Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

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In the store as #528, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).

The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan (2020-02-06):

Most rewatchable scene

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. floated Rick and Trudy on the set (honorable mention)
    “Honorable mention. I picked 10 scenes.”
    unknown · 0:39:41
  13. 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.

  1. 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
  2. pick Rick Dalton's house
    “Rick Dalton's house.”
    unknown · 0:40:39
  3. 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
  4. pick Pacino's whole speech to Rick at Musso and Frank's
    “That whole speech is great.”
    unknown · 0:47:21
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. pick The three-day structure
    “I would also say that the 3 day structure is incredible.”
    unknown · 0:49:30
  8. 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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).

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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.

  1. 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
  2. nominee Clifton Collins Jr. as the vaquero
    “Oh, yeah.”
    unknown · 0:57:35
  3. nominee Rebecca Gayheart
    “Rebecca Gayhart?”
    unknown · 0:57:54
  4. nominee Damon Herriman as Charles Manson
    “Damon Harriman from Justified?”
    unknown · 0:57:56
  5. 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.

  1. 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
  2. nominee Nicholas Hammond as Sam Wanamaker
    “I got to go Nicholas Hammond to Sam Wanamaker.”
    unknown · 1:00:27
  3. nominee Lorenza Izzo as Francesca Capucci
    “Like Lorenza Izzo, who plays Francesca Capucci.”
    unknown · 1:00:42
  4. 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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.

  1. 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
  2. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. pick Did Cliff kill his wife: Purposefully ambiguous; the speaker says yes, probably.
    “Do you think he killed his wife?”
    unknown · 1:14:48
  2. 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.

  1. 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
  2. pick Quentin Tarantino: Tarantino wins all of his movies.
    “I think Quentin wins all of his movies.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:17:39
  3. 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

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Apocalypse Now: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (visual influence): Apocalypse Now ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). 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)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. lineage (influence): Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so). 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)

Lee Van Cleef: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. lineage (source of a detail): Lee Van Cleef ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so: he told me; I asked Quentin about it). 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)

Pulp Fiction: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Hateful Eight: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (opening echo): The Hateful Eight ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). 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)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (visual influence): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). 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)

Wanted: Dead or Alive: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (based on): Wanted: Dead or Alive ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). 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)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Brad Pitt: 5 lines industry ×1 theme ×1 unmapped ×1 people ×1 verdict ×1

  1. industry (Oscar consolation): Brad Pitt → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Pitt eventually won Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but not for the right role.
    “Pitt, of course, 8 years later, we'll eventually win best supporting actor for once upon a time in Hollywood.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:27:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Leonardo DiCaprio: 3 lines verdict ×2 people ×1

  1. people (performance): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio is the obvious best leading performance of the summer.
    “Well, I, the obvious one is Leonardo DiCaprio.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:20:28 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

1917: 2 lines industry ×2

  1. industry (industry): 1917 → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A friend says 1917 may be the last big awards-worthy global release before the gate closed, alongside Joker, Once Upon a Time and Endgame.
    “we might look back on 1917 as the last movie that got in before the gate closed”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:34:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Heat: 2 lines people ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. 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)

Inglourious Basterds: 2 lines career ×1 theme ×1

  1. 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)

Julia Butters: 2 lines unmapped ×1 people ×1

  1. unmapped (snub): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Julia Butters. Leaving Julia Butters off a ballot while filling it with other Hollywood names is baffling.
    “I don't know how you watch that movie ... and not put Julia Butter's name on your ballot.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:31:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction: 2 lines lineage ×1 theme ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Wolf of Wall Street: 2 lines career ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. career (career phase): The Wolf of Wall Street → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Wolf sits in DiCaprio's run of comic-dramatic roles alongside Once Upon a Time, Don't Look Up, Killers of the Flower Moon and One Battle.
    “this movie is in the same league with, once upon a time in Hollywood, don't look up, Killers of the Flower Moon, or one bad after another, where he's getting a lot of laughs in the movie.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:30:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Apocalypse Now: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. 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)

