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 writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: The Verdict (1982); The Edge (1997); Brittany Runs a Marathon (influence). Count them as director (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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

A Few Good Men (1992): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Verdict (1982), which they wrote: The Verdict ⇒ A Few Good Men (the host's read). You cannot have A Few Good Men without The Verdict; everything on the courtroom checklist comes from it.
“you really, really cannot have a few good men without having the verdict”
The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:07:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Hard Eight (Sydney): 1 line

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)

The Firm (1993): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Verdict (1982), which they wrote: The Verdict ⇒ The Firm (the host's read). The Verdict is foundational for the Grisham underdog stories.
“foundational for a lot of the Grisham stories”
The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

What Just Happened (2008): 1 line

unmapped (dramatization) · through The Edge (1997), which they wrote: The Edge ⇒ What Just Happened (the host's read). Barry Levinson's 2008 film, drawn from Art Linson's book, fictionalizes the making of The Edge, including the beard fight and De Niro.
“They made a movie based on Art Linson's book, and a lot of it is about making this stupid movie and a big part about him not shaving the beard”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:35:23 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (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)

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)

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

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)