David Mamet

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q269927: 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: My Cousin Vinny (1992); Hard Eight (Sydney). Count them as director (1 film), writer (3 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.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through My Cousin Vinny (1992), which they were tied to as fan who called it the best American comedy ever written: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ My Cousin Vinny (the host's read). A Dutch-angle shot of James Rebhorn is called supposed to be out of Hitchcock, offered while saying the film has no truly cinematic shot.
    “I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:51:35 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

David Mamet: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Hard Eight (Sydney), which they were tied to as influence on PTA and on Brian's writing: David Mamet ⇒ Hard Eight (Sydney) (the maker said so: PTA talking about it). PTA talks about Mamet's influence, but Brian says he threw it off more easily than Brian and his partner do.
    “although PTA talks about Mammoth's influence”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:54:07 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

Robert Altman: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Hard Eight (Sydney), which they were tied to as influence on PTA and on Brian's writing: Robert Altman ⇒ Hard Eight (Sydney) (the host's read). If you talk about its influences you have to talk about Altman too.
    “you got to talk about Altman, I think too”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:58:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Three's Company: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through My Cousin Vinny (1992), which they were tied to as fan who called it the best American comedy ever written: Three's Company ⇒ My Cousin Vinny (the host's read). Built on the misunderstanding-sitcom gags of that era; Friends was the last to dive into it.
    “it's still the legacy of that 3s company era of misunderstandings that could be entire episode.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:08:02 · Bill Simmons (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.

Fran Drescher: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through My Cousin Vinny (1992), which they were tied to as fan who called it the best American comedy ever written: My Cousin Vinny ⇒ Fran Drescher (the host's read). Easy to rip off Tomei because ethnic comic performers with timing and sex appeal knew what to do with such a part.
    “there's a whole world of so-called ethnics out there who have great comic timing are really sexy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:48:38 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)

Hard Eight (Sydney): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: David Mamet ⇒ Hard Eight (Sydney) (the maker said so: PTA talking about it). PTA talks about Mamet's influence, but Brian says he threw it off more easily than Brian and his partner do.
    “although PTA talks about Mammoth's influence”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:54:07 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

Legally Blonde (2001): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through My Cousin Vinny (1992), which they were tied to as fan who called it the best American comedy ever written: My Cousin Vinny ⇒ Legally Blonde (the host's read). Legally Blonde comes after Vinny and plays with the genre's moments.
    “it comes after my cousin Vinny”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:34:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (3) everyone in writing

Other (2) everyone in other

Directing (1) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Hard Eight (Sydney) → David Mamet. PTA talks about Mamet's influence, but Brian says he threw it off more easily than Brian and his partner do.
    “although PTA talks about Mammoth's influence”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:54:07 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): The Verdict → David Mamet. Written by Mamet, one of his first screenplays.
    “written by David Mammon”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:08:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): David Mamet → My Cousin Vinny. Mamet told the director it is the best American comedy ever written.
    “David Mammoth told the director that it's the best American comedy ever written.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:10:02 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about David Mamet: Art Linson's book: in the pitch an executive objected that nobody roots for a rich guy, so Mamet added the affair and the cuckold angle.
    “nobody's going to root for a rich guy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:29:14 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)