Barry Sonnenfeld

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q317567: 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: The Truman Show (1998). Count them as director (11 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.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as circled as director: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Frank Capra: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as circled as director: Frank Capra ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
    “you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (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.

Survivor: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as circled as director: The Truman Show ⇒ Survivor (the host's read). Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
    “This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (14) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Barry Sonnenfeld → Wild Wild West. The only essential Sonnenfeld film not otherwise covered is Wild Wild West.
    “Then basically the only essential movie we're not covering is Wild, Wild West.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:54:31 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (hosts' fix-it fantasy): Barry Sonnenfeld → Men in Black II. The hosts say they once designed a good Men in Black 2 at a bar and brag about it.
    “David and I fixed Men in Black 2 one day.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:35:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Peter Jackson → Barry Sonnenfeld. Jackson beat Sonnenfeld.
    “defeated Barry Sonenfeld”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:54:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Barry Sonnenfeld: Plan: cover Elmore Leonard and Addams Family series, then do a one-off Wild Wild West.
    “we promise we will do a fucking Patreon Wild Wild West or something.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:54:35 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)