The Rewatchables: ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan

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The extraction calls the show “The Rewatchables (The Ringer)” and the episode “'Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood' Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan”.

Hosts: Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan. Guests: none.

Subject films: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).

On the transcript: No speaker labels; the live-show audience and ad reads are mixed in, with line-level timestamps. Several movie and person names are mangled.

Awards and segments (56)

Most rewatchable scene

pick Pacino's Musso and Frank's speech telling Rick his career is basically over
“Pacino, Musso and Frank's telling Leo his career is basically over.”
Sean Fennessey · 0:20:13
pick Pacino's Musso and Frank's speech telling Rick his career is basically over
“Pacino, Musso and Frank's telling Leo his career is basically over.”
Chris Ryan · 0:20:13
pick Rick and Cliff in the parking lot after Musso and Frank's, Rick crying, through the drive and the hitchhiker
“Rick and Cliff leaving the restaurant, Post Pacino, in the parking lot, where he's crying, but this is my 1st super rewatchable, where he goes, it's official, old buddy.”
Bill Simmons · 0:22:57
pick Cliff at the Van Nuys drive-in, going to the trailer with his dog and the TV
“I'm throwing this in as a rewatchable, just because I love everything about how he filmed it.”
unknown · 0:23:57
pick Cliff on the roof fixing the antenna and flashing back to the Bruce Lee fight (also his final choice for most rewatchable)
“I'm going with Cliff on the roof in the Bruce Lee scene.”
Bill Simmons · 0:40:22
pick Sharon Tate going to watch herself in her own movie at the theater
“Sharon going to watch her own Mooney movie.”
unknown · 0:29:24
pick Rick practicing his lines in the pool at his house
“Um, Cliff, or excuse me, Rick practicing his lines at his house in his pool?”
unknown · 0:33:22
pick Cliff picks up the hitchhiker (Pussycat) and drives her to Spahn Ranch
“Cliff picks up the hitchhiker is an amazing 5 minutes, and that's Andy McDowell's daughter.”
unknown · 0:33:54
pick Rick blowing his lines in the trailer and freaking out (named as the most rewatchable scene)
“It's Leo blowing his lines and being in his trailer and freaking out.”
unknown · 0:39:55
pick Cliff going out to Spahn Ranch, with the dogs and the family
“Well, I don't want to give away, but clip going to the spawn ranch.”
unknown · 0:36:16
pick The Manson family shows up at the house and Cliff, on the acid cigarette, fights them off
“And then the last one, unless you guys have others when the Manson family shows up, Pitt has smoked an acid laced cigarette or joint?”
unknown · 0:38:12
floated Rick and Trudy on the set (honorable mention)
“Honorable mention. I picked 10 scenes.”
unknown · 0:39:41
floated The Rolling Stones song sequence with the lights coming on
“You gotta also just have the entire Rolling Stones out of time sequence with the lights coming on.”
unknown · 0:39:47

What Aged the Best · What about the movie has aged best, even though it is only five months old.

pick How they recreated 1969 Hollywood: Bill's own pick: the recreation of the period, including the redone Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard signage.
“So I'm going for what stage the best, how he redid 1969 Hollywood because that jumps out of me every time I watch.”
Bill Simmons · 0:49:43
pick Rick Dalton's house
“Rick Dalton's house.”
unknown · 0:40:39
pick The Playboy Mansion, which is the real one
“Morewood Sage the best, the Playboy Mansion, which is the actual Playboy Mansion, which I didn't realize.”
unknown · 0:46:02
pick Pacino's whole speech to Rick at Musso and Frank's
“That whole speech is great.”
unknown · 0:47:21
pick The trick of the title setting you up for the ending: The dot-dot-dot title sets up that not everyone dies.
“And then, uh, last one stage the best for me is that just the title, the trick of the title, not realizing that the title has set you up for everybody not dying.”
unknown · 0:48:13
pick Moving through life with a radio or TV on all day
“I have like just the sensation of moving through your life with a radio or a TV on all day.”
unknown · 0:48:56
pick The three-day structure
“I would also say that the 3 day structure is incredible.”
unknown · 0:49:30
pick The music and constant soundtrack
“I like the music and the kind of constant soundtrack in the movie.”
unknown · 0:49:52

