Jason Lee

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Mallrats (1995); Almost Famous (2000); Vanilla Sky (2001); A Guy Thing (2002); Alvin and the Chipmunks; My Name Is Earl.

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.

Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes): 4 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Vanilla Sky (2001), which they acted in: Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) ⇒ Vanilla Sky (the host's read). Vanilla Sky is nearly the same story as the Spanish original, except the hero is a magazine magnate friends with Spielberg.
    “So the film is actually pretty much exactly the same as Abri Lozojos, except for the main character of that movie is not a magazine magnate who's friends with Steven Spielberg.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:26:51 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Vanilla Sky (2001), which they acted in: Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) ⇒ Vanilla Sky (the host's read). The ending follows the original beat for beat, down to the jump and the 'open your eyes' last line.
    “Yeah, again, it's how Abri Lo Sojos works to a T down to him jumping and open your eyes, like being on last lines.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:38:09 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through Vanilla Sky (2001), which they acted in: Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) ⇒ Vanilla Sky (the host's read). The Spanish film has the same beats, and the protagonist's face looks even worse in it.
    “But it's like the movie's beats are exactly the same down to the, you know, crucial moment of him like lying in the gut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:31:50 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) ⇒ Jason Lee (the host's read). Jason Lee's best-friend character is the same character with the same mechanic as in the Spanish film.
    “This the same character with the same mechanic where he's kind of like...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:58:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Open Your Eyes (1997): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake) · through Vanilla Sky (2001), which they acted in: Open Your Eyes ⇒ Vanilla Sky (the host's read). Cruise adapted Abre los Ojos into Vanilla Sky, a bold move he does not make today.
    “adapted Aubrey Los Ojos into Vanilla Sky”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:09:45 · Chris Ryan (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.

Garden State (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Almost Famous (2000), which they acted in: Almost Famous ⇒ Garden State (the host's read). Almost Famous, more than Vanilla Sky, gave birth to the Garden State style.
    “Well, probably almost famous gave birth to garden state more than this did.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:18:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (6) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Jason Lee → Almost Famous. Jason Lee is great in Almost Famous and okay in this one.
    “I actually like Jason Lee in this, and I like him a lot and almost famous.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:59:10 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Jason Lee → A Guy Thing. His first leading-man vehicle, A Guy Thing, bombed.
    “Jason Lee's 1st like leading man vehicle, which is a guy thing, which bombs”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:59:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Jason Lee → Kevin Smith. Kevin Smith cast him in Mallrats to be his friend.
    “I hired him because I wanted him to be my friend.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:01:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Jason Lee → Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes). Jason Lee's best-friend character is the same character with the same mechanic as in the Spanish film.
    “This the same character with the same mechanic where he's kind of like...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:58:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jason Lee: Kevin Smith hired him for Mallrats because he couldn't act but Smith wanted him as a friend.
    “I hired him because I wanted him to be my friend.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:01:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)