The Big Chill (1983)

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Wikidata Q1198794, film, IMDb tt0085244, TMDB 12560: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits William Hurt as actor (The Incredible Hulk); 1 more episode agrees.

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The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey (2023-09-26):

Double feature

  1. pick Grand Canyon: The hosts settle on Grand Canyon as the natural pair, another Lawrence Kasdan film about the same kind of person decades on, though two of them are lukewarm on it.
    “Best double feature choice with this movie. Grand Canyon, right?”
    unknown · 1:48:30

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick The opening credits and 20-minute montage: the bathtub, Marvin Gaye's Grapevine, everyone getting ready for Alex's funeral.
    “Most rewatchable scene. We mentioned the opening credits with the bathtub and Marvin gay.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:42
  2. pick The funeral and reception: Harold's failed eulogy, then the Rolling Stones kicking in as Karen plays the organ.
    “Where did Alex's hope go? Klein goes up, does the speech. Can't get through it.”
    unknown · 0:43:07
  3. pick Richard's big kitchen scene, making a sandwich at 3 in the morning and talking about priorities.
    “Next, uh, rewatchable scene, the Richards big kitchen scene.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:44:23
  4. pick The J.T. Lancer screening, dinner, cleanup and pot-smoking stretch.
    “The I just wrote that in the next rewatchable scene is JT Lancer screening, dinner scene, cleanup, pot smoking.”
    unknown · 0:47:21
  5. floated Sarah (Glenn Close) saying Alex should be here, there should be a chair for him.
    “I like when Glenn Close does the, he should be here.”
    unknown · 0:48:38
  6. floated Nick's what's-for-dessert line and Chloe laughing at it.
    “I like when it gets super poignant, and Nick says, I know what Alex would say, what's for dessert, and nobody laughs, but Chloe thinks it's like the funniest thing ever.”
    unknown · 0:49:41
  7. floated Nick getting Sarah (Glenn Close) coked up.
    “leading to CR's favorite scene when Nick gets Glenn Close's character coked up.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:49:52
  8. floated Everyone gathering around the Michigan football game.
    “The Michigan football game.”
    unknown · 0:51:00
  9. floated The big Alex argument, Nick against Harold and Michael, the night before.
    “The, uh, the Alex recon with the big argument, which we talked about.”
    unknown · 0:51:21
  10. floated The ending: Nick hugs Sam over breakfast and the credits roll.
    “As I said, I love when Nick hugs Sam.”
    unknown · 0:53:59
  11. pick The opening 20 minutes as a whole, with Grapevine and the Stones; two hosts give this as their answer when asked.
    “It's the opening 20 minutes.”
    unknown · 0:54:57

Ebert review · The hosts read Roger Ebert's review of the film.

  1. pick The Big Chill: Two and a half stars. A mostly positive review that reads the film as a technical exercise with no payoff; the hosts think the lack of payoff may be the point.
    “The Big Chill is a splendid technical exercise. It has all the right moves. It knows all the right words.”
    unknown · 0:29:46

Apex Mountain · Where each actor's or thing's career or run sits against this movie.

  1. pick Glenn Close as Sarah: Not her apex.
    “Apex Mountain, no for close.”
    unknown · 1:30:29
  2. pick Kevin Kline as Harold: Not his apex.
    “No for Kevin Quine.”
    unknown · 1:30:32
  3. pick Meg Tilly as Chloe: Masquerade comes up first, then they land on this movie because nobody has heard of Masquerade.
    “I think it's this because I've never heard of masquerade.”
    unknown · 1:30:53
  4. pick Mary Kay Place as Meg: This movie.
    “This is definitely Mary Kay Place, right?”
    unknown · 1:30:59
  5. pick Platoon: Tom Berenger's apex.
    “Probably platoon, right?”
    unknown · 1:31:06
  6. pick Broadcast News: William Hurt's apex, along with winning the Oscar.
    “Probably winning Oscar, right?”
    unknown · 1:31:13
  7. pick Poltergeist: JoBeth Williams, 1981 to 1983.
    “Poltergeist, right? Right before this?”
    unknown · 1:31:19
  8. pick The Santini house: The house, rather than the movie, as its own apex.
    “Probably the Santini.”
    unknown · 1:31:31
  9. nominee Nick's 1972 Porsche 911 Targa
    “How about the Porsche, 1972, 911 Targa?”
    unknown · 1:31:33
  10. nominee Sleeping with your wife's friend because she is ovulating that weekend
    “How about, um, sleeping with your wife's friend because she is avulating that weekend?”
    unknown · 1:31:42
  11. pick Lawrence Kasdan: Yes, this is his apex, coming off the Star Wars films and directing it too.
    “I think it is coming off all the Star Wars.”
    unknown · 1:32:40
  12. nominee The backyard football game, against the one in Wedding Crashers
    “What about backyard football?”
    unknown · 1:32:46

What Aged the Best · The parts of the movie that have held up best.