What Aged the Worst · What about the movie has aged worst already, or might.

pick The shock of the Sharon Tate murders not happening: The reveal only works once as a gimmick; on a rewatch you know it is coming.
“The shock value of the murders not happening with Sharon Tate and all that, that only really works one time as a gimmick when you watch this movie.”
Bill Simmons · 0:50:04
pick Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen: Miscast; the speaker can't buy him as McQueen, and the others agree.
“Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen, but he's also acts from 1000000000s and Brody from Homeland and has all the baggage from those 2 guys and it's like, that's not Steve McQueen.”
unknown · 0:50:44
pick The Spahn Ranch scene: Peaks the first time; never the same once you know what happens.
“The spawn ranch scene, we mentioned peak the 1st time, it's never the same after when you know it's going to happen.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:04
nominee The Bruce Lee scene: May age worst because of Bruce Lee super fans, though the speaker is fine with it.
“I, the Bruce Lee thing, I don't know if that will still go or not.”
unknown · 0:52:20

Casting What Ifs · Who was almost cast, and who they would recast.

pick Burt Reynolds as George Spahn: Reynolds was the first choice for the role Bruce Dern played, but died during rehearsals.
“Bruce Stern's character was not the 1st choice.”
Bill Simmons · 0:52:37
pick Tim Roth as J.C. Butler: Tim Roth was cut from the movie; James Marsden, also cut, was to play Burt Reynolds.
“Tim Roth cut from the movie.”
unknown · 0:53:17
pick Jennifer Lawrence as Sharon Tate: Tarantino originally approached her; the hosts doubt it would have worked.
“Tarantino originally approached for Sharon Tate.”
unknown · 0:53:38
pick Al Pacino as Marvin Schwarz: The role was written specifically for Pacino.
“Uh, Tarantino wrote the role of Marvin specifically for Al Pacino.”
unknown · 0:53:55
pick Tom Cruise as Cliff Booth: Internet gossip that Cruise was in the mix for Cliff.
“There was also, I think Tom Cruise was originally thought of for Cliff, right?”
unknown · 0:54:32
pick Jack Nicholson as George Spahn: The recast pick for the Bruce Dern part; he wouldn't have done it, but it would have been amazing.
“He wouldn't have done it, but Jack Nicholson and the Bruce Dern part would have been amazing.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:01:03
pick Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr. in the Brad and Leo parts: Floated as the leads if not Pitt and DiCaprio; others floated Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and Jake Gyllenhaal and Gerard Butler.
“I had, what about Johnny Depp and Robert Downey Jr.?”
unknown · 1:01:26

Vincent Hanna Award · Best overacting in the movie; renamed for Vincent Hanna from Heat (formerly the Mark Ruffalo and Linda Partridge awards).

nominee Mike Moh as Bruce Lee: The speaker thought he really dialed it up.
“So my 2 nominees are the guy who played Bruce Lee, because I thought he really dialed it up.”
unknown · 0:55:47
winner Manson family woman after her face is shattered as Manson family member: Nominated for the long reaction after the dog food hit; the group gave it to her anyway.
“Or Manson family lady after her face was shattered, which is like...”
unknown · 0:56:02
nominee Zoe Bell as Zoe Bell character: Going a little hard screaming at Pitt.
“I think Zoe Bell's kind of going a little hard.”
unknown · 0:57:04

Joey Pants Award · The best that guy in the movie.

winner James Remar as Ugly Owl Hoot: Known from 48 Hours and The Warriors; the hosts gave him the award.
“I'll just go James Raymar as Ugly Owl Hoot on bounty law.”
unknown · 0:57:29
nominee Clifton Collins Jr. as the vaquero
“Oh, yeah.”
unknown · 0:57:35
nominee Rebecca Gayheart
“Rebecca Gayhart?”
unknown · 0:57:54
nominee Damon Herriman as Charles Manson
“Damon Harriman from Justified?”
unknown · 0:57:56
nominee Danielle Harris as Manson family member: The little girl from Halloween 4 and The Last Boy Scout, now a Manson family woman.
“I have Danielle Harris, the little girl from Halloween forward, last Boy Scout, who's now as a grown-up Manson family lady in this movie.”
unknown · 0:58:17

