The Rewatchables: ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan

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The extraction calls the show “The Rewatchables (The Ringer)” and the episode “A Bronx Tale with Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan”.

Hosts: Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey. Guests: Van Lathan (fourth chair; addressed as Van, last name inferred, not stated in transcript).

Subject films: A Bronx Tale (1993).

On the transcript: Raw autocaption with no speaker labels and frequent line-break mid-sentence; the first minute is ad copy and the open is a clip montage. Many names and some words are mangled, and several attributions rest on context only.

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Awards and segments (95)

Double feature

  1. pick This Boy's Life: A not-so-pleasant but fitting father-and-son pairing.
    “It's not a very pleasant one, but it's boys' life.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:42:20
  2. pick This Boy's Life: Bill says he had the same pick as Chris.
    “Same one I had. Yeah. Okay.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:42:22
  3. pick Rocco and His Brothers: Wants Visconti-style Italian neorealism as the pair.
    “Give me some Visconti.”
    unknown · 1:42:31

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick Meeting everyone in the bar (the neighborhood wise guys), which he calls a borderline Goodfellas ripoff
    “Meeting everyone in the bar, which is just a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:55:08
  2. pick Sonny kills the guy and the police lineup: 'you did a good thing for a bad man'
    “Next one after Sonny kills the guy and then the police sign up.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:56:47
  3. pick The craps game scene with Eddie Mush
    “Sonny asked to see C right to the crap scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:57:17
  4. pick The fruit guy brings food and Lorenzo makes C return the $600
    “Next rewatch, Bo, is the when he says, I notice a strange thing happening in the neighborhood.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:59:40
  5. pick The horse track scene with Eddie Mush
    “The horse track just for we've been mushed.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:21
  6. pick The $20 rule, moving into the loved-or-feared conversation
    “Next one is, uh, the $20 roll moving into the loved or feared conversation, which we talked about.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:48
  7. pick The biker bar: 'Now you can't leave'
    “The biker bar.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:55
  8. pick Three great women, the door test, and Sonny saving C from the car bomb
    “We have the 3 great women, the door test scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:33
  9. pick Sonny gets shot, praised for how well it is shot
    “Sonny gets shot, just rewatchable from how well it's shot with that, and then I see that face.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:44
  10. pick The funeral where C realizes nobody cares
    “And then the funeral where he realizes nobody cares.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:51
  11. pick De Niro and Pesci in the same scene but not really
    “We get De Niro and Pesci in the same scene, but not really.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:56
  12. pick Lorenzo's 'Now you can't leave' biker bar scene
    “I actually have now you just can't leave.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:03:09
  13. pick After the craps game, De Niro goes into the bar and tells Sonny to stay away from his son
    “I just always loved that scene, but I think my underrated one is just, I think it's after the crap games when De Niro comes into the, to the bar and he's just like, stay away from my son.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:03:10
  14. pick Same De Niro-in-the-bar scene ('stay away from my son')
    “I think that was my pick too.”
    unknown · 1:03:28
  15. pick 'Now you can't leave' biker bar scene
    “I got now you just can't leave.”
    unknown · 1:03:32
  16. pick His friends burning to death in the car
    “It's one of the most iconic scenes, but I also have his friends burning to death in the car.”
    unknown · 1:03:34
  17. pick The craps game
    “I have the craps game, by the way.”
    unknown · 1:04:14

Lessons from the movie · The life lessons Sonny and Lorenzo teach, which Bill goes through as a run of lessons and then ranks.

  1. pick Better to be feared than loved
    “The whole concept of, is it better to be feared or loved where Sonny talks, he tells C how he read Machiavellian in prison and he runs his gang and he realizes I'd rather be feared than love.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:42:53
  2. pick Trouble is like a cancer, get it out early
    “We also learn trouble is like a cancer.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:45:02
  3. pick Door test: if she doesn't pass, dump her fast
    “Door test, if she doesn't pass, Sonny says, she's a selfish broad, you know, all you're seeing is the tip of the iceberg.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:50:01
  4. pick The $20 rule
    “The $20 rule.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:50:51
  5. pick You only get three great women
    “You're only 3 great women in your lifetime.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:51:44
  6. winner Nobody cares, worry about yourself
    “I would say the best, greatest lesson from this movie is probably the nobody cares.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:54:57

What aged the best · What holds up best in the movie.

