Friendly Fire Maximum Fun
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A history podcast with a twist: Friendly Fire uses war movies as a point of entry on not only the history of war, but the history of how societies think about war. John Roderick, Adam Pranica and Benjamin Ahr Harrison dissect movies from throughout the history of cinema, talk about film production, pedantic quibbles with costumes and airplanes, and keep you laughing the entire time.
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Duck Soup (1933)
Sensing a weakness in Freedonia's new president, Sylvania sends in some spies to stage a revolution. On today's episode Adam, Ben, and John take five and ten in Woolworth while reviewing this Marx Bros. classic!
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Operation Amsterdam (1959)
Two diamond merchants and a British intelligence officer attempt to persuade the Dutch to get their diamonds to England while the Germans invade Holland. On today's episode Adam, Ben, and John came in on a British Destroyer while reviewing this 50's heist film!
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A Midnight Clear (1992)
In an isolated cabin in the Ardennes, a group of US GIs face off against German soldiers during WW2. On Today's episode Adam, Ben, and John aren't exactly sure what country they're in when reviewing this holiday war film.
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Attack! (1956)
Tensions run high in Fragile Fox Company when you've got a coward as a captain. On today's episode Adam, Ben, and John don't trust soldiers who shine their shoes every day, while reviewing this 50's classic.
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Troy (2004) [Director's Cut]
Ancient armies collide in this unique interpretation of Homer's Iliad. On today's episode Adam, Ben, and John walk with giants when they review this epic director's cut!
Customer Reviews
Another Ben&Adam product!
Good show, weakest of the Ben&Adamverse.
Really fun to see John manipulating the other hosts and playing them against each other, though. Great fun, I’m just not into war movies, sadly, haha.
Catching up with friends.
Great combination of serious analysis of film and culture, combined with immature squabbling. Not a film buff. But I do love history, and find the cinematography elements very interesting to. But really it’s all about the great chemistry between the three guys. Every week I smile when the show comes up in my feed and it feels like I’m going to catch up with friends.
Like, like, like it…a LOT!
John is fascinating, and the other two aren’t lost they either. War movies and adjacent war movies are just my cup of strong coffee.