Steven Spielberg

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q8877: 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: Spartacus (1960); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974); Rocky (1976); Poltergeist (1982); The Big Chill (1983); Rain Man (1988); Cape Fear (1991); What About Bob? (1991); Twister (1996); The Butterfly Effect (2004); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008); The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020); Arachnophobia; Harry Potter (first film); Nostromo (unmade Lean project); Quibi Spielberg night-only show (never made). Count them as director (27 films), writer (1 film), actor (1 film), producer (12 films), studio (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.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: 2 lines

lineage (adaptation) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as attached to direct an earlier version at Amblin: F. Scott Fitzgerald ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). The film is adapted from Fitzgerald's short story, though the speakers say it shares little with it.
“It's quite, it's, it doesn't have too much in common with the film, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:01:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
lineage (adaptation distance) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as attached to direct an earlier version at Amblin: F. Scott Fitzgerald ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). By the time Roth finished, the film resembles the story in name only.
“By the time he's done with it, the movie has no resemblance to Benjamin Button apart from, it's called Benjamin Button.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:42:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Forrest Gump (1994): 2 lines

unmapped (anti-Gump answer) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as attached to direct an earlier version at Amblin: Forrest Gump ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). Griffin reads Benjamin Button as a pointed answer to Gump, showing the death behind the Americana.
“But I think it's almost like pointedly an anti-gump.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:22:50 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (attempt at a Gump) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as attached to direct an earlier version at Amblin: Forrest Gump ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). The speaker says the cultural narrative is that Benjamin Button is Fincher trying to do Gump.
“but I do think this is like the cultural narrative of this movie is he's trying to do Gump, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:10:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Jaws (1975): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as initially attached to direct: Jaws ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Jonas is the Jaws-mayor archetype, a money-motivated antagonist that became a stock character in every movie.
“The mayor in Jaws is the character that kind of pushes against our lead person.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Arachnophobia, which they were tied to as director/Amblin: Jaws ⇒ Arachnophobia (the host's read). Arachnophobia is Jaws with spiders.
“it's sort of like Jaws, but with spiders”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:34:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Steven Spielberg: 2 lines, within their own work

people (people) · through The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), which they were tied to as encouraged Sorkin to write; long wanted to make it: Steven Spielberg ⇒ The Trial of the Chicago 7 (the host's read). Spielberg long wanted to make it and encouraged Sorkin to write the script.
“Steven Spielberg had always wanted to make this movie.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:31:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
unmapped (led to restoration) · through Spartacus (1960), which they were tied to as talked Kubrick into the Spartacus re-release: Steven Spielberg ⇒ Spartacus (the host's read). Spielberg talked Kubrick into letting the film be restored and re-released.
“and Spielberg knew him then. and was like, well, they're, you know, the American cinema tech or whoever wants to do this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:01:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chuck Wepner: 1 line

people (people) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Chuck Wepner ⇒ Rocky (the host's read). Stallone watched Wepner take a beating from Ali for 15 rounds and was inspired to write Rocky in 3.5 days.
“He's watching Webner Ali in 75, which was the real life version of this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

David Lean: 1 line

unmapped (mentorship / elder filmmaker) · them, directly: David Lean ⇒ Steven Spielberg (the host's read). Spielberg befriended old masters (Lean, Kubrick, Wilder) who handed him their projects.
“The sort of string of great older filmmakers who somehow, uh, collaborated with Spielberg, only for Spielberg to wind up directing their movies.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:58:01 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Ed Gein: 1 line

lineage (real-life source) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: Ed Gein ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). The film was a little influenced by Ed Gein, whose skin masks and grave digging fascinated Hollywood.
“it was a little influenced by the great Ed Geen.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:18 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Industrial Light & Magic: 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as initially attached to direct: Industrial Light & Magic ⇒ Twister (the host's read). The movie was built out of an ILM proof-of-concept clip of a pickup truck driving toward a tornado.
“It was a proof of concept clip from Industrial Light Magic”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

James Bond films (the franchise): 1 line

career (career) · them, directly: James Bond films (the franchise) ⇒ Steven Spielberg (the maker said so: Spielberg's own account (he says he called Cubby Broccoli)). Spielberg begged Cubby Broccoli for a Bond job after Jaws and was refused, which fed the motive for Raiders.
“Spielberg had been, says he had called Cubby Broccoli after Jaws came out being like, hello?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:50:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as initially attached to direct: Jurassic Park ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Marketing a disaster around unknown leads follows Jurassic Park, where Sam Neill and Laura Dern were known but not famous.
“coming off of Jurassic Park where it was like Sam Neil and Laura Dern were like well-known, but not famous.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:53:21 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Love Is Strong (Rolling Stones video): 1 line

