{"id":1271,"date":"2025-02-17T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2025-02-17T03:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T03:29:26","slug":"329-the-devils-own-with-dan-mecca-and-conor-odonnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2025\/02\/17\/329-the-devils-own-with-dan-mecca-and-conor-odonnell\/","title":{"rendered":"329 – The Devil’s Own (with Dan Mecca and Conor O’Donnell!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What a delight to have not one but TWO pals join us this week, The B-Side hosts Dan Mecca and Conor O’Donnell! Naturally, we’re going back to forgotten films from the 1990s with director Alan Pakula’s final film, The Devil’s Own<\/em>. The film starred Brad Pitt as an IRA member hiding out in America opposite Harrison Ford as the police officer who shelters him. Presenting a very Americanized version of the Irish Troubles, The Devil’s Own<\/em> is just about the mildest and best looking movie disaster you’ll find in the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This episode, we unpack the tumultuous making of the film and how its on-set tug-of-war is still discussed. We also discuss Pitt’s notoriously derided dialect in the film, Ford’s relationship with male costars, and Pakula’s tremendous filmography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Topics also include cinematographer Gordon Willis, Edward Zwick’s memoir, and Oscar movies about the Troubles.<\/p>\n