Gone Baby Gone (2007 First Feature)

The second episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2007 features our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone. Directed and co-written by Ben Affleck and starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris, Amy Ryan and Morgan Freeman, Gone Baby Gone was Affleck’s first feature film as a writer and director, launching a whole new phase of his career.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gone-baby-gone-2007), Mike D’Angelo in Las Vegas Weekly (https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/archive/2007/oct/18/the-comeback-of-the-year/), and Claudia Puig in USA Today (https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-10-18-gone-baby-gone_N.htm).

Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.

Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod

You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy

You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed

You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.

All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2007 installment featuring the year’s biggest flop, the Lindsay Lohan thriller I Know Who Killed Me.