lineage (technique precursor) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as attached to direct an earlier version at Amblin: Love Is Strong (Rolling Stones video) ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). A host guesses the Stones' giant-scale effects helped Fincher on Benjamin Button.
“Well, and I bet this helped for Benjamin Button eventually.”
Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:59:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Night of the Living Dead (1968): 1 line

lineage (inspiration) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: Night of the Living Dead ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). Hooper saw the line down the block for Night of the Living Dead and decided to make a horror film with his own ideas about Vietnam-era America.
“Toby Hooper, who directed Chainsaw Massacre, went and saw Night of the Living Dead.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Orville Redenbacher commercial (Fincher, Digital Domain): 1 line

unmapped (proof of concept) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as attached to direct an earlier version at Amblin: Orville Redenbacher commercial (Fincher, Digital Domain) ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the maker said so). Fincher used a Redenbacher commercial to test whether the film was makeable.
“I'm basically stealing money from Orvell Redbocker to figure out whether this film is makeable or not.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:52:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Return of the Secaucus 7: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as helped Kasdan along; bought Continental Divide: Return of the Secaucus 7 ⇒ The Big Chill (the host's read). Called a precursor to The Big Chill.
“precursor to this movie, Socaucus 7 is like this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Sliding Doors: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Butterfly Effect (2004), which they were tied to as hypothetical director: Sliding Doors ⇒ The Butterfly Effect (the host's read). The Butterfly Effect is basically a science-fiction version of Sliding Doors.
“a science fiction version of sliding doors is a great idea for a movie”
The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:36:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Speed (1994): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as initially attached to direct: Speed ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
“The one that changed it was speed.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Stanley Kubrick: 1 line

career (unmade project taken up) · them, directly: Stanley Kubrick ⇒ Steven Spielberg (the host's read). Kubrick could not make A.I. because technology was not ready; Spielberg eventually did.
“which obviously Steven Spielberg eventually makes.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:35:14 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): 1 line

industry (business deal) · through Cape Fear (1991), which they were tied to as swapped Cape Fear for Schindler's List: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ Cape Fear (the host's read). Universal's deal to make Last Temptation obliged a bigger film later, resulting in the Spielberg swap and Cape Fear.
“it gets fear is a direct result of his deal with Universal for this month.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 2:00:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Longest Yard: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: The Longest Yard ⇒ Rocky (the host's read). Longest Yard arguably started the big-event beats, but Rocky is what made the sports-movie recipe stick.
“which I guess you could say longest yard started it, but once Rocky did this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:06:09 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

The Sentinel (short story): 1 line

lineage (source story) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: The Sentinel (short story) ⇒ 2001: A Space Odyssey (the host's read). The film and companion novel drafted off Clarke's short story The Sentinel, which had the germ of the monolith idea.
“So it's going off drafting off of the Sentinel.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:52:22 · 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.

2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984): 5 lines

lineage (sequel) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). The film has a sequel, and Clarke wrote three sequel novels.
“Obviously, the sequel exists.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:11:43 · Jordan Hoffman (0.70 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 tries to answer Kubrick's questions and is more loyal to Arthur C. Clarke's ideas.
“it's much more... As I remember loyal to Arthur C. Clark's science fiction ideas”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:26:18 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 was made because the novel sequel existed, a movie made just because they had to.
“Because Arthur C. Clark had come out with a 2010 novel.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:54:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (sequel) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). 2010 is the sequel to 2001; the speaker's reaction to the Kubrick film is the benchmark throughout.
“And I said, oh, you know, 2010, the sequel to 2001 and they were like, the what?”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:02:34 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (borrowed music) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). The only thing 2010 borrows from 2001, apart from plotting, is the music, including the Zarathustra drop at the end.
“Yeah, is the music.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:07:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th (1980): 4 lines

unmapped (template) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The imposing masked killer and the final girl in Chainsaw became the slasher template Friday the 13th and Halloween used.
“We have that, that ends up in Halloween, Friday the 13th, everything else.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:04:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (final girl prototype) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Sally is the ground-zero prototype final girl later ripped off in every Friday the 13th and most Halloween movies.
“she's the prototype ground 0 final girl that then gets ripped off.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:06:46 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (rip-off) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The final girl running to Jason's mom for help copies Sally running to the gas station guy.
“Friday the 13th rips it off.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:41:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday borrowed the seemingly friendly helper who turns out hostile and the killer who keeps getting back up.
“a seemingly friendly helper who ends up being not friendly, the Texas chainsaw move.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gladiator (2000): 3 lines

