Ron Shelton

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q2141036: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Bull Durham (1988); White Men Can't Jump (1992); Tin Cup (1996); Miracle (2004). Count them as writer (2 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.

Rocky (1976): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Bull Durham (1988), which they directed: Rocky ⇒ Bull Durham (the host's read). Bull Durham took the Rocky motto a level further in how a sports movie is written.
    “how can we take that rocky motto and actually go the next level with how we write a movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:25:51 · Bill Simmons (0.70 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

Directing (4) everyone in directing

Writing (2) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Ron Shelton → Bull Durham. Writing Bull Durham is called Ron Shelton's biggest legacy.
    “That's his biggest legacy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:26:00 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (director comparison): Gavin O'Connor → Ron Shelton. O'Connor ranks with Ron Shelton as a sports-movie director.
    “I think Gavin O'Connor is basically like up there with Ron Shelton as far as like sports movie directors.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:06:43 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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