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‘Tony’ and the Top 5 Coming-of-Age Movies, With Matt Johnson!
Well, there’s only one man to bring in to discuss Matt Johnson’s new biopic, ‘Tony,’ and that’s Anthony Bourdain aficionado Chris Ryan. Before diving into the movie, CR briefly gives a temperature check on the highly anticipated ‘Miami Vice’ sequel. Then, they unpack ‘Tony’ and highlight all of the reasons they found it to be deeply affecting. Later, they both share their top five “coming of age” movies of all time. Finally, Matt Johnson joins the show to tell Sean all of his secrets, because he likes him (his exact words). Johnson explains how Dominic Sessa convinced him to make...
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I'm Sean Fantasy and this is the Big Picture, a conversation show about Tony. On today's episode I'll be joined by Chris Ryan to discuss a new movie about a subject near and dear to his heart. It's the new docudrama about the early days of chef, author, and TV trailblazer Anthony
Bourdain. The new film is co-written and directed by show favorite Matt Johnson. Matt returns to the show to talk about the task of taking on Bourdain's story and life after the success of his film, Nirvana the Band, the show, the movie.
Matt is one of the greatest guests in the history of the show. Love hanging out with him, learning from him. You'll want to listen to our conversation. But first, let's talk to CR about Tony and the state of the world right now.
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