Rosa and Sonny. He also begins writing new songs, although he tells no one about them. Eventually he professes his affections to Rosa and and the two get married. After a reporter (Paul Gleason) write a story about him in the local paper, a group of young musicians show up and tell him how much his music inspired them. He takes one of his songs to his ex-wife Dixie's (Betty Buckley) manager, Harry (Wilford Brimley) and asks him if he'd take it to her and see if she'd be interested in performing it. He also confronts Dixie and asks about his daughter, Sue Anne (Ellen Barkin) who he hasn't seen in a decade. Dixie throws him out, and Harry tells him she rejected his song outright, calling it substandard. Eventually, the young country band ask permission to record two of his songs, and Sue Anne comes to visit him against her mother's wishes now that she's turned 18. Things start to look up, but as Mac knows all too well, tragedy is always right around the corner - what matters is how you deal with it and move on. Plus, the trio FINALLY return to the list they began in early August and reveal which two films starring Dudley Moore will make up the next pairing!

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We conclude our "In Memorium" pairings (for now) by paying tribute to the legendary actor Robert Duvall, who passed away on February 15th, 2026. Like with Rob Reiner and Catherine O'Hara, we've already reviewed several films, but there are no shortage of great performances left to choose from! Our first film is from 1979, directed by Lewis John Carlino. In "The Great Santini," Duvall plays Bull "The Great Santini" Meechum, a fierce and dedicated Marine fighter pilot who had the misfortune to enlist between wars, thus leaving him no one to fight. As a result, he is extremely disciplined... most of the time, until he isn't. He functions as the head of his family like he would as head of a military unit. Thus, his wife Lillian (Blythe Danner), eldest son Ben (Michael O'Keefe), his eldest daughter Mary Anne (Lisa Jane Persky), his youngest daughter Karen (Julie Anne Haddock), and youngest son Matthew (Brian Andrews) have adapted as best they can to a very military style of family life. As the oldest, however, Ben is the first to up-end the familial balance when he begins to assert control of his own life as his 18th birthday approaches. But even "The Great Santini" can find it in himself to bend when necessary, at least once it's proven to him, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he must.

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