George Clooney

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q23844: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); Father of the Bride (1991); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Jack Frost (1998); (not tied to a film). Count them as director (2 films), actor (12 films), producer (1 film) instead.

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.

City on Fire (1987): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: City on Fire ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). City on Fire contains huge parts of Reservoir Dogs, which raises the homage-versus-theft question.
“This might make you mad to watch this movie because City on Fire is Reservoir Dogs.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:12 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Django (1966): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: Django ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Corbucci's 1966 Django is credited as an inspiration for the torture scene.
“Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti western Django inspired the scene”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:43 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Father of the Bride (1950): 1 line

lineage (remake) · through Father of the Bride (1991), which they were tied to as casting what-if as Brian: Father of the Bride ⇒ Father of the Bride (the host's read). The 1991 film remakes the Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor original, and the duo argue the remake anxiety has faded with time.
“there is obviously the original with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor, but fine.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:02:04 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Hard Boiled (1992): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: Hard Boiled ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The speaker had not yet seen Hard Boiled, but the standoff read as John Woo.
“I don't know if I'd seen hardboiled or whatever, any of those movies yet”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

John Woo: 1 line

craft (craft) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: John Woo ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The Mexican standoff was the first visual reference the speaker caught: like a John Woo Hong Kong action movie.
“It was very like John Wu Hong Kong action movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Parenthood (1989): 1 line

verdict (best-Martin-movie rival) · through Father of the Bride (1991), which they were tied to as casting what-if as Brian: Parenthood ⇒ Father of the Bride (the host's read). Some would pick Parenthood as his best because it tried this type of movie first and spun off into a TV show.
“Some people might say parenthood actually, because it's the 1st type of movie that tried to do the stuff they did.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:19:51 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

The Big Combo (1955): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: The Big Combo ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Per the host's notes, The Big Combo and Corbucci's Django inspired the scene of a cop torturing a chair (sic).
“Joseph H. Lewis's filmed the big combo and Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti western Django inspired the scene”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:43 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

The Killing (1956): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: The Killing ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the maker said so: a Tarantino quote the host reads). Tarantino said Reservoir Dogs was his version of Kubrick's heist film, without meaning it as a ripoff.
“but I did think of it as my killing, my take on that kind of heist movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The color-name aliases were first seen in Pelham; called a great homage.
“It's just a great homage, great Walter Mathow in taking Pelham one, 2, 3.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:00 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Video Archives: 1 line

industry (industry) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: Video Archives ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). Tarantino distilled the video-store aesthetic into the film; he programmed shelves like a film festival.
“he talks about how he used to program shelves at the video story worked at as if it was like a film festival.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:17 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Father of the Bride Part 3 (Netflix Zoom reunion): 1 line

lineage (pandemic sequel) · through Father of the Bride (1991), which they were tied to as casting what-if as Brian: Father of the Bride ⇒ Father of the Bride Part 3 (Netflix Zoom reunion) (the host's read). The virtual Netflix reunion is called a low point of the pandemic.
“The virtual Netflix sequel. I think was one of the low points of the pandemic.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:47:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Father of the Bride Part II (1995): 1 line

lineage (sequel) · through Father of the Bride (1991), which they were tied to as casting what-if as Brian: Father of the Bride ⇒ Father of the Bride Part II (the host's read). Dobbins is okay with Part II because it comments on weddings and pregnancy smartly and she likes the family; it made $76.6M on a $30M budget.
“I'm okay with Father of the Bride too.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:46:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994): 1 line

lineage (genre influence) · through Father of the Bride (1991), which they were tied to as casting what-if as Brian: Father of the Bride ⇒ Four Weddings and a Funeral (the host's read). Father of the Bride starts the 90s wedding-movie explosion that includes Four Weddings, Wedding Planner and Wedding Singer.
“This like really starts the 90s explosion of everything from 4 weddings and a funeral to wedding planner and wedding singer and you name it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:03:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
“Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

