True Lies (1994)
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Wikidata Q110397, film, IMDb tt0111503, TMDB 36955: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits James Cameron as director (Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons); 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
The Big Picture
The Rewatchables
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
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
Bill Paxton: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Bill Paxton → True Lies.
In the 90s Paxton had important non-lead roles in True Lies, Tombstone and Apollo 13 before finally leading Twister.
“And then Twister, he finally gets the lead.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:15:22 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
James Cameron: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (4K controversy):
True Lies → James Cameron.
The new Cameron 4Ks frustrate people; True Lies and The Abyss look off.
“the bigger controversy around this is the 4K, all the James Cameron movies.”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:34:32 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)
Jamie Lee Curtis: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Jamie Lee Curtis → True Lies.
True Lies lets her finally own the Jamie Lee Curtis persona while deconstructing it.
“And then true lies, she gets to ultimately play this at the end of the movie, but a lot of it's a deconstruction of that.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:14:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt, first at 1:22:03, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan, first at 0:08:23, 2 times
- anecdote in The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan, first at 1:04:23, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:52:41, 1 time
- anecdote in The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons, first at 0:34:40, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free), first at 0:12:10, 3 times
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free), first at 1:59:01, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
career (2)
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career (career):
Bill Paxton → True Lies.
In the 90s Paxton had important non-lead roles in True Lies, Tombstone and Apollo 13 before finally leading Twister.
“And then Twister, he finally gets the lead.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:15:22 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Jamie Lee Curtis → True Lies.
True Lies lets her finally own the Jamie Lee Curtis persona while deconstructing it.
“And then true lies, she gets to ultimately play this at the end of the movie, but a lot of it's a deconstruction of that.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:14:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (4K controversy):
True Lies → James Cameron.
The new Cameron 4Ks frustrate people; True Lies and The Abyss look off.
“the bigger controversy around this is the 4K, all the James Cameron movies.”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:34:32 · Tim Simons (0.50 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.
- James Cameron: director (The Big Picture, Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons)
- Jamie Lee Curtis: actor (Blank Check — Patreon, Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))
- Bill Paxton: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
- Bill Paxton: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)
- Bill Paxton: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)