Director’s Commentary

Lethal Attraction

Bad Boys, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard with a Vengeance. Of all the great buddy-cop comedies, Lethal Attraction is the only one where the cops ended up in an explicit sexual relationship. This commentary sees Sheridan recall the Chicago haddock smugglers of the 90s, using a real-life gun maniac, and finally addresses, once and for all, whether Barry and Ambrose actually ‘did it’ in the film’s famous love scene. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Prophesy of the Wack Runes

In an attempt to make fantasy films cool again, Sheridan released this rap fantasy in 2005. In this commentary he recalls working with rap legends MC Features and Fresh Raymond, dogging with Christopher Nolan, and how a dog that could do maths changed the educational fortunes of a generation of children.  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Bathorse

The new millennium saw a proliferation of superhero films – Hatman; about a man who puts on a hat and gains all the powers of a man wearing a hat. Iron Man; who uses his powers to remove creases from any material – Perhaps the most memorable, despite having largely been forgotten, was Bathorse. Sheridan remembers the making of that film, drinking absinthe in Marrakesh with a dwarf and a pirate, trying to get a horse through a revolving door, and ground-breaking ventriloquism effects. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

K(ill)-9

Sheridan considers his 1999 classic Kill-9. His psychopathic dog picture that brought an end to the 90s cycle of serial killer movies. In this commentary he discusses the acting capabilities of dogs, why movie serial killers never used a guillotine, and how Robert DeNiro’s method acting philosophy meant that he was uncontrollably flatulent during the classic coffee shop scene in Heat. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Chelmsford is Sinking

Of all the classic disaster films – The Sun is on Fire, Chernobyl Ebola, Trench – perhaps the only one that was ever set in Essex was the 2001 classic Chelmsford is Sinking. In this director’s commentary, Sheridan recalls his brief affair with Harrison Ford, machines that draw wavy lines on long bits of paper, and trying to get Chelmsford town council to agree to building a snow-capped mountain on the outskirts of town. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.