  1. pick Sam telling Harold he does not know who to trust in LA and Harold's reply
    “I like when Sam says, for what's age the best, in LA, I don't know who to trust.”
    unknown · 0:59:29
  2. pick Kevin Kline as Harold: His deadpan jokes.
    “Kevin Klein gets off like 5 really good, like deadpan Kevin Klein jokes.”
    unknown · 0:59:41
  3. pick Richard and Karen's marriage, the beds pushed together then apart
    “Richard and Karen's marriage, for what stage the best?”
    unknown · 1:00:13
  4. pick Sarah using the mom voice on her kids: Resonated more once the speaker had kids.
    “Sarah talking to her kids when she's using the mom voice, Glenn Close.”
    unknown · 1:00:21
  5. pick Nick's 1972 Porsche 911 Targa
    “Knicks Porsche? 1972? Incredible. 911 Targa?”
    unknown · 1:00:48
  6. pick Two quotes: the party on the one day you can't come, and not meeting many happy people
    “I like 2 quotes, amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:24
  7. pick The arc of a friends' getaway weekend, from awkward to awesome to a fight to everyone leaving
    “One is the arc of a friend's getaway weekend is perfectly broken down in this movie where it goes from awkward.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:01:41
  8. pick The signature serious comedies of the 1980s: Compares it to Tootsie, Baby Boom, Broadcast News and others; says they no longer make these.
    “I also feel like this has aged well as one of the signature serious comedies of the 1980s.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:02:13
  9. pick Nick's hog not working, a quiet Vietnam callback
    “Uh, I got Nick's hog not working.”
    unknown · 1:03:03
  10. pick Nick as Alex's ghost
    “Um, and also just the Nick character being Alex's ghost.”
    unknown · 1:03:22
  11. pick The Santini house as a location
    “One more would stage the best for me is they use the great Santini house.”
    unknown · 1:03:47
  12. pick Nick and Sam watching TV together: Not at rewatchable-scene level.
    “It's not a rewatchable scene level, but Nick and Sam just watching TV together is great.”
    unknown · 1:04:10

Big Kahuna Burger, best use of food and drink · The best use of food or drink in the film.

  1. winner The coffee and the coffee pot
    “The use of coffee in this movie is elite.”
    unknown · 1:05:19
  2. nominee Richard's 3 a.m. sandwich
    “I could really go for Richard Sandwich right now.”
    unknown · 1:51:50

Great Shot · The best shot in the film.

  1. winner The dissolve from the stitches on Alex's wrist to the rows of farmland outside the church: Cinematographer John Bailey's story of the match; the hosts say it has to be the Costner shot.
    “they were shooting the field outside the church where they see all the rows of like farmland and he's like, 0 my god, this matches perfectly with the stitches on Alex's wrist.”
    unknown · 1:06:17
  2. nominee Triads of three object shots referencing Ozu
    “So when you see like 3 shots of objects that all tell you something about characters, it's like this thing called a triad, right?”
    unknown · 1:06:06

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.

  1. winner Karen's choice to go back to Richard after J.T. Lancer: Others defend it as a character choice about not giving up the life she built.
    “Karen, going back to Richard at the end, never sat right to me.”
    unknown · 1:08:14

What Aged the Worst · The parts of the movie that have held up worst.

  1. winner Glenn Close's haircut
    “Glenn Kluss's haircut in this movie is... It's not my favorite, absolute affront. hairstyles.”
    unknown · 1:09:42
  2. pick Return of the Secaucus 7: Hangs over the movie as a way to ding it.
    “Just kind of hanging over this movie a little bit.”
    unknown · 1:10:55
  3. pick Treating insomnia with a giant cold cut sandwich in the middle of the night
    “Yeah, uh, I just think that we've probably medically moved past the idea of treating insomnia with a giant cold cut sandwich in the middle of the night.”
    unknown · 1:11:20
  4. pick Meg's constant smoking
    “I love I love smoking, but like I Meg smokes literally more than Carl Bernstein.”
    unknown · 1:12:02

Best Needle Drop · The best use of a song in the film.

  1. winner You Can't Always Get What You Want: The Rolling Stones song at the funeral reception.
    “The Kid Cudi Pursued Happiness, a word for Best Needle Drop, goes to the Rolling Stone song, but there's also 5 other songs that could go.”
    unknown · 1:12:42
  2. nominee The Weight: One host's pick; another had it as a runner-up.
    “I'm gonna go with the weight.”
    unknown · 1:12:50
  3. nominee Bad Moon Rising
    “Bad Moon Rising's good too.”
    unknown · 1:12:52
  4. nominee Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Played over the dishes and cleanup.
    “Well, I mean, I feel like ain't too proud to beg in doing the dishes and cleaning up is the most memorable one, right?”
    unknown · 1:12:55
  5. nominee You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman
    “Well, you make me feel like a natural woman is a pretty big one too.”
    unknown · 1:13:17

Mallory Rubin Award (did it need a better sex scene) · Whether the movie needed a better sex scene; the sex scene award.

  1. pick Harold and Sarah's attempt to conceive for Meg, Harold gently rocking in the missionary position: Later called one of the greatest scenes in movie history because it is so weird.
    “I think I'm good with Kevin Klein just gently rocking in the missionary position, not his best friend.”
    unknown · 1:14:03

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a movie they love.

