Brainstorm
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Sep 18, 2026
Heath MerrymanHOST
They were this glamorous, blended family of five.
Heath MerrymanHOST
Natalie began working more in television, like Robert, in the 1970s, and in 1981 started filming a science fiction movie called Brainstorm with recent Academy Award winner Christopher Walken.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
So we're throwing another handsome leading man into the mix, even though Charlotte thinks he's ugly.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
[laughs]
Heath MerrymanHOST
Yeah.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
But even younger than both Natalie and Robert were, and this was kind of, like, an interesting point in his career.
Daphne WoolsoncroftHOST
Charlotte, we should, other than the old Titanic, we should watch Brainstorm, because this is, like, when he was really just kind of coming on the scene and, like, breaking out in Hollywood.
Heath MerrymanHOST
Right.
The Oldest NerdHOST
So that's just the situation we had.
The Oldest NerdHOST
But anyway, we're talking today about Brainstorm.
The Oldest NerdHOST
This is a 1983 picture that has Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, and Cliff Robertson, Louise Flesher, a good cast.
The Oldest NerdHOST
And the reason that we picked this one, we had done Silent Running last time, and this time we wanted to see what the second film of Douglas Trumbull would look like.
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Professor OHOST
Got nothing out of that.
Professor OHOST
And Trumbull comes and saves him.
Professor OHOST
And then I think he does Brainstorm after that.
Professor OHOST
Silent Running and
RachelGUEST
And in one case, another actor died.
RachelGUEST
He was in that movie Brainstorm with the lady that was killed on a boat.
RachelGUEST
Oh,
MattGUEST
okay.
ChrisHOST
I apologize.
RachelGUEST
Hang on.
RachelGUEST
I know it's a movie called Brainstorm because it was filmed in Raleigh in the same area where Matt used to work in this really weird building.
RachelGUEST
That was pretty much.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Off we go.
Simon WhistlerHOST
In November 1981, Hollywood actress Natalie Wood had finished filming her scenes for her latest release, a sci-fi thriller named Brainstorm.
Simon WhistlerHOST
A sci-fi thriller named Brainstorm is the most 1980s sci-fi thriller name that I've ever heard.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Also, I don't know who Natalie Wood is.
Simon WhistlerHOST
How famous is Natalie Wood?
RandyHOST
I would say if she was in a sci-fi thriller called Brainstorm today, that would probably
Simon WhistlerHOST
be a B-movie.
Simon WhistlerHOST
But it could have been a huge deal in the 80s because, I mean, it was the 80s.
Eldest NerdHOST
Yes.
Eldest NerdHOST
We were talking about that film with Brainstorm, were we not? Oh, Brainstorm.
Eldest NerdHOST
Douglas Trumbull's other film to direct.
Eldest NerdHOST
Douglas Trumbull's other film since we're in the kind of Douglas Trumbull.
Eldest NerdHOST
So Brainstorm.
Eldest NerdHOST
Brainstorm it is? Yeah.
Professor OHOST
Oh, it sounds
Eldest NerdHOST
great.
Jordan HoffmanHOST
I'm always thinking about the, the dark apocalyptic sci-fi elements of this.
Jordan HoffmanHOST
Like the, you know, the movie Brainstorm.
Jordan HoffmanHOST
The government gets, gets this technology and does what with it and starts putting weird body parts on people and deforming them by sending them into VR for too long with peyote, like in the movie Altered States, and what happens? So I don't know.
Jordan HoffmanHOST
It's just yet another example of maybe [laughs] maybe leave it alone.