Avengers: Endgame: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (ranking): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Avengers: Endgame. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a tier of one, with the rest of the summer far down.
    “once upon a time in Hollywood is is like a tier of one to me.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:49:47 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Babylon: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (shared device): Babylon → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Both films show Margot Robbie watching herself on screen in a movie theater.
    “Yeah, also shout out to Margot Robbie watching herself on screen in movie theaters.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:59:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. 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)

Carousel: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Carousel → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Carousel's kitchen-counter fight scene is compared to the best acting the speaker has seen.
    “where it was like, Julia Butters in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I was like, that's the best acting I've ever seen in my life.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:40:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Collateral: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Collateral → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Collateral is part of Amanda's movie map of Los Angeles, with Clueless and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “my movie map of LA is probably like clueless collateral, uh, once upon a time in Hollywood”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:45:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Damien Chazelle: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (next-film wish): Damien Chazelle → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A speaker pitches Chazelle making a Die Hard or Indiana Jones style throwback action movie.
    “I think Damien Chazelle was like, what we need is like a diehard or, you know, Indiana Jones like throwback stuntty action movie.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:05:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Django Unchained: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Django Unchained → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood also has Django-esque flourishes.
    “There's some very fun Django-esque flourishes in that movie too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:21 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Don Johnson: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Don Johnson → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Johnson's leading-man movie hopes after the show fits the Rick Dalton type.
    “He was a little bit of a Rick Dalton-esque figure.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:54:59 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Lee Van Cleef: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. 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)

Little Women: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting): Little Women → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Both are examples of movies that would not have worked as well with different casts.
    “Little Women and Once Upon a Time are interesting examples of movies that with different casts would not have worked as well.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:33:47 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Long Shot: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Long Shot. Counterprogramming may be dead, and fewer original films get made if they go only to streamers.
    “The question is whether or not people will still make movies like that if nobody goes to see them in the theaters.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:36:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Paul Thomas Anderson: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (reaction): Paul Thomas Anderson → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. On the DGA podcast PTA, a Leo fan, seemed quite taken with Brad Pitt in the movie.
    “we know we know PTA is a big Leo fan, but he seemed quite taken with Brad Pitt in this movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:21:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. 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)

Richard Gere: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Richard Gere → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Gere's taco-stand scene wins a new award named for Rick Dalton for the best acting.
    “Rick Dalton Award for the best acting I've ever seen in my life and it's Richard Gere in this scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:31:40 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Rosemary's Baby: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. 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)

Scent of a Woman: 1 line theme ×1

  1. 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)

Spider-Man: Far From Home: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (swap): Spider-Man: Far From Home → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Amanda swaps Spider-Man's post-credits twist in for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in the best ending category, then Sean declares the Hollywood ending the right choice.
    “I think foolishly the answer is once upon a time in Hollywood, which is weird, but that probably was the right choice.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:49:28 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

The Graduate: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. 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)

The Hateful Eight: 1 line theme ×1

  1. 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)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. 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)

The Verdict: 1 line career ×1

  1. 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)

Tim Olyphant: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (scene partner): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Tim Olyphant. Leo plays a day player opposite Olyphant on a different show's set during the Bounty Law crying scene.
    “That's when he's playing as like a day player opposite Tim Elephant.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:29:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

True Romance: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. 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)

Uncut Gems: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (head-to-head): Uncut Gems → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. In best casting, Uncut Gems beats the big shiny ensembles (Little Women, Once Upon a Time) because of the unknown faces it found.
    “Uncut gems because not just because of the people you know, but mostly because of the people you don't know.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:32:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Wanted: Dead or Alive: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. 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)

Zoe Bell: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (stunts): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Zoe Bell. Interviews with stuntwoman Zoe Bell discussed how only Pitt could do the leap to the roof.
    “Stuntwoman extraordinary. that only he could do to get up to the roof and stuff.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:31:35 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (4)