  1. pick Young Calogero's big puffy hair
    “Um, Young Collogio, his hair.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:06:52
  2. pick Stickball
    “Stick ball is age the best.”
    unknown · 1:07:57
  3. pick Baseball nostalgia in 1961
    “Baseball nostalgia in 1961.”
    unknown · 1:08:57
  4. pick The narrator, which actually works
    “narrator actually works.”
    unknown · 1:10:33
  5. pick Mafia movies where guys say get the fuck out
    “is mafia movies where guys go, get the fuck out.”
    unknown · 1:10:57
  6. pick The casting of the young people
    “Uh, I mean, the casting of the young people is really good, you know?”
    unknown · 1:11:10
  7. pick The stop-snitching neighborhood
    “Uh, and like this, this stop snitching neighborhood America that we talk about incessantly now in hip hop and everywhere, who's a snitch, who's not a snitch, like the whole thing, like all of that stuff, it's, it's still around today.”
    unknown · 1:12:28

What aged the worst · What has not held up in the movie.

  1. pick The door test, now that cars don't have pop-up knobs
    “The door test, now that we don't have the pop-up knobs, so that's has an age well.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:07
  2. pick Lillo Brancato Jr.: Because of what happened to the actor in real life.
    “Lilla Bronchado Jr. is not age well.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:12
  3. pick C's long jogging run at the end
    “I don't love C's run at the end, the when Harry met Sally, long jogging scene when he's just over and over again.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:15
  4. pick The stage musical
    “And then the Bronx tale became a musical, which I found out during the research, and I didn't like that idea.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:16:50
  5. pick The Mario test
    “The Mario Test. And also just generally being like, look at those broads over there.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:17:14

Joey Pants Award · Best 'that guy' supporting actor.

  1. nominee Dominic Lombardozzi
    “Uh, she, she, I think, she would be up there with me and Dominic Lombardozu, but I think he's kind of now become,”
    unknown · 1:22:07
  2. winner Jimmy Whispers: The speaker does not know the actor's real name; the character is Jimmy Whispers.
    “I have Jimmy Whispers.”
    unknown · 1:22:21
  3. nominee Clem Caserta
    “Clem Caserta.”
    unknown · 1:22:29

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.

  1. winner Joe Pesci as himself
    “But it's got to be Pesci.”
    unknown · 1:22:35
  2. nominee Eddie Mush
    “Honorable mentioned Eddie Mush.”
    unknown · 1:22:32

Overacting award · The most over-the-top performance, played off a clip.

  1. winner Crazy Mario (the young racist from Mario's crew): Speaker names a kid who played young Tommy in Goodfellas; the exact actor is not named.
    “I was gonna say the kid who's young Tommy and Goodfellas, the crazy racist one.”
    unknown · 1:21:57

Recasting couch · Casting what-ifs and recasts.

  1. pick Lillo Brancato Jr.: Research tidbit: Narducci's son was a different kid who auditioned for young Calogero; she was cast herself.
    “The aforementioned Catherine Narducci brought her nine-year-old son to the open casting call. to audition for Cologito. and they were like, hey, are you saying Cologito?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:20:16
  2. pick Frank Vincent: He was to appear as the boss of the family, but the scene was never filmed.
    “Frank Vincent, our guy.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:21:10
  3. pick Philip Garbarino
    “And then, uh, the guy who played Sonny's killer at the end of the movie was an actor named Philip Garbarino.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:21:21
  4. pick Adrian Grenier
    “Like, it would have been funny if like Adrian Grenier was one of those four. Oh, yeah.”
    unknown · 1:23:45

Apex Mountain · Where a star's career or a thing sits on the mountain.

  1. pick Chazz Palminteri: Debated against The Usual Suspects; the speaker lands on A Bronx Tale as his peak.
    “Chaz, it's this our usual suspects, but it's probably this, right?”
    unknown · 1:25:40
  2. pick Lillo Brancato Jr. as Calogero
    “Broncado, yes.”
    unknown · 1:25:53
  3. pick Joe Pesci
    “Pesci no.”
    unknown · 1:25:55
  4. pick Craps scenes
    “Crap scenes.”
    unknown · 1:26:27
  5. pick Bus drivers in movies: Between this and Speed.
    “Apex Mountain for bus drivers.”
    unknown · 1:27:14

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a movie they love.

  1. pick The out-of-shape mafia guys beating up the Satan's Messengers biker gang
    “Would a bunch of out of shape Italians really beat the living shit out of a biker gang?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:28:54
  2. pick The cops are at C's apartment seconds after the murder
    “So little see after the murder happens.”
    unknown · 1:30:55
  3. pick 50 people see the murder and the nine-year-old is the star witness
    “There's also 50 people see this murder and they pick the nine-year-old to be the star witness.”
    unknown · 1:31:12
  4. pick Why didn't Sonny just kill Mush
    “Why didn't Sonny just kill Mush?”
    unknown · 1:31:23
  5. pick C's baby sister and his mother disappear from the movie
    “Never seen again.”
    unknown · 1:31:52
  6. pick Goodfellas homage: needle drops like Ain't That a Kick in the Head and the Pesci part
    “I just want to know how much of what he was doing was a purposeful homage to Goodfellas and how much of it was just like, I also liked this about Goodfellas, so I'm going to do it again.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:32:47
  7. pick C uses the N-word and the movie moves on
    “No, just the one we already talked about, just the N-word situation.”
    unknown · 1:33:44

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.