lineage (riff / imitation) · through Spartacus (1960), which they were tied to as talked Kubrick into the Spartacus re-release: Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read). Richard, seeing Spartacus for the first time, says it is the main thing Gladiator riffs on.
“this is really the main thing the gladiators are riffing on.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:03:34 · Richard Lawson (0.60 sure it was them)
people (casting approach) · through Spartacus (1960), which they were tied to as talked Kubrick into the Spartacus re-release: Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read). Gladiator, like Spartacus, is loaded with supporting actors who are thespian gems, which the speaker says Scott recognized.
“as Ridley Scott recognized about this movie, is like loaded up with supporting actors who are like just thespian gems.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:33:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (scene reused) · through Spartacus (1960), which they were tied to as talked Kubrick into the Spartacus re-release: Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read). The trident thrown into the stands in Spartacus is in Gladiator too, with Russell Crowe doing it.
“that's literally in Gladiator.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:14:49 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Creed (2015): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ Creed (the host's read). Merchant says Creed repeated Rocky's trick of making you care about the character before the fighting.
“when they rebooted it with Creed, I think they did the same thing”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:46:07 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ Creed (the host's read). Creed closely follows Rocky's structure, but opens with Creed obviously able to fight, unlike Rocky's grim opening bout.
“in Creed, which very closely follows some of the structures of rocky.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:38:15 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Fighting with My Family (2019): 2 lines

craft (craft) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant says you cannot make a sports movie without watching Rocky and all its sequels.
“make any kind of sports a movie without watching Rocky or indeed all of the Rockies”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:45:46 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
craft (craft) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant calls Rocky a template because it beds in character so you root for him before the fight, a lesson he applied.
“a template in the sense that it really beds in character”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:46:00 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

Halloween (1978): 2 lines

lineage (ancestor) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Halloween felt like it invented modern horror, but on rewatch Chainsaw is the real ground zero.
“whenever I watch Chainsaw, I'm like, no, actually this is ground zero.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
programming (double feature) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Bill pairs it with Halloween to compare how much Halloween cribbed from Chainsaw.
“I went Halloween just to compare and contrast like how much Halloween, crib done, chainsaw, all that stuff.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:31:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Jack Kirby: 2 lines

unmapped (led to Fourth World) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Jack Kirby (the host's read). Kirby's Fourth World is said to come out of his 2001 work.
“Yeah, and I think like 4th world essentially comes out of it.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:12:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
lineage (comic adaptation) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Jack Kirby (the host's read). Kirby's Marvel series began by adapting the movie in its first three issues, then went its own way.
“Like, the 1st 3 issues are the movie... and he went bananas with it.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:12:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Silent Running (1972): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read). 2001 spawned heady, serious, clean sci-fi like Silent Running.
“2001 leads to a spat of things like silent running, you know, these movies that are like very heady.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (wave of imitators) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Silent Running (the host's read). After 2001 came a wave of slower sci-fi imitators, naming Silent Running and Capricorn One.
“But it is funny, like after this, there's a wave of imitators, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

(the modern sports movie): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ (the modern sports movie) (the host's read). Rocky created the sports-movie prototype and the modern underdog.
“created the sports movie prototype, like just period.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

10 Years: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as helped Kasdan along; bought Continental Divide: The Big Chill ⇒ 10 Years (the host's read). Another reunion-with-a-great-cast attempt that did not match The Big Chill.
“I kind of like 10 years.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

2010 (1984): 1 line

lineage (sequel) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2010 (the host's read). Peter Hyams made a film sequel to 2001, following the books.
“But, like, he rolled up his sleeves and he was like, 2001?”
Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 2:48:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

2069: A Sex Odyssey: 1 line

lineage (influence) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ 2069: A Sex Odyssey (the host's read). The porn parody is said to be very influenced by 2001.
“actually is actually very influenced by this film.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:42:56 · Jordan Hoffman (0.30 sure it was them)

A Clockwork Orange (1971): 1 line

unmapped (self-reference) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ A Clockwork Orange (the host's read). The record store scene shows the 2001 soundtrack, which the speakers read as Kubrick nodding at his own movie.
“but he's kind of like being like, guys, I made that movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · Alex Ross Perry (0.50 sure it was them)

Ad Astra (2019): 1 line

unmapped (cribbing) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Ad Astra (the host's read). Ad Astra is called the one other film that feels realistic about space travel, and it cribs from 2001.
“is cribbing from it so much where like the way at Astra depicts space travel”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:41:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Airplane! (1980): 1 line

unmapped (reference) · through Spartacus (1960), which they were tied to as talked Kubrick into the Spartacus re-release: Spartacus ⇒ Airplane! (the host's read). The Spartacus bath-scene joke is the joke in Airplane and it still works.
“there's a reason that it's it's the fucking joke in airplane and that the joke still works so well.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:44:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

lineage (inspiration) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Alien (the host's read). Chainsaw is what inspired Ridley Scott to make Alien.
“Texas Chainsaw Basker is what inspired Ridley Scott to make alien.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:40 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Beautiful Girls (1996): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as helped Kasdan along; bought Continental Divide: The Big Chill ⇒ Beautiful Girls (the host's read). Named among the later films that tried and failed to be the Big Chill for a new generation, along with About Alex.
“I remember beautiful girls tried in the mid 90s and there's a movie called About Alex and the mid 2010s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Being There (1979): 1 line

theme (theme reused) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Being There (the host's read). Being There used a funky version of 2001's Zarathustra theme for its big moment.
“they were going to play the also Sprack Zarathustra, but they did the funky version instead”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:37:23 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)

