Baywatch, the latest movie based on a television show, debuts this week. Is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Zac Efron, and an "R" rating a formula for success? We take a look at past attempts of TV shows turned movies and decide the hits and misses. (6:58) Plus, another trip down memory lane with new Mac & Guvie vault nominees - the year is 1989. (41:32)
1989 Movies: 84C MoPic The Abyss After Midnight Alienator Alien Seed All Dogs Go to Heaven Always American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes Arena Back to the Future Part II Batman Bert Rigby, You're a Fool Best of the Best Beverly Hills Brats Beyond the Stars The Big Picture Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Black Rain Blaze Blind Fury Bloodhounds of Broadway Born on the Fourth of July Breaking In Bridesmaids The 'Burbs C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. Cameron's Closet Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death Casualties of War Cat Chaser Chameleon Street Chances Are Chattahoochee Checking Out Cheetah The Chilling Cohen and Tate Cold Feet Collision Course Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Communion Cookie Cousins Crimes and Misdemeanors Criminal Law Cutting Class Cyborg Dad Day One Dead Bang Dead Calm The Dead Pit Dead Poets Society DeepStar Six Disorganized Crime Do the Right Thing Dr. Caligari The Dream Team Dream a Little Dream Driving Miss Daisy Drugstore Cowboy A Dry White Season Eat a Bowl of Tea Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! Edge of Sanity Enemies, a Love Story The Evil Below The Experts The Fabulous Baker Boys Family Business Farewell to the King Fat Man and Little Boy The Favorite Field of Dreams The Final Days Fire and Rain Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders Fletch Lives The Fly II For All Mankind Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Ghostbusters II Ginger Ale Afternoon Gleaming the Cube Glory Going Overboard Great Balls of Fire! Gross Anatomy Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Harlem Nights Heart of Dixie Heathers Her Alibi Hit List Homer and Eddie Homework Honey, I Shrunk the Kids The Horror Show How I Got into College Howling V: The Rebirth Identity Crisis Immediate Family In Country Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade An Innocent Man Intruder Jacknife The January Man Johnny Handsome K-9 Kamillions The Karate Kid, Part III Kickboxer Kill Me Again Killer!Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Knick Knack L.A. Takedown Last Exit to Brooklyn Lauderdale Lean on Me Let It Ride Lethal Weapon 2 Leviathan Limit Up Listen to Me Little Golden Book Land The Little Mermaid Little Monsters Lock Up Lonesome Dove Look Who's Talking Lords of the Deep Lost Angels Loverboy Major League The Making of Me Meet the Hollowheads The Mighty Quinn Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Millennium Miss Firecracker Moontrap Music Box My Mom's a WerewolfMy Name is Bill W. Mystery Train National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Never on TuesdayNew York Stories Next of Kin Nick Knight Night Game Night of the Ninja A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child Nightwish No Holds Barred Nowhere to Run Offerings Old Gringo Out of the Dark The Package The Parent Trap III Parenthood Parents Penn & Teller Get Killed Pet Sematary The Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture Physical Evidence Pink Cadillac Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Prancer The Preppie Murder Pumpkinhead The Punisher Puppet Master R.O.T.O.R. Red Scorpion Relentless Renegades The Return of Swamp Thing River of Death Road House Roger & Me Samurai Cop Say Anything Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills Sea of Love Second Sight See No Evil, Hear No Evil See You in the Morning Sex, Lies, and Videotape Shag Shakedown She's Out of Control She-Devil Shocker Sidewalk Stories Signs of Life Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! Sinbad of the Seven Seas Sing Skin Deep Slaves of New York Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland Small Sacrifices Snake Eater Society Speed Zone Split Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Staying Together Steel Magnolias Stepfather II Strapless The Suckling Sweet Bird of Youth Tango & Cash Tap Teen Witch Ten Little Indians The Terror Within This Ain't Bebop Those She Left Behind Three Fugitives To Die For Tongues Untied The Toxic Avenger Part II The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie Trapped The Trial of the Incredible Hulk Triumph of the Spirit Troop Beverly Hills Tropical Snow True Believer True Love The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels Tummy Trouble Turner & Hooch Twister UHF The Unbelievable Truth Uncle Buck Valmont Vampire's Kiss Wait Until Spring, Bandini The War of the Roses Warlock We're No Angels Weekend at Bernie's Welcome Home When Harry Met Sally... Who's Harry Crumb? Wicked Stepmother Winter People Wired The Wizard of Speed and Time The Wizard The Women of Brewster Place Worth Winning
Join the conversation on Twitter: @MACandGUpodcast
