Days of Thunder (1990)

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Wikidata Q603696, film, IMDb tt0099371, TMDB 2119: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 7 more episodes agree.

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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.

Top Gun: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Top Gun ⇒ Days of Thunder (the host's read). Days of Thunder is essentially Top Gun with cars.
    “it's essentially just Top Gun with cars”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:49 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Led to

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

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (parody target): Days of Thunder ⇒ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (the host's read). The film is not a direct parody but spoofs movies like Days of Thunder; Reilly was in both.
    “I don't think this movie is like a direct parody of that, but it is parodying movies like Days of Thunder.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:05:52 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)

Connected to

F1: 3 lines lineage ×1 what-if ×1 verdict ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): F1 → Days of Thunder. Same kind of 1990 star-driven racing picture, but F1's camera work leaves it behind.
    “This movie in 1990 was Days of Thunder, which was a very cool movie that I like a lot that we've done on the rewatchables, but it's night and day”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Tom Cruise: 3 lines lineage ×1 programming ×1 career ×1

  1. programming (programming): Tom Cruise → Days of Thunder. Craig would do Days of Thunder just to do it.
    “Craig would do traffic Thunder just so we could do traffic Thunder.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:57:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Jerry Bruckheimer: 2 lines career ×1 industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Days of Thunder → Jerry Bruckheimer. Bruckheimer and Simpson reportedly told Kidman not to bother researching neurosurgery.
    “said she really wanted to do a lot of research on neurosurgery and they said, don't bother.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:50:29 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: 2 lines unmapped ×1 programming ×1

  1. unmapped (parody target): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Days of Thunder. The film is not a direct parody but spoofs movies like Days of Thunder; Reilly was in both.
    “I don't think this movie is like a direct parody of that, but it is parodying movies like Days of Thunder.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:05:52 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)

Top Gun: 2 lines lineage ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Days of Thunder → Top Gun. Days of Thunder is essentially Top Gun with cars.
    “it's essentially just Top Gun with cars”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:49 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Charm the Snake (Christopher Cross video): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (look): Charm the Snake (Christopher Cross video) → Days of Thunder. The racing, blues and oranges feel like a proto Days of Thunder.
    “This feels very like proto days of Thunder.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 0:15:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chris Ryan: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Chris Ryan → Days of Thunder. Pick 7 (round 3), category blockbuster: Top Gun with cars; Tony Scott, Cruise and Kidman.
    “No, I'm going to do Days of Thunder and Blockbuster.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:43 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Far and Away: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (shared people): Far and Away → Days of Thunder. Cruise and Kidman fell in love on Days of Thunder, then made Far and Away.
    “Very weird that they fell in love, quote unquote, filming Days of Thunder.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:12:55 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

John C. Reilly: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (cast overlap): John C. Reilly → Days of Thunder. Reilly appeared in Days of Thunder and in Talladega Nights.
    “I mentioned that John C. Riley was in both Days of Thunder and this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:34:04 · Danny Kelly (0.50 sure it was them)

