Michael Douglas

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q119798: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Starman, which Starman with Katey Rich credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Starman (1984); Misery (1990). Count them as actor (27 films), producer (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.

It Happened One Night (1934): 2 lines

  1. craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: It Happened One Night ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Carpenter wanted a road movie of two people in a car getting to know each other, in the mold of It Happened One Night.
    “I want to make it happens one night.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:22:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (homage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: It Happened One Night ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The hay-bale love scene in an empty train car is called a likely conscious homage to It Happened One Night.
    “So it's a, maybe it's an homage.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:27:07 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Stephen King: 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King writing about his nightmare of a fan who takes things too far.
    “Stephen King writing about, like, basically his work's nightmare”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Misery is King's book about addiction; Annie Wilkes stands for the painkillers.
    “Annie Wilkes is really, she represents that, this thing that's trying to kill him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:22 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

An American Werewolf in London (1981): 1 line

  1. lineage (effects lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: An American Werewolf in London ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The transformation sequence is indebted to American Werewolf's practical, show-it-all body effects.
    “Yes, which is very like American werewolf in London, where the body is stretching out.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:20:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): 1 line

  1. industry (studio rivalry / shadow) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Columbia chose Starman over Night Skies, which Universal turned into E.T., so Starman carried the stigma of the one that got away and then looked like a ripoff.
    “Uh, so they let go of night skies and let Universal acquire and turnaround.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Forgetting Sarah Marshall ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Dracula the Musical award is borrowed from Sarah Marshall; given to the Misery books.
    “We relate, so in, in, uh, forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:57:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Romancing the Stone (1984): 1 line

  1. theme (persona turn) · them, directly: Romancing the Stone ⇒ Michael Douglas (the host's read). Says Romancing the Stone is when Douglas found his movie star persona.
    “oh, surprisingly, you've now finally found your movie star persona.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:21:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Stand by Me (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as suggested for Paul Sheldon: Stand by Me ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King's first adaptation he liked was Stand By Me; Reiner got Misery through that deal.
    “the 1st one of the 1st adaptation of his that he actually really liked was stand by me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Two for the Road (1967): 1 line

  1. craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: Two for the Road ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Carpenter reportedly wanted to make something like Two for the Road.
    “I want to make like 2 for the road.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:22:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Forrest Gump (1994): 1 line

  1. people (performance lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: Starman ⇒ Forrest Gump (the host's read). Bridges' hat, check shirt, strange speech and not-quite-a-person quality read as a proto-Forrest Gump.
    “there's like a proto-Forrest Gump vibe in this performance in the hat and in the check shirt”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:57:23 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

John from Cincinnati (2007): 1 line

  1. theme (premise) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: Starman ⇒ John from Cincinnati (the host's read). A mysterious odd visitor who solves everyone's problems and parrots dialogue; John from Cincinnati owes a lot to Starman.
    “He comes and visits, and he's mysterious, and he's weird, and he solves everybody's problem.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:11:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Midnight Special (2016): 1 line

  1. verdict (same story, better version) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: Starman ⇒ Midnight Special (the host's read). Midnight Special is called Spielbergian but really Starman-like; its Adam Driver agent does the benevolent-government-agent role better than Starman's.
    “I'm like, God, that's so Starman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:02:29 · Katey Rich (0.45 sure it was them)

Sean Levy: 1 line

  1. lineage (remake plan) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: Starman ⇒ Sean Levy (the host's read). Levy announced a 2016 remake with Michael Douglas on board.
    “I learned from Wikipedia that in 2016, Sean Levy was planning to direct and produce a remake of Starman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:13:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Starman (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel / spin-off) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as originally developed / attached to star: Starman ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The 1986 show is set 15 years later, about his son, with a recast Starman.
    “is set 15 years in the future because it's about his son.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:08:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Producing (7) everyone in producing

Acting (46) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (10)

