Molly's Game (2017)

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Wikidata Q27888445, film, IMDb tt4209788, TMDB 396371: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

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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.

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

The Trial of the Chicago 7: 2 lines career ×1 craft ×1

  1. career (career): The Trial of the Chicago 7 → Molly's Game. Chicago 7 is Sorkin's second directing job after Molly's Game.
    “after 2017's Molly's game, which we talked about pretty much in full on this podcast earlier in quarantine.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:31:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Aaron Sorkin: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Aaron Sorkin → Molly's Game. The father and daughter motif in Molly's Game with Kevin Costner is the best part though unneeded.
    “But it's kind of the best part of the movie.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:17:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Kevin Costner: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Molly's Game → Kevin Costner. The same fight happened over Molly's Game in the Kevin Costner Hall of Fame.
    “So when you wouldn't put Molly's game in the Kevin Costner Hall of Fame, I was angry.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:54:36 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Molly's Game. The Wolf's morning party is guessed to be an all-night poker game like Molly's Game.
    “I feel like it's a Molly's game type situation.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:34:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Tobey Maguire: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Tobey Maguire → Molly's Game. Maguire's wolf-in-sheep's-clothing persona, as Molly's Game illustrated, is read back onto his Ice Storm sad sack.
    “I think that McGuire's whole thing at the time, as Molly's game sort of illustrated was being the wolf in sheep's clothing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 0:30:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): The Trial of the Chicago 7 → Molly's Game. Chicago 7 is Sorkin's second directing job after Molly's Game.
    “after 2017's Molly's game, which we talked about pretty much in full on this podcast earlier in quarantine.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:31:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Tobey Maguire → Molly's Game. Maguire's wolf-in-sheep's-clothing persona, as Molly's Game illustrated, is read back onto his Ice Storm sad sack.
    “I think that McGuire's whole thing at the time, as Molly's game sort of illustrated was being the wolf in sheep's clothing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 0:30:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Aaron Sorkin → Molly's Game. The father and daughter motif in Molly's Game with Kevin Costner is the best part though unneeded.
    “But it's kind of the best part of the movie.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:17:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): The Trial of the Chicago 7 → Molly's Game. Both add an unnecessary decent or fatherly figure; the Schultz character is compared to Molly's father on the park bench.
    “I don't know why Molly needed to be motivated by her father on a park bench in New York City at the end of that movie.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:48:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Pulp Fiction → Molly's Game. The Wolf's morning party is guessed to be an all-night poker game like Molly's Game.
    “I feel like it's a Molly's game type situation.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:34:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Molly's Game → Kevin Costner. The same fight happened over Molly's Game in the Kevin Costner Hall of Fame.
    “So when you wouldn't put Molly's game in the Kevin Costner Hall of Fame, I was angry.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:54:36 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Molly's Game: The Kevin Costner father-daughter scene has no reason to be in the movie and is the best part.
    “there is absolutely no reason for that scene to be in the movie or the father-daughter thing to be in the movie.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:17:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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