Apple

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q131718301: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by of 3 people by that name, the one in film or television.

Counted as craft. The films the hosts said they worked on, which the two lists below run through too: F1 (2025). Count them as producer (1 film), studio (4 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.

Martin Donnelly: 1 line

craft (craft) · through F1 (2025), which they worked on as made the smallest cameras ever for mounting on the cars: Martin Donnelly ⇒ F1 (the host's read). The crash that ends Sonny's career was based on Donnelly's real crash, and he advised on the film.
“The crash that ended, Sonny's career was based on the actual crash of Martin Donnelly in the 1990s Spanish Grand Prix.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Rocky IV (1985): 1 line

theme (theme) · through F1 (2025), which they worked on as made the smallest cameras ever for mounting on the cars: Rocky IV ⇒ F1 (the host's read). Sonny and Kate's beer scene cuts into an old-school versus new-school training montage like Rocky IV.
“Right into the Rocky 4 training montage”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:48:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

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

Producing (1) everyone in producing

producer/financier, biggest Apple original film, Killers of the Flower Moon (The Big Picture, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding)

Studio (5) everyone in studio

studio/distributor, F1 (The Rewatchables, ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
studio/distributor, Napoleon (The Rewatchables, ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
studio, Napoleon (The Big Picture, The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims)
distributor, Killers of the Flower Moon (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))
distributor, CODA (Blank Check — Patreon, Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free))

Craft (1) everyone in craft

made the smallest cameras ever for mounting on the cars, F1 (The Rewatchables, ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)

Other (1) everyone in other

tie-in sponsor (Powerbooks, web adventure), Mission: Impossible (The Rewatchables, 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion)

What was said about them, by kind

theme (1)

theme (business model comparison): Apple → Netflix. Apple Plus makes the movie and sells theatrical distribution; Netflix does not.
“Apple Plus is currently the one doing it right”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:37:56 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Apple: F1 gave Apple movie credibility; Napoleon was the earlier misfire and F1 now holds the Apple TV landing page.
“it gave Apple movie credibility that it just didn't have.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:42:13 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Apple: Apple was nearly bankrupt and used MI for Powerbook placement plus an early promo site, the Mission Impossible Web Adventure; they spent about $15 million.
“they also set up a early website promotional tie-in called the Mission Impossible Web Adventure.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:23 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)