Episode 23: Wake Up Dead Man

Wake Up Dead Man is the latest Knives Out mystery film from writer-director Rian Johnson. In this film we find Father Jud Duplenticy (Joh O'Connor) under suspicion of the murder of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Joshj Brolin), stabbed in the back in a storage closet during his Good Friday service. The ensemble this time is played by Glenn Close as Martha, a lifelong servant of the church, Jeremy Renner as local physician Dr. Nat, Kerry Washington as attorney Vera, Andrew Scott as author-in-exile Lee, Cailee Spaeny as Simone, a disabled woman and the church's biggest donor, Daryl McCormack as a failed politician heel, Thomas Haden Church as Samson the groundskeeper and Martha's lover, and Mila Kunis as the local police chief. Daniel Craig stars once again as Benoit Blanc, a private detective who takes the case to prove Jud's innocence. Time Stamps: (01:12) Exposed (24:32) The Third Man (40:25) The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (51:57) Wake Up Dead Man (1:25:27) Spoilers (2:04:21) Next Time: Marty Supreme & 2025 catch up Works Cited: Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis: Backlash over support for rapist Danny Masterson (Emma Saunders, 2023) Breaking Bad (Vince Gilligan, 2008) Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005) "Come On Up to the House" (Tom Waits, 1999) Conclave (Edward Berger, 2024) Daughter of God ( Gee Malik Linton , 2016) The Elegiac Heart: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Filmmaker (James Quandt, 2023) Exposed (Declan Dale, 2016) First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2017) FIVE MINUTES, MR. WELLES: THE THIRD MAN inspires an actor's homage | Cinezine Kane (2015) 'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix Glass Onion (Rian Johnson, 2022) The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964) The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (1964) - Movie Review: Alternate Ending (Tim Brayton, 2009) Hello Brooklyn #12 - Gee Linton (Malcolm Thomas, 2017) Hi I'm Gee Malik Linton, I directed Keanu Reeves in Daughter of God. Ask me anything. : r/KeanuBeingAwesome Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) Interview: Vincent D'Onofrio - IGN (Jeff Otto, 2012) "It Made Me Angry, But Good Angry": Gee Malik Linton's Restored DAUGHTER OF GOD (James Kenny, 2023) Jeremy Renner denies filmmaker Yi Zhou's misconduct allegations - Los Angeles Times (Mark Olsen, 2025) Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019) Knive's Out's Rian Johnson Says He Will Always Be a Youth Group Kid (Tyler Huckabee, 2025) Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012) Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie, 2009) Silence (Martin Scorsese, 2016) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Rian Johnson, 2017) Twisters (Lee Isaac Chung, 2024) The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) Wake Up Dead Man (Rian Johnson, 2025) Email us at Miseenscreenpodcast@gmail.com ! Find us elsewhere! Ben Verschoor https://cinema-purgatorio.ghost.io/ https://letterboxd.com/jamn4sure/ @benverschoor.bsky.social Steven Santana https://breakingarrows.substack.com/ https://letterboxd.com/number8axel/ @number8axel.bsky.social‬ Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa Subscribe, rate and review us! Apple Podcasts: Mise en Screen - Podcast - Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts: Mise en Screen | Podcast on Spotify Player.fm: Mise En Screen podcast Podcast Addict: Mise en Screen - Podcast Addict