  1. pick Meg asking the guys to father her baby, and Sarah offering up Harold: Called a pretty big nitpick; the hosts then debate whether it is a good move or loser behavior.
    “Well, it's a pretty big nitpick.”
    unknown · 1:15:15
  2. pick Harold's South Carolina accent
    “I think Kevin Klein is elite, but what do we think about his South Carolina accent?”
    unknown · 1:17:36
  3. pick The touch football scenes: no Mississippis, a blitz, a tiny yard
    “I was going to do this for picking nits, but these touch football scenes.”
    unknown · 1:33:02
  4. pick How many bedrooms Harold's house has and how the back house works
    “So how many rooms did how many bedrooms did Harold's house have?”
    unknown · 1:35:23
  5. pick Harold's running company being publicly traded with stock tips
    “I'm confused how Harold's company had stock.”
    unknown · 1:36:47
  6. pick Nick staying calm about a bat flying through his window
    “Uh, I don't think that Nick would be as chill about a bat flying through his window after 3 lines of cocaine as he is in this movie.”
    unknown · 1:38:11
  7. pick Harold bombing the eulogy with no one mentioning it afterward
    “Well, the only other thing was just like, Harold really bombs that eulogy, and then he like totally pulls it together afterwards.”
    unknown · 1:39:24
  8. pick Meg Tilly's Chloe hanging around the group after finding her boyfriend dead: Another host agrees she is a freeloader.
    “If something like this happened, would you really let Meg Tilly's character hang around you and all your friends?”
    unknown · 1:39:55

Hottest Take · The host's hottest take on the film.

  1. pick Sarah offering up Harold to father Meg's baby was actually a good move
    “The take is this was actually a good move.”
    unknown · 1:17:08
  2. pick A sequel at a 25th college reunion, instead of Grand Canyon
    “Why not a sequel instead of doing Grand Canyon.”
    unknown · 1:20:21
  3. pick Lawrence Kasdan: His first five years are the greatest screenwriting run in movie history.
    “I already burned it, which is that the 1st 5 years of Kazden's career is the greatest screenwriting run in movie history.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:22:00

Casting What Ifs and Recasting Couch · Almost-castings and recasts.

  1. pick JoBeth Williams and Glenn Close as Meg: Both wanted to play Meg.
    “Um, As you mentioned, Joe Beth Williams going close want to play Meg.”
    unknown · 1:22:53
  2. pick Phoebe Cates as Chloe: She auditioned for Chloe, where Kevin Kline met her; Meg Tilly got the part.
    “Kevin Klein met Phoebe Cates because she auditioned for Chloe.”
    unknown · 1:22:59
  3. pick Kevin Kline as Michael: Wanted Goldblum's part as the funnier role.
    “Kevin Klein wanted Goldbloom's part because he thought it was a funnier role, but they pushed him too.”
    unknown · 1:23:36
  4. nominee Sean Penn as Alex: Rejected as too young at the time.
    “Ormer, which is Sean Penn for Alex.”
    unknown · 1:23:58
  5. pick Glenn Close as Meg: Recasting couch: Close in Mary Kay Place's part and Meryl Streep as Sarah, which one host thinks is a better movie.
    “Meryl Streep and the Glenn Close part and Glenn Close playing Mary Kay plays this part.”
    unknown · 1:25:56

Overacting Award · The most overacting in the film.

  1. winner Don Galloway as the preacher: He has to talk for five minutes about a man he did not know.
    “No, nobody in the movie except for the preacher pastor.”
    unknown · 1:24:18

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.

  1. winner Kevin Costner as Alex: Argued over because his face is never seen; they spent 20 minutes talking about him.
    “No, it's Costner, man.”
    unknown · 1:24:58
  2. nominee The preacher
    “Dion Waiters, the preacher, probably?”
    unknown · 1:24:56
  3. nominee The cop
    “What about the cop?”
    unknown · 1:25:19

Coked Out Glenn Close Award · A new category for the best use of cocaine in the movie.

  1. winner Sarah lying in bed coked up, kneading the sheet, then going to the roof
    “It's when she's lying in bed and she's like off fridge day.”
    unknown · 0:55:17

Best Racehorse Name · Best racehorse name drawn from the film.

  1. winner J.T. Lancer
    “I think J.T. Lancer is pretty good for...”
    Chris Ryan · 1:35:14

Sequel, prequel, prestige TV · The sequel, prequel, prestige TV show or remake they would make.

  1. pick Harold in prison for an SEC violation, as the sequel
    “That actually is the sequel, is Harold's in prison for SEC violation.”
    unknown · 1:37:17
  2. pick All five formats: sequel, prequel, prestige TV, Black cast, remake
    “I think it's all five.”
    unknown · 1:41:25
  3. pick A prestige TV version of Nick in Vietnam
    “I would watch like a prestige TV version of Nick and Nam.”
    unknown · 1:41:30
  4. pick An all-Black version, riffing on the remake: Followed by a riff on a cast of names read out in the transcript.
    “The black chill, like they made the black chill.”
    unknown · 1:41:41
  5. pick Netflix reviving J.T. Lancer as a new 10-episode series, with Harold's bastard son
    “10 years later, Netflix revives JT Lancer, new 10 episode series.”
    unknown · 1:48:07

Oscar pick · Who should have won or been nominated.

