Sterling Hayden

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q323166: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Crime Wave (1954); The Killing (1956); Dr. Strangelove (1964); The Godfather (1972); The Long Goodbye (1973); Top Gun (1986); Johnny Guitar.

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.

Adlai Stevenson: 1 line

  1. unmapped (real-life model) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they acted in: Adlai Stevenson ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Speaker says Peter Sellers modeled the President (Muffley) on Adlai Stevenson.
    “He modeled it on Adlai Stevenson.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:27:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bob Newhart: 1 line

  1. lineage (comedic influence) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they acted in: Bob Newhart ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Speaker feels Newhart's one-sided phone-call format and his 1960 albums were a heavy influence on the President's call with the Soviet premier.
    “I feel like a heavy influence on the way the president's phone call with Russia play out in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:28:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Clean Break (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through The Killing (1956), which they acted in: Clean Break (novel) ⇒ The Killing (the host's read). The film is the screen version of the novel Clean Break.
    “Clean Break was the name of the book.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:05:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Curtis LeMay: 1 line

  1. unmapped (real-life model) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they acted in: Curtis LeMay ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). Jack D. Ripper is said to be very obviously based on Air Force chief Curtis LeMay.
    “Jack D. Ripper also is very obviously based on Curtis LeMay, who, uh, was the head of the Air Force at the time”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:00:51 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Dr. Strangelove (1964): 1 line, within their own work

  1. people (casting persona) · through The Long Goodbye (1973), which they acted in: Dr. Strangelove ⇒ The Long Goodbye (the host's read). Speaker says Strangelove was the first time Hayden's personal struggles were put on screen, and later filmmakers used that persona going forward (Godfather, Long Goodbye).
    “This is the 1st time when like his personal struggles, like were actualized in a movie, and then I felt like filmmakers only used this in movies going forward”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Mario Puzo: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through The Godfather (1972), which they acted in: Mario Puzo ⇒ The Godfather (the host's read). Coppola cut huge sections of Puzo's novel, as Gray cut Grann's book.
    “even there, Francis took out huge sections of the book and made very interesting decisions.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:23:12 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Red Alert (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they acted in: Red Alert (novel) ⇒ Dr. Strangelove (the host's read). The speaker says Dr. Strangelove is based on Peter George's serious nuclear thriller Red Alert.
    “so he scoops up this book called Red Alert, which is, of course, what Dr. Strangelove is based on by Peter George that is a serious nuclear thriller.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:48:54 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

Stanley Kubrick: 1 line

  1. unmapped (drew on his chess life) · through The Killing (1956), which they acted in: Stanley Kubrick ⇒ The Killing (the host's read). The speaker says the movie comes out of Kubrick's chess life in several ways.
    “I love how much this movie comes out of Kubrick's chess life in multiple ways.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:09:39 · Griffin Newman (0.70 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 acted in: 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 acted in: 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)

Tombstone (1993): 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through The Godfather (1972), which they acted in: 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 The Godfather (1972), which they acted in: 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)

Adam McKay: 1 line

  1. unmapped (aspirational template) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they acted in: Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Adam McKay (the host's read). Speaker says Strangelove is probably McKay's north star, the thing he strives toward.
    “But I think you're right, though, that McKay is this is probably his north star, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:05:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

One-Eyed Jacks (1961): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through The Killing (1956), which they acted in: The Killing ⇒ One-Eyed Jacks (the host's read). Brando had seen The Killing and Paths of Glory and wanted Kubrick to direct his western.
    “Marlon Brando had seen the killing and had seen paths of glory and thought Kubrick was great.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:39:11 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Paths of Glory (1957): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through The Killing (1956), which they acted in: The Killing ⇒ Paths of Glory (the host's read). Kirk Douglas saw The Killing and wanted that director for Paths of Glory.
    “And then didn't Kirk Douglas see this and went, oh, this is paths of glory.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:05:46 · Patton Oswalt (0.35 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Killing (1956), which they acted in: The Killing ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the maker said so: a Tarantino quote the host reads). Tarantino said Reservoir Dogs was his version of Kubrick's heist film, without meaning it as a ripoff.
    “but I did think of it as my killing, my take on that kind of heist movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Roger Moore Bond films: 1 line

  1. craft (set design template) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they acted in: Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Roger Moore Bond films (the host's read). Speaker says hiring a Bond designer for the war room changed how such rooms look on screen forever, and the Bond movies being covered have war-room sets.
    “It is funny how this movie, this hiring a James Bond guy to design the war room, uh, changes the way you're allowed to put these things on screen forever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 2:14:11 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

The Dark Knight (2008): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Killing (1956), which they acted in: The Killing ⇒ The Dark Knight (the host's read). The clown mask is said to look basically like the Joker mask Nolan pays homage to in The Dark Knight.
    “Nolan obviously pays homage to in the Dark Knight”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:28:00 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

The Long Goodbye (1973): 1 line, within their own work

  1. people (casting persona) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they acted in: Dr. Strangelove ⇒ The Long Goodbye (the host's read). Speaker says Strangelove was the first time Hayden's personal struggles were put on screen, and later filmmakers used that persona going forward (Godfather, Long Goodbye).
    “This is the 1st time when like his personal struggles, like were actualized in a movie, and then I felt like filmmakers only used this in movies going forward”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Player (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Long Goodbye (1973), which they acted in: The Long Goodbye ⇒ The Player (the host's read). Wesley reads Greta Scacchi's character as an echo of Nina van Pallandt's ice queen in The Long Goodbye, itself a riff on noir femmes fatales.
    “that character is a an echo of another Altman character, the Nina Van Palant character in the longabai”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:07:08 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel verdict) · through Top Gun (1986), which they acted in: 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)

Zucker Brothers: 1 line

  1. lineage (comedic influence) · through Dr. Strangelove (1964), which they acted in: Dr. Strangelove ⇒ Zucker Brothers (the host's read). Speaker had a breakthrough that Strangelove must have been a big influence on the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams.
    “I did finally have the breakthrough watching this of how much of an influence this movie must have been on the Zucker Brothers and John Abrahams.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:53:55 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (11) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (shared actor): Sterling Hayden → The Godfather. The speakers cite how Coppola uses Hayden in The Godfather.
    “how Coppola uses Sterling Hayden”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:31:32 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (career what-if): Sterling Hayden → Jaws. Hayden could not take the part of Quint because he was abroad dodging back taxes.
    “he couldn't take the part of Quint in Jaws because he had he was living outside of the country”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:55:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if casting): Gene Kelly → Sterling Hayden. Kubrick's first choice for Ripper was Gene Kelly; when Kelly was not available he cast Scott, who asked for Turgidson, and then brought in Hayden.
    “He wanted Gene Kelly when he doesn't get Gene Kelly. He casts George C. Scott and George C. Scott then was like, I want to play Buck Turgison instead.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:58:41 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Sterling Hayden: Patton calls him the avatar of a bad mood, always looking like he is in the worst mood.
    “He is a, he is, um, he's the avatar of of a bad mood.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:55:48 · Patton Oswalt (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Sterling Hayden: Stated line on his character: not smart enough to pull it off, too smart to be happy if he did.
    “he's he's not smart enough to pull off a con of this size, but he's too smart to ever be happy if he were to pull it off”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:43:52 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)