Swingers (1996): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Swingers (the host's read). Swingers openly ripped off the opening credit strut and joked about everyone copying Tarantino.
“The opening credit sequence is really fun to watch after swingers blatantly ripped it off”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Farewell (2019): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ The Farewell (the host's read). The slow-motion group walk in The Farewell echoes the Reservoir Dogs shot, which remains influential.
“And that shot is still really influential.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (the host's read). Called a bad-but-fun movie that would not exist without Tarantino, part of the ripoff era.
“kind of bad and would not exist without Tarantino.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Very Bad Things (1998): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Reservoir Dogs (1992), which they were tied to as read for Mr. Blonde: Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Very Bad Things (the host's read). Part of the era of Tarantino ripoffs about groups of friends.
“Well, that was the era of the Tarantino Ripoff era.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

What was said about them, by kind

career (4)

career (career): Angelina Jolie → George Clooney. Both are stars who keep trying and it keeps going wrong.
“she's sort of a Clooney as well.”
The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:25:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Michael Clayton → George Clooney. Michael Clayton was part of the hosts' recent George Clooney Hall of Fame run.
“Recently when we were doing the George Clooney Hall of Fame, I invited him to watch Michael Clayton with me”
The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:07:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
career (career): The Monuments Men → George Clooney. One of Clooney's biggest financial hits, even though the hacked Sony emails showed he thought it was bad.
“Because we know in 2014, the Sony hacks revealed that even George Clooney thought this movie was bad”
Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 2:00:01 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): George Clooney → Welcome to Collinwood. Clooney produced the Russos' second film with Soderbergh.
“Clooney produces it with Soderberg.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:25:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

industry (industry): Margin Call → George Clooney. Koppelman says it would only be a feature today with a movie star, naming Clooney as Irons.
“You probably would have had to put Clooney in the Jeremy Irons role and then it gets made now as a feature”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:30:08 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

people (2)

people (people): Michael Clayton → George Clooney. Clooney plays a lawyer at the end of the Bush years, near broke and compromised.
“Or Michael Clayton, starring George Clooney as a lawyer who, like so many other Americans, has arrived at the end of the bush years feeling near broke, beaten down, and highly compromised.”
The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:06:16 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)
people (people): Miguel Ferrer → George Clooney. Ferrer is George Clooney's cousin, learned on the Under Siege 2 episode.
“He's George Clooney's cousin.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:17:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

unmapped (charisma peak): George Clooney → Out of Sight. Clooney's best charisma movie is Out of Sight, powered by his chemistry with J.Lo.
“Clooney's best charisma movie. I think was out of sight, which it's the charisma of him and J-Lo that makes that movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:42 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
unmapped (made by someone else): Confessions of a Dangerous Mind → George Clooney. Fincher was linked to Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which Clooney eventually made.
“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which George Clooney eventually makes.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:41:26 · David Sims (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

verdict (verdict): Peacemaker → George Clooney. They wish someone would make a million Peacemakers, but it is not going in.
“I wish they would make a 1000000 peacemakers right now, you know?”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:06:17 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

what-if (what-if): Bill Paxton → George Clooney. Chris argues Paxton could have led Out of Sight instead of Clooney; Van counters that Paxton lacks the movie-star magnetism for the trunk scene with J.Lo.
“I think he could have been the lead guy and out of sight instead of Clooney and out of sight.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:37 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (casting what-if): George Clooney → Father of the Bride. Recasting Brian with 1991 Facts of Life-era Clooney would have made him more of a threat and pulled the focus.
“I'm thinking Moet, Facts of Life, George Clooney, where it's like, he's still boyish.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:59:22 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): George Clooney → Reservoir Dogs. Clooney read for Mr. Blonde, later did From Dusk Till Dawn.
“George Clooney, read for the role of Mr. Blonde.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:17 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): George Clooney → Jack Frost. The Jack Frost snowman was built on George Clooney's likeness before he dropped out, and Keaton took the role.
“That is pointedly snowman George Clooney. It is meant to be George Clooney.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:54:31 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about George Clooney: Recast-and-catch: George Clooney as the son-in-law, in 1991 Facts of Life mode, which Simmons says would make him a bit more of a threat and make a fun wrinkle.
“I can't believe George Clooney was the son-in-law, just would have been a fun wrinkle.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:59:37 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)