Check Out This Sweet Michael Mann-Themed ‘The Director’s Chair’ Poster

Michael Mann will finally sit in The Director’s Chair.

This Sunday, August 9th, the curators of awesome El Rey will air the next installment of The Director’s Chair with renowned filmmaker Michael Mann. From The Keep and Heat to Ali and Public Enemies, Michael Mann is the epitome of badass directing.

Kicking off at 5 pm ET with four select Miami Vice episodes (listed below), The Director’s Chair with Robert Rodriguez and Michael Mann begins at 9 pm ET. Right after that, El Rey will air Mann’s 1986 crime thriller Manhunter, starring William Petersen and Brian Cox as the infamous Dr. Hannibal Lecktor (later “Lecter”).

The time to change your iPhone wallpaper have cometh again. Like the Francis Coppola poster from a few months ago, we’ve got the equally stunning Michael Mann poster for your eyeball viewing pleasure. Just look at it. I mean, look at it!

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And for your convenience, here are the four Miami Vice episodes airing this Sunday so you can set your DVR.

5 pm –  Season 1, Episode 7,”No Exit” (guest starring Bruce Willis)

6 pm –  Season 1, Episode 15 “Smuggler’s Blues”

7 pm– Season 1, Episode 16 “Rites of Passage”

8 pm –  Season 3, Episode 2 “Stone’s War”

Oh, sidebar: You do know our very own Jonathan London is the writer for Lion Forge’s Miami Vice series, right? OK, just checking.