Steve Martin

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q16473: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Father of the Bride, which ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Flesh and Blood (1985); Eyes Wide Shut (1999); Steve (Steve Martin documentary, dir. Morgan Neville). Count them as actor (20 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.

Arthur Schnitzler: 2 lines

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Arthur Schnitzler ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). Kubrick turned Schnitzler's Dream Story into Eyes Wide Shut 30 plus years later (per the dossier).
    “the Arthur Schnitzler book that he's going to turn into Eyes Wide Shut 30 plus years later.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:10:40 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (source novella) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Arthur Schnitzler ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speaker says the novel is very close to the film, so close that its plot beats are nearly one to one.
    “And it is very similar to eyes wide shut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Dream Story (Traumnovelle, the Schnitzler novella): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Dream Story (Traumnovelle, the Schnitzler novella) ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speakers note the film's credit says inspired by, not adapted from, Schnitzler's novella.
    “It's not adapted from Schnitzler.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:37:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Kirk Douglas: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of the project) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Kirk Douglas ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the maker said so). Kirk Douglas claims he handed Kubrick the novella during their Paths of Glory or Spartacus fights.
    “Kirk Douglas claims he gave it to him during one of their like shared therapy sessions”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Modern Romance: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Modern Romance ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the maker said so: Kubrick's call to Albert Brooks, 'that famous story'). Kubrick reached out to Albert Brooks after Modern Romance because he wanted to bottle that dynamic of men and women.
    “if you like reached out to Albert Brooks after seeing modern romance and said, like, Brit, and he was like, how did you do this?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:38:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Terry Southern: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of an idea) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Terry Southern ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). A conversation Southern had with Kubrick about an erotic film that looks like a film is called a kernel of Eyes Wide Shut.
    “he basically had a conversation at one point with Kubrick that is a kernel of eyes wide shut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:15:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (title origin) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speaker offers that the phrase 'eyes wide shut' may come from the le Carre novel.
    “It may have been inspired from Tinker Teal or Soldier Spy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:40:51 · 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.

Babygirl (2024): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Babygirl (the host's read). The stoned late-night bedroom lecture after the rave echoes Eyes Wide Shut.
    “Nice callback to eyes wide shut and lecturing Tom Cruise in the bedroom while stoned out of their minds.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:24:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (2016): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (the host's read). Donald Glover's character describes the party as a Spike-directed reboot of Eyes Wide Shut.
    “this is like a spikely directed reboot of eyes wide shut”
    The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:04:44 · Alison Herman (0.85 sure it was them)

Phantom Thread (2017): 1 line

  1. unmapped (lesson learned) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as what-if lead; Kubrick talked to him: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Phantom Thread (the host's read). The speaker feels PTA took lessons from visiting the Kubrick set about small crews.
    “Like, it feels like PTA sort of learned some lessons from being on the set that took years to see Ben.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:06:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

RoboCop (1987): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Flesh and Blood (1985), which they were tied to as joke: 'Steve Martin' from the character names: Flesh and Blood ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). Flesh+Blood is the failure that led Verhoeven to Hollywood and RoboCop, where he built entertainment around his interests.
    “from this film on, he figures out how to take everything he's interested in and put it into the body of a conventionally entertaining Hollywood movie”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:49:14 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (29) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career pivot): Father of the Bride → Steve Martin. The film cements Martin's shift from wild-and-crazy comic to America's dad and starts mainstream Steve Martin (Oscars host, etc.).
    “I don't think he like hosts the Oscars or does any of his sort of just kind of America's dad stuff without this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:01:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (built around star): Father of the Bride → Steve Martin. Martin was cast before the screenplay was written; the movie was built around him.
    “Steve Martin cast before they wrote the screenplay.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:53:35 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (admired): Steve Martin → Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick reportedly wrote Steve Martin asking for notes on The Jerk.
    “Kubrick was like sending letters to Steve Martin about the jerk”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:16:49 · Patton Oswalt (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (career apex): The Jerk → Steve Martin. The Jerk and SNL in 1978-79 are Martin's true Apex Mountain as the biggest comic in the world.
    “it's probably 1978 or 1979 range when he's got the jerk out. He's the biggest comic in the world.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:01:38 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (peer Apex Mountain): Steve Martin → Diane Keaton. Both Martin and Keaton had their true peaks 13-14 years before this movie.
    “So what's interesting is they both have their Apex Mountain. Right. Like 13, 14 years before this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:02:31 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if casting): Steve Martin → Eyes Wide Shut. Kubrick loved The Jerk and talked to Steve Martin about the lead.
    “Simon, Steve Martin, he loved the jerk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:40:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Steve Martin: At the NY Film Critics awards he thanked 'so many distinguished critics and Rex Reed' after Reed's column about his win.
    “it is a great honor to have been given this award by so many distinguished critics and Rex Reed.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:53:20 · Katey Rich (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Steve Martin: Martin gave up stand-up because he was so famous at it that crowds treated him like a jukebox, and he wrote a book about it.
    “they were like jukebox, he became a jukebox.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 0:15:52 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)