Baywatch, the latest movie based on a television show, debuts this week. Is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Zac Efron, and an "R" rating a formula for success? We take a look at past attempts of TV shows turned movies and decide the hits and misses. (6:58) Plus, another trip down memory lane with new Mac & Guvie vault nominees - the year is 1989. (41:32) 1989 Movies: 84C MoPic The Abyss After Midnight Alienator Alien Seed All Dogs Go to Heaven Always American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes Arena Back to the Future Part II Batman Bert Rigby, You're a Fool Best of the Best Beverly Hills Brats Beyond the Stars The Big Picture Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Black Rain Blaze Blind Fury Bloodhounds of Broadway Born on the Fourth of July Breaking In Bridesmaids The 'Burbs C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. Cameron's Closet Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death Casualties of War Cat Chaser Chameleon Street Chances Are Chattahoochee Checking Out Cheetah The Chilling Cohen and Tate Cold Feet Collision Course Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Communion Cookie Cousins Crimes and Misdemeanors Criminal Law Cutting Class Cyborg Dad Day One Dead Bang Dead Calm The Dead Pit Dead Poets Society DeepStar Six Disorganized Crime Do the Right Thing Dr. Caligari The Dream Team Dream a Little Dream Driving Miss Daisy Drugstore Cowboy A Dry White Season Eat a Bowl of Tea Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! Edge of Sanity Enemies, a Love Story The Evil Below The Experts The Fabulous Baker Boys Family Business Farewell to the King Fat Man and Little Boy The Favorite Field of Dreams The Final Days Fire and Rain Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders Fletch Lives The Fly II For All Mankind Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Ghostbusters II Ginger Ale Afternoon Gleaming the Cube Glory Going Overboard Great Balls of Fire! Gross Anatomy Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Harlem Nights Heart of Dixie Heathers Her Alibi Hit List Homer and Eddie Homework Honey, I Shrunk the Kids The Horror Show How I Got into College Howling V: The Rebirth Identity Crisis Immediate Family In Country Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade An Innocent Man Intruder Jacknife The January Man Johnny Handsome K-9 Kamillions The Karate Kid, Part III Kickboxer Kill Me Again Killer!Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Knick Knack L.A. Takedown Last Exit to Brooklyn Lauderdale Lean on Me Let It Ride Lethal Weapon 2 Leviathan Limit Up Listen to Me Little Golden Book Land The Little Mermaid Little Monsters Lock Up Lonesome Dove Look Who's Talking Lords of the Deep Lost Angels Loverboy Major League The Making of Me Meet the Hollowheads The Mighty Quinn Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Millennium Miss Firecracker Moontrap Music Box My Mom's a WerewolfMy Name is Bill W. Mystery Train National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Never on TuesdayNew York Stories Next of Kin Nick Knight Night Game Night of the Ninja A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child Nightwish No Holds Barred Nowhere to Run Offerings Old Gringo Out of the Dark The Package The Parent Trap III Parenthood Parents Penn & Teller Get Killed Pet Sematary The Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture Physical Evidence Pink Cadillac Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Prancer The Preppie Murder Pumpkinhead The Punisher Puppet Master R.O.T.O.R. Red Scorpion Relentless Renegades The Return of Swamp Thing River of Death Road House Roger & Me Samurai Cop Say Anything Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills Sea of Love Second Sight See No Evil, Hear No Evil See You in the Morning Sex, Lies, and Videotape Shag Shakedown She's Out of Control She-Devil Shocker Sidewalk Stories Signs of Life Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! Sinbad of the Seven Seas Sing Skin Deep Slaves of New York Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland Small Sacrifices Snake Eater Society Speed Zone Split Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Staying Together Steel Magnolias Stepfather II Strapless The Suckling Sweet Bird of Youth Tango & Cash Tap Teen Witch Ten Little Indians The Terror Within This Ain't Bebop Those She Left Behind Three Fugitives To Die For Tongues Untied The Toxic Avenger Part II The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie Trapped The Trial of the Incredible Hulk Triumph of the Spirit Troop Beverly Hills Tropical Snow True Believer True Love The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels Tummy Trouble Turner & Hooch Twister UHF The Unbelievable Truth Uncle Buck Valmont Vampire's Kiss Wait Until Spring, Bandini The War of the Roses Warlock We're No Angels Weekend at Bernie's Welcome Home When Harry Met Sally... Who's Harry Crumb? Wicked Stepmother Winter People Wired The Wizard of Speed and Time The Wizard The Women of Brewster Place Worth Winning Join the conversation on Twitter: @MACandGUpodcast
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