Pretty Woman (1990)

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Wikidata Q207954, film, IMDb tt0100405, TMDB 114: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Julia Roberts as actor (Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show); 4 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.

Working Girl: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pretty Woman borrows openly from Working Girl's Cinderella story.
    “It openly steal shit from this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Led to

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

Mean Girls: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (awards crossover): Pretty Woman ⇒ Mean Girls (the host's read). The Vivian Award for best clothes started at the Pretty Woman rewatchables; here it is reversed for worst clothes.
    “We had the Vivian Award for best clothes in a movie that we started during the Pretty Women rewatchables”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:45:24 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Connected to

Richard Gere: 3 lines career ×3

  1. career (career): Richard Gere → Pretty Woman. Gere's comeback came with Internal Affairs and Pretty Woman the same year.
    “Richard Gere had 7 straight years of terrible movies and was dead and then Internal Affairs and Pretty Women completely arrived them”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:40:12 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Working Girl: 3 lines lineage ×1 theme ×1 programming ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Working Girl → Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman borrows openly from Working Girl's Cinderella story.
    “It openly steal shit from this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

When Harry Met Sally: 2 lines contrast ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Pretty Woman → When Harry Met Sally. Amanda ranks Pretty Woman second among romantic comedies behind When Harry Met Sally.
    “When Harry Met Sally in 1989 is my number one romantic comedy of all time, but I think Pretty Woman might be number two.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Amanda Dobbins: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Pretty Woman. Pick 2 (round 1), category Oscar nominee: Perfect romcom, her number-two romantic comedy, launched Julia Roberts.
    “When Harry Met Sally in 1989 is my number one romantic comedy of all time, but I think Pretty Woman might be number two.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Garry Marshall: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Garry Marshall → Pretty Woman. Marshall directed Pretty Woman and is called a titan of television (Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley).
    “Gary Marshall, obviously, a titan of television.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:32:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Julia Roberts: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Pretty Woman → Julia Roberts. Pretty Woman launched Julia Roberts, one of Amanda's favorite movie stars.
    “obviously also launches one of my favorite movie stars, Julia Roberts”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Lindsay Lohan: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Lindsay Lohan → Pretty Woman. Asked whether Lohan could have starred in Pretty Woman at 23; they say no, her power was suburban edge, not hard exterior and soft center.
    “Could she have done Pretty Woman if Pretty Woman was 20 years later?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:48:41 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

Mean Girls: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (awards crossover): Mean Girls → Pretty Woman. The Vivian Award for best clothes started at the Pretty Woman rewatchables; here it is reversed for worst clothes.
    “We had the Vivian Award for best clothes in a movie that we started during the Pretty Women rewatchables”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:45:24 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

The Player: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Player → Pretty Woman. The recurring pitch-as-mashup joke (Out of Africa meets Pretty Woman) and the running Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis casting gag.
    “How Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis get suggested for every movie is just a funny running bit.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:57:57 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

The Rewatchables (series): 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Pretty Woman → The Rewatchables (series). Pretty Woman is next week's Rewatchable.
    “prep for next week's rewatchable.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:29:39 · Mallory Rubin (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Richard Gere → Pretty Woman. 1990 was Gere's comeback year after nearly a decade of bombs: he was the eighth choice for everything.
    “He is like the 8th choice for every movie after the other 7 people have passed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Richard Gere → Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman is Gere's apex, and it comes the same year as Internal Affairs.
    “I mean, Pretty Woman is Richard Gears, Apex.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Richard Gere → Pretty Woman. Gere's comeback came with Internal Affairs and Pretty Woman the same year.
    “Richard Gere had 7 straight years of terrible movies and was dead and then Internal Affairs and Pretty Women completely arrived them”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:40:12 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): When Harry Met Sally → Pretty Woman. Juliet calls Harry Met Sally an anomaly among 89-05 rom-coms because the writing is so sharp and it has a real vibe.
    “But Harry Mitzally is an anomaly because the writing is so, so sharp.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:06:37 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (awards crossover): Mean Girls → Pretty Woman. The Vivian Award for best clothes started at the Pretty Woman rewatchables; here it is reversed for worst clothes.
    “We had the Vivian Award for best clothes in a movie that we started during the Pretty Women rewatchables”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:45:24 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Working Girl → Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman borrows openly from Working Girl's Cinderella story.
    “It openly steal shit from this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Pretty Woman → Julia Roberts. Pretty Woman launched Julia Roberts, one of Amanda's favorite movie stars.
    “obviously also launches one of my favorite movie stars, Julia Roberts”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Garry Marshall → Pretty Woman. Marshall directed Pretty Woman and is called a titan of television (Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley).
    “Gary Marshall, obviously, a titan of television.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:32:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (3)

  1. programming (programming): Working Girl → Pretty Woman. Pairing Working Girl and Pretty Woman as a Cinderella double feature to see what Pretty Woman took.
    “It double Cinderella and then you're watching Purdue Woman seeing all the things they took.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:05:09 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Pretty Woman → The Rewatchables (series). Pretty Woman is next week's Rewatchable.
    “prep for next week's rewatchable.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:29:39 · Mallory Rubin (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Pretty Woman. Pick 2 (round 1), category Oscar nominee: Perfect romcom, her number-two romantic comedy, launched Julia Roberts.
    “When Harry Met Sally in 1989 is my number one romantic comedy of all time, but I think Pretty Woman might be number two.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Working Girl → Pretty Woman. Both have absurd premises that work because the human emotion works.
    “Pretty woman's absurd.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:21:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): The Player → Pretty Woman. The recurring pitch-as-mashup joke (Out of Africa meets Pretty Woman) and the running Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis casting gag.
    “How Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis get suggested for every movie is just a funny running bit.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:57:57 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Pretty Woman → When Harry Met Sally. Amanda ranks Pretty Woman second among romantic comedies behind When Harry Met Sally.
    “When Harry Met Sally in 1989 is my number one romantic comedy of all time, but I think Pretty Woman might be number two.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Lindsay Lohan → Pretty Woman. Asked whether Lohan could have starred in Pretty Woman at 23; they say no, her power was suburban edge, not hard exterior and soft center.
    “Could she have done Pretty Woman if Pretty Woman was 20 years later?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:48:41 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Pretty Woman: Amanda wonders about wearing a Pretty Woman polka-dot dress to a wedding where younger guests may miss the reference.
    “I was internet shopping to avoid the world the earlier today, and then there was a brand polka address”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:31:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Pretty Woman: Amanda's husband claims her favorite movie is Pretty Woman, which she says is not even in her top 50 rom-coms.
    “I was like, what have I ever talked to you about Pretty Woman in my entire life?”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:08:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)

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