Amistad (1997)
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Wikidata Q472361, film, IMDb tt0118607, TMDB 11831: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 3 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Bilge Ebiri: 1 line in Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri
- 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
Lincoln: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (theme: people as property):
Amistad → Lincoln.
Bilge says Spielberg's serious films, from Empire to Schindler, Amistad, Lincoln and Ryan, all turn on people as items on a ledger.
“they all they all become about sort of people as items on a ledger, even saving Private Ryan.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:45:35 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 sure it was them)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (double-release strategy):
Amistad → The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
In 1997 Spielberg tried to repeat his 1993 pairing of a blockbuster and a prestige Oscar film.
“I'll give you your Blockbuster and your serious Oscar movie.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:11:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri, first at 1:45:26, 4 times
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard, first at 2:00:29, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park, first at 0:11:41, 6 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan, first at 0:17:05, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:04:03, 3 times
- passing in The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57), first at 0:14:49, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection, first at 2:03:20, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3, first at 0:52:50, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
industry (1)
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industry (double-release strategy):
Amistad → The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
In 1997 Spielberg tried to repeat his 1993 pairing of a blockbuster and a prestige Oscar film.
“I'll give you your Blockbuster and your serious Oscar movie.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:11:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
theme (1)
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theme (theme: people as property):
Amistad → Lincoln.
Bilge says Spielberg's serious films, from Empire to Schindler, Amistad, Lincoln and Ryan, all turn on people as items on a ledger.
“they all they all become about sort of people as items on a ledger, even saving Private Ryan.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:45:35 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 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.
- Steven Spielberg: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- Steven Spielberg: director (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
- Steven Spielberg: director (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)
- Matthew McConaughey: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- Anthony Hopkins: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan)
- Janusz Kaminski: cinematographer (The Big Picture, Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57))
- Pete Postlethwaite: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- Pete Postlethwaite: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)
- DreamWorks SKG: studio (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)