Bill Clinton: 1 line

theme (theme) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as helped Kasdan along; bought Continental Divide: The Big Chill ⇒ Bill Clinton (the host's read). EW's 15th anniversary review blamed The Big Chill for soundtrack albums, 30-something, and Bill Clinton.
“Hell, blame the big show for Bill Quinton.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Bull Durham (1988): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: 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)

Chris Columbus: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Steven Spielberg ⇒ Chris Columbus (the host's read). The closest Hughes and Spielberg crossed was Spielberg protege Chris Columbus directing Home Alone.
“Chris Columbus was a Spielberg protégé and he ended up directing Home Alone.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:26:38 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)

Cinderella Man (2005): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ Cinderella Man (the host's read). Rocky set up the idea that a victory transforms the supporting cast too, as in Cinderella Man where he fights for Giamatti.
“by the time you get to like Cinderella man, you realize that he's not just fighting for him, he's fighting for Giamatti.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:28:11 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Clueless (1995): 1 line

unmapped (reference) · through Spartacus (1960), which they were tied to as talked Kubrick into the Spartacus re-release: Spartacus ⇒ Clueless (the host's read). Richard knew Spartacus mostly through the Clueless clip (and Community jokes) before watching it.
“to have heard about this movie mostly through Clueless, but also just joked about in community for years”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:43:58 · Richard Lawson (0.60 sure it was them)

David Fincher: 1 line

unmapped (early commercial reference) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ David Fincher (the host's read). At 24 Fincher used a baby smoking, a 2001 reference, in an American Cancer Society ad.
“a baby smoking a cigarette as a, as a, as a reference to 2001 is incredibly powerful iconography”
The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:17:15 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

Dell Comics: 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through Spartacus (1960), which they were tied to as talked Kubrick into the Spartacus re-release: Spartacus ⇒ Dell Comics (the host's read). Spartacus got a Dell Comics color adaptation, like a tie-in of its era.
“that this had a Dell comics color adaptation”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:59:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Elvis Presley: 1 line

craft (music borrowed) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Elvis Presley (the host's read). Elvis took the Zarathustra overture from the film almost immediately and opened his concerts with it.
“Almost immediately after the movie took this took the music.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:38:21 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)

History of the World, Part I (1981): 1 line

unmapped (parody) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ History of the World, Part I (the host's read). Monty Python and History of the World Part I did 2001 parodies.
“they did 2001 of Space Odyssey parodies. History of the World Part one.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:28:00 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60 sure it was them)

Hometown (TV series): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as helped Kasdan along; bought Continental Divide: The Big Chill ⇒ Hometown (TV series) (the host's read). The Big Chill was adapted as a short-lived 16-episode TV series called Hometown in 1986.
“As the short-lived series hometown?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

House of Cards (TV series): 1 line

career (career step) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as attached to direct an earlier version at Amblin: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⇒ House of Cards (TV series) (the host's read). Fincher moved Mahershala Ali from Button into House of Cards.
“But I mean, look, Fincher puts him from this into House of Cards, which is one of the things that definitely levels him up.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:05:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Independence Day (1996): 1 line

craft (borrowed style) · them, directly: Steven Spielberg ⇒ Independence Day (the host's read). Independence Day cribs the Spielberg look of actors slowly standing up to stare at something dramatic.
“And then independence, like cribs a lot of that.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:21:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Interstellar (2014): 1 line

unmapped (development history) · them, directly: Steven Spielberg ⇒ Interstellar (the host's read). Interstellar was developed by Spielberg and Jonathan Nolan and is closer to Spielberg in its first script.
“Jonathan Nolan's script for Interstellar is interesting, but it's more Spielberg.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 2:00:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): 1 line

lineage (visual influence) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
“Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Paranormal Activity (2007): 1 line

unmapped (indie legacy) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Paranormal Activity (the host's read). Chainsaw invented the no-money, unknown-actors, one-idea indie horror run that Halloween, Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity followed.
“This, Halloween, Blur Witch, paranormal activity. We have no money. You don't know these actors.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:31 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Punishment Park: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), which they were tied to as encouraged Sorkin to write; long wanted to make it: The Trial of the Chicago 7 ⇒ Punishment Park (the host's read). Punishment Park is recommended as a very loose take on this trial.
“There's this great movie called Punishment Park that I would recommend to anybody that is very loosely based on this trial.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:31:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Raging Bull (1980): 1 line

