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45 - Lean On Pete & Backstabbing For Beginners
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jan 6, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Dallas and Lee continue on with A24's 2018 filmography with Lean on Pete and Backstabbing for Beginners.In Lean on Pete, the teenage Charley befriends Lean on Pete, an ageing racehorse, when he arrives in Portland. When Charley learns that the horse is bound for slaughter, he tries to save him.Backstabbing for Beginners is based on the real life story of Michael Soussan, a young United Nations employee, travels to Iraq with his mentor, who wants to show him how successful the UN's Oil-for-Food Program has been. When Michael gets a deeper look at the organization, he unveils a corruption conspiracy in which officials -- both inside and outside of the UN -- are skimming billions off the top of the aid meant for the Iraqi people.
Released:
Jan 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
03 - The Spectacular Now & Enemy: Welcome to the third episode of The A24 Project, where we examine and review the movie catalogue of film distribution company A24, two movies at a time. In this episode we're joined by co-host of Owl Post & Aggressive Negotiations, Matt Rushing as... by The A24 Project