Burt Reynolds

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q202148: 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: Rocky (1976); Fletch (1985); Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). 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.

Apocalypse Now (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as original first choice for Spahn: Apocalypse Now ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting.
    “He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as original first choice for Spahn: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so). Tarantino said Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice influenced the characters, looks, and scenery.
    “Quinn said Bob and Carol and Ted Alice was a big influence on this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Chuck Wepner: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Chuck Wepner ⇒ Rocky (the host's read). Stallone watched Wepner take a beating from Ali for 15 rounds and was inspired to write Rocky in 3.5 days.
    “He's watching Webner Ali in 75, which was the real life version of this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Gregory McDonald: 1 line

  1. lineage (source material) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as considered for Fletch (rejected by author): Gregory McDonald ⇒ Fletch (the host's read). Fletch adapts the McDonald novels; the noir voiceover feels like the book, the ad-libbed scenes deviate.
    “So it's a Gregory McDonald novel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:25:35 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Lee Van Cleef: 1 line

  1. lineage (source of a detail) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as original first choice for Spahn: Lee Van Cleef ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so: he told me; I asked Quentin about it). The painting of Rick in the driveway came from Tarantino finding a giant Lee Van Cleef painting in the actor's garage while scouting.
    “that's why I put a painting of Rick in the driveway.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as original first choice for Spahn: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Hateful Eight (2015): 1 line

  1. theme (opening echo) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as original first choice for Spahn: The Hateful Eight ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The slow pan out to the painting of Rick echoes the slow pan out to the Jesus statue in Hateful Eight.
    “It's very similar to the beginning of Hateful 8, where there's this very slow panout and it's like a Jesus Christ statue.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:05 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Longest Yard: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: The Longest Yard ⇒ Rocky (the host's read). Longest Yard arguably started the big-event beats, but Rocky is what made the sports-movie recipe stick.
    “which I guess you could say longest yard started it, but once Rocky did this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:06:09 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as original first choice for Spahn: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
    “Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958): 1 line

  1. lineage (based on) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as original first choice for Spahn: Wanted: Dead or Alive ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Bounty Law is based on Steve McQueen's Wanted Dead or Alive.
    “Bounty Lostar, which was based on Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Creed (2015): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ Creed (the host's read). Merchant says Creed repeated Rocky's trick of making you care about the character before the fighting.
    “when they rebooted it with Creed, I think they did the same thing”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:46:07 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ Creed (the host's read). Creed closely follows Rocky's structure, but opens with Creed obviously able to fight, unlike Rocky's grim opening bout.
    “in Creed, which very closely follows some of the structures of rocky.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:38:15 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Fighting with My Family (2019): 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant says you cannot make a sports movie without watching Rocky and all its sequels.
    “make any kind of sports a movie without watching Rocky or indeed all of the Rockies”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:45:46 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant calls Rocky a template because it beds in character so you root for him before the fight, a lesson he applied.
    “a template in the sense that it really beds in character”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:46:00 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

(the modern sports movie): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ (the modern sports movie) (the host's read). Rocky created the sports-movie prototype and the modern underdog.
    “created the sports movie prototype, like just period.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Bull Durham (1988): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ Bull Durham (the host's read). Bull Durham took the Rocky motto a level further in how a sports movie is written.
    “how can we take that rocky motto and actually go the next level with how we write a movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:25:51 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Cinderella Man (2005): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ Cinderella Man (the host's read). Rocky set up the idea that a victory transforms the supporting cast too, as in Cinderella Man where he fights for Giamatti.
    “by the time you get to like Cinderella man, you realize that he's not just fighting for him, he's fighting for Giamatti.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:28:11 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Confess, Fletch (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reboot) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as considered for Fletch (rejected by author): Fletch ⇒ Confess, Fletch (the host's read). Chris describes it as a riff on the long-promised Fletch franchise reboot, with Jon Hamm taking the role Chevy Chase made iconic.
    “Chevy Chase did an iconic turn as a Fletch character, a journalist come detective in Los Angeles.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:08:48 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Hal Needham: 1 line

  1. unmapped (real-life model) · them, directly: Burt Reynolds ⇒ Hal Needham (the host's read). Rick and Cliff's relationship is based on Burt Reynolds and his stunt double Hal Needham.
    “Alton's relationship with Cliff is based on Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham, his longtime stunt double”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Raging Bull (1980): 1 line

  1. theme (anti-genre) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ Raging Bull (the maker said so). Scorsese shot in black and white to differentiate from Rocky-era bright red-white-and-blue boxing movies, and producer Winkler produced both.
    “Number one, I want to differentiate from the Rockies and all the other sort of boxing movies right now.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:08:55 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Rocky Balboa (2006): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ Rocky Balboa (the host's read). The little girl Marie from Rocky grows up to be the love interest in Rocky Balboa.
    “she then becomes the Rocky Balboa love interest.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:14:31 · Van Lathan (0.45 sure it was them)

Ryan Reynolds: 1 line

  1. theme (persona successor) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as considered for Fletch (rejected by author): Fletch ⇒ Ryan Reynolds (the host's read). Reynolds stole the Chevy Chase playbook; Deadpool is Fletch.
    “Deadpool is Fletch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Karate Kid (1984): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as studio wanted: Rocky ⇒ The Karate Kid (the host's read). Rocky is eight years before Karate Kid, which is called the 2.0 version of the same underdog story but a completely different movie in every respect.
    “We're 8 years away from karate kid, which is the next, the 2.0 version of this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (12) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): John Travolta → Burt Reynolds. Simmons argues Travolta was a bigger star than Burt Reynolds because of better movies.
    “Burt Reynolds also felt huge.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:18:24 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Raiders of the Lost Ark → Burt Reynolds. Seventies action stars like Burt Reynolds and Dirty Harry never showed vulnerability; Indy licks his wounds on camera.
    “Dirty Harry's never going to show fucking vulnerability.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:56:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Zoe Saldana → Burt Reynolds. Saldana, like Burt Reynolds, is a great physical performer who understands her body as an instrument.
    “But Zoe Saldana is very similarly, a great physical performer, an athletic performance.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:11:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (real-life model): Burt Reynolds → Hal Needham. Rick and Cliff's relationship is based on Burt Reynolds and his stunt double Hal Needham.
    “Alton's relationship with Cliff is based on Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham, his longtime stunt double”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Burt Reynolds: Burt Reynolds improvised his bit knowing nothing about Griffin and still played the asshole; assholes identify assholes.
    “Reynolds improvised the scene and knew nothing about Griffin, but still managed to improvise that he was an asshole.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:22:55 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)