theme (anti-genre) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ Raging Bull (the maker said so). Scorsese shot in black and white to differentiate from Rocky-era bright red-white-and-blue boxing movies, and producer Winkler produced both.
“Number one, I want to differentiate from the Rockies and all the other sort of boxing movies right now.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:08:55 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Reality Bites (1994): 1 line

theme (theme) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as helped Kasdan along; bought Continental Divide: The Big Chill ⇒ Reality Bites (the host's read). Reality Bites is the young-person reaction to the sold-out generation The Big Chill depicts.
“And then that's why like reality bites hits and you see reality bites and you're like, oh, that's why Troy is like, fuck everything.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Rocky Balboa (2006): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ Rocky Balboa (the host's read). The little girl Marie from Rocky grows up to be the love interest in Rocky Balboa.
“she then becomes the Rocky Balboa love interest.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:14:31 · Van Lathan (0.45 sure it was them)

Spartacus (1960): 1 line, within their own work

unmapped (led to restoration) · them, directly: Steven Spielberg ⇒ Spartacus (the host's read). Spielberg talked Kubrick into letting the film be restored and re-released.
“and Spielberg knew him then. and was like, well, they're, you know, the American cinema tech or whoever wants to do this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:01:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022, Netflix): 1 line

contrast (contrast) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022, Netflix) (the host's read). The Netflix legacy sequel replaces the original's horror with influencers and a DEI angle.
“It was like a DEI, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:28:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Blair Witch Project (1999): 1 line

industry (marketing precedent) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ The Blair Witch Project (the host's read). The 'based on true events' opening was smart and was ripped off by Blair Witch in 1999, pre-internet.
“We didn't know any better in 1999.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Intervention: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as helped Kasdan along; bought Continental Divide: The Big Chill ⇒ The Intervention (the host's read). Another indie friends-weekend film in the same vortex.
“There was a movie called The Intervention.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Karate Kid (1984): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical co-director: Rocky ⇒ The Karate Kid (the host's read). Rocky is eight years before Karate Kid, which is called the 2.0 version of the same underdog story but a completely different movie in every respect.
“We're 8 years away from karate kid, which is the next, the 2.0 version of this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013): 1 line

unmapped (parody) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as attached to direct an earlier version at Amblin: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⇒ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (the host's read). The speaker says Walter Mitty parodies Benjamin Button, as if to say Button got the Gump wrong.
“And Walter Mitty parodies Benjamin Button, almost as if to say, they fucked up.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:10:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Shining (1980): 1 line

unmapped (led to Kubrick mythology) · through 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which they were tied to as audience member at the Nolan IMAX screening; owns a print: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ The Shining (the host's read). 2001 is the reason for Kubrick's godlike mythology, without which people would invest less in The Shining.
“I don't think people would invest as much into The Shining if this movie didn't exist.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:01:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2: 1 line

contrast (contrast) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (the host's read). Part 2 reuses the framework but changes the tone to slapstick comedy.
“Texas Chainsaw Messker 2 is basically a slapstick comedy.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:27:15 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020): 1 line, within their own work

people (people) · them, directly: Steven Spielberg ⇒ The Trial of the Chicago 7 (the host's read). Spielberg long wanted to make it and encouraged Sorkin to write the script.
“Steven Spielberg had always wanted to make this movie.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:31:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Titanic (1997): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as initially attached to direct: Twister ⇒ Titanic (the host's read). Twister started a playbook of putting not-yet-A-list leads in a spectacle, which Titanic and later Star Wars followed.
“It became a playbook for it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:54:01 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Studio (1) everyone in studio

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What was said about them, by kind

career (11)

