Rolling Thunder (1977)
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Wikidata Q2663393, film, IMDb tt0076637, TMDB 21948: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
The Big Picture
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.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Coming Home in a Body Bag: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (echo):
Rolling Thunder → Coming Home in a Body Bag.
Rolling Thunder is a borderline exploitation movie, like the real Coming Home in a Body Bag from True Romance.
“it's like the real coming home in a body bag, like from true romance”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:32:07 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)
Con Air: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (same story):
Con Air → Rolling Thunder.
Con Air is the same story as Rolling Thunder: a disrespected veteran who ends up in prison and needs vindication and reunion with family.
“It's about a veteran who doesn't is not respected in a public setting and gets into a physical altercation and goes to prison”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:32:39 · Tim Simons (0.60 sure it was them)
The Purge: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (lineage):
The Purge → Rolling Thunder.
The Purge is nasty and violent but about something, like Rolling Thunder's returning vet.
“Like, it was as kind of nasty and violent and crazed, but also it's kind of about something.”
The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:34:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- recommended in The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons, first at 0:30:51, 3 times
- compared in The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture, first at 0:34:26, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
lineage (1)
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lineage (lineage):
The Purge → Rolling Thunder.
The Purge is nasty and violent but about something, like Rolling Thunder's returning vet.
“Like, it was as kind of nasty and violent and crazed, but also it's kind of about something.”
The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:34:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
theme (1)
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theme (echo):
Rolling Thunder → Coming Home in a Body Bag.
Rolling Thunder is a borderline exploitation movie, like the real Coming Home in a Body Bag from True Romance.
“it's like the real coming home in a body bag, like from true romance”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:32:07 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (same story):
Con Air → Rolling Thunder.
Con Air is the same story as Rolling Thunder: a disrespected veteran who ends up in prison and needs vindication and reunion with family.
“It's about a veteran who doesn't is not respected in a public setting and gets into a physical altercation and goes to prison”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:32:39 · Tim Simons (0.60 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.
- No one.