  1. pick Terms of Endearment: Should have won best picture over this film.
    “No, I think terms of endearment should have.”
    unknown · 0:27:41
  2. pick The Dresser: Picked for best picture by someone who has not seen it.
    “The dresser, but I haven't seen it.”
    unknown · 0:27:49
  3. pick William Hurt as Nick: Not getting nominated is insane.
    “The William Hurt not getting nominated is fucking insane.”
    unknown · 0:27:10
  4. winner Lawrence Kasdan: Should have won original screenplay over Horton Foote for Tender Mercies.
    “Yeah, it's it's crazy that he didn't win for original screenplay with magnetic.”
    unknown · 1:42:52

Unanswered Questions · Questions the movie leaves open.

  1. pick Nick's cocaine in the wheel well: for distribution or for party time
    “Was it meant for distribution or was it meant for party time? I think both.”
    unknown · 0:50:36
  2. pick Did Meg get pregnant?
    “Did Meg get pregnant?”
    unknown · 1:43:14
  3. pick Why the Rutledge scholarship was such a big deal
    “Why was the Rutledge scholarship such a big deal?”
    unknown · 1:43:22
  4. pick What happened to Alex, and whether he went to Vietnam
    “So what happened to Alex then?”
    unknown · 1:43:56

Zihuatanejo Award (what happened the next day) · What happens to the characters after the movie ends.

  1. pick Nick, arrested for drug possession before Harold gets divorced
    “Nick's going down.”
    unknown · 1:49:27
  2. pick Harold and Sarah, still married in name only
    “Maybe like he lives at the summer house and she lives up in the city house, like kind of thing where it's like married and named only.”
    unknown · 1:49:39
  3. pick Nick and Chloe, lasting about a week and a half
    “Oh, like a week and a half .”
    unknown · 1:50:09
  4. pick Sam, how long J.T. Lancer ran and what came after: Four seasons, cancelled, then an LA Law-style lawyer role.
    “Four seasons.”
    unknown · 1:46:48

Memorabilia · What piece of memorabilia they would want from the movie.

  1. pick Nick's Porsche
    “Porsche.”
    unknown · 1:51:35
  2. pick Michael's Village Voice t-shirt
    “I like Michael's Village Voice t-shirt.”
    unknown · 1:51:38
  3. pick Game-worn Running Dog sneakers
    “The sneakers, I thought the running dog, game worn running dog sneakers would be pretty good.”
    unknown · 1:51:42
  4. pick The record collection
    “The record collection, I think, would be really good too.”
    unknown · 1:51:46
  5. pick The coffee maker
    “And the coffee maker.”
    unknown · 1:51:49

Coach Finstock Award · Best life lesson from the movie.

  1. pick Everyone sells out
    “Everyone sells out.”
    unknown · 1:52:29
  2. pick Meg's line about the cold world out there and worrying she is getting cold too: Not a lesson so much as a truism; the movie has many smaller lessons.
    “I always liked Meg's line about like it's a cold world out there and like sometimes I'm worried I'm getting cold too, kind of.”
    unknown · 1:52:33

Who Won the Movie · Who came out the winner of the movie.

  1. winner Lawrence Kasdan: Usually the cast and the director, but here it is the writer-director's personal, generational movie.
    “But in this case, it feels like, what a personal movie.”
    unknown · 1:54:41
  2. winner Lawrence Kasdan
    “I think it's Kazden as well.”
    unknown · 1:54:48

What if it were made today · How the movie would differ if made now.

  1. pick The Big Chill remade now: Meg becomes the most sympathetic, Lancer a self-parody, Harold more of a sellout
    “I feel like if they make this movie now. Meg becomes this most sympathetic character.”
    unknown · 0:17:19
  2. pick The same reunion for his generation, with worse music like Avicii and Kygo
    “Also, I was thinking about it if this movie was made today with people my age or something, like 10 years from now, my friends meet up after 15 years and just how much worse the music would be that we're listening to?”
    Craig Horlbeck · 1:55:48

Who talked about it

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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.

Return of the Secaucus 7: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Return of the Secaucus 7 ⇒ The Big Chill (the host's read). Called a precursor to The Big Chill.
    “precursor to this movie, Socaucus 7 is like this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

