Martin Brest

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q363117: 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: Look Who's Talking (1989). Count them as director (5 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.

Harold Ramis: 2 lines

  1. unmapped (autobiographical) · through Look Who's Talking (1989), which they were tied to as Heckerling's ex-boyfriend from film school, called it the most profitable private joke ever: Harold Ramis ⇒ Look Who's Talking (the host's read). The speakers say the film is Heckerling's personal grievance about Ramis, who fathered her daughter Molly while Neil Israel believed the child was his.
    “The child that Neil Israel thought was his own was actually the byproduct of a years-long affair that she had had with Harold Ramos.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:24:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (roman a clef) · through Look Who's Talking (1989), which they were tied to as Heckerling's ex-boyfriend from film school, called it the most profitable private joke ever: Harold Ramis ⇒ Look Who's Talking (the host's read). Kirstie Alley's character Molly shares a name with Heckerling's daughter and echoes Ramis's leave-my-wife promise.
    “Kirsty Alli's character is named Molly. Amy Heckerling and Harold Ramos's illegitimate daughter is named Molly.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:21:13 · unknown (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.

Baby's Day Out (1994): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Look Who's Talking (1989), which they were tied to as Heckerling's ex-boyfriend from film school, called it the most profitable private joke ever: Look Who's Talking ⇒ Baby's Day Out (the host's read). The baby-escapes-in-a-towed-car sequence is claimed as the origin of Baby's Day Out.
    “I feel like that entire, like the entirety of like baby's day out is based on that sequence in this movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 2:00:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Clueless (1995): 1 line

  1. career (career enabler) · through Look Who's Talking (1989), which they were tied to as Heckerling's ex-boyfriend from film school, called it the most profitable private joke ever: Look Who's Talking ⇒ Clueless (the host's read). The hit rescued Heckerling's career and so gave us Clueless.
    “she kind of rescued her entire career, and because of that, we get clueless”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:51:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Look Who's Talking Too (1990): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Look Who's Talking (1989), which they were tied to as Heckerling's ex-boyfriend from film school, called it the most profitable private joke ever: Look Who's Talking ⇒ Look Who's Talking Too (the host's read). The sequel keeps Willis, adds Roseanne for Joan Rivers, Damon Wayans, and Mel Brooks as Mr. Toilet.
    “Roseanne Barr replaces Joan Rivers.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 2:18:01 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (7) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Martin Brest → Gigli. Brest's later career included Gigli and Scent of a Woman.
    “He did Geely.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Martin Brest → Scent of a Woman. Brest also directed the Pacino Oscar film (transcribed as 'son of a woman').
    “And he did son of a woman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Martin Brest → Midnight Run. Brest made two of the best comedies of all time; Midnight Run is perfect, and the speaker never thinks 'Brest classic' about BHC.
    “He made 2 of the best comedies of all time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Danny Boyle → Martin Brest. Griffin calls Boyle his version of Brest: the one he has yelled about forever.
    “He's my Martin Brest, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:18:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Martin Brest → Scent of a Woman. Brest is unified as the G League guy, the Scent of a Woman guy and the Beverly Hills Cop guy.
    “you have to unify that the G League guy is also the scent of a woman guy is also the Beverly Hills cop guy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:21:56 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Martin Brest → Joe Dante. Griffin expects Brest vs Dante, his two favorites, in the regional final.
    “I do feel like this is going to end up with Brest versus Dante”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:08:09 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (paired episodes): David Fincher → Martin Brest. The show pairs every Fincher record with a Martin Brest record, starting with Meet Joe Black.
    “We're doing every one of our Fincher records paired as a back-to-back with a breast record.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:26:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Martin Brest → Terrence Malick. Sweet 16 matchup; speakers hope Brest takes it though Malick is easier to talk about.
    “I think breast takes that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:06:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.