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Dec 2020
2h 21m

Flight with Olivia Craighead

Blank Check Productions
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After twelve years since releasing a live action film, Zemeckis comes back to the living with 2012's addiction drama, Flight. Olivia Craighead (Iconography podcast) joins #thetwofriends to discuss the misleading trailer and marketing, consider Melissa Leo, and help answer technical questions like how to roll a plane. Join our Patreon for franchise commentar ... Show More
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