10 Years: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Big Chill ⇒ 10 Years (the host's read). Another reunion-with-a-great-cast attempt that did not match The Big Chill.
    “I kind of like 10 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Beautiful Girls: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Big Chill ⇒ Beautiful Girls (the host's read). Named among the later films that tried and failed to be the Big Chill for a new generation, along with About Alex.
    “I remember beautiful girls tried in the mid 90s and there's a movie called About Alex and the mid 2010s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Bill Clinton: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill ⇒ Bill Clinton (the host's read). EW's 15th anniversary review blamed The Big Chill for soundtrack albums, 30-something, and Bill Clinton.
    “Hell, blame the big show for Bill Quinton.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Hometown (TV series): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Big Chill ⇒ Hometown (TV series) (the host's read). The Big Chill was adapted as a short-lived 16-episode TV series called Hometown in 1986.
    “As the short-lived series hometown?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reality Bites: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill ⇒ Reality Bites (the host's read). Reality Bites is the young-person reaction to the sold-out generation The Big Chill depicts.
    “And then that's why like reality bites hits and you see reality bites and you're like, oh, that's why Troy is like, fuck everything.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Intervention: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Big Chill ⇒ The Intervention (the host's read). Another indie friends-weekend film in the same vortex.
    “There was a movie called The Intervention.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Goodfellas: 3 lines craft ×1 contrast ×1 what-if ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Big Chill → Goodfellas. Needle-drop movies where the music is part of the scene, grouped with Boogie Nights and Pulp Fiction.
    “It is this Boogie Knights, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th: 2 lines theme ×2

  1. theme (theme): Friday the 13th → The Big Chill. Van's flex: a top five of movies that did not need Black people, with Friday the 13th at number five.
    “Number five, Friday the 13th.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:13 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

Grand Canyon: 2 lines career ×1 programming ×1

  1. career (career): Grand Canyon → The Big Chill. Grand Canyon is an interesting double pairing because it shows how Kasdan's worldview evolved; much more optimistic.
    “Grand Canyon is an interesting double pairing with this movie because of the way that it's clearly him”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:15:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

John Bailey: 2 lines craft ×2

  1. craft (craft): John Bailey → The Big Chill. The camera in the one-house movie moves with purpose, subtle zooms and pans, because editor and cinematographer trust each other.
    “But if you look at how the camera's moving, like very subtle zooms panning very purposefully around, like, it seems perfunctory, but if you pay close attention, it's really purposeful”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Return of the Secaucus 7: 2 lines lineage ×1 contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Return of the Secaucus 7 → The Big Chill. Secaucus 7 is about people who did not become yuppies; The Big Chill is the opposite, Kasdan reckoning with success.
    “Sokaka 7 is about people who didn't become yuppies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:33:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Terms of Endearment: 2 lines verdict ×2

  1. verdict (verdict): The Big Chill → Terms of Endearment. One host says Terms of Endearment deserved Best Picture over The Big Chill.
    “No, I think terms of endearment should have.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

10 Years: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): 10 Years → The Big Chill. Another reunion-with-a-great-cast attempt that did not match The Big Chill.
    “I kind of like 10 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Beautiful Girls: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Beautiful Girls → The Big Chill. Named among the later films that tried and failed to be the Big Chill for a new generation, along with About Alex.
    “I remember beautiful girls tried in the mid 90s and there's a movie called About Alex and the mid 2010s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Bill Clinton: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Bill Clinton. EW's 15th anniversary review blamed The Big Chill for soundtrack albums, 30-something, and Bill Clinton.
    “Hell, blame the big show for Bill Quinton.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Boogie Nights: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Big Chill → Boogie Nights. The Big Chill is like Boogie Nights: a movie where the song list in order basically plays like a jukebox.
    “This is a movie where you can make a Spotify playlist of all the songs in order of when they're in the movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Broadcast News: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Broadcast News. Same 80s serious-comedy wave.
    “Tootsie, Big Chill, Lost in America, Pritzies on, or Baby Boom, Broadcast News.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Dead Poets Society: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Big Chill → Dead Poets Society. Compared for the intense cast rehearsal and living-together period that made the actors feel like real classmates.
    “this intense period of like living together, building up the story, building up the characters, is Dead Poet Society”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fatal Attraction: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (parody): Fatal Attraction → The Big Chill. An SNL sketch has Glenn Close's character turn into Fatal Attraction while listening to the fertility-night scene.
    “And finally, she turns into fatal attraction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:18:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Grease: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Grease. Van's list continues through Grease, Good Will Hunting, and Jackass.
    “Number three, Grease.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:44 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