career (career theory): Empire of the Sun → Steven Spielberg. Bilge argues Spielberg's 70s and 80s films are seen through a child's eyes and his later ones through a parent's eyes.
“I have this theory that early period of his career, you know, 70s, 80s, that his films really can be best be understood as being from the point of view of a child.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:22:49 · Bilge Ebiri (0.90 sure it was them)
career (career): John Williams → Steven Spielberg. Williams is part of Spielberg's people, who apply what they know about assembling a movie and tip it darker for Empire of the Sun.
“it really is Spielberg and his people, including John Williams, trying to take like what they know about how to put together a movie.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:30:20 · Bilge Ebiri (0.70 sure it was them)
career (career): Steven Spielberg → James Bond films (the franchise). Spielberg begged Cubby Broccoli for a Bond job after Jaws and was refused, which fed the motive for Raiders.
“Spielberg had been, says he had called Cubby Broccoli after Jaws came out being like, hello?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:50:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Steven Spielberg → Tom Cruise. Spielberg stopped working with Cruise around the time people wondered whether Cruise was nuts.
“And then Spielberg stops working with him then?”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:09:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Jurassic Park → Steven Spielberg. Jurassic Park is the midpoint of Spielberg's career, blending spectacle with childhood and humanity.
“it is kind of the perfect middle ground, the median point of Spielberg's career.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:07:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
career (career): Close Encounters of the Third Kind → Steven Spielberg. Close Encounters carries Spielberg's parents' divorce; Dreyfuss's character is part Spielberg, part his father.
“And that Richard Dreyfus character being one part Spielberg, and like the idea of wonder and wanting to vanish, and one part his dad kind of abandoning his kids”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:22:39 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
career (career): Janusz Kaminski → Steven Spielberg. Minority Report is maybe the fourth or fifth film Kaminski shot for Spielberg, after A.I., Saving Private Ryan and Amistad, which were real-world where this one is dreamlike.
“maybe the 4th or the 5th movie that, um, Yanush Kaminsky made with it.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:28:27 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
career (career): Steven Spielberg → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg is the best popcorn movie director ever.
“So yeah, he's probably the best popcorn movie director ever.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:44:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
career (career): Duel → Steven Spielberg. Duel was Spielberg's first real movie and the best TV movie ever.
“Duel was the best TV movie ever.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:59:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (unmade project taken up): Stanley Kubrick → Steven Spielberg. Kubrick could not make A.I. because technology was not ready; Spielberg eventually did.
“which obviously Steven Spielberg eventually makes.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:35:14 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
career (career): Ryan Coogler → Steven Spielberg. Coogler is called the new Spielberg for innate commercial instincts plus personal film-making.
“this is the key to Kugler, which is why I think he's the new Spielberg, is that he innately has very commercial instincts.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:15:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (5)

contrast (contrast): Steven Spielberg → Hitchcock. Precise directors usually dictate to actors like Hitchcock, but Spielberg stays collaborative.
“most filmmakers who are this precise in their craft, have a tendency to go towards the sort of like Hitchcock”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:54:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Quentin Tarantino → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg would not do a talk-show couch turn the way Tarantino did.
“That is Steven Spielberg doesn't do that.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:29 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Steven Spielberg → Michael Mann. Mann is fastidious and obsessed; Spielberg is all over the place, childlike wonder one film, Oscar bait the next.
“And Spielberg's just kind of all over the place and it's like, oh, the wonder, the childish wonder.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:53:19 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Steven Spielberg → Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola and Scorsese are viewed romantically for loving their work; Spielberg isn't.
“Whereas like with Scorsese and with Coppola, Coppola, who really his career completely fell apart in the early 80s”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:55:02 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): George Lucas → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg tweaked E.T. and realized he hated having done that, unlike Lucas.
“you hear about like Spielberg tweaking ET and immediately realizing like, I hated that I ever did that.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:53:57 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

craft (2)

craft (directing style): Steven Spielberg → Ed Wood. Spielberg called out where to look mid-take during the long projector shot, like Ed Wood calling directions.
“It was almost like Ed Wood going, walk through the door.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 0:19:21 · James Urbaniak (0.50 sure it was them)
craft (borrowed style): Independence Day → Steven Spielberg. Independence Day cribs the Spielberg look of actors slowly standing up to stare at something dramatic.
“And then independence, like cribs a lot of that.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:21:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (3)

industry (industry): Steven Spielberg → Martin Scorsese. Most-featured directors: Spielberg 9, Tony Scott 9, Michael Mann 8, Scorsese 8.
“Spielberg 9, Tony Scott 9.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:02:28 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → Steven Spielberg. Gremlins 2 was produced by Spielberg and directed by Joe Dante.
“produced by Spielberg and Joe Dante”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:13:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Arachnophobia → Steven Spielberg. Arachnophobia is the Amblin movie Spielberg did not direct; Frank Marshall did.
“that's sort of like the er amblin movie that was not directed by Steven Spielberg”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:34:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

lineage (lineage): Chris Columbus → Steven Spielberg. The closest Hughes and Spielberg crossed was Spielberg protege Chris Columbus directing Home Alone.
“Chris Columbus was a Spielberg protégé and he ended up directing Home Alone.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:26:38 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)

people (12)

