Miller's Crossing (1990)

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Wikidata Q130142, film, IMDb tt0100150, TMDB 379: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Joel Coen as director (5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished); 5 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #214, Miller's Crossing (1990).

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

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.

Dashiell Hammett: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Dashiell Hammett ⇒ Miller's Crossing (the host's read). The film is a take on 1930s-40s fast-talking noir rooted in Hammett.
    “unique take on, you know, 1930s and 40s fast talking noir movies, very much rooted in national Hammett”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:19 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

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

Steve Buscemi: 2 lines people ×1 career ×1

  1. career (career): Steve Buscemi → Miller's Crossing. Buscemi was known from Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and Billy Bathgate before blossoming here.
    “he was that guy who was in Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink and Billy Bathgate.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Carter Burwell: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Carter Burwell → Miller's Crossing. Burwell scored Miller's Crossing, called a beautiful score.
    “One of those beautiful scores.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:46:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chris Ryan: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Chris Ryan → Miller's Crossing. Pick 6 (round 2), category drama: Favorite Coen movie most days; first one he saw.
    “Miller's Crossing.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:04 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Dashiell Hammett: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Miller's Crossing → Dashiell Hammett. The film is a take on 1930s-40s fast-talking noir rooted in Hammett.
    “unique take on, you know, 1930s and 40s fast talking noir movies, very much rooted in national Hammett”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:19 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Joel and Ethan Coen: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Miller's Crossing → Joel and Ethan Coen. Chris rates it his favorite Coen brothers movie on four days of the week.
    “4 out of 7 days of the week, my favorite Cohen brother movie”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:06 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

John Turturro: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (type memory): John Turturro → Miller's Crossing. His Fearless role coasts on the suspicious-rat look from Miller's Crossing.
    “Is this guy a fucking rat?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:20:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

King of New York: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): King of New York → Miller's Crossing. 1990 was a year for Irish gangsters across King of New York, State of Grace, and Miller's Crossing.
    “An incredible year for Irish gangsters between Chris Walken and King of New York and Miller's Crossing.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:29:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Marcia Gay Harden: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Marcia Gay Harden → Miller's Crossing. A star-making performance, alongside early Buscemi.
    “incredible Marcia Gay Harden performance, like a star making tuturo performance, really great early Bushemi”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:45 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Michael Clayton: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Miller's Crossing → Michael Clayton. Gabriel Byrne plays an Irish mobster like a Michael Clayton figure.
    “stars Gabriel Byrne as like kind of a Michael Clayton, Irish mobster”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:19 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Peter Stormare: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (wanted earlier): Peter Stormare → Miller's Crossing. The Coens wanted Stormare in Miller's Crossing.
    “Stormair, they wanted in Miller's Crossing?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:50:55 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Abyss: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (bad 4K grade): Miller's Crossing → The Abyss. Miller's Crossing (Criterion) looks too green, as the James Cameron 4Ks (True Lies, The Abyss) look wrong to many.
    “which is very green in the print, and looks wrong.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:34:17 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Steve Buscemi → Miller's Crossing. Buscemi was known from Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and Billy Bathgate before blossoming here.
    “he was that guy who was in Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink and Billy Bathgate.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Miller's Crossing → Joel and Ethan Coen. Chris rates it his favorite Coen brothers movie on four days of the week.
    “4 out of 7 days of the week, my favorite Cohen brother movie”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:06 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Marcia Gay Harden → Miller's Crossing. A star-making performance, alongside early Buscemi.
    “incredible Marcia Gay Harden performance, like a star making tuturo performance, really great early Bushemi”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:45 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Miller's Crossing → Michael Clayton. Gabriel Byrne plays an Irish mobster like a Michael Clayton figure.
    “stars Gabriel Byrne as like kind of a Michael Clayton, Irish mobster”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:19 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Miller's Crossing → Dashiell Hammett. The film is a take on 1930s-40s fast-talking noir rooted in Hammett.
    “unique take on, you know, 1930s and 40s fast talking noir movies, very much rooted in national Hammett”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:19 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (cast as motor mouth): Steve Buscemi → Miller's Crossing. Buscemi was hired in Miller's Crossing as someone who can read dialogue fast, and the Coens wrote Fargo's Carl for him.
    “Miller's Crossing is literally hired because they need a motor mouth.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:56:31 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Carter Burwell → Miller's Crossing. Burwell scored Miller's Crossing, called a beautiful score.
    “One of those beautiful scores.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:46:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Chris Ryan → Miller's Crossing. Pick 6 (round 2), category drama: Favorite Coen movie most days; first one he saw.
    “Miller's Crossing.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:45:04 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): King of New York → Miller's Crossing. 1990 was a year for Irish gangsters across King of New York, State of Grace, and Miller's Crossing.
    “An incredible year for Irish gangsters between Chris Walken and King of New York and Miller's Crossing.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:29:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (type memory): John Turturro → Miller's Crossing. His Fearless role coasts on the suspicious-rat look from Miller's Crossing.
    “Is this guy a fucking rat?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:20:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (wanted earlier): Peter Stormare → Miller's Crossing. The Coens wanted Stormare in Miller's Crossing.
    “Stormair, they wanted in Miller's Crossing?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:50:55 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (bad 4K grade): Miller's Crossing → The Abyss. Miller's Crossing (Criterion) looks too green, as the James Cameron 4Ks (True Lies, The Abyss) look wrong to many.
    “which is very green in the print, and looks wrong.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:34:17 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Miller's Crossing: Chris recently began a physical media collection, and Miller's Crossing was the first pickup he wanted.
    “I recently began my own physical media collection.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:44:49 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Miller's Crossing: Criterion 4K of Miller's Crossing looks very green and wrong compared to what the speaker grew up with.
    “which is very green in the print, and looks wrong.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:34:17 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.