To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

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Wikidata Q613485, film, IMDb tt0090180, TMDB 9846: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

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Blank Check with Griffin & David

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Led to

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Connected to

Ace Ventura: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): To Live and Die in L.A. → Ace Ventura. Weird jobs: snitching topless-bar worker, Ruthie the Rat, the whale-tracker in Ace Ventura.
    “The old man in Ace Ventura, whose only job is like tracking whale locations in that room in the concert venue.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:56:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Bad Lieutenant: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): To Live and Die in L.A. → Bad Lieutenant. Date-night worst movie lists: To Live and Die in L.A. starts one, then Bad Lieutenant, Happiness, 8MM, Come and See.
    “He said, uh, he nominates Bad Lieutenant, Happiness, 8 millimeter and come and see.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:46:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Chris Ryan: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): To Live and Die in L.A. → Chris Ryan. A listener calls To Live and Die in L.A. a CR special, as Prince's score complimentary.
    “watched to live and die in LA last night, and it's a CR special, if I've ever seen one.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:27:35 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Jaws: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): To Live and Die in L.A. → Jaws. Scenes that gloss over a shocking event: the Reagan-building explosion in To Live and Die in L.A., the Kintner boy in Jaws, Loomis in Halloween.
    “a guy explodes in the same building that that Ronald Reagan is giving a speech at, then the next scene is like, they don't even reference it.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:27:19 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Willem Dafoe: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting): Willem Dafoe → To Live and Die in L.A.. Platoon and To Live and Die in L.A. are what Scorsese knew Dafoe from.
    “He's also the villain to live and die in LA, which he's incredible in.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:56:44 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

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people (1)

  1. people (casting): Willem Dafoe → To Live and Die in L.A.. Platoon and To Live and Die in L.A. are what Scorsese knew Dafoe from.
    “He's also the villain to live and die in LA, which he's incredible in.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:56:44 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): To Live and Die in L.A. → Bad Lieutenant. Date-night worst movie lists: To Live and Die in L.A. starts one, then Bad Lieutenant, Happiness, 8MM, Come and See.
    “He said, uh, he nominates Bad Lieutenant, Happiness, 8 millimeter and come and see.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:46:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): To Live and Die in L.A. → Ace Ventura. Weird jobs: snitching topless-bar worker, Ruthie the Rat, the whale-tracker in Ace Ventura.
    “The old man in Ace Ventura, whose only job is like tracking whale locations in that room in the concert venue.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:56:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): To Live and Die in L.A. → Jaws. Scenes that gloss over a shocking event: the Reagan-building explosion in To Live and Die in L.A., the Kintner boy in Jaws, Loomis in Halloween.
    “a guy explodes in the same building that that Ronald Reagan is giving a speech at, then the next scene is like, they don't even reference it.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:27:19 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): To Live and Die in L.A. → Chris Ryan. A listener calls To Live and Die in L.A. a CR special, as Prince's score complimentary.
    “watched to live and die in LA last night, and it's a CR special, if I've ever seen one.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:27:35 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

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