Mud is about two boys - Ellis and Neckbone who find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River. They form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape. Set against the near-mythic backdrop of the Mississippi River, Nichols’ love letter to Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer is his most lighthearted movie, and also his most successful. This is the final entry in the Midnight Podcast mini-series in which Eric, Isaac and Olivia discuss snakes, southeast Arkansas, and MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY.