Tim Robbins

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.

Oliver Stone: 1 line

1. lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as offered a part, declined: Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing). Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet.

   “Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth.”

   The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Billions: 2 lines

1. career (career) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as offered a part, declined: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says Margin Call reaffirmed how he and Dave had thought about these people, and made a hedge-fund story make more sense than a bank story.

   “margin call may be reaffirmed that the way Dave and I thought about these people, as we'd met them, was pretty much like the way a lot of them are”

   The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:18 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
2. lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as offered a part, declined: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer.

   “this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer”

   The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

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)

1. 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)
2. 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)

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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

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