Dion Waiters Award · A small role with a big impact.

nominee Margaret Qualley as Pussycat: Only in about four scenes but memorable in every frame; called a star-making performance.
“Margaret Qualey is Pussycat the Hitchhiker.”
unknown · 1:00:16
nominee Nicholas Hammond as Sam Wanamaker
“I got to go Nicholas Hammond to Sam Wanamaker.”
unknown · 1:00:27
nominee Lorenza Izzo as Francesca Capucci
“Like Lorenza Izzo, who plays Francesca Capucci.”
unknown · 1:00:42
nominee Austin Butler as Tex Watson
“Austin Butler is Tex Watson.”
unknown · 1:00:46

Apex Mountain · Where a performance or career sits on the mountain; here, post-prime Brad Pitt and the year 1969.

nominee Moneyball: Offered as Pitt's post-prime apex; Bill pushed back that it didn't make much money.
“Probably Moneyball.”
unknown · 1:07:54
winner Ocean's Eleven: Bill settles on Ocean's Eleven because Pitt was dating Jennifer Aniston and the biggest couple in the world.
“I think I think... You're right, it is Ocean's 11.”
Bill Simmons · 1:08:12

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

pick Cliff turning down the hitchhiker: Asks whether wife-killing Cliff would really turn her down in 1969 because she isn't 18.
“Are we sure Cliff would be that afraid to get a blow job from a hitchhiker that's not 18.”
Bill Simmons · 1:10:22
pick Cliff's dog never going to the bathroom in the trailer
“Did we ever figure out why Cliff's Dog never shit and pissed in the trailer?”
Bill Simmons · 1:11:01

Best Quote · The best quote in the movie.

pick Rick's line about being one pool party from starring in a Polanski movie
“I could be one pool party where from starring in a Polanski movie.”
Bill Simmons · 1:12:50
pick The "hit him with a fucking Lincoln, get creative" speech
“Hey, you could do anything you want to him.”
unknown · 1:13:13

Netflix Series Remake · Could it be a ten-episode Netflix series.

pick A 10-episode series of the movie: All agree it easily could have been; they also note Tarantino has talked about making Bounty Law episodes.
“This easily could have been a 10 episode series, though.”
unknown · 1:13:47

Probably Unanswerable Questions · Questions the movie leaves open on purpose.

pick Did Cliff kill his wife: Purposefully ambiguous; the speaker says yes, probably.
“Do you think he killed his wife?”
unknown · 1:14:48
pick What Rick's next ten years look like: Tarantino's own answer, per his interview with Kim Morgan, is that Rick winds up on shows like Streets of San Francisco.
“What do Rick's next 10 years on IMDb look like?”
unknown · 1:14:54

Who Won the Movie · Who won the movie.

pick Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton: Plays about six versions of Rick, including roles within roles.
“You don't want to explain it. DiCaprio does, like, low-key 6 roles in this movie.”
Chris Ryan · 1:16:27
pick Quentin Tarantino: Tarantino wins all of his movies.
“I think Quentin wins all of his movies.”
Sean Fennessey · 1:17:39
pick Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth: Bill had given up on Pitt; the hosts split three ways.
“I think Pitt won the movie.”
Bill Simmons · 1:17:58

Films that came up

Claims (33)