people (people): George Lucas → Steven Spielberg. Their friendship is the mythology: two sides of the same coin, like the Beatles and Rolling Stones.
“here's like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones inspiring each other.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:41:14 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.50 sure it was them)
people (people): Steven Spielberg → Michael Kahn. Spielberg and his editor Michael Kahn have a lifelong working relationship, and Kahn is the one who makes Spielberg look effortless.
“you know, relationship between him and his editor and him, and he does, he makes things look effortless”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:34:10 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
people (producer hits): Steven Spielberg → Who Framed Roger Rabbit. While directing less, Spielberg was producing blockbusters such as Roger Rabbit, Back to the Future, Goonies and Gremlins.
“Roger Rabbit, back to the future, Goonies, Gremlins, guy's got a golden touch, right?”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:05:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (casting origin): Steven Spielberg → Swingers. A host speculates Spielberg cast Vince Vaughn after seeing dailies of Swingers.
“Spielberg seeing swingers, probably seeing dailies of swingers and being like, this guy is obviously going to be a big deal.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:48:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (people): Twister → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg executive produced and Amblin is a production company, giving the film a wide-eyed wonder-and-fear Spielberg feel.
“and the Steven Spielberg executive produced it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
people (director tendency): Catch Me If You Can → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg is prone to daddy-issues movies, which explains Catch Me's backstory.
“Spielberg is obviously prone to daddy issues movies.”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:36:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (auteur credit): War of the Worlds → Steven Spielberg. War of the Worlds is out because it is truly a Spielberg movie even though Cruise is terrific.
“that truly is a Spielberg movie.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:16:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
people (auteur credit): Minority Report → Steven Spielberg. Minority Report is judged a Spielberg achievement more than a Cruise one and gets cut.
“because that is a Steven Spielberg achievement rather than a Tom Cruise achievement.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:36:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
people (people): The Trial of the Chicago 7 → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg long wanted to make it and encouraged Sorkin to write the script.
“Steven Spielberg had always wanted to make this movie.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:31:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
people (attached director): Steven Spielberg → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Spielberg wanted to make it with Tom Cruise at Amblin but did Jurassic Park and Schindler's List instead.
“Spielberg wants to make it. With Tom Cruise.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:37:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (tried to cast): Steven Spielberg → Jack Nicholson. Spielberg reportedly tried hard to get Nicholson for a cameo in Ready Player One.
“I had heard how hard Spielberg tried to get him for Ready Player one.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 0:21:18 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
people (solo writer-director): Steven Spielberg → Stanley Kubrick. Written and directed by is rare for Kubrick; A.I. was the same for Spielberg later.
“It is, the rare written and directed by, yeah, much like AI later for Spielberg.”
Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:23:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

programming (programming): Mel Brooks → Steven Spielberg. Brooks is seeded too low and is ahead of Spielberg, the longest remaining filmography.
“Mel Brooks is someone who, I think we seeded too low.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:17:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (2)

theme (theme): Empire of the Sun → Steven Spielberg. Unlike his other childhood films, Empire shows adulthood through a child's eyes.
“But this is a film where you are seeing adulthood through the eyes of a child.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:16:01 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
theme (Spielberg comparison): Steven Spielberg → 2010: The Year We Make Contact. 2010 is likened to a less sentimental, more serious-minded Spielberg.
“Like this is very much kind of doing a less sentimental, more serious-minded Spielberg.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:28:53 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (12)

unmapped (near-miss): Rain Man → Steven Spielberg. Many A-list actors and directors chased the Rain Man script, including Spielberg almost making it with Bill Murray in the Hoffman part.
“you know, Spielberg almost makes it with Bill Murray in the Hoffman part.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:34:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (mentorship / elder filmmaker): David Lean → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg befriended old masters (Lean, Kubrick, Wilder) who handed him their projects.
“The sort of string of great older filmmakers who somehow, uh, collaborated with Spielberg, only for Spielberg to wind up directing their movies.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:58:01 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (development history): Interstellar → Steven Spielberg. Interstellar was developed by Spielberg and Jonathan Nolan and is closer to Spielberg in its first script.
“Jonathan Nolan's script for Interstellar is interesting, but it's more Spielberg.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 2:00:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (champion): Steven Spielberg → What About Bob?. Spielberg paid out of pocket to campaign for Bill Murray for best actor.
“Steven Spielberg like paid out of pocket to run a best actor campaign for Bill Murray”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:34:32 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (praise): Pete Postlethwaite → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg reportedly called Postlethwaite one of the best actors he had worked with; they also worked together on Amistad.
“Spielberg said after, I guess, during the making of this film, Pipostle Fate was one of, if not the best actors he'd ever worked with.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:56:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (creator's own verdict): Hook → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg himself calls Hook a disaster and his biggest mistake, so hosts argue nostalgia should not rehabilitate it.
“he says he thinks hook sucks.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:38:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (made by someone else): Catch Me If You Can → Steven Spielberg. Fincher was linked to Catch Me If You Can, which Spielberg made.
“which Spielberg makes.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:41:24 · David Sims (0.70 sure it was them)
unmapped (friends): Stanley Kubrick → Steven Spielberg. Kubrick and Spielberg were very close.
“obviously Kubrick and Spielberg very close”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:26:31 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (set up the series): Steven Spielberg → seaQuest DSV. The speaker says Spielberg set up seaQuest, making Scheider an elder statesman lending legitimacy to a show with a talking dolphin.
“In the 90s, Spielberg like sort of throws in the bone and sets up Sequest, DSV”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:30:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (owns print): Steven Spielberg → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Spielberg owns a print and has a screening room but still went alone to see Nolan's version.
“he owns a print of 2001 and he's got a screening room”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:47 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (led to restoration): Steven Spielberg → Spartacus. Spielberg talked Kubrick into letting the film be restored and re-released.
“and Spielberg knew him then. and was like, well, they're, you know, the American cinema tech or whoever wants to do this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:01:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (praise): Pete Postlethwaite → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg reportedly called Postlethwaite the best actor in the world around The Lost World and Amistad.
“Spielberg called Postlethwaite, the best actor working”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:52:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

