Harrison Ford

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q81328: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Raiders of the Lost Ark, which Starman with Katey Rich credits them on.

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 (26 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.

Kirk Douglas: 1 line

  1. career (career) · them, directly: Kirk Douglas ⇒ Harrison Ford (the host's read). Harrison Ford tried to continue Douglas's tradition of using star power to get tricky movies made.
    “Harrison Ford was kind of trying to keep the Douglas tradition going”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:39:53 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

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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

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What was said about them, by kind

career (21)

  1. career (career boost): Peter Weir → Harrison Ford. Weir's films made Ford respected as an actor, as Dead Poets did for Williams.
    “and, you know, he made Harrison Ford respected as an actor.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:36:08 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Harrison Ford → Hollywood Homicide. Cranky Ford's start is dated around Hollywood Homicide.
    “I would say it starts with Hollywood homicide?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:04:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Harrison Ford → Die Hard. Ford's Indiana Jones is a definitive movie-star performance, like Bruce Willis in Die Hard and John Wayne in Stagecoach.
    “kind of like Bruce Willis and Die Hard.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:06:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Harrison Ford → Witness. Witness, Working Girl, Jack Ryan and The Fugitive are Ford films that work within his persona.
    “witness, working girl, and then the Jack Ryan movies”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:27:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Harrison Ford → The Mosquito Coast. Ford's dark-side movies like Mosquito Coast and Presumed Innocent did not click with audiences, though they age well.
    “there's stuff like mosquito coast or presumed innocent or frantic or whatever, where it's like, what if I showed you a darker side?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:27:23 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Harrison Ford → What Lies Beneath. What Lies Beneath was the first time Ford weaponized audiences not expecting him to be dark.
    “what lies beneath is the 1st time he weaponizes people don't expect me to be that dark.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:27:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Harrison Ford → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Ford finally owned being an elder statesman with Force Awakens.
    “not until force awakens where he kind of owns being elder statesman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:28:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Harrison Ford → Raiders of the Lost Ark. It may have been a big deal that Indiana Jones was doing a romantic comedy; this is his first rom-com.
    “I wonder if it was a big deal that Indiana Jones was doing sort of like a romantic comedy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:12:02 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Harrison Ford → Witness. Mallory Rubin thinks Witness is the most attractive Ford has ever been.
    “Her, she thinks the most attractive Harrison Ford has ever been is in Witness canonically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:30:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Harrison Ford → Blade Runner. Ford's 80s run: two Raiders movies, two Star Wars, Blade Runner, Witness, Mosquito Coast, Frantic, then this.
    “Blade Runner, Witness, Mosquito Coast, frantic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:34:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. career (career): Harrison Ford → Regarding Henry. The recurring Regarding Henry bit; one speaker defends it and says Ford goes new places and is sweet.
    “He is like he goes some new places, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:35:34 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. career (career): Chris Pratt → Harrison Ford. Pratt was expected to use B-minus Harrison Ford franchise roles to fund more interesting work.
    “he was going to take gigs as B minus Harrison Ford as Star Lord and the Guardians movies as the dinosaur tamer in Jurassic World.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:31:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  13. career (career): Harrison Ford → The Mosquito Coast. On Inside the Actors Studio Ford calls The Mosquito Coast his favorite of his films.
    “they talk about the mosquito coast, which I think he says is his favorite movie he made.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:38:32 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. career (career): Kirk Douglas → Harrison Ford. Harrison Ford tried to continue Douglas's tradition of using star power to get tricky movies made.
    “Harrison Ford was kind of trying to keep the Douglas tradition going”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 0:39:53 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  15. career (career): Harrison Ford → Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ford made Raiders and Blade Runner after being frozen in Empire.
    “after Empire, he made Raiders of the Lost Ark at Blade Runner.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:21:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  16. career (career): Harrison Ford → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. Ford wanted Han killed off, secure by then with Indiana Jones.
    “That's the other reason I think Ford is just like, maybe killing Han Solo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:21:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  17. career (career): Harrison Ford → Witness. The year after Jedi Ford made Witness and got his first Oscar nomination.
    “The year after this, he makes witness, gets his 1st Oscar nomination.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:22:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  18. career (career): Harrison Ford → The Mosquito Coast. Ford kept working with good directors after Jedi, in Mosquito Coast and Presumed Innocent.
    “Mosquito Coast, presumed innocent.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:22:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  19. career (career): Harrison Ford → What Lies Beneath. Ford's strong box-office run lasted until 2000, through What Lies Beneath.
    “Yeah, it's through to wet lies beneath.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:22:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  20. career (career): Harrison Ford → Blade Runner. Blade Runner bombed, but Ford had Indiana Jones in his back pocket, so he could not say no to Lucas.
    “Like, even though Blade Runner bombed, he knows like, I got fucking Indiana Jones in the back pocket, that thing's a go.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:13:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  21. career (career): Harrison Ford → Indiana Jones series. By Jedi, Ford was already Indiana Jones, which may explain the detached performances.
    “especially Harrison Ford was already Indiana Jones at this point.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:07:23 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

contrast (5)

