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[PREVIEW] Episode 531: Epstein: The Movies

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[PREVIEW] Episode 531: Epstein: The Movies

The transcription discusses the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen, noting they were close friends in Allen's later years. It highlights a dinner Epstein hosted, attended by British royals and celebrities such as Charlie Rose and Chelsea Handler, where a DVD of the film *The King's Speech* was screened. This film, which won Best Picture in 2010, recurs in the Epstein files as a symbolic connection linking Epstein, Allen, and Harvey Weinstein, and is described as a "cursed" element within these records. The discussion also touches on the casual media piracy among Epstein's circle, with associates sharing unauthorized copies of films. Overall, the text uses *The King's Speech* as a metaphor for the intertwined and controversial networks revealed in the Epstein documents, emphasizing how seemingly innocuous cultural artifacts can become associated with broader scandals.

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i mean so that's that's the thing is i think a lot has been made of jeffrey up since relationship to woody alan and the two do seem to be good buddies i mean it's i think it's it's safe to say that in the last years of his life what y'all was one of those his most frequent male companions and certainly outside of the financial and political sphere is definitely a guy who hung out with them the most um. she introduces him to woody alan and there's actually she mentions this in an email or actually woody alan rather talks about this in an interview uh. with i believe the sunday times he says someone a publicist invited soon you need to a dinner at jeffrey's house with one of those british royals i can't remember the name because i don't follow the rules that he interested all i think actually just has a little bit of al-timer's uh. there are about twenty people there we knew a lot of them from show business i don't want to say who others have been less discreet the u_s_ this is the sunday times the u_s_ tv journalist kitty korrick it says she was also at that dinner for the printed epsons home along with fellow tv figures charlie rose jordan stefan opolis in the comedian oh god forgive me chelsea handler uh. catching strays catching strays i know but i would love to throw my body in front of her uh. to catch them for her i i this dinner was actually we can see this being set up in the emails yeah and it was uh. with interesting i guess you could say interesting care at you know to get everyone there which is uh. d_v_d of a film called the king's speech and this was the crown jewel i would say no pun intended of of the sort of uh. piggy seagulls career is in twenty ten uh. a film called the king's speech one best picture it beat out inception it beat out the social network it beat out any number of much better remembered probably better reviewed films and you know the king's speech actually comes up a lot in the epstein files in a number of different ways and i would say to this like you know there are a lot of like cursed films you know there are there are films like uh. birth of a nation which you know it gave rise to like the resurgence of the coup cuck's plan there are things like was it a vass were allegedly you know someone you know dies in the back of the frame stuff like the ecstasy where they say there's a curse on the film uh. but i would say in the epstein files the king's speech emerges is maybe the most cursed film of all time because it unites harvey winestein wouldie allen jeffery epstein it just becomes this nexus and uh. john luke brunelle yes so like an interesting kind of like uh. and that's a like sidetracked from the wouldie out of the action but uh. you know there's an interesting aspect to uh. the sort of epstein files are just like us kind of kind of dimension where uh. they're constantly passing around screening uh. sorry screener d_v_ d_v_d_s_ and links you know basically doing their like friend a friend you know kind of a key piracy uh. which you know we all do uh. except for me when i'm uh. on a job and i don't do that uh. well i certainly don't approve of of it when jeffery epstein and john luke brunelle do it but like john luke brunelle sends him uh. like a like a media fire like a b_i_ like d_v_x_ rip uh. the king's beach and it's like check this out the movie spulcon great wait really yeah yeah and it's almost like i feel like the king's speech is almost like the ring for rich pedophiles where it's like you watch it and then you get a call from the clinton foundation and they're like ten years yes yes yes and you're like what do you mean ten years and then you're fucking ten years later you're like in jail with a fucking bedsheet around your neck

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen were close companions in Allen's later years, with Epstein being a frequent male friend outside financial and political circles.
  2. Epstein introduced Allen to a dinner at his home attended by British royals and celebrities, including TV figures like Charlie Rose and Chelsea Handler.
  3. The dinner featured a DVD of the film *The King's Speech*, which won Best Picture in 2010 and appears repeatedly in the Epstein files as a symbolic link between figures like Epstein, Allen, and Harvey Weinstein.
  4. *The King's Speech* is described as a "cursed film" within the context of the Epstein files, serving as a nexus for controversial connections and shared media piracy among associates.

Summary:

The transcription discusses the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen, noting they were close friends in Allen's later years. It highlights a dinner Epstein hosted, attended by British royals and celebrities such as Charlie Rose and Chelsea Handler, where a DVD of the film *The King's Speech* was screened. This film, which won Best Picture in 2010, recurs in the Epstein files as a symbolic connection linking Epstein, Allen, and Harvey Weinstein, and is described as a "cursed" element within these records.

The discussion also touches on the casual media piracy among Epstein's circle, with associates sharing unauthorized copies of films. Overall, the text uses *The King's Speech* as a metaphor for the intertwined and controversial networks revealed in the Epstein documents, emphasizing how seemingly innocuous cultural artifacts can become associated with broader scandals.

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They were good friends, and in the later years of Epstein's life, Woody Allen was one of his most frequent male companions outside of financial and political circles.

A publicist invited Woody Allen to a dinner at Epstein's house with a British royal, which is mentioned in an interview with The Sunday Times.

Attendees included U.S. TV journalist Kitty Korrick, Charlie Rose, Jordan Stefanopolis, and comedian Chelsea Handler, among about twenty people from show business.

It appears frequently and is described as a 'cursed film' that connects figures like Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, and Jeffrey Epstein, serving as a nexus in the files.

They passed around screener DVDs and links, engaging in what is described as 'friend-to-friend piracy,' with John Luke Brunelle sending a digital rip of the film to Epstein.

It's compared to 'The Ring' for rich pedophiles, suggesting that watching it leads to a call from the Clinton Foundation and eventual legal consequences years later.

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