Recommended on this episode
MediaRecommended
The Passion of the Christ
Mel Gibson (inferred)
“in my mind it was like a prayer, I watch it each Good Friday”
“like uh The Passion of the Christ for instance. That was a huge movie... in my mind, um, it was like a prayer, you know, the, uh, I watch it each Good Friday.”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaRecommended
The Last Temptation of Christ
Martin Scorsese (inferred)
“I liked it and it's also very real”
“the last temptation of Christ... I love wood fo I mean he's one of my favorite actors... I liked it and it's also very real that historically real.”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaRecommended
Lenny
Bob Fosse (inferred)
“Great film, Dustin Hoffman nailed it”
“did you see Lenny the Dustin Hoffman film? Great film. I mean I think Dustin Hoffman nailed it.”— Joe Eszterhas
BookRecommendedISBN verified
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Hunter S. Thompson
“in my mind is the best political commentary”
“the campaign book the 72 campaign book which in my mind is the best political commentary including all of Teddy White's books.”— Joe Eszterhas
The guest's own work
MediaBy the guest
Basic Instinct
Joe Eszterhas
“The twisted little man had another thought and I raced back inside and wrote the words Basic Instinct. Sent it to my agents. They auctioned it.”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaBy the guest
Big Shots
Joe Eszterhas
“big shots which was little movie that that was very popular with kids came from my son Steve's experience um in Marin County with a black friend”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaBy the guest
Checking Out
Joe Eszterhas
“there was a movie I did called Checking Out with Jeff Daniels and that was about midlife crisis”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaBy the guest
Betrayed
Joe Eszterhas
“I concocted this romance between Deborah Winger and Tom Barer. So, but they they all had some kind of a tie.”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaBy the guest
Telling Lies in America
Joe Eszterhas
“Telling Lies in America, which is one of my favorite little movies with Kevin Bacon and Brad Renfro, is semi-auto autobiographical”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaBy the guest
Fist
Joe Eszterhas
“I go to meet them and they hire me and I write fist. All of that which led to my success in the screenplays”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaBy the guest
Showgirls
Joe Eszterhas
“I can only imagine when I watched show girls I was like whoever wrote this was doing coke”— Joe Eszterhas
BookBy the guestISBN verified
Charlie Simpson's Apocalypse
Joe Eszterhas
“I write a a book called Charlie Simpsons Apocalypse... and then the book becomes a finalist for the National Book Award.”— Joe Eszterhas
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
BookReferencedISBN verified
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
“Two books especially I taught the the fear and Loathing in Vegas of course and the campaign book”— Joe Eszterhas
BookReferencedISBN verified
Letters from the Earth
Mark Twain
“Nobody talks of he wrote a book called Letters from the Earth from from the Voice of the Devil.”— Joe Eszterhas
BookReferencedISBN verified
The Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain
“He wrote another one called The Mysterious Stranger, which is about Jesus coming back in a very dark way.”— Joe Eszterhas
MediaReferenced
The Rum Diary
Hunter S. Thompson
“he wanted me to write the screenplay for Rum Diary. and I hadn't seen him in a long time”— Joe Eszterhas
BookReferenced
Dark Church
Naomi Eszterhas (inferred)
“she's written her first novel... which is called um Dark Church and it's set in in Dracula's Transylvania.”— Joe Eszterhas
More from Joe Rogan
All 2643 recommended