Hometown (TV series): 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Hometown (TV series) → The Big Chill. The Big Chill was adapted as a short-lived 16-episode TV series called Hometown in 1986.
    “As the short-lived series hometown?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Kicking and Screaming: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Kicking and Screaming → The Big Chill. Falls into the same category.
    “I love kicking and screaming, and this falls into that category team.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Marcia Nasatir: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Marcia Nasatir → The Big Chill. Exec who said if she couldn't get this picture made she shouldn't be in the movie business; Kasdan pitched it 17 times.
    “We pitched it literally 17 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:28:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Marvin Gaye: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Marvin Gaye → The Big Chill. 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' is a purposeful, perfect song choice for the moment everyone hears Alex has died.
    “Like, it's a purposeful choice to use that song at that moment, you know, and like just those little details that he, make sure he gets right”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Meg Kasdan: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Meg Kasdan → The Big Chill. Meg Kasdan helped curate the soundtrack with Lawrence Kasdan, choosing songs that were popular to these characters in 1968-69.
    “I guess Meg Kazden, Lawrence Kazden's wife, you know, helped curate the soundtrack and worked with him on it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:00 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Nick and Nam: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Big Chill → Nick and Nam. A prestige TV version of Nick bringing drugs back from Vietnam.
    “I would watch like a prestige TV version of Nick and Nam.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:41:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Pacific Heights: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Big Chill → Pacific Heights. A sequel pitch with Meg's son returning is compared to Pacific Heights.
    “It's like Pacific Heights.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Parenthood: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Parenthood. Also in the 80s dramedies about life crises that are no longer made.
    “Cities liquors like that, working girl, parenthood, you know, there's a bunch of movies that are like this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Pauline Kael: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Pauline Kael → The Big Chill. Kael did not much like it, calling the seven characters a psych-major version of a bomber crew.
    “you begin to see the film's flabby side”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:32:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Reality Bites: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Reality Bites → The Big Chill. Reality Bites is the young-person reaction to the sold-out generation The Big Chill depicts.
    “And then that's why like reality bites hits and you see reality bites and you're like, oh, that's why Troy is like, fuck everything.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Roger Ebert: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Big Chill. Ebert gave it 2.5 stars while calling it a splendid technical exercise; hosts think the message is the emptiness.
    “The Big Chill is a splendid technical exercise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:29:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Singles: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Singles → The Big Chill. Friendship movies loved alongside Kicking and Screaming; realism in a moment.
    “I love singles.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Star 80: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (box office): Star 80 → The Big Chill. The Big Chill was number one the week Star 80 opened in limited release.
    “Number one of the box office is a generational classic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 1:40:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Succession: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Succession → The Big Chill. Harold's bombed eulogy is never mentioned again, unlike Kieran Culkin's character in Succession.
    “Having seen what happened to Kieran Culkin's character in succession, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:39:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Accidental Tourist: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Accidental Tourist → The Big Chill. Kasdan's later Accidental Tourist is an entire movie of insert shots about what people carry on trips.
    “the accidental tourist is like an entire movie of insert shots and what do people carry with them when they go on trips, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Adults: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Big Chill → The Adults. A new Michael Cera film is trying to bring mumblecore back.
    “It's a new movie that Michael Sarah's trying to bring Mumblecore back.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Band: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Band → The Big Chill. 'The Weight' playing over Meg at the dining table is singled out as a best needle drop.
    “I just really like when like Meg's shattered and she's sitting at the dining room table smoking and like the shoe boxes are there and the wait's playing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:13:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Godfather Part II: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Big Chill → The Godfather Part II. The cut Costner scene, going back in time to college, was compared to the end of Godfather 2.
    “A little like the end of Godfather 2.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:39:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Great Santini: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Big Chill → The Great Santini. The Big Chill used the Great Santini house.
    “One more would stage the best for me is they use the great Santini house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Intervention: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Intervention → The Big Chill. Another indie friends-weekend film in the same vortex.
    “There was a movie called The Intervention.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Rolling Stones: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Rolling Stones → The Big Chill. The Stones song at the reception, with Karen playing it on the organ, is called as well used as a song ever is in a movie.
    “And then the fucking Rolling Stones come in and it's used as well as you're gonna ever use a song in a movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Shawshank Redemption: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Shawshank Redemption → The Big Chill. Shawshank's deleted Red scene shows why a director may keep cut scenes buried.
    “I remember seeing the deleted scenes from Shawshank”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Wolf of Wall Street: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Wolf of Wall Street → The Big Chill. Quaaludes apex mountain belongs to Wolf of Wall Street, not The Big Chill.
    “No, Ludes is Wolf of Wall Street.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Tootsie: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Tootsie. The Big Chill is part of a lost wave of 80s serious comedies like Tootsie, Lost in America, Baby Boom, Broadcast News.
    “I also feel like this has aged well as one of the signature serious comedies of the 1980s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Wedding Crashers: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Big Chill → Wedding Crashers. Backyard football compared: Big Chill or Wedding Crashers.
    “This or Wedding Crashers?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Grand Canyon → The Big Chill. Grand Canyon is an interesting double pairing because it shows how Kasdan's worldview evolved; much more optimistic.
    “Grand Canyon is an interesting double pairing with this movie because of the way that it's clearly him”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:15:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (6)

  1. contrast (contrast): Return of the Secaucus 7 → The Big Chill. Secaucus 7 is about people who did not become yuppies; The Big Chill is the opposite, Kasdan reckoning with success.
    “Sokaka 7 is about people who didn't become yuppies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:33:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): The Shawshank Redemption → The Big Chill. Shawshank's deleted Red scene shows why a director may keep cut scenes buried.
    “I remember seeing the deleted scenes from Shawshank”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): The Wolf of Wall Street → The Big Chill. Quaaludes apex mountain belongs to Wolf of Wall Street, not The Big Chill.
    “No, Ludes is Wolf of Wall Street.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): The Big Chill → Wedding Crashers. Backyard football compared: Big Chill or Wedding Crashers.
    “This or Wedding Crashers?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): The Big Chill → Goodfellas. Nick wouldn't be as chill about a bat as Henry Hill, having seen the second half of Goodfellas.
    “We've seen the 2nd half of Goodfellas.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:38:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Succession → The Big Chill. Harold's bombed eulogy is never mentioned again, unlike Kieran Culkin's character in Succession.
    “Having seen what happened to Kieran Culkin's character in succession, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:39:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (12)

