The Jericho Mile (1979)

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Wikidata Q2986068, film, IMDb tt0079366, TMDB 57537: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

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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.

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Led to

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

Thief: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. career (career): The Jericho Mile ⇒ Thief (the maker said so: Mann's interview with Robert Rodriguez). Mann pulled the story's texture from prison guys he met making Jericho Mile.
    “It was being pulled from the stories he had heard from the guys he had met working on Jericho Mile.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

Thief: 2 lines verdict ×1 career ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Thief → The Jericho Mile. The Jericho Mile is one of the best sports movies and best TV movies.
    “I still feel like is one of the 10 best sports movies ever made”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:01:26 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper): 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) → The Jericho Mile. Pilots were often shot as potential TV movies, as with The Jericho Mile and Battlestar Galactica.
    “Some TV movies as well, like Jericho Mile, but like, you know, Balestar Galactica was released as a film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:21:13 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Keep: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): The Jericho Mile → The Keep. Jericho Mile ranked last because it's not as much of a movie, but The Keep has something about it.
    “Feels like you got to put Jericho Mile last just because it's like not as much of a movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:11:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Thief → The Jericho Mile. Mann pulled the story's texture from prison guys he met making Jericho Mile.
    “It was being pulled from the stories he had heard from the guys he had met working on Jericho Mile.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper) → The Jericho Mile. Pilots were often shot as potential TV movies, as with The Jericho Mile and Battlestar Galactica.
    “Some TV movies as well, like Jericho Mile, but like, you know, Balestar Galactica was released as a film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:21:13 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Jericho Mile → The Keep. Jericho Mile ranked last because it's not as much of a movie, but The Keep has something about it.
    “Feels like you got to put Jericho Mile last just because it's like not as much of a movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 1:11:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Thief → The Jericho Mile. The Jericho Mile is one of the best sports movies and best TV movies.
    “I still feel like is one of the 10 best sports movies ever made”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:01:26 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Jericho Mile: Twilight Time put out the Blu-ray; hard to find for years.
    “It's probably one of like the 4 greatest TV movies ever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:20:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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