programming (iconic pairing): Leonardo DiCaprio → Robert De Niro. Ryan predicts Rick and Cliff will be tied to Brad and Leo as Michael Corleone is to Pacino and LaMotta to De Niro.
“we will like associate Rick and Cliff with Brad and Leo the way we do, you know, Michael Corleone with Al Pacino or, you know, like Jake Lamano with Robert De Niro.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:40 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
career (career comparison): Brad Pitt → Newitski. Simmons compares the role's effect on Pitt to a title lifting an already Hall of Fame player (the transcript renders it 'Newitski', a mangled Dirk Nowitzki).
“I compared it to when Newitski, when the title in 2011, where Newitski was a Hall of Famer anyway”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:05:28 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
career (career stepping stone): Brad Pitt → Moneyball. Moneyball showed shades of the performance Pitt reaches here.
“You see shades of it and moneyball, yeah.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:05:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
career (career arc): Brad Pitt → Paul Newman. Pitt's path from heartthrob to weathered roles mirrors Newman's from Hud to The Verdict.
“he always reminds me of Newman, where it's like there's this really, really like heart throb beginning”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
career (career-arc comparison): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → The Verdict. This period of Pitt (Moneyball, OUATIH) is likened to Newman's The Verdict and Color of Money stage.
“once upon a time in Hollywood is, like, almost like verdict, color of Money Newman.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (charisma peak): George Clooney → Out of Sight. Clooney's best charisma movie is Out of Sight, powered by his chemistry with J.Lo.
“Clooney's best charisma movie. I think was out of sight, which it's the charisma of him and J-Lo that makes that movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:42 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
unmapped (charisma peak): Paul Newman → Slap Shot. Slap Shot is Newman's charisma picture as an older, beaten-up star.
“for Paul Newman, it's slapshot, weirdly.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:49 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
career (career contrast): Brad Pitt → Tom Cruise. Cruise plays variations of himself and may lack a Cliff Booth role.
“He's basically playing variations of Tom Cruise in these different movies, but I don't know if he had a Cliff Booth part, did he?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:09 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
career (shared project): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Inglourious Basterds. Ryan says Tarantino's project is historical correction, as in Basterds; a what-if movie.
“his project is history. Like his project is this like kind of almost like historical correction of a record”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:56 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
lineage (based on): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Wanted: Dead or Alive. Bounty Law is based on Steve McQueen's Wanted Dead or Alive.
“Bounty Lostar, which was based on Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (real-life model): Burt Reynolds → Hal Needham. Rick and Cliff's relationship is based on Burt Reynolds and his stunt double Hal Needham.
“Alton's relationship with Cliff is based on Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham, his longtime stunt double”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (joke merge): Smokey and the Bandit → Every Which Way but Loose. They joke about merging the two movies via the orangutan.
“Smoking the bandit with the ape from every which way you can.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:17:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
people (performance echo): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Heat. Pacino's Marvin Schwarz scene is framed as a sequel to his Heat performance.
“I think it's actually Pacino's sequel performance from Heat.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:20:19 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (real-life model): Al Pacino → Dino De Laurentiis. Pacino's Marvin Schwarz is a version of De Laurentiis who lured actors to Italian films.
“he's basically playing a version of Dino DeLorentis, very famous Hollywood producer who started out in Spaghetti Westerns”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:21:16 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (speech echo): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Scent of a Woman. Marvin's pitch resembles the Top Gun speech in Sleep With Me; the transcript garbles the title.
“That speech he gives is pure Tarantino. Like, that is not that much different than the actual speech”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:21:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (needle-drop reference): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → The Graduate. Tarantino throws in Mrs. Robinson during the car scene.
“Tarantino throws at Mrs. Robinson.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:39 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (role referenced): Sharon Tate → Valley of the Dolls. Sharon says she is the girl from Valley of the Dolls and watches Wrecking Crew-era movie.
“But that's the girl from Valley of the Dolls.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (family): Margaret Qualley → Andy McDowell. Qualley is Andie MacDowell's daughter.
“that's Andy McDowell's daughter.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (visual influence): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
“Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (visual influence): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Apocalypse Now. The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting.
“He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (script anecdote): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → True Romance. Sharon watching her own movie came from Tarantino sneaking into a theater showing True Romance; Pitt's acid-trip moment is likened to Floyd from True Romance.
“he's basically Floyd from True Romance for the 1st 2 minutes of that scene”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:38:23 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
theme (opening echo): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → The Hateful Eight. The slow pan out to the painting of Rick echoes the slow pan out to the Jesus statue in Hateful Eight.
“It's very similar to the beginning of Hateful 8, where there's this very slow panout and it's like a Jesus Christ statue.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:05 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (source of a detail): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Lee Van Cleef. The painting of Rick in the driveway came from Tarantino finding a giant Lee Van Cleef painting in the actor's garage while scouting.
“that's why I put a painting of Rick in the driveway.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (ad-lib source): Brad Pitt → True Romance. Pitt's ad-libbed line was based on an actor who told him the same in the early 90s; they guess True Romance's Michael Rapaport/Saul Rubinek.
“You're Rick fucking Dalton, don't you forget it?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:16 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (prop reuse): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Reservoir Dogs. The Cadillac Michael Madsen drives in the movie is the same one from Reservoir Dogs.
“Same Cadillac that appeared in Reservoir Dogs in 1992, driven by Michael...”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (inspiration): Jodie Foster → Julia Butters. Some think Trudy is partly based on precocious professional Jodie Foster.
“some people think it's sort of based on Jody Foster.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:07:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (apex): Brad Pitt → Ocean's Eleven. Pitt's apex is judged Ocean's Eleven or Fight Club at the time he dated Aniston.
“It's Fight Club or Ocean's 11, yeah.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:08:15 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (influence): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. Tarantino said Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice influenced the characters, looks, and scenery.
“Quinn said Bob and Carol and Ted Alice was a big influence on this movie”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (LA movie): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Heat. Heat is floated as a best Los Angeles movie in a list including Boyz n the Hood and Nightcrawler.
“This, uh, he, Boys in the Hood, Nightcrawler, like what else?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:23 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (alternate history): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Rosemary's Baby. Tarantino mapped Rick's career if he'd gotten the Cassavetes role in Rosemary's Baby.
“what happens if Rick Dalton gets the John Casavetti's role in Rosemary's baby”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:58 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
verdict (favorite actors): Quentin Tarantino → Michael Madsen. Tarantino has gotten the best out of actors like Travolta, Madsen, Jamie Foxx, David Carradine.
“He's definitely gotten the best Madsons, yeah.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:29 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (reviver of stars): Quentin Tarantino → Brad Pitt. Tarantino revives superstars; Brad and Leo got best performances from Basterds, Django and this.
“He likes to revive superstars and he's the fixer.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (casting what-if): Will Smith → Django Unchained. Will Smith passing on Django is how Jamie Foxx got it, and Smith could have been the Brad Pitt of OUATIH.
“Will Smith decided not to do Django. Yeah. And that's how Jamie Foxx gets it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:20:45 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items (21)

