Dogfight
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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
1990s indie films: 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Dogfight → 1990s indie films.
Though a Warner Bros. release, Dogfight has an indie feel: one night, talk-heavy, little combat.
“Dogfight has that great '90s indie vibe.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:30:43 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
Born on the Fourth of July: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Dogfight → Born on the Fourth of July.
Gump's happy ending is set against the unhappier ones in Born and Dogfight.
“This is a much happier ending than the one offered up in Born of the Fourth of July.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:47:06 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
Nancy Savoca: 1 line what-if ×1
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what-if (what-if):
Nancy Savoca → Dogfight.
Savoca edited Dogfight during Desert Storm and feared history repeating itself.
“And as Savoka watched Operation Desert Storm begin, she worried history was repeating itself.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:32:11 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
River Phoenix: 1 line people ×1
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people (people):
River Phoenix → Dogfight.
Phoenix plays Birdlace in Dogfight; he was also the son in Running on Empty.
“it stars River Phoenix's Birdlace, a young marine who's about to be shipped off to Southeast Asia.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:29:50 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- subject in The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?, first at 0:29:40, 4 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Dogfight → Born on the Fourth of July.
Gump's happy ending is set against the unhappier ones in Born and Dogfight.
“This is a much happier ending than the one offered up in Born of the Fourth of July.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:47:06 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
Dogfight → 1990s indie films.
Though a Warner Bros. release, Dogfight has an indie feel: one night, talk-heavy, little combat.
“Dogfight has that great '90s indie vibe.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:30:43 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
people (1)
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people (people):
River Phoenix → Dogfight.
Phoenix plays Birdlace in Dogfight; he was also the son in Running on Empty.
“it stars River Phoenix's Birdlace, a young marine who's about to be shipped off to Southeast Asia.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:29:50 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
what-if (1)
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what-if (what-if):
Nancy Savoca → Dogfight.
Savoca edited Dogfight during Desert Storm and feared history repeating itself.
“And as Savoka watched Operation Desert Storm begin, she worried history was repeating itself.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:32:11 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
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fun, about
Dogfight:
Bar scene: older men buy Birdlace a drink but cannot look him in the eye.
“But the men can barely look him in the eye.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:31:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Warner Bros.: studio (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)
- River Phoenix: actor, Birdlace (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)
- Nancy Savoca: director/editor (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)
- Lili Taylor: actor, Rose (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)
- Bob Comfort: screenwriter, Vietnam vet (The Big Picture, 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time?)