Patton Oswalt

Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt joins host Ben Mankiewicz for a live taping of Talking Pictures recorded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on the eve of the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival. An obsessive movie fan, Patton sees hundreds of films a year; he hates talkers in theaters but loves when going to a movie turns into a bonding experience with strangers. From his acting career, he tells stories of being suspended in a tree on the set of “Magnolia” and doing a sex scene with Charlize Theron in “Young Adult.” In the Super 8, Oswalt shares films you’ll want to remember and see the first chance you get.

Films Mentioned:

• Young Adult
• Ratatouille
• The D.I.
• Halloween
• Magnolia
• Hard Eight
• Young Adult
• Stalag 17
• The Great Escape
• Yojimbo
• Bad News Bears, 1976
• Casablanca
• Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
• Return of the Living Dead
• Three Kings
• Gates of Heaven
• Bachelor Party
• Baby Driver
• After Life
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Planet of The Apes
• Wait Until Dark
• Man With No Name
• A Catered Affair
• The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
• Sergeant York
• The Taking of Pelham 123
• Female Trouble
• Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
• The Twelve Chairs
• Blazing Saddles
• Ikiru
• Kingpin
• Quick Change
• Pig

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