Kurt Russell

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q103157: 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 (24 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.

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): 1 line

  1. people (people) · them, directly: To Kill a Mockingbird ⇒ Kurt Russell (the host's read). Kurt Russell's character is written to evoke Atticus Finch.
    “you're a character who's supposed to be evocative of Atticus Finch, of Gregory Peck, into Kill a Mockingbird.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:47:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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

Acting (35) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (13)

  1. career (filmography): Kurt Russell → Escape from New York. Even Snake Plissken is charismatic, unlike Herb Brooks who never breaks.
    “they're all pretty charismatic characters, even if they're like snake Pliskin.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:01 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (filmography): Kurt Russell → Silkwood. Russell is very good in Silkwood.
    “he's really, really good in Silkwood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:07:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Kurt Russell → Tequila Sunrise. Russell's late-80s run: Tequila Sunrise nearly co-starred Pat Riley.
    “Which I still can't believe they almost had Pat Riley as his co-star for that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:13:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Kurt Russell → Death Proof. Russell pops up every five years in something cool.
    “he pops up in death proof or hateful ate or backdraft”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Kurt Russell → Dark Blue. Ebert quoted in review of Russell's Dark Blue.
    “Roger Ebert, in his review of Kurt Russell's Dark Blue”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:37 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Kurt Russell → Big Trouble in Little China. Big Trouble came after The Thing.
    “And then Big Trouble in Little China comes after that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:46:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Kurt Russell → Escape from New York. Escape was a cult movie that only later got big.
    “Escape from New York was a cult movie that only later became a really big thing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:46:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Kurt Russell → Tango & Cash. Chris Ryan argues Tango & Cash made Russell an A-list star.
    “He has established himself as an A-list star.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:46:57 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Kurt Russell → Backdraft. Backdraft's success helped give Russell the leverage to finance Tombstone.
    “now that opens up backdraft that opens up his ability to finance Tombstone.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:40 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Kurt Russell → Silkwood. Russell's only Oscar nomination, best supporting actor for Silkwood.
    “He was nominated for best supporting actor, four, Silkwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. career (career): Kurt Russell → The Thing. Fennessey's Russell apex mountain: 1982-83.
    “Because 82, 83 is when he was at his best.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. career (career): Kurt Russell → John Carpenter. With Carpenter failing, Russell had no one to prop him up in the late 90s.
    “Carpenter is fucking wiping out, so he can't be there to prop him up anymore.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:49:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  13. career (career): Kurt Russell → Stargate. Stargate was probably his last big action epic.
    “That was probably his last big action epic that hit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:57:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Kurt Russell → Harrison Ford. They share Paul Newman charisma, but Ford got two franchises and Russell stayed 3 good, 3 bad.
    “him and Harrison Ford are cut from the same cloth.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:36 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Kurt Russell → Nobody's Fool. Action actors in non-action roles, like Bruce Willis in Nobody's Fool.
    “Like, like Bruce Willis and nobody's fool or something.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:47:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (awards): Kurt Russell → Ray. The 2004 Best Actor field (Foxx, Cheadle, DiCaprio, Eastwood, Depp) leaves a case for Russell.
    “Kurt Russell not nominated.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:24:53 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. industry (awards): Kurt Russell → Finding Neverland. Russell was not nominated in 2004; Depp for Finding Neverland feels flimsy by comparison.
    “Russell cracks that list in retrospect, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:25:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Val Kilmer → Kurt Russell. The film is a microcosm of both careers: Russell the necessary hero, Kilmer the heat-check guy.
    “I think this movie is the perfect microcosm of both of their careers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:28 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Kurt Russell → To Kill a Mockingbird. Kurt Russell's character is written to evoke Atticus Finch.
    “you're a character who's supposed to be evocative of Atticus Finch, of Gregory Peck, into Kill a Mockingbird.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:47:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Kurt Russell → Kate Hudson. Crowe had just worked with Kate Hudson, who asked him to hire her dad.
    “So yeah, he had Crowe had just finished work with Kate Hudson.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:48:49 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Val Kilmer → Kurt Russell. The Wyatt-Doc friendship is the real love story of the movie.
    “you can tell that that's the love story at the center of the movie is the 2 of them.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:49 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (4)

  1. verdict (apex): Kurt Russell → Tombstone. Russell's peak juice is Tombstone, which he effectively directed.
    “Tombstone, which I think is actually his apex.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:58:43 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (ranking): Kurt Russell → Tango & Cash. Simmons loves Tango & Cash at number four on his Russell list.
    “I fucking love Tango and Cash”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:07:18 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (ranking): Kurt Russell → Miracle. Miracle is number five on Ryan's Kurt Russell list.
    “And I think miracles 5 for me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:07:26 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Kurt Russell → Tombstone. Final pick: Fennessey says Russell wins the movie; Ryan says Kilmer is why we remember it.
    “Russell is the reason it got made and finished.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:44 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (casting what-if): Kurt Russell → Kevin Costner. Costner would overpower the part.
    “Costner, I think he overpowers it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (casting what-if): Kurt Russell → Tom Hanks. Hanks was too nice and not old enough to play Herb Brooks.
    “Hanks is almost too nice.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:16:31 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Kurt Russell: The Rewatchables recording: Russell arrived alone, leather jacket, Marlboro Reds, keys on the table.
    “He stinks of Marlborough Reds, who's smoking Siggs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:19:46 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Kurt Russell: Russell met Herb Brooks while Brooks recruited his son; Brooks described that year as lonely, which unlocked the script.
    “And him and O'Connor looked at each other and that was when they realized, oh, this is what we have to do.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:21:07 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Kurt Russell: Russell took a pay cut so extras got a hot meal, and he used his left hand like lefty Herb Brooks.
    “Russell took a pay cut, so the 800 to a 1000 extras used as the fans of the hockey game could enjoy a full hot meal instead of a brown bag lunch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:55:43 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Kurt Russell: Apex Mountain debate: Tango & Cash vs Escape from New York/The Thing/Silkwood era.
    “Because 82, 83 is when he was at his best.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Kurt Russell: Playing against type, he's gentle and fatherly without doing an impression, and for the speaker it's one of their favorite Russell performances.
    “I think it's my favorite performance in the movie, and I think it's one of my favorite Kurt Russell performances.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:47:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Kurt Russell: Kate Hudson told Crowe her dad needed work, so Kurt Russell was added to the cast.
    “And she said, and my dad needs some work.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:48:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)