  1. career (career): Don Johnson → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Johnson's leading-man movie hopes after the show fits the Rick Dalton type.
    “He was a little bit of a Rick Dalton-esque figure.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:54:59 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. career (career phase): The Wolf of Wall Street → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Wolf sits in DiCaprio's run of comic-dramatic roles alongside Once Upon a Time, Don't Look Up, Killers of the Flower Moon and One Battle.
    “this movie is in the same league with, once upon a time in Hollywood, don't look up, Killers of the Flower Moon, or one bad after another, where he's getting a lot of laughs in the movie.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:30:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Carousel → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Carousel's kitchen-counter fight scene is compared to the best acting the speaker has seen.
    “where it was like, Julia Butters in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I was like, that's the best acting I've ever seen in my life.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:40:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (shared device): Babylon → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Both films show Margot Robbie watching herself on screen in a movie theater.
    “Yeah, also shout out to Margot Robbie watching herself on screen in movie theaters.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:59:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (5)

  1. industry (industry): Django Unchained → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood also has Django-esque flourishes.
    “There's some very fun Django-esque flourishes in that movie too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:21 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (Oscar consolation): Brad Pitt → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Pitt eventually won Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but not for the right role.
    “Pitt, of course, 8 years later, we'll eventually win best supporting actor for once upon a time in Hollywood.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:27:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): 1917 → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A friend says 1917 may be the last big awards-worthy global release before the gate closed, alongside Joker, Once Upon a Time and Endgame.
    “we might look back on 1917 as the last movie that got in before the gate closed”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:34:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): 1917 → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Three films by already-celebrated directors (Tarantino, Scorsese, Mendes) each got ten nominations.
    “3 people who made films who have been hugely recognized in the past Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese and Sam Mendes.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:05:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Long Shot. Counterprogramming may be dead, and fewer original films get made if they go only to streamers.
    “The question is whether or not people will still make movies like that if nobody goes to see them in the theaters.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:36:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

lineage (6)

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)

people (5)

  1. 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)
  2. people (casting): Little Women → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Both are examples of movies that would not have worked as well with different casts.
    “Little Women and Once Upon a Time are interesting examples of movies that with different casts would not have worked as well.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:33:47 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Julia Butters. Tarantino made Butters accept for the film at the Critics Choice awards.
    “Quentin Tarantino, made Julia Butter's uh, speak”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:45:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. people (performance): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio is the obvious best leading performance of the summer.
    “Well, I, the obvious one is Leonardo DiCaprio.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:20:28 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. people (performance): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Brad Pitt. Pitt's responsiveness and presence is a rare form of acting, making the lead-versus-supporting call hard.
    “I just think like responsiveness is a form of acting as well. And he is the person who's reflecting a lot of Leo back.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:23:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (6)

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Motifs echo across Tarantino's movies.
    “It's so awesome to see the motifs echo across his movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. theme (persona): Brad Pitt → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Pitt's Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is said to cement his iconography and may make it harder for him to transform.
    “Like, I think him winning an Academy Award for once upon a time in Hollywood, oddly, may work against him because it is such a strong utilization of his iconography.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:15:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): Collateral → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Collateral is part of Amanda's movie map of Los Angeles, with Clueless and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “my movie map of LA is probably like clueless collateral, uh, once upon a time in Hollywood”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:45:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. theme (era comparison): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Inglourious Basterds. Looking at the 2009 summer, which also had Inglourious Basterds, shows what this summer lacked.
    “that was the summer of Inglorious Bastards, but also, um, you know, what what it had that this summer didn't have.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:50:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (12)

