Chariots of Fire (1981)
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Wikidata Q207921, film, IMDb tt0082158, TMDB 9443: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 2 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
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.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
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
Raiders of the Lost Ark: 2 lines verdict ×1 industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Raiders of the Lost Ark → Chariots of Fire.
The Oscars reward serious New Hollywood-style movies, not Spielberg's fun gumball-rally movies.
“Those are serious movies about serious things coming out of a 70s where New Hollywood was like, we got to fucking engage with shit politically.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:06:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Old Dogs: 1 line craft ×1
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craft (craft):
Old Dogs → Chariots of Fire.
The pioneer-weekend games use the Chariots of Fire theme as a gag for audiences who know it.
“Oh, we got the Chariots of Fire theme song.”
Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:01:49 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis, first at 2:16:12, 5 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 1:18:32, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:07:12, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:28:56, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins, first at 0:48:26, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022), first at 1:01:28, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
craft (1)
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craft (craft):
Old Dogs → Chariots of Fire.
The pioneer-weekend games use the Chariots of Fire theme as a gag for audiences who know it.
“Oh, we got the Chariots of Fire theme song.”
Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 1:01:49 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
Raiders of the Lost Ark → Chariots of Fire.
The Oscars reward serious New Hollywood-style movies, not Spielberg's fun gumball-rally movies.
“Those are serious movies about serious things coming out of a 70s where New Hollywood was like, we got to fucking engage with shit politically.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:06:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (1)
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verdict (verdict):
Raiders of the Lost Ark → Chariots of Fire.
Raiders lost Best Picture to Chariots of Fire; Denholm Elliott lost his BAFTA to Ian Holm for it, and the score lost too.
“it loses to Chariots of Fire and Reds respectively for picture and director”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:05:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Ian Holm: won the BAFTA over Denholm Elliott (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis)