Sony Pictures Classics

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as studio. The films the hosts said they were behind, which the two lists below run through too: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000); Still Alice (2014); The Wife (2017); The Father (2020); I Swear.

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.

King Hu: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they were behind as US distributor: King Hu ⇒ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (the host's read). CTHD plays in the milieu of King Hu and the wuxia classics, but with a more modern sensibility.
“this movie is playing in a, in a Milu that is inherent to like King Hu movies and Musha, like the classics”
Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:24:55 · David Sims (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.

Hero (1992): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they were behind as US distributor: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ⇒ Hero (the host's read). Without CTHD's success Hero would not have been released in the US.
“Well, you know, without this movie, you don't have hero coming out in the United States.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:38:48 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

Mulan (2020): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they were behind as US distributor: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ⇒ Mulan (the host's read). The remake's wuxia/mystical style follows the wave of Chinese films that grew popular after Crouching Tiger and the Zhang Yimou films.
“they've gotten very big, kind of post, crouching tiger hidden dragon, and the Jang Yi-Mu films”
The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:28:58 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Studio (5) everyone in studio

US distributor, I Swear (The Big Picture, The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’)
distributor, The Father (The Big Picture, Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag)
distributor, The Wife (The Big Picture, Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag)
distributor (as said), Still Alice (Blank Check — Patreon, Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free))
US distributor, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Blank Check — Patreon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

industry (1)

industry (industry): Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon → Sony Pictures Classics. Sony Pictures Classics had no experience releasing a film this wide; it was slow, steady expansion.
“And they had like no experience releasing a film this wide.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:52:12 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.