Brokedown Palace

"111: Brokedown Palace with Danielle Savre and Barrett Doss" is the 132nd overall episode of *Podcast Like It's 1999* covering the films of 1999, hosted by Kenny Neibart and Phil Iscove. The episode was released on January 8, 2020.

## Description

"This week we are excited to have a dynamic duo of dames to talk about a dynamic duo with Danes. We bring on returning guests and stars of STATION 19, Danielle Savre and Barrett Doss to talk about BROKEDOWN PALACE, the Kate Beckinsale/Claire Danes thriller about a pair of high school grads getting into some trouble. We talk to them about acting, female dynamics on screen and what they thought about the movie then and now."

## Kenny's Intro

"Hello and welcome to Podcast Like It's 1999, the podcast where we talk about the films of 1999, **from a Thai prison** here in 2019"

## Historical Information

"Telling their parents they're going to Hawaii, recent high school grads Alice (Claire Danes) and Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) instead travel to Thailand, thinking their money will go farther. There they meet Nick, a charming Aussie who sells them on the idea of traveling to Hong Kong with him. But things go awry at the airport when the girls are caught smuggling illegal substances in their luggage. Having been duped by Nick, the girls are sentenced to 33 years in a Thai prison."

*Brokedown Palace* was released 8/13/1999 in 9th place behind Bowfinger. It made $10.1M on a $25M budget. It has 31% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and 66% from audiences. Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars.

## Ratings

**Brokedown Palace**
 **Phil** | N/A
 **Danielle** | 99
 **Barrett** | N/A

Danielle had not rewatched it in preparation for the podcast but was basing her score on her remembrance from watching this when she was 17 and the discussion during the podcast. Phil suggested she tweet her score after rewatching it.

## Movies/TV Mentioned

The Bone Collector, Deep Blue Sea 2, Tea with Mussolini, Brokeback Mountain, Anna and the King, Red Corner, Primal Fear, To Kill a Mockingbird, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Part of Five, Heartbreakers, Law & Order: SVU, Romeo + Juliet, Little Women, Little Women (2019), My So Called Life, Home for the Holidays, U-Turn, The Mod Squad, The Professional, Beautiful Girls, Moulin Rouge, The Last Days of Disco, Laurel Canyon, The Aviator, Midnight Express, Return to Paradise, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, The Beach, American Psycho, The Revenant, Inception, The Accused, Euphoria, The Shawshank Redemption, The Chernobyl Diaries, Sex and the City, Lake Placid, Mystery, Alaska, Crawl, Stigmata, End of Days, The Haunting, House on Haunted Hill, The Ninth Gate, Audition, The Blair Witch Project, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Young Frankenstein, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Goosebumps, Ghostbusters, The Blob, Johnny Got His Gun, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Seven, Casper, Sleepless in Seattle, Lost Highway, Independence Day, 1600 Penn, Titanic, Apollo 13, Twister, The Verdict, The Wire, Mickey Blue Eyes, Three to Tango, Bats, John Logan films, Skyfall, The Aviator, Any Given Sunday, RKO 281, Cats, A Chorus Line, A Star is Born, Titanic, Les Miserables, Les Miserables (PBS), The King's Speech, Into the Woods, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Orange is the New Black

## References

1. ↑ Box Office Mojo. Brokedown Palace. BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved on May 5, 2022.
2. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes. Brokedown Palace. RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved on May 5, 2022.
3. ↑ Roger Ebert. Brokedown Palace. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved on May 5, 2022.