  1. winner C uses the N-word and Jane and her family just move on
    “It bothers me every time for a variety of reasons, but when C uses the N-word,”
    unknown · 1:14:35

Great shot · Best shot of the movie.

  1. pick The mobsters lined up on the sidewalk looking into camera
    “Uh, the Great Shot Gordo, I actually have the lineup, like when all the mobsters are lined up, and there's a couple shots down the sidewalk, but I love the way that they're all looking direct into camera, and that's, and that's sea.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:13:34
  2. pick Sonny getting shot at, in slow motion
    “I had Sonny getting shot at.”
    unknown · 1:13:46
  3. pick Tyrell Hicks on the bus
    “She just looks impossibly beautiful.”
    unknown · 1:14:10
  4. pick Young C chases the bus, then sees Lorenzo in the window
    “I had the scene where young C and his friends are starting to chase after the bus with the black kid on it, but then he turns around and his father's De Niro's in the window and he like gives me this sign and then it cuts back and you see kind of caught between the 2 worlds, right?”
    unknown · 1:14:17

Best music moment · Best song or music use.

  1. pick Christ the Redeemer: Donald Byrd song, as said.
    “Donald Bird song that plays when they... Oh, that was mine.”
    unknown · 1:12:57

Hottest take · The Stephen A. Smith hottest take.

  1. pick Bronx Tale influenced The Sopranos more than any other movie
    “I think Bronx Tale... influenced the Sopranos more than any other movie, but I don't think people think that.”
    unknown · 0:23:20
  2. pick Lorenzo should have taken the money from the mob
    “Lorenzo had to take that money on the bus, man.”
    unknown · 1:18:52
  3. pick Lorenzo is a bad dad
    “I'm taking it one step further.”
    unknown · 1:19:08
  4. pick Sonny would have been a better father than Lorenzo
    “I wanted Sonny to be his dad.”
    unknown · 1:20:04

Best quote · Best quote of the movie.

  1. winner The saddest thing in life is wasted talent
    “Best quote, saddest thing in life is wasted talent.”
    unknown · 1:18:46

A better title · What the movie should have been titled.

  1. pick Goodfellas 2
    “Goodfellas, Goodfellas 2.”
    unknown · 1:18:30
  2. pick Jungle Fever
    “Jungle Fever.”
    unknown · 1:18:32

Ebert review · Reading of Roger Ebert's review.

  1. winner A Bronx Tale
    “Four stars.”
    unknown · 0:39:32

Memorabilia · A prop they would want from the movie.

  1. pick The burned car
    “The burn card, the Molotov cocktail that got thrown back.”
    Van Lathan · 1:42:43
  2. pick The baseball bat
    “Oh, the baseball bat.”
    unknown · 1:42:46
  3. pick C's discarded baseball cards
    “Seize discarded baseball cards.”
    unknown · 1:42:50
  4. pick Sonny's car
    “I had Sonny's car.”
    unknown · 1:42:56
  5. pick Lorenzo's bus
    “What about Lorenzo's bus?”
    unknown · 1:42:59

Who won the movie · Who came out ahead in the movie.

  1. winner Chazz Palminteri
    “I'm going to say probably Chaz, right?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:43:07
  2. winner Chazz Palminteri
    “I think it's chess. You can make an argument for C, but it's chess.”
    unknown · 1:43:19
  3. winner Crazy Mario
    “I think it's Crazy Mario.”
    unknown · 1:43:21

Is this movie better with… · Whether adding a particular actor would have improved the movie; Bill adds Frank Vincent to the list.

  1. winner Wayne Jenkins: 'Wayne Jenkins' is the show's running fictional character.
    “I think it would be cool if Wayne Jenkins had been the fruit peddler.”
    unknown · 1:35:55

Oscar pick · Who should have won or been nominated.

  1. winner Chazz Palminteri: Best supporting actor, not screenplay.
    “Chaz, best support.”
    unknown · 1:36:43
  2. winner Chazz Palminteri
    “I'm going Chaz too.”
    unknown · 1:36:45
  3. nominee Robert De Niro
    “I think it's a really good De Niro performance.”
    unknown · 1:36:54

Sequel, prequel, prestige TV · The sequel, prequel, or TV show they would make.