fun, about Fat Leo: Chris says Leo allows himself to be fat Leo; Simmons riffs on calf-length white socks, city bike, a vape pen.
“calf length, white socks, city bike, a vape pen.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: The Bruce Lee scene as unreliable narrator: the people around the fight vanish when the frame changes, signaling Cliff's false memory.
“you see that all of the people that were surrounding the fight have disappeared.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:30 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: The trailer meltdown was improvised and was Leo's idea, which he brought to Tarantino.
“It's also all improvised. It's not written. This was all Leo's idea, which he brought to Quentin, and they decided it would be a good idea.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:35:47 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean wins the most-rewatchable scene pick: Cliff on the roof in the Bruce Lee scene, which he looked forward to most on his third viewing.
“I'm going with Cliff on the roof in the Bruce Lee scene.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:39:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Boogie Nights house: Chris tracked the Boogie Nights house price and its distance from The Ringer's office using Waze; it was 10 minutes too far.
“it was like 10 minutes too far.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:33 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Dog Oscars: A Best Performance by a Pet Oscar proposed after the dog Brandy; an Aaron Sorkin hot take that the War Horse should have won.
“He was like, that was one hell of a horse.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:42:26 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Lee Van Cleef: Why there is a giant painting of Rick in his own driveway: Tarantino toured Lee Van Cleef's house, a museum with a huge painting of himself in the garage.
“this is fucking weird that this guy has a painting of himself in his garage.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Damian Lewis: Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen is named the worst-aged casting: too much Homeland and Billions baggage.
“that's not Steve McQueen.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:44 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Bruce Dern: Bruce Dern was not the first choice for Spahn; Burt Reynolds was, and he died during rehearsals.
“First choice was Burt Reynolds.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:52:42 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Jennifer Lawrence: Tarantino originally approached Jennifer Lawrence for Sharon Tate; the live crowd gasped.
“Tarantino originally approached for Sharon Tate.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:38 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Tarantino: Tarantino wrote the role of Marvin Schwarz for Al Pacino, as discussed on the three Rewatchables he did.
“Tarantino wrote the role of Marvin specifically for Al Pacino.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:55 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Rewatchables process: New category renamed for Vincent Hanna of Heat from the Mark Ruffalo/Linda Partridge overacting category.
“We have renamed it for Vincent Hanna.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:55:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: The flamethrower flashback uses Leo's genuine reaction to the heat; Tarantino kept it.
“Apparently that was Leo's genuine reaction to using it. It was too hot. And Tarantino thought it was hilarious”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:55 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Michael Madsen: The Cadillac in the film is the same one from Reservoir Dogs.
“Same Cadillac that appeared in Reservoir Dogs in 1992, driven by Michael... the cops in the trunk?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:26 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Mad magazine: Tarantino made a full-length faux Mad magazine just for a framed prop.
“Let's do 50 pages that nobody will see about Mad magazine.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Tarantino: Tarantino wrote a novelization of Cliff and Rick's lives before the screenplay and gave them to Brad and Leo.
“he essentially like wrote, I think a novelization that was before the screenplay”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:30 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Leonardo DiCaprio: Leo owns the Maltese Falcon that Sharon Tate holds in the bookstore and lent it to the film.
“The Maltese Falcon, which Sharon Tate holds in the bookstore, is now owned by Leo DiCaprio.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Cliff Booth: Nitpick: why Cliff's dog never pees in the trailer, plus whether Cliff would turn down the hitchhiker.
“Did we ever figure out why Cliff's Dog never shit and pissed in the trailer?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Tarantino's 10-film plan and the idea of 300 minutes of Bounty Law: he has threatened to make five episodes of it, possibly on Netflix, though Leo may not agree.
“he's been threatening doing 5 episodes of bounty law. like for real.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:13:50 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Rick Dalton: Rick's future: Streets of San Francisco, Charlie's Angels, Rockford Files, game show host, MST3K movie.
“He's just hitting all those and getting older and older and looking worse and worse.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:40 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Who won the movie: Final split: Chris says Leo, Sean says Tarantino, Bill says Pitt.
“I think Pitt won the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Who's talking

