319 – Bend It Like Beckham (Patreon Selects)

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

We have another episode from one of our beloved sponsor tier patrons from Patreon, this time returning us to our beloved movie year 2003! After becoming a 2002 British megahit, Bend It Like Beckham launched in the US at Sundance before becoming an early 2003 summer crowdpleaser. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, the film follows Jess (Parminder Nagra) as she secretly joins a soccer team against the wishes of her traditional Indian family. With nominations from the WGA and the Golden Globes, Bend It Like Beckham ultimately did not manage an Oscar nomination for its upbeat look at teenage womanhood.

This episode, we talk about Fox Searchlight’s 2003 lineup and 28 Days Later as a fellow UK crossover hit. We also discuss the film’s shoehorned romantic subplot, Parminder Agra’s run of prominent television roles, and costar Keira Knightley’s trio of breakthrough 2003 roles.

Topics also include international nominee Lagaan, the film’s soundtrack, and sports movies.

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0:00.0	What can we say except box office points for Moana 2?
0:06.6	Did I send you that report that deadline did that apparently AMC's website had a queue?
0:15.5	Yeah.
0:15.8	Because there was so much demand for going to the movies.
0:18.9	Yes.
0:19.8	There was this really a record-breaking Thanksgiving weekend box office
0:24.8	and certainly a return to form for the movies.
0:30.0	As you mentioned in our group chat,
0:33.6	we don't want to hear anymore the movies are dead.
0:37.1	Theatrical is dead stories for quite a while.
0:39.7	If I see one of those stories because of one bad weekend this spring, I'm going to lose my mind.
0:44.9	Right.
0:45.4	No.
0:46.0	It's absolutely true.
0:48.1	What that says that what it took to get this kind of a box office weekend was um snatching a disney sequel out from the jaws of television and you know making a sequel
1:04.2	to a 25 year old you know movie and whatnot whatever it's you know what the movies are back Whatever. It's, you know what?
1:11.4	The movies are back, baby.
1:12.6	Who cares?
1:13.5	And maybe the most popular stage show of the past 20 years.
1:17.7	Right.
1:18.1	Exactly.
1:18.4	Globally speaking.
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