  1. pick An all-Black-cast remake: Mahershala Ali as Lorenzo, Sterling K. Brown as Sonny, Shameik Moore as C, Jenna Ortega as Jane: Attributed to Van on the 'Y'all know Shamik Moore?' cue; names mangled in the transcript (Mahershala Ali, Jenna Ortega).
    “Okay, so Mershaw Ali is Lorenzo.”
    Van Lathan · 1:34:14
  2. pick Hell's Angels versus the Mafia battle royale
    “I mean, I honestly, you know, I don't not to jump on sequel prequel, like sequel would just be like Hell's Angels versus the Mafia, Battle Royale.”
    unknown · 1:30:20

Zihuatanejo Award (what happened the next day) · What happens after the movie's last scene.

  1. pick C and Jane together after the ending
    “I think it's an interesting choice that they don't show C and Jane together again.”
    unknown · 1:37:28

Unanswered questions · Questions the movie never answers.

  1. pick Was this the only normal movie marriage De Niro ever had
    “We answered, was this the only normal movie marriage De Niro ever had in a movie?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:38:03
  2. pick Who planted the car bomb: Bill hands the question to Sean; the answer is a discussion of Hell's Angels vs another crew.
    “Who plants the car bomb?”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:38:58
  3. pick How is the movie different if Scorsese directs with De Niro as Sonny
    “If Martin Scorsese shoots the movie, it's fucking exciting.”
    unknown · 1:40:52
  4. pick Why are the bikers in the Bronx
    “No, I never really figure out why the bikers were in the Bronx anyway.”
    unknown · 1:41:35

Best racehorse name · Best horse name.

  1. pick Calogero
    “Collogeno.”
    unknown · 1:28:37

Food and drink · Best food or drink in the movie.

  1. pick Little C serving the coffees
    “You know, little C, I guess, serving the coffees, maybe.”
    unknown · 1:13:06

Films that came up

subject (1)

A Bronx Tale

passing (28)

Ahsoka (TV) · Boyhood · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · The Champ · Star Wars (Darth Vader as father figure) · Godfather Part II · My Cousin Vinny · Sinatra's main event (Main Event) · The Godfather Part III · The Usual Suspects · The Good Shepherd · Fear/Machiavelli 'The Prince' reference only · The Wire (TV) · The Color of Money · Oz (TV) · Escape from Alcatraz · Face/Off · Orange Is the New Black (TV) · Barbershop · The Pelican Brief · Ghost · The Equalizer · Veronica Mars (TV) · Anchorman (Ron Burgundy reference) · Jungle Fever · Bullets Over Broadway · Creed · Taken 2

compared (21)

Kramer vs. Kramer · He Got Game · Field of Dreams · Catch Me If You Can · The Godfather · The Lion King · Boyz n the Hood · Goodfellas · The Sopranos (TV) · Casino · Saturday Night Fever · Midnight Run · Cape Fear · Heat · The Irishman · The Shawshank Redemption · Hard Eight · When Harry Met Sally · Django Unchained · Speed · Stanley & Iris

recommended (4)

At Close Range · This Boy's Life · John Wick: Chapter 4 · Rocco and His Brothers

anecdote (7)

Belly · Black Hat · Country Strong · A Clockwork Orange · Bonanza (TV) · Shane · The Equalizer 3

dismissed (1)

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Claims (60)

