Tender Mercies (1983)
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Wikidata Q1113987, film, IMDb tt0086423, TMDB 42121: 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
- Griffin Newman: 1 line in Dune with John Hodgman
- 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.
Crazy Heart: 1 line the host's read ×1
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lineage (remake feel):
Tender Mercies ⇒ Crazy Heart (the host's read).
Crazy Heart is Bridges doing Tender Mercies, only worse.
“Oh, Crazy Hearts also kind of just him doing tender mercies, though.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:48:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
Connected to
Crazy Heart: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (remake feel):
Crazy Heart → Tender Mercies.
Crazy Heart is Bridges doing Tender Mercies, only worse.
“Oh, Crazy Hearts also kind of just him doing tender mercies, though.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:48:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
The Straight Story: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Tender Mercies → The Straight Story.
Tender Mercies was a quiet drama offered to Lynch, a sensibility that foreshadows The Straight Story.
“but somebody like the straight story speaks to him.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:05:58 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman, first at 1:05:55, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich, first at 1:48:38, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge, first at 0:44:06, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:26:54, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free), first at 1:53:05, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
lineage (2)
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lineage (lineage):
Tender Mercies → The Straight Story.
Tender Mercies was a quiet drama offered to Lynch, a sensibility that foreshadows The Straight Story.
“but somebody like the straight story speaks to him.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:05:58 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (remake feel):
Crazy Heart → Tender Mercies.
Crazy Heart is Bridges doing Tender Mercies, only worse.
“Oh, Crazy Hearts also kind of just him doing tender mercies, though.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:48:38 · Griffin Newman (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.
- David Lynch: offered director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Dune with John Hodgman)
- Robert Duvall: winner (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Judging The Judge)
- Robert Duvall: star (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Dune with John Hodgman)
- Robert Duvall: People magazine called him America's number one number two (Blank Check — Patreon, Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free))
- Horton Foote: won original screenplay (The Rewatchables, ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)