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. unmapped (scene partner): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Tim Olyphant. Leo plays a day player opposite Olyphant on a different show's set during the Bounty Law crying scene.
    “That's when he's playing as like a day player opposite Tim Elephant.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:29:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (anticipation): The Wolf of Wall Street → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The anticipation for One Battle matches the last time a host felt this way, at Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “The last time this happened was once upon a time in Hollywood.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:44:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (next-film wish): Damien Chazelle → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A speaker pitches Chazelle making a Die Hard or Indiana Jones style throwback action movie.
    “I think Damien Chazelle was like, what we need is like a diehard or, you know, Indiana Jones like throwback stuntty action movie.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:05:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (snub): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Julia Butters. Leaving Julia Butters off a ballot while filling it with other Hollywood names is baffling.
    “I don't know how you watch that movie ... and not put Julia Butter's name on your ballot.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:31:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (category fraud): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt is the star of Hollywood, so putting him in supporting is a rigged category.
    “He is the star of that movie and F everybody for saying otherwise.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:05:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (reaction): Paul Thomas Anderson → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. On the DGA podcast PTA, a Leo fan, seemed quite taken with Brad Pitt in the movie.
    “we know we know PTA is a big Leo fan, but he seemed quite taken with Brad Pitt in this movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:21:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  11. unmapped (stunts): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Zoe Bell. Interviews with stuntwoman Zoe Bell discussed how only Pitt could do the leap to the roof.
    “Stuntwoman extraordinary. that only he could do to get up to the roof and stuff.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:31:35 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. unmapped (movies vs TV): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He would take one great movie over even Fleabag, Succession or Chernobyl.
    “I still would always, always, always rather have one great movie than an experience like that.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:52:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (6)

  1. verdict (verdict): Richard Gere → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Gere's taco-stand scene wins a new award named for Rick Dalton for the best acting.
    “Rick Dalton Award for the best acting I've ever seen in my life and it's Richard Gere in this scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:31:40 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (best performance candidate): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Leonardo DiCaprio. A host argues Once Upon a Time is probably Leo's best performance, citing the Bounty Law trailer breakdown.
    “I could argue that that once upon a time, probably, is his, is his best performance.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:29:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (head-to-head): Uncut Gems → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. In best casting, Uncut Gems beats the big shiny ensembles (Little Women, Once Upon a Time) because of the unknown faces it found.
    “Uncut gems because not just because of the people you know, but mostly because of the people you don't know.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:32:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (ranking): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Avengers: Endgame. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a tier of one, with the rest of the summer far down.
    “once upon a time in Hollywood is is like a tier of one to me.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:49:47 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): Brad Pitt → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Pitt is supporting (never lead) in OUATIH, 'the picture of being a good supporter'.
    “He was always supporting and I just caught him because he's getting he's getting his moment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:37:29 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. verdict (verdict): Leonardo DiCaprio → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Possibly his favorite DiCaprio performance, near career-best.
    “Maybe my favorite Leonardo DiCaprio performance.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:56:54 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. 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)
  2. what-if (swap): Spider-Man: Far From Home → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Amanda swaps Spider-Man's post-credits twist in for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in the best ending category, then Sean declares the Hollywood ending the right choice.
    “I think foolishly the answer is once upon a time in Hollywood, which is weird, but that probably was the right choice.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:49:28 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. fun, about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: The Bounty Law trailer breakdown, where Leo plays a day player opposite Tim Olyphant, will be near the top of his reel.
    “But him in the trailer breaking down is that's going to be near the top of his reel at the end of his career.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:29:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Fennessey says seeing Once Upon a Time at an ArcLight screening made it a forever movie, and says he feels the same hunger now for One Battle After Another.
    “as soon as it was over, I was like forever movie.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:45:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Favorite scene is the out-of-time montage, with Cliff driving Leo home as LA changes in real time.
    “just the out of time montage in Once upon a time in Hollywood, which is my favorite part of that movie now”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:30:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Amanda's favorite scene is Brad Pitt on the roof, which she calls the lightning bottle moment for Brad Pitt season.
    “I have Brad Pitt on the roof.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:30:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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