  1. contrast (pilot contrast): John Travolta → Harrison Ford. Travolta dresses as a pilot while Ford flies small crashable planes.
    “unlike Harrison Ford when Travolta flies planes, he wears a little pilot outfit.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 1:44:57 · Hillary Busis (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Harrison Ford → Dwayne Johnson. Modern stars with contractual limits on losing fights contrast with Ford letting the German mechanic beat him up.
    “the infamous fucking like Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel contractual, how many punches they can take”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:48:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Harrison Ford → Tom Hanks. Ford has a higher Q rating than even Tom Hanks.
    “a higher Q rating than even like a Tom Hanks genuinely.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:36:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Harrison Ford → Michael Douglas. Ford never plays the Basic Instinct cop; Douglas built a career on that kind of role.
    “But Carrison Ford's never going to be the cop in basic instinct.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:59:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. 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): Harrison Ford → Richard Gere. Like Gere in Pretty Woman, the rich rom-com guy's clothes have to work and fit.
    “Richard Gere and Pretty Woman also, great clothes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:09:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Michael Douglas → Harrison Ford. Douglas was a peak A-list 80s star alongside Costner, Ford, Denzel and Cruise.
    “Douglas is at his peak.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:17:48 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

people (5)

  1. people (people): Harrison Ford → Jimmy Stewart. Ford's goofy, open side in this movie has a little Jimmy Stewart in it.
    “There's like almost little Jimmy Stewart in him”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:32:03 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Harrison Ford → Baby Boom. Sam Shepard in Baby Boom is the same type of man women love as Ford.
    “And they are like of a of a type.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:06:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Presumed Innocent → Harrison Ford. Amanda wanted Harrison Ford in a legal thriller.
    “I would love to have Harrison Ford.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:51:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Raiders of the Lost Ark → Harrison Ford. Ford's nerd-professor-turned-hero is called the best action hero star performance ever.
    “And it is the best action hero star performance.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:09:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. people (people): Ender's Game → Harrison Ford. The box office game answer is Ender's Game with Harrison Ford in a supporting role and Gavin Hood directing.
    “Harry Ford.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 2:08:20 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Harrison Ford → Raiders of the Lost Ark. Raiders is the distillation of what Ford is uniquely great at as a movie star, though Han Solo is the favorite.
    “I think it's his most important performance, and I think it's the greatest distillation of what he is uniquely great at as a movie star”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:21:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (6)

  1. what-if (what-if): Harrison Ford → Alec Baldwin. Reportedly Baldwin was given Jack's part, then Ford decided he wanted the movie and Baldwin was bumped down.
    “They then give the role to Alec Baldwin.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:32:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Harrison Ford → Internal Affairs. One speaker would nominate Harrison Ford from the studio's long list for Peck.
    “Harrison Ford, which is the one that I would nominate.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:08:53 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (casting what-if): Harrison Ford → Anthony Hopkins. If Ford had the Hopkins part the film changes because you blindly root for Ford.
    “if Harrison Ford was in the Hopkins spot. First of all, it is, this is a different movie because now I'm rooting for, it's just in, you're blind rooting for Harrison Ford in every movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:26:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Harrison Ford → Kevin Kline. Bill floats Ford for Kline's role, then notes his sex scenes are always stressed-out.
    “How about Harrison Ford instead of coin?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:04 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (career what-if): Luke Wilson → Harrison Ford. Chris says Wilson had an action-lead path like Ford if he had stayed in game shape; the others mock it.
    “I think if Luke Wilson had stayed in game shape. I think there's a there is like an action movie path for him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:24 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  6. what-if (what-if): Luke Wilson → Harrison Ford. A podcaster once said Luke Wilson could have been Harrison Ford.
    “Luke Wilson, who Chris Ryan once famously said, could have been Harrison Ford.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:26:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Harrison Ford: In an NPR interview Jay Leno called to say he was 3D printing a toilet seat for Ford's rare toilet.
    “No, no. Jay Leno 3D printed him a toilet seat.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:55:00 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Harrison Ford: The planned sword-versus-whip fight in Cairo became Indy simply shooting the swordsman after Ford suggested it, because the cast was sick and time was short.
    “Harrison Ford's like, what if I just shot?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:26:08 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Harrison Ford: Bendis's nomination for Ford's greatest performance is the Jimmy Kimmel Live sketch where he confronts Chewbacca for sleeping with his wife.
    “The greatest thing he ever put on film was on Jimmy Kimmel live, the sketch where he confronts Chewbacca for sleeping with his wife.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:23:09 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Harrison Ford: Hottest moment in the movie: the shirtless office change as the women cheer; Ford plays a nothing role with charm.
    “He's just there to like be handsome and support her and he does it with such charm”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:31:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Harrison Ford: Ford at the bar: the meet-cute where he never gives his name; Joanna's most rewatchable scene.
    “The guy not saying who he is when he meets our lead character is just like that works 98% of the time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:55:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Harrison Ford: Ford props up the passed-out Tess and offers her herbal tea; it is very funny physical comedy.
    “And good physical comedy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:02:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Harrison Ford: Ford walks in at 36:04 with a lopsided smile; Joanna's pick for the moment the movie goes up a notch.
    “exact moment when the movie goes up a notch and it's at 36 minutes and 4 seconds when Harrison Ford aims his lopsided smile at Melly Griffith's legs and enters the story.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:26:56 · Joanna Robinson (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Harrison Ford: Does he ever actually have sex in movies? Only Presumed Innocent; speakers think it was an intentional choice from Han Solo on.
    “I think it was a very intentional choice from the moment he was Han Solo on.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:58:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)