{"id":5221,"date":"2020-11-17T21:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shatthemovies.com\/?p=5221"},"modified":"2024-09-08T21:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T01:09:03","slug":"grosse-pointe-blank-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shatpod.com\/movies\/grosse-pointe-blank-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Grosse Pointe Blank Quote: &#8220;A thousand innocent people get killed every day! But a millionaire&#8217;s pet gets detonated, and you&#8217;re marked for life.&#8221; &#8211; Martin Q. Blank<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16851083\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/d83508\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mention John Cusack, and most people think of &#8220;Say Anything, &#8220;Better Off Dead,&#8221; or &#8220;High Fidelity,&#8221; but Gene would argue Cusack&#8217;s best film is the oft-forgotten &#8220;Grosse Pointe Blank,&#8221; a movie that brought out the best of every actor in it.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, listener David from North of England was inspired by the movie&#8217;s music and painful depiction of a 10-year high school reunion, giving us an excuse to discuss Ash&#8217;s fear of hotel rooms, Dick&#8217;s fear of never leaving his home town, and Gene&#8217;s fear of never being able to go home again.<\/p>\n<p>This episode also explores masterful improvisation by a killer cast, real bonds between old friends, subverted expectations, emotional rollercoasters, teen love, strong women, the makings of great shootouts, and the goddess who is Joan Cusack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plot Summary: \u201cGrosse Pointe Blank&#8221;<\/strong> After assassin Martin Blank (John Cusack) has trouble focusing on his work, resulting in a failed assignment, he returns to his hometown, Grosse Point, Mich., for his 10-year high school reunion. There he meets Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver), an old girlfriend that he stood up for the prom. Martin\u2019s secretary (Joan Cusack) sets up a hit for him while he is in town, but Martin starts to reconsider his life. 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There he meets Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver), an old girlfriend that he stood up for the prom. Martin\u2019s secretary (Joan Cusack) sets up a hit for him while he is in town, but Martin starts to reconsider his life. 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