In the Line of Fire (1993)
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Wikidata Q427386, film, IMDb tt0107206, TMDB 9386: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits John Malkovich as actor (Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri).
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Griffin Newman: 1 line in Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Rewatchables
- Bill Simmons: 1 line in A CR Month Mailbag!
- Chris Ryan: 1 line in ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan
- 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
Renee Russo: 2 lines theme ×1 industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Renee Russo → In the Line of Fire.
Rene Russo has been in 7 Rewatchables, a Special Achievement nominee for killing the 90s.
“She's been in 7 rewatchables movies.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:02:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
John Malkovich: 1 line people ×1
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people (casting):
John Malkovich → In the Line of Fire.
Malkovich is the sun-dried tomato on the sandwich; in Empire it is his best use as an American Fagin.
“In the line of fire, is someone making you a ham and cheese sandwich and then like putting one sun-dried tomato on it”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:02:14 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
Tombstone: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Tombstone → In the Line of Fire.
Kilmer was robbed of an Oscar nomination in a stacked 1993 field.
“I think that Malkovich is really good in the line of fire.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:38:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
Unforgiven: 1 line career ×1
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career (career timing):
In the Line of Fire → Unforgiven.
Released the year after Unforgiven, with Eastwood in the same vibe of asking whether to hang it up.
“In the line of fire is the same vibe of like Clint being like, should I hang it up?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:03:07 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri, first at 0:02:08, 6 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag!, first at 0:45:26, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:38:17, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career timing):
In the Line of Fire → Unforgiven.
Released the year after Unforgiven, with Eastwood in the same vibe of asking whether to hang it up.
“In the line of fire is the same vibe of like Clint being like, should I hang it up?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:03:07 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
industry (2)
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industry (industry):
Renee Russo → In the Line of Fire.
Rene Russo has been in 7 Rewatchables, a Special Achievement nominee for killing the 90s.
“She's been in 7 rewatchables movies.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:02:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Tombstone → In the Line of Fire.
Kilmer was robbed of an Oscar nomination in a stacked 1993 field.
“I think that Malkovich is really good in the line of fire.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:38:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
people (1)
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people (casting):
John Malkovich → In the Line of Fire.
Malkovich is the sun-dried tomato on the sandwich; in Empire it is his best use as an American Fagin.
“In the line of fire, is someone making you a ham and cheese sandwich and then like putting one sun-dried tomato on it”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:02:14 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
theme (1)
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theme (theme):
In the Line of Fire → Renee Russo.
Clint Eastwood and Rene Russo in In the Line of Fire is called another ego-stroke 'cream cheese' layer.
“I always found like the Renee Russo Clint Eastwood in the line of fire relationship to be like putting a little layer of cream cheese on that”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:45:26 · 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.
- Clint Eastwood: star/director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri)
- Clint Eastwood: actor (The Rewatchables, A CR Month Mailbag!)
- John Malkovich: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri)
- John Malkovich: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- Renee Russo: actor (The Rewatchables, A CR Month Mailbag!)