Richard Gere

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q48410: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Star 80 (1983); Misery (1990); Tombstone (1993). Count them as actor (8 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.

Stephen King: 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as considered for Paul Sheldon per Goldman: 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 considered for Paul Sheldon per Goldman: 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)

The Godfather (1972): 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Tombstone (1993), which they were tied to as almost cast as Wyatt Earp: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the maker said so: Russell, in his True West magazine interview). Russell's intended tone was a Western Godfather; Jarre's version was more elegant.
    “Well, Russell says it, it was basically the godfather of Westerns.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Tombstone (1993), which they were tied to as almost cast as Wyatt Earp: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The Oriental faro takeover shows the Godfather-like business side Russell wanted.
    “You could see the godfather thing that Russell's talking about when he moves into Tombstone and immediately takes over the Faro game at the Oriental.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as considered for Paul Sheldon per Goldman: 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)

John Ford: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they were tied to as almost cast as Wyatt Earp: John Ford ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). Contrast: Ford Westerns vs gnarly, vulgar Tombstone.
    “bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Lenny (1974): 1 line

  1. craft (structure) · through Star 80 (1983), which they were tied to as studio's choice for Snyder: Lenny ⇒ Star 80 (the host's read). Star 80's interview framing/superstructure echoes Lenny's, and Lenny is the origin of the Chevy-Chase-style voice.
    “This movie, you have the interview, this sort of superstructure that he loves so much”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:32:03 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as considered for Paul Sheldon per Goldman: 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)

Stand by Me (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as considered for Paul Sheldon per Goldman: 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)

Sweet Charity (1969): 1 line

  1. unmapped (technique) · through Star 80 (1983), which they were tied to as studio's choice for Snyder: Sweet Charity ⇒ Star 80 (the host's read). Fosse's choreographic insert/isolation technique reappears in Star 80, applied to ugly material.
    “There's even the, I mean, the whole fossy isolation of the body parts thing, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:33:58 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Three Amigos (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they were tied to as almost cast as Wyatt Earp: Three Amigos ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The wedding-execution opening resembles the Three Amigos setup.
    “this movie's after the 3 amigos, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:23 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Deadwood (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they were tied to as almost cast as Wyatt Earp: Tombstone ⇒ Deadwood (the host's read). Tombstone as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood.
    “I tend to think of this movie as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (14) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

  1. career (career): Richard Gere → An Officer and a Gentleman. Internal Affairs and An Officer and a Gentleman are probably the final two for Gere's best performance.
    “It's this and it's officer and a gentleman probably in the final two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:11 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Richard Gere → American Gigolo. Some would say American Gigolo, but it is not a charisma movie.
    “Some would say Gigolo, but I don't think Gigolo is a charisma movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Richard Gere → King David. After An Officer and a Gentleman, Gere had an 8-year bender of bombs like King David.
    “And it's like King David and all these movies that just don't work.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Richard Gere → Pretty Woman. 1990 was Gere's comeback year after nearly a decade of bombs: he was the eighth choice for everything.
    “He is like the 8th choice for every movie after the other 7 people have passed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:10:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Richard Gere → Pretty Woman. Pretty Woman is Gere's apex, and it comes the same year as Internal Affairs.
    “I mean, Pretty Woman is Richard Gears, Apex.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Richard Gere → Pretty Woman. Gere's comeback came with Internal Affairs and Pretty Woman the same year.
    “Richard Gere had 7 straight years of terrible movies and was dead and then Internal Affairs and Pretty Women completely arrived them”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:40:12 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Richard Gere → Tom Cruise. Leading men like Cruise would not cede sexual power to a Lothario co-star the way Garcia and Baldwin do here.
    “Cruz isn't signing up for this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:14:26 · Van Lathan (0.35 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Harrison Ford → Richard Gere. Like Gere in Pretty Woman, the rich rom-com guy's clothes have to work and fit.
    “Richard Gere and Pretty Woman also, great clothes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:09:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Richard Gere → Training Day. Peck's power-move needling about the wife echoes Alonzo's needling of Jake in Training Day.
    “You know how, like, in training day, like, when Alonso asked, what's Ethan?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:32:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Richard Gere → Bruce Willis. Leading men of the era did not play bad guys, unlike Gere here; Willis and Costner barely did.
    “Costner played 0 bad guys other than No Way Out, if you count that as a bad guy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:32:31 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Richard Gere → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Gere's taco-stand scene wins a new award named for Rick Dalton for the best acting.
    “Rick Dalton Award for the best acting I've ever seen in my life and it's Richard Gere in this scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:31:40 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Don Johnson → Richard Gere. Don Johnson is nearly as good a fit; he and Gere were in the same corner for a while.
    “Yeah, and gear were in the same kind of corner for a while there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:09:40 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Richard Gere → Ryan Gosling. Gosling is the one current actor who could be a Peck if he wanted.
    “Gosling, if Gosling wanted to be, Gosling could be.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:33:48 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Misery → Richard Gere. Goldman wrote that Richard Gere was perfect for Sheldon but was so dead nobody mentioned him.
    “Richard Gere.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:39:41 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Richard Gere → Tombstone. Per Russell, Gere nearly played Wyatt Earp.
    “Kurt Russell said the film was nearly cast with Richard Gere as Wyatt Earp”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:26 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Richard Gere: Gere's best performance, with An Officer and a Gentleman; he is shown as a villain who is still charismatic enough to root for.
    “I think this is his best performance in a movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:09 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Richard Gere: The taco-stand scene wins the new Rick Dalton Award for best acting; the line is 'I'm married, you're married, we're married.'
    “I would like to introduce a new award to the rewatchables.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:31:33 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Richard Gere: His technique: he gets very close and holds eye contact; Garcia keeps looking away in the scene.
    “Gear does this move and he does it in other movies where he gets super close to who he's talking to, male or female and he keeps the eye contact all the time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:32:46 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Richard Gere: Van's mother and grandmother loved Richard Gere.
    “My mama loved Richard Gere.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:16 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Richard Gere: He might be the apex of hot bad guy, and the hosts wished he had played more villains.
    “And I think gear might be the apex of like hot bad guy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:32:10 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)