Ep. 53 - Once Upon A Time in Hollywood v. Licorice Pizza with Roseanne Caputi, Alex Robertson and Dr. David J. Johnson DMD

It’s another exciting match-up this week on Fabulous Film & Friends as we compare the works of two L.A. showbiz-loving poets cum grand masters with Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 magnum opus, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Margaret Qualley, Dakota Fanning, Mike Moh, a pre-Elvis Austin Butler, Kurt Russell, Al Pacino, and a whole host of familiar faces against Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza starring unknowns Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman with big time help from Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits, Ben Safdie, John Michael Higgins and in a master class of supporting acting, Harriet Sansom Harris as a tough-talking agent.  

I’m your host Gino Caputi and my guests this week are once again series regulars Dr. David Johnson and Roseanne Caputi and here celebrating his birthday with us, the ageless and unstoppable Gordon Alex Roberstson . 

Again, simple synopses, which as we all know are always the best.

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, is set in the summer of 1969 under the looming shadow of the Manson family’s forthcoming murder-spree, a fading TV star named Rick Dalton who is next-door neighbor to Manson victim Sharon Tate and her husband Roman Polanski, juggles the ups and downs of his career, while leaning on the solid friendship of his stunt double and best friend Cliff Boothe. 

 Licorice Pizza, chronicles the story of Alana, an aimless 25-year old school photographer’s assistant, living with her parents  in 1973 in the San Fernando Valley, and Gary Valentine, a 15-year old actor and aggressive entrepreneur who, try as they might, cannot escape the fact that they were meant for each other. 

Are these two films entirely different or very similar?

Find out!