The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

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Wikidata Q730473, film, IMDb tt0099165, TMDB 9586: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Brian De Palma: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career context): Brian De Palma → The Bonfire of the Vanities. Paramount hired De Palma despite his having just burned a pile of money on Bonfire of the Vanities.
    “they hired him off of Bonfire of the Vanities.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:07:36 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Player: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): The Player → The Bonfire of the Vanities. The quoted review calls The Player the movie Bonfire of the Vanities wanted to be, and the hosts agree; Wesley followed the Bonfire saga before seeing it.
    “The bonfire of the vanities wanted to be.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:32:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Tom Hanks: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Tom Hanks → The Bonfire of the Vanities. In Bonfire he cannot be unsavory because his likability shows through; here the charm works against Ryan's character.
    “even when he's playing his most unsavory, there's still something kind of charming and likable about Tom Hanks, and he cannot dim.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:15:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career context): Brian De Palma → The Bonfire of the Vanities. Paramount hired De Palma despite his having just burned a pile of money on Bonfire of the Vanities.
    “they hired him off of Bonfire of the Vanities.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:07:36 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Tom Hanks → The Bonfire of the Vanities. In Bonfire he cannot be unsavory because his likability shows through; here the charm works against Ryan's character.
    “even when he's playing his most unsavory, there's still something kind of charming and likable about Tom Hanks, and he cannot dim.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:15:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Player → The Bonfire of the Vanities. The quoted review calls The Player the movie Bonfire of the Vanities wanted to be, and the hosts agree; Wesley followed the Bonfire saga before seeing it.
    “The bonfire of the vanities wanted to be.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:32:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

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