  1. craft (craft): The Big Chill → Dead Poets Society. Compared for the intense cast rehearsal and living-together period that made the actors feel like real classmates.
    “this intense period of like living together, building up the story, building up the characters, is Dead Poet Society”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Marvin Gaye → The Big Chill. 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' is a purposeful, perfect song choice for the moment everyone hears Alex has died.
    “Like, it's a purposeful choice to use that song at that moment, you know, and like just those little details that he, make sure he gets right”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): The Rolling Stones → The Big Chill. The Stones song at the reception, with Karen playing it on the organ, is called as well used as a song ever is in a movie.
    “And then the fucking Rolling Stones come in and it's used as well as you're gonna ever use a song in a movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): The Big Chill → Boogie Nights. The Big Chill is like Boogie Nights: a movie where the song list in order basically plays like a jukebox.
    “This is a movie where you can make a Spotify playlist of all the songs in order of when they're in the movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Meg Kasdan → The Big Chill. Meg Kasdan helped curate the soundtrack with Lawrence Kasdan, choosing songs that were popular to these characters in 1968-69.
    “I guess Meg Kazden, Lawrence Kazden's wife, you know, helped curate the soundtrack and worked with him on it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:00 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): The Big Chill → Goodfellas. Needle-drop movies where the music is part of the scene, grouped with Boogie Nights and Pulp Fiction.
    “It is this Boogie Knights, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. craft (craft): The Big Chill → The Godfather Part II. The cut Costner scene, going back in time to college, was compared to the end of Godfather 2.
    “A little like the end of Godfather 2.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:39:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): The Big Chill → The Great Santini. The Big Chill used the Great Santini house.
    “One more would stage the best for me is they use the great Santini house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. craft (craft): John Bailey → The Big Chill. Bailey's dissolve from the stitches on Alex's wrist into the rows of farmland outside the church.
    “they were shooting the field outside the church where they see all the rows of like farmland and he's like, 0 my god, this matches perfectly with the stitches on Alex's wrist.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:17 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)
  10. craft (craft): John Bailey → The Big Chill. The camera in the one-house movie moves with purpose, subtle zooms and pans, because editor and cinematographer trust each other.
    “But if you look at how the camera's moving, like very subtle zooms panning very purposefully around, like, it seems perfunctory, but if you pay close attention, it's really purposeful”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)
  11. craft (craft): The Accidental Tourist → The Big Chill. Kasdan's later Accidental Tourist is an entire movie of insert shots about what people carry on trips.
    “the accidental tourist is like an entire movie of insert shots and what do people carry with them when they go on trips, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. craft (craft): The Band → The Big Chill. 'The Weight' playing over Meg at the dining table is singled out as a best needle drop.
    “I just really like when like Meg's shattered and she's sitting at the dining room table smoking and like the shoe boxes are there and the wait's playing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:13:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (3)

  1. industry (box office): Star 80 → The Big Chill. The Big Chill was number one the week Star 80 opened in limited release.
    “Number one of the box office is a generational classic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 1:40:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): The Big Chill → The Adults. A new Michael Cera film is trying to bring mumblecore back.
    “It's a new movie that Michael Sarah's trying to bring Mumblecore back.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Marcia Nasatir → The Big Chill. Exec who said if she couldn't get this picture made she shouldn't be in the movie business; Kasdan pitched it 17 times.
    “We pitched it literally 17 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:28:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (5)

  1. lineage (lineage): Beautiful Girls → The Big Chill. Named among the later films that tried and failed to be the Big Chill for a new generation, along with About Alex.
    “I remember beautiful girls tried in the mid 90s and there's a movie called About Alex and the mid 2010s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Return of the Secaucus 7 → The Big Chill. Called a precursor to The Big Chill.
    “precursor to this movie, Socaucus 7 is like this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): 10 Years → The Big Chill. Another reunion-with-a-great-cast attempt that did not match The Big Chill.
    “I kind of like 10 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): The Intervention → The Big Chill. Another indie friends-weekend film in the same vortex.
    “There was a movie called The Intervention.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Hometown (TV series) → The Big Chill. The Big Chill was adapted as a short-lived 16-episode TV series called Hometown in 1986.
    “As the short-lived series hometown?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Grand Canyon → The Big Chill. Chosen as the best double feature with The Big Chill, though two hosts are mixed on it.
    “Grand Canyon, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:48:35 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (10)

