Rounders (1998)

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Came from

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Led to

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Connected to

Heat: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Rounders → Heat. Niche tastes also include Malkovich liking Oreos in Rounders and Neil McCauley in Heat.
    “Or like Malkovich and Rounders liking Oreos.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:14:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

John Dahl: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Rounders → John Dahl. Dahl proposed screening with and without hole cards; Koppelman and Levien were proven wrong.
    “Once we're going to screen it where you can see Matt's cards, and once we're going to screen it where you can't, you guys sit in the audience and watch, and you guys make the decision.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:22:37 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

Margin Call: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Margin Call → Rounders. Koppelman contrasts Chandor's four-day script with Rounders, which took 3.5 months for a first draft.
    “rounders was 3.5 months for the 1st draft after we'd outlined it”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:32:20 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Misery: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Misery → Rounders. Koppelman's own Rounders last-hand story echoes Goldman's you-never-know theme: he was sure, and was wrong.
    “Goldman's recurring theme and all of his books is, you never know.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Tombstone: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Tombstone → Rounders. Ryan called Tombstone the Rounders of Westerns for rewatchability.
    “I was like, this movie is the Rounders of Westerns.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:14 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Margin Call → Rounders. Koppelman contrasts Chandor's four-day script with Rounders, which took 3.5 months for a first draft.
    “rounders was 3.5 months for the 1st draft after we'd outlined it”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:32:20 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Misery → Rounders. Koppelman's own Rounders last-hand story echoes Goldman's you-never-know theme: he was sure, and was wrong.
    “Goldman's recurring theme and all of his books is, you never know.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Rounders → John Dahl. Dahl proposed screening with and without hole cards; Koppelman and Levien were proven wrong.
    “Once we're going to screen it where you can see Matt's cards, and once we're going to screen it where you can't, you guys sit in the audience and watch, and you guys make the decision.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:22:37 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Tombstone → Rounders. Ryan called Tombstone the Rounders of Westerns for rewatchability.
    “I was like, this movie is the Rounders of Westerns.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:14 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Rounders → Heat. Niche tastes also include Malkovich liking Oreos in Rounders and Neil McCauley in Heat.
    “Or like Malkovich and Rounders liking Oreos.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:14:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Rounders: Koppelman and Levien insisted the audience never see Matt Damon's hand; Dahl screened it both ways and they conceded.
    “I was like so fucking cocky and confident.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:22:49 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Rounders: Cut idea: Teddy KGB's thug shoving a urinal cake into Worm's mouth; Dahl said no actor would do it.
    “shoves the urinal cake in his mouth.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:24:47 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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