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.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Full Metal Jacket (1987); Pretty in Pink. 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.

48 Hrs. (1982): 1 line

  1. craft (comedic device) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they were tied to as turned down: 48 Hrs. ⇒ Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the host's read). Ferris's impersonation bit is the suburban white guy riff on Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs.
    “it's the suburban white guy riff on, on, uh, Eddie Murphy in torchies in 48 hours, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:28 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film): 1 line

  1. career (career sequence) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as wanted for Joker, negotiated, did not take: Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick failing to crack a Holocaust movie, as Barry Lyndon came out of Napoleon.
    “it does feel similar to Full Metal Jacket coming out of him trying to make a Holocaust movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:23:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

John Hughes: 1 line

  1. people (auteur culmination) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they were tied to as turned down: John Hughes ⇒ Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the host's read). Cameron is the culmination of five years of Hughes teen movies trying to get that character right.
    “the Cameron character is a culmination of 5 years of John Hughes teen movies, him trying to get this character correct, and then I feel like he finally did.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:56 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

R. Lee Ermey: 1 line

  1. lineage (source of the dialogue) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as wanted for Joker, negotiated, did not take: R. Lee Ermey ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed.
    “No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Short-Timers (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as wanted for Joker, negotiated, did not take: The Short-Timers (novel) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Kubrick's film is based on Gustav Hasford's novel and keeps its three-part structure.
    “Stanley Kubrick's film, 1987, based on the novel, The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:25:08 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project): 1 line

  1. career (project that led to another) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as wanted for Joker, negotiated, did not take: Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). The speaker says Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick searching for the right Holocaust material.
    “Full Mal Jack comes out of him searching for the right Holocaust material.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:29:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Dead Presidents (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as wanted for Joker, negotiated, did not take: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Dead Presidents (the maker said so: Lorenz Tate recalling the Hughes brothers' videotapes). Allen Hughes made a VHS of Vietnam scenes; Tate was assigned Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Platoon.
    “So I watched Full Metal Jacket.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:43 · Lorenz Tate (0.80 sure it was them)

Easy A (2010): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they were tied to as turned down: Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Easy A (the maker said so). Director Will Gluck has said Ferris Bueller is his favorite movie, and Olive's Mohawk and guitar bits echo it.
    “I think the director, Will Gluck, has like talked about how Ferris Bueller is, I think, his favorite movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Easy A’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Shea Serrano · 0:12:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Home Alone (1990): 1 line

  1. unmapped (dry run) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they were tied to as turned down: Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Home Alone (the host's read). Rooney getting beaten up by the house is Hughes's dry run for Home Alone.
    “Hughes has like a dry run for home alone when when Rooney goes to the house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:19:48 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

Jarhead (2005): 1 line

  1. unmapped (generational template) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as wanted for Joker, negotiated, did not take: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Jarhead (the host's read). Jarhead is described as trying to be the Full Metal Jacket of the Iraq war generation.
    “like jarhead feels like it's very much trying to be the full metal jacket.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:27:21 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

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)

Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990): 1 line

  1. unmapped (derivative) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they were tied to as turned down: Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ Parker Lewis Can't Lose (the host's read). Parker Lewis Can't Lose is essentially Ferris Bueller and preferred over the actual TV adaptation.
    “do you guys prefer the Ferris Bueller TV adaptation or Parker Lewis Can't Lose, which is essentially just Ferris Bueller?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:08 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Ferris Bueller Show (TV, 1990): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), which they were tied to as turned down: Ferris Bueller's Day Off ⇒ The Ferris Bueller Show (TV, 1990) (the host's read). A 1990 NBC series with Jennifer Aniston as Jeanie, which the hosts call bad.
    “The Ferris Bueller Show, 1990, NBC.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:56 · Bill Simmons (0.70 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)