"What's the matter, Gann?"
"They found my kid's wallet buried under a train in Colorado."
"Aw, no."
"What the hell was she doing in Colorado?"
-- Logging Boss and Sol Gann, The Journey of Natty Gann
It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast! This time, we pay tribute to the passing of Kenneth Welsh and continue continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing The Journey of Natty Gann, the 1985 adventure film directed by Jeremy Kagan, starring Ray Wise as Sol Gann, Meredith Salenger as Natty Gann, John Cusack as Harry, and Lainie Kazan as Connie!
LET'S ROCK
In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan finally driving the Ghostwood Bus, why we need to change the title to Ghostwood: The Self-Deprecation Podcast, Xan having an upcoming Lady Surgery, my thinking Xan would do a much better job leading the discussion of The Journey of Natty Gann, Xan telling Ray Wise she used to think of him as a wonderful father until Twin Peaks, Kenneth Welsh as Windom Earle on Twin Peaks and Simon Gates on The X-Files, the tragedy of Ashley Judd's mother Naomi committing suicide, the stupid rumors of David Lynch having a film at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the magazine Dynamite, Diff'rent Strokes vs. Webster, comparisons to Annie, screenwriter Jeanne Rosenberg, James Horner replacing Elmer Bernstein as composer, Natty Gann losing to Ran in Best Costume Design, Meredith Salenger marrying Patton Oswalt, Billy Miles from The X-Files, John Cusack as Lane Meyer in Better Off Dead, Sol being forced to leave Natty behind so he can take a job, Connie's Total Bitch Move, Disney's family-friendly film content like brutal dogfights, Natty making friends with Wolf, the Patron Saints of Young Gen-X Girls, seeing Ray Wise in the Pacific Northwest again, Martin Scorcese's After Hours, Natty demonstrating how to act when someone touches you inappropriately, Sol indirectly trying to kill himself by taking on dangerous "Widow's Work", the huge coincidence of Natty running into Harry a second time, the scene in Natty Gann that Xan can't watch, Xan hoping Natty and Harry would be reunited lost loves, weird love scenes during a time of crisis, Disney pushing the envelope in the '80s, Xan thinking she sings way too much on Drunk Cinema, Xan appearing recently on Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, Xan and I talking Star Wars on Drunk Cinema, Xan tearing up at Sarah's dress in Labyrinth, and more!
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Be sure to come back in one month, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing Labyrinth, the 1986 musical fantasy film directed by Jim Henson, starring David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King, Jennifer Connelly as Sarah Williams, and Christopher Malcolm as Robert Williams!
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