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.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977); Hanover Street (1979); The Frisco Kid (1979); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Blade Runner (1982); Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983); Witness (1985); The Mosquito Coast (1986); Frantic (1988); Working Girl (1988); Presumed Innocent (1990); Regarding Henry (1991); The Fugitive (1993); Clear and Present Danger (1994); Sabrina (1995); Air Force One (1997); What Lies Beneath (2000); Hollywood Homicide (2003); Cowboys & Aliens (2011); Ender's Game (2013); Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023); Blade Runner (the new one); Captain America: Brave New World; Indiana Jones (franchise); K-19: The Widowmaker; Patriot Games.

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.

James Bond films (the franchise): 3 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: James Bond films (the franchise) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the maker said so: Spielberg's account of the Hawaii conversation with Lucas). Lucas pitched Raiders to Spielberg as a better, American take on the Bond idea Spielberg had been wanting to do.
    “I have the I have the same basic idea, but better, and it's this Raiders of the Lost Ark idea.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:49:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: James Bond films (the franchise) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). The Cairo plane fight with the burly Nazi is called a straight James Bond henchman scene.
    “that's that's a flat out James Bond jaw scene.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:50:56 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: James Bond films (the franchise) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Raiders borrowed the Bond villain structure: a refined man in a lair with separate gimmicky henchmen to fight.
    “that's a clear thing they lifted from James Bond very wisely, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:50:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chuck Jones: 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Chuck Jones ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Spielberg's staging has a Chuck Jones element, going back to Chuck Jones as a cartoon influence.
    “how important Chuck Jones was to Steven Spielberg at the time”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:36:15 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Chuck Jones ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). The wordless anticipation and subversion of Wile E. Coyote shows up in Indy's silent action beats.
    “the importance of anticipation, and how to visually, uh, sort of indicate to the audience, what the character thinks is going to happen”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:39:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Dune (1984): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars.
    “And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Dune's Fremen/revolution material is the denser source that Star Wars abstracts; the Force is Dune without the drugs.
    “the Force in Star Wars is like doom without the drugs.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:17:01 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Fabelmans (2022): 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: The Fabelmans ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Marion's monkey scenes mirror Spielberg's mother's relationship with the monkey shown in The Fabelmans.
    “the relationship Marion has with the monkey, in that brief amount of screen time, feels so mirrored to his mother's relationship with the monkey”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:28:09 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: The Fabelmans ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Marion is partly Spielberg's mother, which keeps her from being an idealized tough-girl fantasy.
    “it does feel like to some degree she's like his mom.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:28:40 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: An Officer and a Gentleman ⇒ Working Girl (the host's read). The kiss-and-secretaries-cheer moment is an Officer and a Gentleman homage.
    “And then I had the officer and a gentleman homage when they're kissing and one of the secretaries says, way to go.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:13:08 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Casablanca (1942): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Casablanca ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca.
    “The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Dave Toschi: 1 line

  1. unmapped (namesake) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Dave Toschi ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Star Wars has a Tosche station, named after Dave Toschi.
    “It does. named after Dave Kosk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:39:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Flash Gordon (Republic serial): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Flash Gordon (Republic serial) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Lucas conceived Indiana Jones as a B-picture at A-picture scale, like the old Republic serials.
    “let's make a sort of B picture at an A picture scale, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:46:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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)

Revenge of the Sith: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Revenge of the Sith ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Lucas added a 'No' to Vader's turn in Jedi that matches Revenge of the Sith.
    “same fucking no from the end of Avenge of the Sith.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:13:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Scott Turow: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Presumed Innocent (1990), which they acted in: Scott Turow ⇒ Presumed Innocent (the host's read). Airport-novel adaptations starring movie stars; Amanda plans to read all of Turow this summer.
    “that type of, like, airport novel with respect to Scotchro”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:52:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Seven Samurai (1954): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Seven Samurai ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan.
    “Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)

Star Wars (A New Hope): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars (A New Hope) ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Leia pulls the Chewbacca-in-manacles disguise trick from A New Hope when infiltrating Jabba's palace.
    “pulling the same trick that they pulled in New Hope, that like Chewbacca in Manacles trick.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:39:43 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first.
    “We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sydney Greenstreet: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Sydney Greenstreet ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). Jabba is said to be visually based on Sydney Greenstreet.
    “He's based on Sydney Green Street, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:12:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Hidden Fortress (1958): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: The Hidden Fortress ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Mallory lists Hidden Fortress among Lucas's influences.
    “7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress.”
    The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

The Phantom Menace (1999): 3 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read). Sees seeds planted in Jedi that bloom in the prequels.
    “you see the things, the mechanations starting to come into place a little bit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:08:34 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read). The Obi-Wan log scene starts the over-explanation that typifies the prequels.
    “tiptoe towards the problems of the Phantom Madness trilogy, whereas, like, where it's all explained out loud.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:58:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Phantom Menace (the host's read). Ewok guerrilla tactics echo the Gungan thing in Phantom Menace, though that one is far worse.
    “And it just sort of reminds you of the Gungen thing, which is way worse, but is in the same, like, ballpark.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:08:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Dune (1984): 2 lines

  1. programming (programming) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
    “Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (tentpole hope) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was meant to be the new Star Wars franchise, Lynch writing the sequel, coloring books on shelves.
    “I thought it was going to be the Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:18:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): 2 lines

