Tim Robbins
Made films the shows talk about.
Wikidata Q95048: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Player, which 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris credits them on.
Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Bob Roberts (1992); Dead Man Walking (1995). Count them as actor (5 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.
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.
No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.
What the speakers said they did
Directing (2) everyone in directing
- director, Bob Roberts (The Rewatchables, 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris)
- director, Dead Man Walking (The Rewatchables, 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris)
Acting (8) everyone in acting
- actor, won Supporting Actor, Mystic River (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman)
- actor, Bull Durham (The Rewatchables, A CR Month Mailbag!)
- actor, the President, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (The Rewatchables, ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
- actor (Griffin Mill), The Player (The Rewatchables, 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris)
- actor, Bull Durham (The Rewatchables, 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris)
- actor, The Shawshank Redemption (The Rewatchables, 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris)
- actor (pitcher with the throwing motion), Bull Durham (The Rewatchables, ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin)
- actor, Mystic River (Blank Check — Patreon, In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free))
Other (1) everyone in other
- offered a part, declined, Margin Call (The Rewatchables, ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman)
What was said about them, by kind
career (2)
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career (career):
Tim Robbins → The Shawshank Redemption.
The Player is a step in Robbins's run from Bull Durham to Shawshank, and two years from Dead Man Walking.
“I think Robin needed this for his Bull Durham, to the player, to Shawshank”
The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:14:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Tim Robbins → Dead Man Walking.
Robbins directed Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking; the hosts trace the Scacchi/D'Onofrio/Leila George/Sean Penn six degrees.
“Tim Robbins directed Sean Penn in the movie Dead Man Walking.”
The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:15:11 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
craft (3)
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craft (craft):
Tim Robbins → Bull Durham.
Bull Durham is the proposed namesake for a horrible-on-screen-athleticism flex category, though Tim Robbins is defended for his idiosyncratic windup.
“I nominate Tim Robbins as the namesake for Bull Durham.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:15:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Tim Robbins → Bull Durham.
Tim Robbins's throwing motion is called insurmountable for a phenom pitcher; Mallory counters that it is part of the lore.
“You can't have the greatest baseball movie of all time when you have this phenom pitcher, and he throws like he has a broken arm.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:04:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Tim Robbins → Bull Durham.
Robbins's odd throw is half excused because he hurt his arm early in filming.
“because he actually threw out his arm early in the filming and that's why he throws that way”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:56:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
None.