Anthony Michael Hall

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q361215: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (5 films) 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.

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.

John Hughes: 1 line

  1. people (falling out) · them, directly: Anthony Michael Hall ⇒ John Hughes (the maker said so: Vanity Fair). Hall says Hughes wrote Ducky, Ferris and other roles for him, then they split after Weird Science.
    “he believes Hughes wrote the roles of Ducky and Pretty and Pink and Ferris Bueller for him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:55 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (8) everyone in acting

Other (5) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Anthony Michael Hall → Sixteen Candles. Ebert wrote that Hall was the geek in 16 Candles and the intellectual in The Breakfast Club.
    “he wrote that Hall was the geek in 16 candles in the intellectual Breakfast Club.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:17:55 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Anthony Michael Hall → Johnny B. Good. Trying to escape the dork typecast, Hall became the jock in Johnny B. Good, which the speaker finds boring.
    “he becomes the jock in Johnny B. Good”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:21:18 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Jonah Hill → Anthony Michael Hall. Hall was sweet where the later horny-guy leads, like Hill, are angry yellers.
    “Anthony Michael Hall was sweet, and I think a lot of the guys who wanted to get laid in the later movies are angry.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:23:42 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Anthony Michael Hall → Richard Pryor. Hall does a Richard Pryor impression in the Chet-stairs scene; Hughes and Hall both loved Pryor.
    “He's basically doing a richer Pryor impersonation”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:35:16 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Jonah Hill → Anthony Michael Hall. Jonah Hill's Superbad character is very similar to Anthony Michael Hall's character, almost his son.
    “Jonah Hill's character is very similar to the Anthony Michael Hall character.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:08:04 · Kyle Brandt (0.50 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (people): John Hughes → Anthony Michael Hall. Hughes loved Hall and pitched the next movie on the Breakfast Club set.
    “He wants to make every movie with him and he's like, I got our next movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:16:54 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): John Hughes → Anthony Michael Hall. Hughes saw Hall as his proxy, Scorsese to De Niro.
    “This is like, I'm Scorsese and you're De Niro, basically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:20:27 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. people (falling out): Anthony Michael Hall → John Hughes. Hall says Hughes wrote Ducky, Ferris and other roles for him, then they split after Weird Science.
    “he believes Hughes wrote the roles of Ducky and Pretty and Pink and Ferris Bueller for him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:55 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. people (casting first choice): Stanley Kubrick → Anthony Michael Hall. Kubrick wanted Hall for Joker after seeing Sixteen Candles; eight months of talks broke down.
    “He saw 16 candles. He was like this guy's an incredible actor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:44:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if): Anthony Michael Hall → Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Hall turned down Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller; Ferris would have been the move away from the dork side.
    “And He turned down both roles.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:20:30 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Anthony Michael Hall → Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick, a Hughes fan, wanted Hall as Joker and negotiated for over half a year.
    “decided he wanted Anthony Michael Hall in full metal jacket.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:21:57 · Kyle Brandt (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Anthony Michael Hall → National Lampoon's European Vacation. Hall had a choice between European Vacation and Weird Science and chose wisely.
    “Anthony Michael Hall had a choice of doing National Lampoon's European vacation or this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:17:56 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Anthony Michael Hall: Stanley Kubrick negotiated with Hall for Joker in Full Metal Jacket for more than half a year before it fell through.
    “They negotiated for over half a year.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:22:11 · Kyle Brandt (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Anthony Michael Hall: Hall's stunned double take is held three or four seconds.
    “the Anthony Michael Hall stunned double take.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:55:04 · Kyle Brandt (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Anthony Michael Hall: Kubrick's first choice for Joker; eight months of talks collapsed for reasons Hall keeps vague.
    “he really wanted Anthony Michael Hall to play Joker.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:43:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)