Chris Tucker

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q219717: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Friday, which ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Dead Presidents (1995); Friday (1995); Jackie Brown (1997); Rush Hour 2 (2001); Money Talks.

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.

Apocalypse Now (1979): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Dead Presidents (1995), which they acted in: Apocalypse Now ⇒ Dead Presidents (the host's read). The Hughes brothers kept an Apocalypse Now poster; the film borrows its helicopter shots.
    “The directors were big time movie obsessives, who kept an apocalypse now poster on the wall of their Hollywood studio.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Blaxploitation films: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Dead Presidents (1995), which they acted in: Blaxploitation films ⇒ Dead Presidents (the host's read). It also drew on Blaxploitation films and gangster sagas, scored with 70s soul.
    “But so were Black'sploitation films and gangster sagas.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:51:07 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Bloods (book): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Dead Presidents (1995), which they acted in: Bloods (book) ⇒ Dead Presidents (the host's read). Dead Presidents was inspired by Wallace Terry's oral history of Black Vietnam veterans.
    “It was inspired by a book called Bloods, an oral history of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:48:28 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Full Metal Jacket (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Dead Presidents (1995), which they acted in: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Dead Presidents (the maker said so: Lorenz Tate recalling the Hughes brothers' videotapes). Allen Hughes made a VHS of Vietnam scenes; Tate was assigned Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Platoon.
    “So I watched Full Metal Jacket.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:43 · Lorenz Tate (0.80 sure it was them)

The Deer Hunter: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Dead Presidents (1995), which they acted in: The Deer Hunter ⇒ Dead Presidents (the host's read). The film carries the Deer Hunter's post-war isolation, Platoon's combat, Apocalypse Now's helicopters.
    “The post-war isolation of the Deer Hunter, the bloody combat, a platoon, even the majestic helicopter shots from Apocalypse Now.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:57 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

The Killer (2023): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jackie Brown (1997), which they acted in: The Killer ⇒ Jackie Brown (the host's read). Jackie Brown has a monologue about The Killer, showing Woo's aesthetic was known to Western audiences.
    “Jackie Brown has a whole monologue about the killer.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:35 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

One of Them Days (2025): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspired by) · through Friday (1995), which they acted in: Friday ⇒ One of Them Days (the host's read). One of Them Days takes Friday as a huge inspiration.
    “Obviously, Friday is a huge inspiration for that movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:15:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (5) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (breakout parallel): SZA → Chris Tucker. SZA's film debut reminds Sean of Chris Tucker showing up in Friday.
    “Reminds me a lot of Chris Tucker showing up on Friday.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:15:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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