verdict (verdict): Hook → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg himself said he lacked faith in Hook's meat and covered with bigger sets and colors.
“I didn't have a lot of faith in the meat of the movie, and I cover for it by being like, make the sense bigger”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:35:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Schindler's List → Steven Spielberg. Bill suspected Spielberg did it for an Oscar, which he admits isn't fair.
“he's doing this because he wants to win an Oscar?”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:53:26 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

what-if (what-if): Steven Spielberg → John Hughes. Movie swap: Spielberg directs Weird Science and Hughes directs The Goonies, which he produced.
“I would have Spielberg direct, weird science, and I would have Hughes direct, uh, the Goonies, which he produced”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:26:44 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Twister → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg was initially attached to direct, as he was for every movie in the 90s, before Jan de Bont took over.
“Spielberg initially attached to direct, which I think was the case for every single movie in the 90s”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): The Butterfly Effect → Steven Spielberg. Sean wants the Butterfly Effect redone with Spielberg and Colin Farrell and a better script.
“what if this was Steven Spielberg and Colin Farrell”
The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:36:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Steven Spielberg: Bilge's unified field theory: Spielberg's early films are from a child's point of view, the later ones from a parent's, with Hook as the pivot where he realizes he is a parent.
“Halfway through hook. Spielberg realizes I'm a parent.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:23:25 · Bilge Ebiri (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: Bendis, who never knew until The Fabelmans, is stunned that young Spielberg lived with a pet monkey, which the film's Marion scenes echo.
“He lived with the monkey.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:36:39 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.80 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: Bendis's mom sold Spielberg to him as the guy who gave his mother a Bloomingdale's card with no limit, the aspirational image of success.
“Steven Spielberg gave his mother, uh, uh, a Bloomingdale's card with no limit.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:37:19 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.80 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: In the making-of documentary Spielberg, in love with Kate Capshaw, looks into the camera and says Indiana Jones did not get the girl.
“Indiana Jones didn't get the girl.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:07:05 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.85 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: On the Fabelmans set, Spielberg greeted Urbaniak with a pun on 'thanks for having me.'
“And Steven Spielberg said, thanks for being had, which was cute.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 0:18:00 · James Urbaniak (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: Famous video of Spielberg at home watching the Oscar nominations expecting a Jaws best director nod and not getting it; he then spent about twenty years chasing an Oscar.
“he's sitting there in shock because he was so ready to get a best director nomination.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:03:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: Between Jurassic Park and Lost World, Spielberg released a PC and Mac video game, Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair, while building DreamWorks.
“He releases the video game. Steven Spielberg director's chair for PC and Mac.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:06:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: The hosts argue DreamWorks was the biggest blank check ever: a whole studio built on Spielberg's career as collateral.
“And you and I would both argue that is the biggest blank check that any filmmakers ever had.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:07:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: Per the internet, Spielberg loved Murray so much he spent $250,000 of his own money campaigning for an Oscar nomination.
“Steven Spielberg loved Murray so much in this movie that he spent 250,000 of his own money”
The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:58:54 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: The Soderbergh Raiders remix: Hardcore Chris Ryan content.
“Hardcore Chris Ryan content.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: The 'hit by a car in 1986' test: how would he be remembered at his peak?
“if you just got hit by a car at the peak of your career, how would people remember you?”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:51:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
fun, about Steven Spielberg: At the Village East Nolan screening, Jordan watched Spielberg arrive alone by town car, despite owning a print.
“he owns a print of 2001 and he's got a screening room, but he was like, you know what?”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:47 · Jordan Hoffman (0.50 sure it was them)