Macaulay Culkin

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q103578: 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: The Ice Storm (1997). Count them as actor (2 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.

Rick Moody's novel: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, recast idea for Elijah Wood's role: Rick Moody's novel ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Based on Rick Moody's 1994 book; the author cried at the end of a cut and said they got it.
“It's based on Rick Moody's 1994 book, who saw a cut of it and cried at the end and was like, my God, they got it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, recast idea for Elijah Wood's role: The Brady Bunch Movie ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm.
“They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Swingtown (TV): 1 line

programming (programming) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they were tied to as actor, recast idea for Elijah Wood's role: The Ice Storm ⇒ Swingtown (TV) (the host's read). Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax.
“That show has to be on Cinemax.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (6) everyone in acting

actor, The Good Son (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fearless with Timothy Simons)
actor, The Good Son (The Rewatchables, ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
actor, The Good Son (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
actor, Home Alone (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
actor, Home Alone (The Big Picture, The 1990 Movie Draft)
actor, The Good Son (Blank Check — Patreon, The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free))

Other (1) everyone in other

actor, recast idea for Elijah Wood's role, The Ice Storm (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

people (people): Home Alone → Macaulay Culkin. Culkin tormenting Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci is the draw.
“Macaulay Culkin, fucking with Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci for one hour is remarkable”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:37:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

unmapped (dubbing): The Good Son → Macaulay Culkin. Culkin's swearing was overdubbed to protect his image.
“They had to overdub him swearing because they didn't want it to if they wanted to be able to say he's still like he is not sullied by the swear words.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:50:02 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

what-if (what-if): Macaulay Culkin → Elijah Wood. Fennessey proposes swapping Elijah Wood for Macaulay Culkin or any Culkin.
“what if we just swapped Elijah Wood for Macaulay Culkin?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.