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Mar 2025
2h 17m

The 1982 Movie Draft

The Ringer
About this episode

We’re drafting again! Sean, Amanda, and Chris are joined by the resident physical-media king of 'The Big Picture,' Tracy Letts, to draft movies from 1982 and take stock of the biggest ways the film world has changed in the past 40 years.


Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Guests: Tracy Letts and Chris Ryan

Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

Video Producer: Jack Sanders

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