Sean Fennessey

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Wikidata Q136736002: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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 they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Paul Newman → Sean Fennessey. Newman's effortless career, good taste and social conscience is the one Sean would want.
    “excellent taste, and he made a handful of movies that will live forever”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:26:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

contrast (3)

  1. contrast (contrast): Brian Koppelman → Sean Fennessey. Brian says his list is his favorite five, not the best five, because he had not seen everything.
    “It's going to be my favorite 5 movies by these people”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:30:34 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Chris Ryan → Sean Fennessey. Chris takes random chances on VOD and theater picks; Sean and Amanda do not.
    “Chris is much more of a free spirit”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:24:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): The Lion King → Sean Fennessey. Amanda was angry when Sean called Lion King's plot bad.
    “I got really annoyed when you said that the Lion King was a bad plot”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:17:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): The 40-Year-Old Virgin → Sean Fennessey. Comedy dates quickly; this one will not be funny to people in 15 years.
    “the 40-year-old virgin is not going to be funny at all to people in 15 years”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:20:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Peter Weir → Sean Fennessey. In 1997 Sean could find maybe two Peter Weir movies; now the Criterion Channel has all of them.
    “I could find maybe 2 Peter Weir movies”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:37:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

programming (10)

  1. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Total Recall. Pick 3 (round 1), category blockbuster: Verhoeven masterpiece, sci-fi satire, Schwarzenegger's best.
    “In Blockbuster, I'm gonna go with Total Recall”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Home Alone. Pick 4 (round 2), category comedy: Personally meaningful; took it off the board before others.
    “Um, so I'll take Home Alone and comedy.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:39:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Ghost. Pick 9 (round 3), category Oscar nominee: Genre mix of romance, grief and supernatural thriller.
    “And I will take ghost.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:53:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Misery. Pick 10 (round 4), category action/horror/thriller: Best of the bunch; Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Goldman, Reiner.
    “I'll take misery.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:57:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Wild at Heart. Pick 15 (round 5), category drama: Easy drama pick; borderline insane Lynch romance.
    “I'm taking David Lynch's Wild at Heart.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:11:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  6. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Pick 16 (round 6), category sequel: Passes on five sequels to New Hollywood classics for Joe Dante's satire.
    “I taking gremlins to the new batch.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:12:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  7. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Mo' Better Blues. Pick 21 (round 7), category wild card: Spike Lee's different follow-up to Do the Right Thing; love story about an artist's soul.
    “Well, better blues is sitting at the top of my wild card list right now.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:28:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. programming (programming): World of Tomorrow Episode Three → Sean Fennessey. Sean points animation fans to World of Tomorrow 3, out that day, and the South Park special.
    “World of Tomorrow 3, the new Don Hertzfeld film comes out today”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:26:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  9. programming (programming): Dick Johnson Is Dead → Sean Fennessey. Sean tells everyone to watch Dick Johnson Is Dead as proof small personal films still reach people.
    “I would recommend all people just watch Dick Johnson as dead”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:54:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  10. programming (programming): Top Gun: Maverick → Sean Fennessey. Top Gun: Maverick is the communal 'hell yeah' experience Sean misses.
    “It's kind of dumb.”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:58:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (fandom): Sean Fennessey → Martin Scorsese. His obsession with Scorsese is rooted in lacking a guiding father figure.
    “my obsession with Martin Scorsese is probably rooted in the fact that I didn't have that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:08:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (hometown): Todd Phillips → Sean Fennessey. Sean and Todd Phillips are both from Long Island's North Shore.
    “the person who is also from the North Shore from my hometown is Todd Phillips, director of old school.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Irishman → Sean Fennessey. Seeing The Irishman in a theater surrounded by people was incredible.
    “we saw the Irishman in theaters and I was like, this is fucking incredible”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:57:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): I Love You, Man → Sean Fennessey. Amazing movie to wait six months for in theaters.
    “I love you, man, to come out in theaters”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:21:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean wins the most-rewatchable scene pick: Cliff on the roof in the Bruce Lee scene, which he looked forward to most on his third viewing.
    “I'm going with Cliff on the roof in the Bruce Lee scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:39:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean's fantasy football punishment: podcast in a headband without addressing it, and if he finishes last he may wear the whole Richie outfit.
    “I will wear the Richie Tenbaum headband.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:26:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean's fitness plan: 15-pound barbells in his home theater while watching Wim Wenders movies.
    “I don't weight lift weights other than the £15 barbells that are in my home theater that I lift whilst watching Vim Vendors movies.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:40:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean keeps a Netflix DVD queue and a 1000-plus film list across every streaming service.
    “I'm a member of every significant streaming service.”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:21:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean's hair routine: lavender Japanese teak wax, learned from a John Mayer People page in a dentist's office.
    “John Mayer compelled me, went to Amazon, ordered a couple of sticks of this lavender teak.”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:29:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.95 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean wrote 'The Horror Oscars' last year, a prize for the best horror film across 40 years.
    “Last year, I wrote a piece called The Horror Oscars, in which I gave for across 40 years, the best horror movie a prize.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:38:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Sean Fennessey: The host adopts the set sing-along idea for his job.
    “I will start applying the Friday sing-along.”
    The Big Picture · Joe Wright Bounces Back From His Darkest Hour | The Big Picture (Ep. 37) · 0:19:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean admits empathy for Cyclops, jokingly his cross to bear.
    “I have a lot of empathy for Scott Summers.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:46:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)