Michael Ritchie

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q1561788: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Fletch, which ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan credits them on.

Counted as producer. The films the hosts said they produced, which the two lists below run through too: The Bad News Bears Go to Japan. Count them as director (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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (9) everyone in directing

director, Fletch (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, Downhill Racer (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, The Bad News Bears (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, Semi-Tough (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, Wildcats (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, Diggstown (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, The Candidate (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, The Golden Child (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, The Golden Child (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)

Producing (1) everyone in producing

producer, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Michael Ritchie → The Golden Child. Ritchie made The Golden Child, which isn't very good, but he made a lot of great movies.
“but Michael Richie made a lot of great movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

people (director filmography): Michael Ritchie → Downhill Racer. Ritchie is called the best sports-movie director ever on the strength of Downhill Racer, Bad News Bears, Semi-Tough, Wildcats and Diggstown.
“This is the this is the all-time best sports movie director ever.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:45:59 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

programming (1)

programming (recommendation): Michael Ritchie → The Candidate. Another Ritchie film, rewatched and still great, streaming everywhere.
“I watched a candidate 2 months ago and it's still great.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:46:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.