Malice: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Malice → Days of Thunder. Malice subverts expectations: more going on than being the doctor in the NASCAR movie.
    “Um, than just being the doctor in the, you know, NASCAR movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:00:55 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career arc): Days of Thunder → Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. Seeing Cruise in the MI7 trailer feels like seeing the guy from Days of Thunder again; he is timeless.
    “It just feels like seeing the guy from Days of Thunder, again.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:17:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Nicole Kidman: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Days of Thunder → Nicole Kidman. Cruise and Kidman's first screen union; she plays a neurologist.
    “Obviously, this is uh, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's union, uh, on screen.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:50:16 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Tony Scott: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Days of Thunder → Tony Scott. Tony Scott and Tom Cruise supply frames that spark patriotism and love of cinema.
    “what Tony Scott gave us and what Tom Cruise gave us”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:58 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Jerry Bruckheimer → Days of Thunder. Bruckheimer's five decades of rewatchables run from American Gigolo to F1.
    “This is, uh, 80s, 90s, it's 5 decades of him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:35:26 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Days of Thunder → Tom Cruise. Days of Thunder kicks off her relationship with Tom Cruise but is not a Hall of Fame movie.
    “obviously it kicks off her relationship with Tom, but for her, I don't think it's a Hall of Fame movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:57:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career arc): Days of Thunder → Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. Seeing Cruise in the MI7 trailer feels like seeing the guy from Days of Thunder again; he is timeless.
    “It just feels like seeing the guy from Days of Thunder, again.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:17:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Malice → Days of Thunder. Malice subverts expectations: more going on than being the doctor in the NASCAR movie.
    “Um, than just being the doctor in the, you know, NASCAR movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:00:55 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Days of Thunder → Jerry Bruckheimer. Bruckheimer and Simpson reportedly told Kidman not to bother researching neurosurgery.
    “said she really wanted to do a lot of research on neurosurgery and they said, don't bother.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:50:29 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (bad sequel idea): Tom Cruise → Days of Thunder. A Days of Thunder 2 would be a mistake, especially post-F1, versus a pool sequel where Cruise is credible.
    “Versus Days of Thunder, where it's like, get out of the car, Tom.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:32:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): F1 → Days of Thunder. Same kind of 1990 star-driven racing picture, but F1's camera work leaves it behind.
    “This movie in 1990 was Days of Thunder, which was a very cool movie that I like a lot that we've done on the rewatchables, but it's night and day”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Days of Thunder → Top Gun. Days of Thunder is essentially Top Gun with cars.
    “it's essentially just Top Gun with cars”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:49 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (cast overlap): John C. Reilly → Days of Thunder. Reilly appeared in Days of Thunder and in Talladega Nights.
    “I mentioned that John C. Riley was in both Days of Thunder and this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:34:04 · Danny Kelly (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Days of Thunder → Tony Scott. Tony Scott and Tom Cruise supply frames that spark patriotism and love of cinema.
    “what Tony Scott gave us and what Tom Cruise gave us”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:58 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Days of Thunder → Nicole Kidman. Cruise and Kidman's first screen union; she plays a neurologist.
    “Obviously, this is uh, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's union, uh, on screen.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:50:16 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

programming (3)

  1. programming (double feature): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Days of Thunder. Another double feature option: pair with Days of Thunder.
    “Or just watch Days of Thunder.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 2:02:33 · Danny Heifetz (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Tom Cruise → Days of Thunder. Craig would do Days of Thunder just to do it.
    “Craig would do traffic Thunder just so we could do traffic Thunder.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:57:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Chris Ryan → Days of Thunder. Pick 7 (round 3), category blockbuster: Top Gun with cars; Tony Scott, Cruise and Kidman.
    “No, I'm going to do Days of Thunder and Blockbuster.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:43 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

unmapped (4)

  1. unmapped (parody target): Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby → Days of Thunder. The film is not a direct parody but spoofs movies like Days of Thunder; Reilly was in both.
    “I don't think this movie is like a direct parody of that, but it is parodying movies like Days of Thunder.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:05:52 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (retread): Days of Thunder → Top Gun. Days of Thunder is tapping the same vein as Top Gun in its afterburner.
    “we're still like in the vapor trail, the afterburner of Top Gun here”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:00:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (look): Charm the Snake (Christopher Cross video) → Days of Thunder. The racing, blues and oranges feel like a proto Days of Thunder.
    “This feels very like proto days of Thunder.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 0:15:41 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (shared people): Far and Away → Days of Thunder. Cruise and Kidman fell in love on Days of Thunder, then made Far and Away.
    “Very weird that they fell in love, quote unquote, filming Days of Thunder.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:12:55 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): F1 → Days of Thunder. Days of Thunder was the favorite racing movie before F1 and is a pairing choice.
    “Days of Thunder was my favorite racing movie before this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:41:12 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): F1 → Days of Thunder. Kosinski has joked F2 could be Days of Thunder 2, with Cruise.
    “F2 could be Days of Thunder too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:30:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Days of Thunder: Kidman reportedly wanted to research neurosurgery for her role and the producers said not to bother.
    “said she really wanted to do a lot of research on neurosurgery and they said, don't bother.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:50:29 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Days of Thunder: Chris says Cole Trickle hails from Eagle Rock, California, repeating the Days of Thunder trivia.
    “Eagle Rock California.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:01:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

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