Kevin Bacon

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Christine (1983); Starman (1984); Hollow Man (2000). Count them as actor (17 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.

It Happened One Night (1934): 2 lines

  1. craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: It Happened One Night ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Carpenter wanted a road movie of two people in a car getting to know each other, in the mold of It Happened One Night.
    “I want to make it happens one night.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:22:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (homage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: It Happened One Night ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The hay-bale love scene in an empty train car is called a likely conscious homage to It Happened One Night.
    “So it's a, maybe it's an homage.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:27:07 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

An American Werewolf in London (1981): 1 line

  1. lineage (effects lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: An American Werewolf in London ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The transformation sequence is indebted to American Werewolf's practical, show-it-all body effects.
    “Yes, which is very like American werewolf in London, where the body is stretching out.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:20:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): 1 line

  1. industry (studio rivalry / shadow) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Columbia chose Starman over Night Skies, which Universal turned into E.T., so Starman carried the stigma of the one that got away and then looked like a ripoff.
    “Uh, so they let go of night skies and let Universal acquire and turnaround.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Stephen King: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Christine (1983), which they were tied to as wanted by Carpenter: Stephen King ⇒ Christine (the host's read). Carpenter was the first pick for Christine; King later turned on adaptations.
    “he was the pick to make Christine.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:22:44 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Two for the Road (1967): 1 line

  1. craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: Two for the Road ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Carpenter reportedly wanted to make something like Two for the Road.
    “I want to make like 2 for the road.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:22:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Forrest Gump (1994): 1 line

  1. people (performance lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: Starman ⇒ Forrest Gump (the host's read). Bridges' hat, check shirt, strange speech and not-quite-a-person quality read as a proto-Forrest Gump.
    “there's like a proto-Forrest Gump vibe in this performance in the hat and in the check shirt”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:57:23 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

John from Cincinnati (2007): 1 line

  1. theme (premise) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: Starman ⇒ John from Cincinnati (the host's read). A mysterious odd visitor who solves everyone's problems and parrots dialogue; John from Cincinnati owes a lot to Starman.
    “He comes and visits, and he's mysterious, and he's weird, and he solves everybody's problem.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:11:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Midnight Special (2016): 1 line

  1. verdict (same story, better version) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: Starman ⇒ Midnight Special (the host's read). Midnight Special is called Spielbergian but really Starman-like; its Adam Driver agent does the benevolent-government-agent role better than Starman's.
    “I'm like, God, that's so Starman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:02:29 · Katey Rich (0.45 sure it was them)

Sean Levy: 1 line

  1. lineage (remake plan) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: Starman ⇒ Sean Levy (the host's read). Levy announced a 2016 remake with Michael Douglas on board.
    “I learned from Wikipedia that in 2016, Sean Levy was planning to direct and produce a remake of Starman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:13:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Starman (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel / spin-off) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as nearly cast as the lead: Starman ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The 1986 show is set 15 years later, about his son, with a recast Starman.
    “is set 15 years in the future because it's about his son.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:08:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (25) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

  1. career (career): Kevin Bacon → Animal House. Bacon's earlier Rewatchables appearances are listed, starting with Animal House.
    “JFK, this is for Animal House.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:48:40 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Kevin Bacon → Tremors. Bacon is praised as the perfect mid-level leading man in 80s and early 90s movies like Tremors, The Big Picture, Quicksilver and Flatliners.
    “where he's the lead, like tremors or whatever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:49:12 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Kevin Bacon → Mystic River. A hope of doing Mystic River on the show, but it is doubtful it is rewatchable.
    “Will we ever do Mystic River?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:49:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Kevin Bacon → Friday the 13th. Bacon says he signs more screenshots from Friday the 13th than from any of his other movies.
    “Then Kevin Bacon apparently claims that he gets asked to sign screenshots from his destine in this movie more than all his other movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:28:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Bill Paxton → Kevin Bacon. Paxton belongs to the Kevin Bacon, Bill Pullman, Kiefer Sutherland tier; the third guy in the cocktail with Tom Hanks in Apollo 13.
    “Apollo 13 tanks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:03 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Kevin Bacon → A Few Good Men. Bacon chose to be a character actor, wanting a part like A Few Good Men over the Tom Cruise role.
    “I want like, I want the fucking part in a few good men rather than being turned down for the Tom Cruise role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:59:38 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Blumhouse → Kevin Bacon. Blumhouse pairs unknown-director micro-budgets with name stars like Kevin Bacon on profit participation.
    “we'll have Kevin Bacon star in this movie, like sinister”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:16:09 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Kevin Bacon → Mystic River. Bacon is far and away the best performance in Mystic River.
    “he's far and away the best performance in the movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:52:44 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (almost cast): Kevin Bacon → Christine. Carpenter wanted Bacon for Christine but he chose Footloose.
    “Carpenter wanted him for Christine and he chose Footloose instead.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:09:48 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (almost cast): Kevin Bacon → Starman. After Footloose made him a star Carpenter wanted him for Starman and he nearly did it.
    “So then Carpenter wanted him for this, and he almost did it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:09:54 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Kevin Bacon: Bacon reportedly signs more screenshots from this film than any other of his movies.
    “Then Kevin Bacon apparently claims that he gets asked to sign screenshots”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:28:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Kevin Bacon: Bacon plays the worst New York boyfriend: his scenes read like an Instagram screenshot of a text from a single Tinder date.
    “He feels like a fucking Instagram screenshot of just like, this is this insane thing this guy sent to me after one fucking Tinder date.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:57:43 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Kevin Bacon: A profile said Bacon decided he was ninth on the list and would rather be a great character actor than chase the lead.
    “how he just made the choice where he's like, I'm ninth on the list.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:59:12 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)