Tony Scott

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q193648: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Beverly Hills Cop II, which ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan 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: The Hunger (1983); Top Gun (1986); Beverly Hills Cop II (1987); Days of Thunder (1990); Revenge (1990); True Romance (1993); The Fan (1996); Spy Game (2001); The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (remake) (2009); (various); The Taking of Pelham 123; The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott remake); unspecified 80s films.

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.

Top Gun (1986): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Days of Thunder (1990), which they directed: Top Gun ⇒ Days of Thunder (the host's read). Days of Thunder is essentially Top Gun with cars.
    “it's essentially just Top Gun with cars”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:49 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (retread) · through Days of Thunder (1990), which they directed: Top Gun ⇒ Days of Thunder (the host's read). Days of Thunder is tapping the same vein as Top Gun in its afterburner.
    “we're still like in the vapor trail, the afterburner of Top Gun here”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:00:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Do the Right Thing (1989): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowed speech) · through True Romance (1993), which they directed: Do the Right Thing ⇒ True Romance (the host's read). The Sicilians-and-Moors speech in True Romance echoes what Mookie says to Pino in Sal's.
    “Well, Sicilians and and Africans and the Moors in that whole speech that appears in true romance, which is also something that Mookie essentially says to Pino”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:51:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

The Taking of Pelham 123: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (remake) · through The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott remake), which they directed: The Taking of Pelham 123 ⇒ The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott remake) (the host's read). Patton's contrast: the remake needs Denzel Washington, the original has Matthau eating a stale hot dog.
    “you look at the Tony Scott remake, and the guy has to be Denzel Washington”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:42:23 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Days of Thunder (1990): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Top Gun (1986), which they directed: Top Gun ⇒ Days of Thunder (the host's read). Days of Thunder is essentially Top Gun with cars.
    “it's essentially just Top Gun with cars”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:49 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (retread) · through Top Gun (1986), which they directed: Top Gun ⇒ Days of Thunder (the host's read). Days of Thunder is tapping the same vein as Top Gun in its afterburner.
    “we're still like in the vapor trail, the afterburner of Top Gun here”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:00:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Joseph Kosinski: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Tony Scott ⇒ Joseph Kosinski (the host's read). Kosinski is called the heir to Tony Scott's way of filming machinery in motion.
    “he really is an inheritor of some of like his Tony Scott's like stylistic revelations.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:32 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody target) · through Days of Thunder (1990), which they directed: Days of Thunder ⇒ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (the host's read). The film is not a direct parody but spoofs movies like Days of Thunder; Reilly was in both.
    “I don't think this movie is like a direct parody of that, but it is parodying movies like Days of Thunder.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:05:52 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)

The Rock (1996): 1 line

  1. theme (scrapped premise) · through Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), which they directed: Beverly Hills Cop II ⇒ The Rock (the host's read). The abandoned England/Scotland Yard concept with Sean Connery became the backbone of The Rock a decade later.
    “initially written Beverly Hills Cop 2 to be Eddie Murphy in England, solving crimes with Sean Connery, actually, which basically, I think, winds up being like essentially the backbone for what the rock is 10 years later or whatever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:00:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott remake): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (remake) · through The Taking of Pelham 123, which they directed: The Taking of Pelham 123 ⇒ The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott remake) (the host's read). Patton's contrast: the remake needs Denzel Washington, the original has Matthau eating a stale hot dog.
    “you look at the Tony Scott remake, and the guy has to be Denzel Washington”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:42:23 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel verdict) · through Top Gun (1986), which they directed: Top Gun ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Chris says the sequel delivered and is better than the first, and Amanda agrees.
    “It's better than the 1st one”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:26:26 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (19) everyone in directing

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career context): Tony Scott → Top Gun. Tony Scott was attached to Starman right before Top Gun.
    “And this is right before Top Gun.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:35:07 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Blue Steel → Tony Scott. Bigelow's 90s images carry a weight beyond the stylization of 80s Tony Scott-era films.
    “there's a weight to the images in this movie that feels like a real evolutionary step beyond the like stylization of the 80s”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:06:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Joseph Kosinski → Tony Scott. Kosinski is called the heir to Tony Scott's way of filming machinery in motion.
    “he really is an inheritor of some of like his Tony Scott's like stylistic revelations.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:32 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (people): The Fan → Tony Scott. De Niro did the fan twice; The Fan is a bad Tony Scott movie.
    “It's funny because De Niro's done this twice because then he did the fan, which is terrible.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:09:41 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. people (director count): Tony Scott → David Fincher. Tony Scott may be approaching Fincher territory for number of Rewatchables episodes.
    “This now might be Tony's getting into the Fincher zone, I think, with how many rewatchables we've done with Tony Scott now?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:58 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Days of Thunder → Tony Scott. Tony Scott and Tom Cruise supply frames that spark patriotism and love of cinema.
    “what Tony Scott gave us and what Tom Cruise gave us”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:49:58 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Spy Game → Tony Scott. Spy Game is a Tony Scott film.
    “Tony Scott.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:45:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (racetrack crosscutting): Tony Scott → Beverly Hills Cop II. Scott's signature crosscutting with running horses defines the racetrack robbery.
    “Nobody loved crosscutting with running horses more than Tony Scott.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:33:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (romance): Brigitte Nielsen → Tony Scott. Nielsen cheated on Stallone with Tony Scott during this filming, per what Simmons read, and also had a romance with Schwarzenegger.
    “Mary Stallone, cheated on Stallone with Tony Scott, which broke up his marriage during this filming”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:36:07 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (who won the movie): Beverly Hills Cop II → Tony Scott. Ryan argues Tony Scott could win the movie for his distinctiveness, even though the answer is Murphy.
    “I think you could make the argument that Tony Scott does because it's just so distinctively.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:02:44 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Reservoir Dogs → Tony Scott. The hosts imagine a Tony Scott version: the heist shown, electrified score, more cop stuff.
    “Probably would have had more cop stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:45 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Tony Scott: Scott flew to New Jersey to meet Murphy, shot pool, then Murphy vanished mid-rematch and sent his boys to say Scott was fine with him.
    “Scott recalls shooting some pool with Murphy. who won the 1st game, then disappeared in the middle of a rematch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:13:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Tony Scott: On the armored-truck city deposit robbery: Scott takes off his shirt, rubs body butter on his arms and does action-sequence curls for three minutes.
    “Tony's like, takes off his shirt, rubs his arms with body butter, and just fucking does some curls for us for about 3 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:32:42 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)