Bill Simmons (host): Loves charisma performances, movie stars at their peak, and trivia from Tarantino's circle. Champions Brad Pitt as the winner. Can't stand awards mistakes like The Artist winning, and he warns about the 'Oscars should wait five years' view. A sucker for 1960s details, driving scenes, and Boogie Nights real estate.
Sean Fennessey (host): Treats Tarantino as the central author, loves Leo DiCaprio's work here, and defends the movie's themes against online complaints. Loves the Bruce Lee roof scene. Can't stand criticism that misses the point about beginnings and endings of careers.
Chris Ryan (host): Loves driving scenes, period music, and Tarantino's historical-correction project. Picks Leo as the winner. Can't stand the miscast Damian Lewis. A sucker for details like the radio and TV constantly on in the background.

The show's recurring bits

Apex Mountain: The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits.
Who Won the Movie: The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off.
The Ebert review: Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show.
Casting what-ifs: Who was almost cast, or who should have been.
Most rewatchable scene: The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels.
Aged best / aged worst: What holds up and what does not.
Picking Nits: The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits.
Double feature: The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick.

Names the transcriber got wrong

Chris Bryant = Chris Ryan
Sean's Fantasy = Sean Fennessey
Newitski = Dirk Nowitzki (probably)
Boner = Bonanza (probably)
Lano = LaMotta
Alfred Paulina = Alfred Molina
Casavetti = Cassavetes
Lancer
Sleep with me = Scent of a Woman (speech reference unclear)
Baboo
Liu Shan = Bruce Dern 'Bruce Stern'
Test Duperville = Test Duperville (as said)
Mike Mo = Mike Moh
Damon Harriman = Damon Herriman
Clifton Collinson = Clifton Collins
Dino DeLorentis = Dino De Laurentiis
Hal Needham spelled 'Hall Needham'