The Saint
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Search complete. 34 mentions across 9 episodes found for "The Saint".
Oct 26, 2026
NickHOST
Also, Chasing Amy, another cult classic.
NickHOST
Also, The Saint with Val fucking Kilmer.
NickHOST
All these movies were in the theater at the same time.
NickHOST
Imagine theater hopping and seeing all these awesome movies.
FrankHOST
Fletcher had previously directed the Elton John biopic Rocketman.
FrankHOST
He later left to helm the reboot of the 1997 Val Kilmer film The Saint for Paramount.
FrankHOST
What the fuck is that?
JerryGUEST
i was looking into it uh the series isn't out yet uh the reboot isn't out yet uh but
ThomasHOST
seven years later
FrankHOST
oh oh it's called the saint
ThomasHOST
and it's yeah
FrankHOST
being made for paramount i thought the full title was the saint for paramount
Matt ScottHOST
The villain is a ripoff of a Val Kilmer character.
Matt ScottHOST
I don't know which one because it was 1990 and The Saint came out after this, but it kind of reminds me of that.
Matt ScottHOST
And it kind of reminds
JohnHOST
me of Doc Holliday.
TristanHOST
The GoldenEye.
MikeHOST
Uh, The Saint.
MikeHOST
Uh, a film that we have some connection to, US Marshal.
TristanHOST
Mm-hmm.
Juliet HarrisHOST
...
Juliet HarrisHOST
Jarvis Cocker featuring Jonny Greenwood in the Harry Potter films.
Juliet HarrisHOST
That's great.
Juliet HarrisHOST
What, what a rich, a vein of kind of power pop films we've struck at this moment in time.
Ed BiggsHOST
[laughs] Uh, less excitingly, Susanna Hoffs collaborated with Travis for a single in 2020, which didn't do anything.
Juliet HarrisHOST
Oh, that's a shame.
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Juliet HarrisHOST
Anyway, we have got more things to come, including this at number 27, a new entry.
Juliet HarrisHOST
Something Beautiful Remains by Tina Turner.
Matthew Ryan WilliamsHOST
what's your what's your name philip noise and they're like okay n-o-y-c-e is like whatever sure yeah that's it um so he's directed a couple films that we have discussed uh he directed clear and present danger which is the follow-up to patriot games it's the third of the jack ryan uh films from the 90s and i think the last one of the 90s as well He also has directed Above Suspicion, The Giver, Salt, let's see, A Rabbit-Proof Fence and The Quiet American, The Bone Collector, which I don't think we discussed that one.
Matthew Ryan WilliamsHOST
We did discuss The Saint, which he directed, which fuck knows.
Matthew Ryan WilliamsHOST
Yeah.
Matthew Ryan WilliamsHOST
Uh, also he directed sliver, which is a fantastic, uh, I guess as part of that erotic thrillers that, uh, Joe Esther house, uh, wrote that, but yeah, great director.
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Matthew Ryan WilliamsHOST
he played the main kid's father in that
Will MiloskyHOST
oh shit okay like he really like i don't know he's he's in the movie like he gives he gives jack ryan a fake medal for some fucking reason after he gets shot in the shoulder um and then and then jack ryan confronts the the irish man at the bar and samuel jackson is just there like it doesn't show it doesn't like jack right doesn't call samuel jackson hey let's go to the bar and like we'll confront this guy he's just like it just happens and they're i don't know why i don't know why samuel jackson went with him
Matthew Ryan WilliamsHOST
um the last cast member i want to mention is alan armstrong he plays one of the uh i guess he's a british detective or inspector we've seen him before as well he was also in the saint braveheart black beauty the guy you would recognize if you've seen him or if you see him proof of life van helsing oliver twist aragon but yeah he's an awesome actor as well yeah that's cast and crew uh so let's talk about the second jack ryan film
Will MiloskyHOST
okay
Daniel ThronHOST
Mm-hmm.
Jonathan GoldmanGUEST
Like I said, just after Clear and Present Danger had come out, we were trying to get The Saint up and running.
Jonathan GoldmanGUEST
Um-
Daniel ThronHOST
Oh, right.
Jonathan GoldmanGUEST
Um-
Daniel ThronHOST
That's terrific, yeah
Jonathan GoldmanGUEST
... and then at some point, you know, uh, while he was in Russia shooting The Saint, uh, 'cause I was kind of like the second assistant a- as well, uh, you know, the first one went to, to Russia, I was back here answering the phones and plotting out whatever needed to happen in LA and, and the next stuff coming up.
Jonathan GoldmanGUEST
So in, you know, in the in between I'm, I'm writing.
Kevin ReitzelHOST
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Lacey EderholdGUEST
But I remember seeing it in the theater and I just loved it.
Lacey EderholdGUEST
I probably saw it several times.
Lacey EderholdGUEST
Um, and then I, as I, you know, moved along to life three or four years later, that was one of the first movies that I remember seeing on VHS when I worked in Blockbuster.
Jonathan WeisslerGUEST
So Mission Impossible, technically I was visual effects, production-y based.
Jonathan WeisslerGUEST
And then off the back of that, I was going to do a film called The Saints, which was Paramount and it was Val Kilmer and Philip Noyce directing, remake of the old TV show.
Jonathan WeisslerGUEST
And all the senior crew from Mission were going on to The Saints.
Jonathan WeisslerGUEST
And at the same time of that, and I was also in between big movies, I was working on...
Jonathan WeisslerGUEST
TV shows and music videos and commercials and short films with my friends, just always shooting, every day busy.