  1. theme (theme): A Bronx Tale → Boyz n the Hood. Both appear on Simmons' list of eight father-son movies.
    “Bronx Tale, Kramer versus Kramer. He got game, Field of Dreams, Catch me if you can, the Godfather, Lion King, and Boys in the Hood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:02:23 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): A Bronx Tale → He Got Game. Both are listed among the best father-son movies, with He Got Game the speaker's favorite.
    “He got game is my favorite father-son movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:02:37 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Catch Me If You Can → A Bronx Tale. Catch Me If You Can is argued to be sneakily a father-son film.
    “I think that's like the sneaky theme in that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:02:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (rewatchables cross-reference): A Bronx Tale → The Godfather. Godfather scene (Vito: whoever comes to you is the traitor) is Simmons' favorite and is referenced as covered in the Godfather pod.
    “my favorite scene the Godfather is when Vito's getting old.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:03:40 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): At Close Range → A Bronx Tale. At Close Range is named as an amazing father-son movie where both are criminals.
    “That's an amazing father-son movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:04:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → A Bronx Tale. Last Crusade is offered as a father-son film among filmmakers who rarely make them.
    “Well, I guess last Crusade's a Father-son movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:04:47 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (fandom): Sean Fennessey → Martin Scorsese. His obsession with Scorsese is rooted in lacking a guiding father figure.
    “my obsession with Martin Scorsese is probably rooted in the fact that I didn't have that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:08:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (canon): A Bronx Tale → The Godfather. Simmons lists Bronx Tale in the iconic Italian-American pop canon with Godfather I and II, Goodfellas, Sopranos, and My Cousin Vinny.
    “Godfather one and two, Goodfellas, Bronx Tale, Sopranos.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:18:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. theme (era): A Bronx Tale → Goodfellas. It came during the glory years of Italian pop culture: Godfather 3, Goodfellas, then Casino.
    “this was kind of the glory years of, of this, Italian pop culture.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:19:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. theme (era): A Bronx Tale → Casino. Casino is described as coming, though less of an Italian movie.
    “casinos coming, even though, you know, that's a little less of an Italian movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:19:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. theme (character echo): A Bronx Tale → The Godfather. Sonny is said to be more like Vito than Sonny Corleone: guns bring heat, so keep them out of the neighborhood.
    “I think Sunny is more like Vito Corleone than he is like Sonny Corleone”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:20:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. theme (genre neighbor): A Bronx Tale → Saturday Night Fever. Speaker puts Saturday Night Fever in the same Italian-movie situation.
    “Oddly enough, I put Saturday Night Fever in that Italian movie situation”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:21:07 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  13. contrast (contrast): A Bronx Tale → Goodfellas. The Pauly-to-Jimmy shift in Goodfellas parallels the old-neighborhood-boss versus cocaine-and-silencers mafia, which this movie sits on the nostalgic side of.
    “Pauly is like, we all sit around and and eat sausage and and like, we fix the neighborhood and keep it safe”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:22:29 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  14. lineage (influence): A Bronx Tale → The Sopranos. Ryan argues A Bronx Tale influenced The Sopranos more than any other movie, with Sonny and Tony Soprano close in how they hold the neighborhood.
    “I think Bronx Tale... influenced the Sopranos more than any other movie, but I don't think people think that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:23:20 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  15. theme (character echo): A Bronx Tale → The Sopranos. Tony Soprano is described as the corrupted version of Sonny.
    “So he's like kind of the corrupted screensaver version of Sonny in a lot of ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:24:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  16. unmapped (Sonny/Robert ref): A Bronx Tale → Casino. The 'wasted talent' idea sits with Leotta in Goodfellas: a new actor to root for, as with Brancato.
    “it was the same as Leota and Goodfellas, it's like, that guy's going to be a guy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:29:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  17. career (career follow-on): Lillo Brancato Jr. → The Sopranos. Brancato returned in the Sopranos as Matthew Bevilaqua, killed after a diet Coke request.
    “And he showed up in Sopranos, what, season two?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:29:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  18. unmapped (life imitates film): A Bronx Tale → Lillo Brancato Jr.. The film's best quote about wasted talent became Brancato's real life.
    “somehow this guy ended up living the message of the movie in the worst possible way.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:30:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  19. theme (cautionary parallel): Lillo Brancato Jr. → Edward Furlong. Brancato's wasted-talent arc is compared to Johnny Manziel and T2's Edward Furlong.
    “He's basically Johnny Manzel.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:30:51 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)
  20. unmapped (betting on yourself): Chazz Palminteri → Sylvester Stallone. Palminteri's refusal to sell the one-man show without starring is compared to Stallone and Rocky.
