Year of the Comet

Moustachioed multimillionaire adventurer scientist meets flame-haired kick-ass wine babe in this adventure rom com from 1992.

Year of the Comet

Year: 1992

Written by: William Goldman

Directed by: Peter Yates

Stars: Penelope Ann Miller, Tim Daly

Show notes:

Like loving parents on the touch line at their child's hockey match, we really get into this film. It is already so charming and has so much good stuff in. We just want it to be better!

If you would like to skip the plot summary for this month's film you can spool forward a little over 4 and a half minutes into the episode.

In this episode we mention the films:

The Princess Bride (1987) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/)

All The President's Men (1976) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/)

Heat (1986) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093164/)

Pink Panther (1963) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/)

The Love Bug (1968) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/)

Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400497/)

Death Becomes Her (1992) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104070/)

Romancing the Stone* (1984) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088011/)

Con Air (1997) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118880/)

*Films marked with an asterisk have previously been featured on the podcast.

If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.

We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.

Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.

Thank you for listening!