Frank Sinatra

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q40912: 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 Killing (1956); The Godfather (1972); Die Hard (1988); Dirty Harry (as Dead Right). Count them as actor (3 films), composer (1 film) 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.

Clean Break (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as actor; nearly bought the rights: Clean Break (novel) ⇒ The Killing (the host's read). The film is the screen version of the novel Clean Break.
    “Clean Break was the name of the book.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:05:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Mario Puzo: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through The Godfather (1972), which they were tied to as supposed inspiration for Johnny Fontane: Mario Puzo ⇒ The Godfather (the host's read). Coppola cut huge sections of Puzo's novel, as Gray cut Grann's book.
    “even there, Francis took out huge sections of the book and made very interesting decisions.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:23:12 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)

Stanley Kubrick: 1 line

  1. unmapped (drew on his chess life) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as actor; nearly bought the rights: Stanley Kubrick ⇒ The Killing (the host's read). The speaker says the movie comes out of Kubrick's chess life in several ways.
    “I love how much this movie comes out of Kubrick's chess life in multiple ways.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:09:39 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

The Detective: 1 line

  1. lineage (legal sequel) · through Die Hard (1988), which they were tied to as holder of right of first refusal on follow-ups: The Detective ⇒ Die Hard (the host's read). Sinatra's rights deal on The Detective gave him first refusal on follow-ups, so Die Hard had to be offered to him.
    “something in the deal for when Sinatra had bought the rights to the detective, gave him right of 1st refusal on any of the follow-ups”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:14:30 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Tombstone (1993): 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through The Godfather (1972), which they were tied to as supposed inspiration for Johnny Fontane: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the maker said so: Russell, in his True West magazine interview). Russell's intended tone was a Western Godfather; Jarre's version was more elegant.
    “Well, Russell says it, it was basically the godfather of Westerns.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through The Godfather (1972), which they were tied to as supposed inspiration for Johnny Fontane: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The Oriental faro takeover shows the Godfather-like business side Russell wanted.
    “You could see the godfather thing that Russell's talking about when he moves into Tombstone and immediately takes over the Faro game at the Oriental.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

One-Eyed Jacks (1961): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as actor; nearly bought the rights: The Killing ⇒ One-Eyed Jacks (the host's read). Brando had seen The Killing and Paths of Glory and wanted Kubrick to direct his western.
    “Marlon Brando had seen the killing and had seen paths of glory and thought Kubrick was great.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:39:11 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Paths of Glory (1957): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as actor; nearly bought the rights: The Killing ⇒ Paths of Glory (the host's read). Kirk Douglas saw The Killing and wanted that director for Paths of Glory.
    “And then didn't Kirk Douglas see this and went, oh, this is paths of glory.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:05:46 · Patton Oswalt (0.35 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as actor; nearly bought the rights: The Killing ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the maker said so: a Tarantino quote the host reads). Tarantino said Reservoir Dogs was his version of Kubrick's heist film, without meaning it as a ripoff.
    “but I did think of it as my killing, my take on that kind of heist movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Resident Evil (2026): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Die Hard (1988), which they were tied to as holder of right of first refusal on follow-ups: Die Hard ⇒ Resident Evil (the host's read). The shoes-melting beat is called a Die Hard nod (walking on broken glass).
    “You have that wonderful diehard nod where his shoes are starting to melt and he has to take his shoes off.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:00:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Dark Knight (2008): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as actor; nearly bought the rights: The Killing ⇒ The Dark Knight (the host's read). The clown mask is said to look basically like the Joker mask Nolan pays homage to in The Dark Knight.
    “Nolan obviously pays homage to in the Dark Knight”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:28:00 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (1) everyone in music

Other (4) everyone in other

Acting (3) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Frank Sinatra → A Bronx Tale. A speaker credits the film with Sinatra on its soundtrack as the way it signals how cool the era was.
    “You know who was in this movie? Sinatra.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:07:45 · unattributed host (Simmons or Ryan) (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (inspiration dispute): Frank Sinatra → The Godfather. Sinatra was mad because Johnny Fontane resembled him and the From Here to Eternity role; Sean denies Fontane is a Sinatra replica.
    “Johnny Fontaine is not a replica of Frank Sinatra.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:12:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if casting): Frank Sinatra → The Killing. Sinatra was negotiating for the book rights, so this was almost a Sinatra picture.
    “So this was almost a Sinatra picture.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:13:56 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if casting): Frank Sinatra → Dirty Harry (as Dead Right). Dirty Harry was offered to Sinatra as Dead Right with him as Harry Callahan.
    “They did offer Dirty Harry to Sinatra when it was called Dead Right.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:14:18 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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