    “I'm betting on myself move.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:32:27 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  21. career (career): Chazz Palminteri → The Usual Suspects. He was in The Usual Suspects a year later, a bigger film but he is less central.
    “he's in the usual suspects like a year later.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:33:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  22. career (career arc): Robert De Niro → Midnight Run. From Midnight Run through Goodfellas, This Boy's Life, Cape Fear and this film, De Niro played different parts each time.
    “This is such a great De Niro stretch, basically, from Midnight Run.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:34:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  23. unmapped (rewatchables cross-reference): A Bronx Tale → Cape Fear. Cape Fear and the 90-95 De Niro movies were done on Rewatchables.
    “he's Cape Fear, which we've done on rewatchables”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:34:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  24. people (performance contrast): Robert De Niro → Heat. Even in Heat his intensity is a burning ember; here he is softer and the everyman.
    “But this one, he really is the everyman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:35:08 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  25. unmapped (same year): A Bronx Tale → This Boy's Life. Both De Niro father-figure films came out in 1993; This Boy's Life is also chosen as the double-feature partner.
    “It's amazing to think that this and this boy's life is the same year, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:35:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  26. theme (De Niro persona): A Bronx Tale → The Irishman. De Niro's refusal to intellectualize acting is tied to his Irishman interviews where he just goes in on Trump.
    “he'll be like an actor's round table for the Irishman”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:37:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  27. unmapped (same year / slow burn): A Bronx Tale → The Shawshank Redemption. 1993 was crowded, so films like Shawshank got lost and had a belated moment; this one did too.
    “Shawshank got lost and then, you know, belatedly had a moment.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:39:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  28. career (career): A Bronx Tale → The Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd is De Niro's only other directing credit.
    “Good Shepherd is his only other movie, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:40:01 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  29. theme (motif): A Bronx Tale → Goodfellas. Ray Liotta's belated thunderbolt for Lorraine Bracco is cited alongside C's reaction to Jane.
    “Ray Liotta, when, when, uh, what's her face? Lorraine Brocko starts yelling at him and he kind of gets the belated Thunderbolt.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:42:06 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  30. unmapped (episode format): A Bronx Tale → The Shawshank Redemption. The lessons-from-the-movie segment was done before only for Shawshank and maybe Goodfellas.
    “I've only done this a couple times with the rewatchables when there's lessons from the movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:42:27 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  31. unmapped (borrowing): A Bronx Tale → Goodfellas. The bar-introduction scene of nicknamed mobsters is called a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.
    “Meeting everyone in the bar, which is just a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:55:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  32. unmapped (craps scene): A Bronx Tale → Hard Eight. The Bronx Tale craps scene is in the running for best movie craps scene alongside Hard Eight.
    “I would dare say it's in the running for best movie crap scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:57:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  33. unmapped (craps scene): A Bronx Tale → Casino. Craps is compared with the casino craps scene where she pulls checks out of a mustachioed man's pocket.
    “She's playing with the guy with the mustache and she pulls the checks out of his pocket.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:59:32 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  34. people (reunion): Robert De Niro → Joe Pesci. De Niro and Pesci pass in the same scene without sharing one.
    “We get De Niro and Pesci in the same scene, but not really.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:02:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  35. unmapped (borrowing rebuttal): A Bronx Tale → Goodfellas. The respect-and-food-gift moments were in the one-man play, which predates Goodfellas, so no one ripped anyone off.
    “But here's the thing. It was all in the one man play, which was out before Goodfellas.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:03:00 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  36. unmapped (channel idea): A Bronx Tale → The Color of Money. A gambling-movie channel idea (FanDuel TV) would air films like The Color of Money and gambling scenes.
    “So like the color of money.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:04:44 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  37. unmapped (channel idea): A Bronx Tale → The Shawshank Redemption. Bars, an all-jail-movie channel idea, would run Shawshank, Escape from Alcatraz, Face/Off, and Oz.
    “I always wanted an all-jail movie channel called Bars, B-A-R-Z.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:05:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  38. craft (craft): Frank Sinatra → A Bronx Tale. A speaker credits the film with Sinatra on its soundtrack as the way it signals how cool the era was.
    “You know who was in this movie? Sinatra.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:07:45 · unattributed host (Simmons or Ryan) (0.40 sure it was them)
  39. unmapped (TV channel joke): A Bronx Tale → Ghost. The Black Star channel's loose interpretation, playing Ghost, is raised while asking if Bronx Tale is on it.
    “Is Bronxtail on Black Stars?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:10:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  40. people (cast overlap): A Bronx Tale → Belly. Taral Hicks's career: she appeared in Belly, which may have been too much for her devout beliefs.