  1. theme (theme): Friday the 13th → The Big Chill. The pot in the film is called grass; Big Chill and Dazed and Confused are the movies where white people smoke grass.
    “You know what movie they smoked grass in?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Friday the 13th → The Big Chill. Van's flex: a top five of movies that did not need Black people, with Friday the 13th at number five.
    “Number five, Friday the 13th.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:13 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Grease. Van's list continues through Grease, Good Will Hunting, and Jackass.
    “Number three, Grease.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:20:44 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): Reality Bites → The Big Chill. Reality Bites is the young-person reaction to the sold-out generation The Big Chill depicts.
    “And then that's why like reality bites hits and you see reality bites and you're like, oh, that's why Troy is like, fuck everything.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Tootsie. The Big Chill is part of a lost wave of 80s serious comedies like Tootsie, Lost in America, Baby Boom, Broadcast News.
    “I also feel like this has aged well as one of the signature serious comedies of the 1980s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Broadcast News. Same 80s serious-comedy wave.
    “Tootsie, Big Chill, Lost in America, Pritzies on, or Baby Boom, Broadcast News.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Parenthood. Also in the 80s dramedies about life crises that are no longer made.
    “Cities liquors like that, working girl, parenthood, you know, there's a bunch of movies that are like this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. theme (theme): The Big Chill → Bill Clinton. EW's 15th anniversary review blamed The Big Chill for soundtrack albums, 30-something, and Bill Clinton.
    “Hell, blame the big show for Bill Quinton.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. theme (theme): Singles → The Big Chill. Friendship movies loved alongside Kicking and Screaming; realism in a moment.
    “I love singles.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. theme (theme): Kicking and Screaming → The Big Chill. Falls into the same category.
    “I love kicking and screaming, and this falls into that category team.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (parody): Fatal Attraction → The Big Chill. An SNL sketch has Glenn Close's character turn into Fatal Attraction while listening to the fertility-night scene.
    “And finally, she turns into fatal attraction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:18:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (4)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Big Chill → Terms of Endearment. One host says Terms of Endearment deserved Best Picture over The Big Chill.
    “No, I think terms of endearment should have.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Big Chill. Ebert gave it 2.5 stars while calling it a splendid technical exercise; hosts think the message is the emptiness.
    “The Big Chill is a splendid technical exercise.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:29:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Pauline Kael → The Big Chill. Kael did not much like it, calling the seven characters a psych-major version of a bomber crew.
    “you begin to see the film's flabby side”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:32:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): The Big Chill → Terms of Endearment. Later the screenwriting Oscar is argued: Big Chill should have won over Tender Mercies.
    “Nah, Big Chelsea should have won.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:43:09 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if): The Big Chill → Pacific Heights. A sequel pitch with Meg's son returning is compared to Pacific Heights.
    “It's like Pacific Heights.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): The Big Chill → Nick and Nam. A prestige TV version of Nick bringing drugs back from Vietnam.
    “I would watch like a prestige TV version of Nick and Nam.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:41:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): The Big Chill → Goodfellas. A bit where the Big Chill is cast with Goodfellas-style actors.
    “Is this movie better with Wayne Jenkins, Danny Treo?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:41:47 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Big Chill: Hosts watch with closed captions to catch the lyrics of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' in the opening montage; the sad song is catchy.
    “when you watch this movie with the closed captions, heard it through the grapevine, is you see the lyrics.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:20:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about The Big Chill: Meg Kasdan helped curate the soundtrack, picking songs popular with the characters in 1968-69.
    “Meg Kazden, Lawrence Kazden's wife, you know, helped curate the soundtrack and worked with him on it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about The Big Chill: The film earned $56.4 million on an $8 million budget.
    “$8 million budget.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:29:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about The Big Chill: Ebert's 2.5 stars reads like a 3 or 3.5 review to the hosts; maybe it hit too close to home.
    “It feels like a 3 or 3.5 star review.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about The Big Chill: Richard's 3 a.m. kitchen sandwich scene: the square lawyer delivers 'nobody said it was gonna be fun' to the lapsed revolutionaries; a most-rewatchable scene.
    “Nobody said it was gonna be fun.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about The Big Chill: Most rewatchable scene is unanimous: the opening 20 minutes.
    “It's the opening 20 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about The Big Chill: Four handsome leads; Goldblum is 'the best route runner' and has great hands.
    “Goldblum's also the best route runner of all of them.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:05:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about The Big Chill: The cinematographer noticed the farmland rows matched the stitches on Alex's wrist.
    “this matches perfectly with the stitches on Alex's wrist.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about The Big Chill: Fertility-night scene: Meg's request to impregnate her, Sarah offering Harold; the biggest nitpick and discussion.
    “She's like, I want to have a baby.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:15:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about The Big Chill: SNL sketch where Glenn Close's character turns into Fatal Attraction.
    “They did a great sketch when they had, uh, I think Kevin Klein.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:18:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about The Big Chill: Kasdan wrote the part of Nick for William Hurt.
    “Kazden wrote the role in Nick for William Hurt”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:22:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about The Big Chill: A sound technician recorded a ghost voice in the house during filming; the one-hour reunion documentary tells it.
    “there was a supernatural event in the house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:26:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about The Big Chill: The Michigan football scenes come from a 1980 Michigan vs Michigan State game won 27-23.
    “The Michigan football scenes are from a 1980 game between Michigan and Michigan State that Michigan won 2723.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:28:07 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about The Big Chill: Kasdan pitched the film to studios 17 times; his producer said it was what a screenplay is supposed to be.
    “We pitched it literally 17 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:28:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about The Big Chill: JoBeth Williams: for the Costner scene they rented a big house in Atlanta and installed bead curtains, rock posters, incense and 1968 Life magazines.
    “they rented a big house in Atlanta and installed bead curtains, rock posters, incense, and 1968 life magazines”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:02 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

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