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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Starman (1984); Top Gun (1986). Count them as director (13 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 attached director: 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 attached director: 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)

An American Werewolf in London (1981): 1 line

  1. lineage (effects lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as attached director: 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 attached director: 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)

Two for the Road (1967): 1 line

  1. craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as attached director: 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.

Days of Thunder (1990): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Top Gun (1986), which they were tied to as inspiration for Kosinski's filming of machinery: 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 were tied to as inspiration for Kosinski's filming of machinery: 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)

Forrest Gump (1994): 1 line

  1. people (performance lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as attached director: 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 attached director: 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)

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)

Midnight Special (2016): 1 line

  1. verdict (same story, better version) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as attached director: 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 attached director: 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 attached director: 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)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel verdict) · through Top Gun (1986), which they were tied to as inspiration for Kosinski's filming of machinery: 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)