    “And she appeared in the film Belly.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:11:24 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)
  41. craft (comparison (editing/tone)): A Bronx Tale → When Harry Met Sally. C's long jogging scene at the end is compared to When Harry Met Sally.
    “I don't love C's run at the end, the when Harry met Sally, long jogging scene”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  42. unmapped (joke): Robert De Niro → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Ron Burgundy reference when toilet break is discussed.
    “Ron Burgundy flew toward.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:17:38 · unknown (0.10 sure it was them)
  43. what-if (alternate title): A Bronx Tale → Jungle Fever. A better title for the movie would be Jungle Fever or Goodfellas 2.
    “Goodfellas, Goodfellas 2.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:18:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
  44. people (cast overlap): Kathrine Narducci → The Sopranos. She brought her nine-year-old to audition and later played Artie's wife who slept with Tony.
    “She played Artie's wife.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:20:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  45. people (performance echo): Joe Pesci → The Irishman. Pesci's calm, quiet, smirking cameo is like his Irishman character 26 years early.
    “Pesci doing his Irishman character.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:22:39 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  46. career (career): Chazz Palminteri → Bullets Over Broadway. His Oscar nomination for Bullets Over Broadway came the next year, so his Apex Mountain case is for that year.
    “he gets nominated for Bolts over Broadway for an Academy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:25:58 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  47. verdict (Apex Mountain: crap scenes / Italian): A Bronx Tale → Goodfellas. Apex for crap scenes and for father-son: Goodfellas and Casino are the competition.
    “I gotta go with the fellas, man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:26:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
  48. verdict (Apex Mountain: racists burned alive): A Bronx Tale → Django Unchained. Apex Mountain for racists getting burned alive: this or the end of Django Unchained.
    “Isn't Django unchained, really more the, you know, the end of Django unchained?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:26:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  49. verdict (Apex Mountain: bus drivers): A Bronx Tale → Speed. Best movie bus drivers: this or Speed.
    “It's just it's this or Annie and Speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:27:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  50. unmapped (rewatchables-slate joke): A Bronx Tale → Speed 2: Cruise Control. Simmons and Ryan joke about doing Speed 2 and compare to the worst-rated Rewatchables, Black Hat and Country Strong.
    “It's going to be between Black Cat and Country Strong for worst rated rewatching.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:28:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  51. lineage (homage question): A Bronx Tale → Goodfellas. Fennessey wonders whether the needle drops and the Pesci cameo are purposeful homage or accident.
    “I just want to know how much of what he was doing was a purposeful homage to Goodfellas”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:32:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  52. people (casting wink): Joe Pesci → Goodfellas. Pesci's cameo is the one thing that reminds viewers of Goodfellas; maybe purposeful conversation.
    “That's the one thing you really didn't have to do that would remind people of Goodfellas.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:33:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  53. verdict (Apex Mountain: Palminteri): A Bronx Tale → The Usual Suspects. Apex Mountain for Palminteri: A Bronx Tale or The Usual Suspects, with Suspects bigger but this his whole life.
    “So suspects is definitely a bigger movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:33:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  54. what-if (casting what-if): Frank Vincent → A Bronx Tale. Frank Vincent was to appear as the boss but the scene was not filmed; later added to the 'is this movie better' category.
    “I think it's time to add Frank Vincent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:35:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  55. industry (awards counterfactual): A Bronx Tale → Unforgiven. Palminteri could have snuck into the 1992 Best Supporting Actor field that Hackman won for Unforgiven.
    “So you could argue Chaz could have snuck in there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:37:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  56. people (performance comparison): A Bronx Tale → Stanley & Iris. Asked if this was De Niro's only normal movie marriage, they cite Stanley and Iris with Jane Fonda as another functional one.
    “Stanley and Iris?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:38:27 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
  57. people (counterfactual director): Robert De Niro → Martin Scorsese. If Scorsese directed, the film would be more thrilling but less breezy and easy to rewatch.
    “If Martin Scorsese shoots the movie, it's fucking exciting.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:40:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  58. theme (motif): A Bronx Tale → The Godfather. The 'thunderbolt' moment of instant love appears in Michael and Apollonia, in Goodfellas, and in this film's Jane.
    “the best ones, Michael Corleone with Apollonia”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:41:50 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  59. programming (double feature): A Bronx Tale → This Boy's Life. Ryan's and Simmons' double-feature choice is This Boy's Life, not a fun night in.
    “It's not a very pleasant one, but it's boys' life.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:42:19 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  60. programming (double feature): A Bronx Tale → Rocco and His Brothers. A Visconti-style Italian neorealist film is suggested as the other double feature.
    “Give me some Visconti.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:42:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items (22)