  1. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Douglas and Turner's onscreen chemistry in the Romancing the Stone era is called Han Solo and Leia level.
    “their chemistry is on some Han Solo Princess Leia type shit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:26 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Douglas and Turner were the Hepburn and Tracy of the 80s and seemed headed for 20 movies together; Roses was the last.
    “Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner were the Hepburn and Tracy of the 80s”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:05:46 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Michael Douglas → The American President. For the younger speaker the first Michael Douglas movie was The American President, which made his dark turns a shock.
    “the 1st Michael Douglas movie I saw was the American president.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:06:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Michael Douglas → Basic Instinct. Douglas discovered a dark streak with Basic Instinct, a genre he excels in.
    “And and then he discovered basic instinct.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Michael Douglas → Fatal Attraction. Douglas's hit run from 87 includes Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, Black Rain, Roses, Basic Instinct and more.
    “And then from 87 on when he rips off Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, Black Rain, War of the Roses, shining through.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:14:49 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Turner films were Douglas's only comedy work, and he was good at it.
    “This and like only the stuff he did with Kathleen Turner was the comedy stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:15:35 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Michael Douglas → Ant-Man (franchise). Michael Douglas's later comedy lives in the MCU as Hank Pym.
    “before Michael Douglas Comedy awaits in the MCU.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:15:58 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Danny DeVito → Michael Douglas. DeVito was a big 80s star who was always the third wheel with Douglas and Turner, and was doing the Schwarzenegger movies.
    “He's always the 3rd wheel with these 2”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:18:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Ryan Gosling → Michael Douglas. Barbie made the speaker wonder whether Gosling might have a weird 2020s Michael Douglas career.
    “if he could have just had this weird 2020s version of a Michael Douglas career as he hit his 40s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:38:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Adrian Lyne → Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas was king of the erotic thriller for a decade and Adrian Lyne helped define it.
    “Adrian Lyme was the guy who helped define that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:13:31 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. 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)

industry (3)

  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)
  2. industry (industry): Michael Douglas → The War of the Roses. Douglas's producer background gave him a spot-on commercial taste that produced rewatchable classics.
    “Michael Douglas, because he thought, like, a producer and had this whole producer background”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:17:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Michael Douglas → The Game. Michael Douglas wanted the character to have a brother, not a sister.
    “I think Michael Douglas wanted the character to have a brother, not a sister.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (permanent producer credit): Michael Douglas → Face/Off. Douglas keeps a producer credit on Face/Off because he was once going to do it with Harrison Ford.
    “has a fucking producer credit on face off”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:55:58 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Michael Douglas → Kathleen Turner. Bill read a 91 Premiere interview in which Turner said a fourth Douglas film was discussed.
    “So they did three, but they probably could have done seven.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:37:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. people (producer rescue): Michael Douglas → Fletch. After eight years of studio rejection, Michael Douglas got it over the finish line as producer.
    “Michael Douglas. Was the one who got it over the finish line as a producer”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:26:11 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. people (frequent collaborator): Michael Douglas → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh likes to use Douglas a lot.
    “Soderberg likes to use them a lot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:29:26 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (persona): Michael Douglas → Romancing the Stone. In 1984 Douglas excelled at cads and slimeballs, so he would not have worked as the gentle alien.
    “the guy excelled at CAD and slime ball.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:41:07 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Eddie Murphy → Michael Douglas. Like Michael Douglas, Eddie trusts the movie to be on his side, which lets him take risks.
    “he trusts his comedy enough to know that he doesn't have to win all the time”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:38 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. theme (persona turn): Romancing the Stone → Michael Douglas. Says Romancing the Stone is when Douglas found his movie star persona.
    “oh, surprisingly, you've now finally found your movie star persona.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:21:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (4)

  1. unmapped (developed): Michael Douglas → Starman. Douglas shepherded the project at Columbia though he is not credited as a main producer.
    “This is a Michael Douglas project, even though he's not credited”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:25:19 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (hairdresser): Carrie Smith → Michael Douglas. Smith's two main stars are Michael Douglas and Keanu Reeves.
    “her 2 are Michael Douglas and Keanu.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:14:08 · Brendan Hines (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (produced): Michael Douglas → One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Douglas produced it.
    “the big one is Cougar's Nest, obviously”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (father and son): Michael Douglas → Kirk Douglas. Michael basically fired his own father from Cuckoo's Nest.
    “He basically fires his own dad from being in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Misery → Michael Douglas. Douglas had the same demons and the genius IQ.
    “Michael Douglas would have crushed it too, because he would have had the same demons.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:35:57 · Brian Koppelman (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas would have been a great cameo as Steven, though he wouldn't have agreed to the beating.
    “I think Michael Douglas would have been a great cameo”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:28 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Michael Douglas: Young Douglas's wig is the worst of the movie; it looks like they lost the wig and grabbed one from a store.
    “I mean, young Michael Douglas's wig.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:52:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Michael Douglas: Hank Pym in the Ant-Man movies is where the speakers send you for Douglas comedy and baseball-cap Douglas.
    “If you want to see him wear a baseball cap, I'll refer you once again to his work as Hank Pim.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:13:55 · Mallory Rubin (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Michael Douglas: Douglas was 53 when he made the film, playing a man about to turn 48.
    “Okay. He was 53.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:03 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Michael Douglas: His star ascension came late; he spent years producing and getting bigger stars to play the bigger roles, and basically fired his own dad from Cuckoo's Nest.
    “He basically fires his own dad from being in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Michael Douglas: A Paramount executive at a Fatal Attraction test screening told him he cheats on his wife in one scene and the audience is back in his court the next.
    “we will watch you, cheat on your wife, and the next scene, the audience is like back in your court.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:22:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)