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (the host's read). Willie Scott was built as the anti-Marion, which means doing the opposite of what works.
    “the anti-Marian means you're doing the opposite of what works.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:53:35 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (the host's read). Temple of Doom was a prequel partly to avoid doing the Nazis again.
    “part of the calculation of making a Temple of Doom, a prequel was that he didn't want to just do the Nazis again.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:59:23 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Pretty Woman (1990): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pretty Woman borrows openly from Working Girl's Cinderella story.
    “It openly steal shit from this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pairing Working Girl and Pretty Woman as a Cinderella double feature to see what Pretty Woman took.
    “It double Cinderella and then you're watching Purdue Woman seeing all the things they took.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:05:09 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens: 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read). The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope.
    “Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read). It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8.
    “in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Alien (the host's read). In Star Wars' wake came Alien and Blade Runner rather than more 4-color space operas.
    “the Star Wars Halo effect are like alien.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Arthur C. Clarke: 1 line

  1. lineage (why the sequel got written) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Arthur C. Clarke (the host's read). The speaker thinks the post-Star Wars sci-fi rush is what kickstarted Clarke finally writing the follow-up.
    “I mean, I'm realizing the other thing that probably kickstarted Arthur C. Clark finally writing the follow-up novel is the mad post-Star Wars sci-fi brush of like, oh, now Star Trek, the motion picture is getting made.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:22:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Battlestar Galactica: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Battlestar Galactica (the host's read). Star Wars' direct influence landed more on television, e.g. Battlestar Galactica.
    “And of course, on television, you had Battlestar Galactic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:14:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chris Pratt: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Chris Pratt (the host's read). The wrong lessons from Indiana Jones were taken by later action heroes like Pratt.
    “the lessons that we took from that character that like Chris Pratt took maybe from that character are not the ones that I think we should have been taking”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:09:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Empire of the Sun (1987): 1 line

  1. craft (shot design) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Empire of the Sun (the host's read). Same slow reveal as Indiana Jones in pieces before the hero shot.
    “which similarly has the like Spielberg taking 5 minutes to show you Indiana Jones in pieces before you really get the hero shot”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:38:17 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Flash Gordon (1980): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Flash Gordon (the host's read). Flash Gordon and The Last Starfighter are a grounded-in-reality category of post-Star Wars space movies.
    “Flash Gordon, I want to put as this category of things like Last Starfighter, like the Masters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

George Lucas: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ George Lucas (the host's read). Lucas's Star Wars deal (giving up salary for merch and control) enabled the Raiders deal of owning the negative.
    “he gives up his salary and his points as a director on Star Wars to retain the control and the merch.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:01:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

James Bond films (the franchise): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ James Bond films (the franchise) (the host's read). Star Wars pushed Bond into outer space.
    “James Bond went to went to the moon because of Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:55:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Lego Star Wars: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ Lego Star Wars (the host's read). Lego game levels from Jedi are always fun; the prequels' plot-heavy levels play less well.
    “weirdly, like Return of the Jedi levels are always really fun to play.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:31:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Masters of the Universe (2026): 1 line

  1. lineage (origin) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read). He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising.
    “so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible (1996): 1 line

  1. unmapped (TV-to-film precedent) · through The Fugitive (1993), which they acted in: The Fugitive ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The Fugitive proved a classic TV property could be a big-screen box-office hit, which opened the door for Mission: Impossible.
    “the fugitive proved that there was box office potential and television IP on the big screen.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:02:32 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Revenge of the Sith: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ Revenge of the Sith (the host's read). The Emperor in Jedi sits in a chair saying roughly the same things as in the identical-chair scene in Revenge of the Sith.
    “he's basically saying most of the same thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 1:11:34 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Soderbergh's silent Raiders remix: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Soderbergh's silent Raiders remix (the host's read). Soderbergh re-cut Raiders silent, black and white, over The Social Network score.
    “It's basically his silent film remix of Raiders, black and white film with the social network score playing over it”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:10:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Trek: The Motion Picture (the host's read). Star Trek the Motion Picture happened because Star Wars scooped the studio.
    “Like Star Wars scooped our ass.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:12:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read). A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first.
    “We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line

  1. craft (camera-movement coverage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Scorsese covers scenes with morphing moving master shots, like Spielberg's quick efficient coverage, to stay under schedule.
    “But he's doing like all this Spielberg, like coverage with camera movement.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:21:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ The Devil Wears Prada (the host's read). Working Girl sprinkled its DNA over later beloved movies, Pretty Woman and Devil Wears Prada chief among them.
    “And it's just sprinkling DNA over all these beloved movies over the next 40 years, but those were Pretty Woman and Devil wears Prada were the 2 that I was like, oh, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:13:35 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)

The Horizon Experiment (comic): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ The Horizon Experiment (comic) (the host's read). A current comic flips Indiana Jones into someone taking things out of museums back to adventure.
    “a comic book out right now called the Horizon experiment by the guys that did the good Asian”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:24:12 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.80 sure it was them)

The Incredibles (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Incredibles (the host's read). The speeder bike forest chase is a clear inspiration for the Incredibles chase.
    “This is such a big inspiration too, clearly, on the Incredibles chase sequence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:02:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024): 1 line

  1. craft (plot structure) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (the host's read). The film fails to tie its Indiana-Jones-style MacGuffin to the Wallace-Gromit relationship.
    “They fail to make the, um, the plot, the sort of like Indiana Jones-S McGuffin of what they're up against directly relate to Wallace and Gromit's relationship.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 2:11:21 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Working Girl (1990 NBC series): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ Working Girl (1990 NBC series) (the host's read). Working Girl became a 1990 NBC series, with Sandra Bullock as Tess.
    “Working Girl became an NBC series in 1990”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:11:10 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (54) everyone in acting

Other (5) everyone in other

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)