  1. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Lillo Brancato Jr.: The film's big line about wasted talent became Brancato's real life: found out of thousands of kids, he was doing drugs while shooting, later jailed after a robbery in which an off-duty cop died; the New York Post headline said 'wasted talent'.
    “And it says, wasted talent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:30:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Chazz Palminteri: Palminteri refused to sell his one-man show unless he played Sonny, the Stallone-Rocky bet on himself. He was 40; De Niro offered to direct and play Lorenzo. He still tours the one-man show every year.
    “Yeah, this was also a famous Hollywood success story where Chaz Palmentari. There's a one-man show.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:32:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about A Bronx Tale: The door test: Sonny's rule that if a girl does not reach over and unlock your car door, dump her fast. It now fails because there are no pull-up knobs, and the hosts also debate the Mario test.
    “The door test is now defunct because we don't have buttons that you pull up and down?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:48:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about A Bronx Tale: The $20 rule: Sonny's advice that you can buy off a pest for 20 bucks and never think about it again. Van calls it the truest thing in the movie because he lends money.
    “That is by far. is the truest thing in this entire movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:50:58 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Three great women: Sonny says they come along like great fighters (Marciano, Sugar Ray, Joe Louis), yet he got all three at 16. The hosts love the unprovable theory.
    “I just love crazy theories like that that can't be proven.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:52:03 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Lessons from the movie, the show's rare lessons segment: better to be feared than loved (Machiavelli in prison), trouble is a cancer, nobody cares, a rat is the lowest thing, and three great women. 'Nobody cares' voted best.
    “I would say the best, greatest lesson from this movie is probably the nobody cares.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:54:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Rewatchable scenes: bar introductions of Eddie Mush, JoJo the Whale, Frankie Coffee Cake; craps; the Mush horse-track scene; the biker bar 'Now you can't leave'; De Niro 'stay away from my son'; Sonny's shooting; the funeral. Ryan names the biker bar; the others pick the crap scene.
    “I actually have now you just can't leave.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:03:09 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Bill Simmons / TV channels: Simmons pitches a prison-movie channel called Bars (B-A-R-Z) running Shawshank, Escape from Alcatraz, Oz and Orange Is the New Black; a gambling-movie channel is also pitched for FanDuel TV.
    “I always wanted an all-jail movie channel called Bars, B-A-R-Z.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:05:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Rewatchables / Black Star: The Black Star channel runs a rotation of four movies and loosely interprets the theme; they wonder why Ghost is on it. Ryan notes Starz Black does the same with Denzel.
    “Why is why is Ghost on Black Star?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:06:20 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Best quote: 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent', delivered by Coach Finstock-style line; it also resurfaces as the 'best quote' of the episode.
    “Best quote, saddest thing in life is wasted talent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:18:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Lorenzo: Stephen A. Smith hottest takes: Lorenzo should have taken the numbers money and, further, Lorenzo is a bad dad because he lies that the working man is the hero. One host wanted Sonny to be C's father.
    “I wanted Sonny to be his dad. Lorenzo was getting on my nerves.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:20:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about A Bronx Tale casting: Casting what-ifs: Kathrine Narducci brought her nine-year-old to audition for Calogero; Frank Vincent was to play a boss but the scene was cut; Philip Garbarino lost the C role to Brancato and played Sonny's killer.
    “And he lost out to our guy Lola Broncado Jr. for the role.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:21:29 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Eddie Mush: They could not find anyone to play Eddie Mush, so they cast the real Eddie Mush, Eddie Montenero; on the first day it rained and they could not film. Mush is now gambling slang ('he's gonna mush me').
    “they ended up finding the real Eddie Mush, and his name is Eddie Montenero.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:24:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about A Bronx Tale / De Niro: Trivia: De Niro got a Class B commercial driver's license for the role; he tried in Boston and they would not let him. Hosts also note people think Rob Schneider is in the biker fight.
    “And then De Niro did get his commercial driver's license, Class B, and he tried to get it in Boston and they wouldn't let him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:25:29 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Apex Mountain: Apex Mountain calls: crap scenes, bus drivers (this or Speed), racists burned alive (this or Django Unchained), Palminteri (this or Usual Suspects), Broncado yes, Pesci no, and Kathrine Narducci no.
    “Apex Mountain for bus drivers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:27:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  16. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Satan's Messenger scene: Biker bar fight: would out-of-shape Italians really beat a biker gang? Ryan says gangsters have the fighting equivalent of dad strength; proposed sequel is Hell's Angels vs. the Mafia Battle Royale.
    “I feel like gangsters have the fighting equivalent of dad strength”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:29:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  17. fun, about A Bronx Tale recast: All-Black remake: Mahershala Ali as Lorenzo, Sterling K. Brown as Sonny, Shameik Moore as C, and Jenna Ortega (as transcribed 'Genie Ortega') as Jane. Group suggests Laura Linney or Laura Dern as Lorenzo's wife.
    “Okay, so Mershaw Ali is Lorenzo.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:34:14 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them)
  18. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Is this movie better: Bill adds Frank Vincent to the candidates list (Wayne Jenkins, Danny Trejo, Catherine Keener, Steve Buscemi, Sam Jackson, J.T. Walsh, Philip Baker Hall).
    “I think it's time to add Frank Vincent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:35:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  19. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Nitpicks: the cops are at C's apartment seconds after the murder; 50 witnesses yet the nine-year-old is the star witness; C's mother and the baby sister vanish; why the Satan's Messengers are in the Bronx; who planted the car bomb.
    “Who plants the car bomb?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:38:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  20. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Calogero: Memorabilia and best/worst picks: burned car, Molotov, baseball bat, Mantle rookie card in the discarded cards, Sonny's car, Lorenzo's bus. Worst-aged: door test, the N-word glide, and the musical.
    “It's like a fucking mantle rookie in there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:42:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  21. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Who won the movie: Who won the movie: Simmons and Ryan say Chazz Palminteri, the writer and star with his own life story; one host votes for Crazy Mario. The Oscar pick for best supporting is also Chazz.
    “I think it's chess. You can make an argument for C, but it's chess.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:43:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  22. fun, about A Bronx Tale boxing scene: Van, who lost his father, singles out the boxing-match scene where C is ashamed to sit with his dad; he would run to Santa Monica and back just to sit and watch Bonanza or Shane with his father again.
    “I'd run straight to Santa Monica and back right now just to sit down and watch Shane or any of those stupid movies now.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:50:55 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

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