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Could have titled this review Home Run or Third Base or something, but figured those titles should be taken. The New York Times didn't fully do their research, missing a positive tipping point in Duchovny's work. RTC AKA BUCKY was a screenplay long before it was a book. The book came from the frustration David experienced trying to get the film made. It took so long that he went from playing the son, with great actors interested in playing the dad, to him, David, playing the dad. This is only one of the delicious tidbits that make up this meal of a movie. RTC is a unique blend of fantasy and reality. It goes way beyond the fantasy the guys try to create for Marty. It's a hopeful reality piece about the healing of relationships & how long it can take to understand our own behavior. Maybe death has to be present as a witness in order for us to finally feel safe doing so. It's about marrying your dream girl and having great kids with her, even though you made some mistakes early on that might have made her hate you and/or write you off. From mistakes in facial hair to the non-trivial variety. It's about the balance of the things in life that make you want to live forever and the things that make you want to give up. It's about how sports don't really matter, but how indeed they do. It's about people. Of any era. It's a study in flaws and about the coexistence of good and bad. It's about how even if we root for one team, we can't help but see the value in some of the players in the opposing team. And how we embody all of that. Plus REVERSE THE CURSE has a ton of Duchovny-brand humor, some baseball, some history presented correctly & oops tinged with fantasy. And it's got a kick-ass song at its beautiful surprise close. Find the couple of hours to treat yourself.

They interviewed some of the local Oregon cast of ANIMAL HOUSE, but missed a Landis regular cast member, Eliza Garrett (now Eliza Roberts), who played "Brunella At The Desk". The casting of Eliza came about because she'd starred in Landis' SCHLOCK as a teenager. John called her to play the role that Lisa Bauer played, but when Eliza informed him she was pregnant, he asked her instead to play the poncho'd Brunella. Even with 24 hour a day morning sickness, shooting AH was a blast, and now Eliza son, CBS Records recording artist Keaton Simons can claim to be the youngest member of the cast of ANIMAL HOUSE, having been an embryo in the movie. Eliza went on the continue acting, become a casting director and marry actor Eric Roberts.

That was Keaton Simons' song "Without Your Skin" that played during the montage when he sees they're getting married in the hospital room on the show that aired March 14, 2007. Keaton's other songs, "To Me" and I think "Currently" were used on the show before. I love his music. It's a great fit for the show also. If you do an Internet search on him, you find out he's Eric Roberts' stepson. And you can get his music through the internet. I wonder if they cut the scene to fit the song or vice-versa. When you stop to think, there is a lot of work that goes into all the musical transitions and music to set an emotional climate on a show.