Jan de Bont

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q376107: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Twister, which ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan credits them on.

Counted as cinematographer. The films the hosts said they shot, which the two lists below run through too: Die Hard (1988); Twister (1996). Count them as director (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.

Industrial Light & Magic: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they shot: Industrial Light & Magic ⇒ Twister (the host's read). The movie was built out of an ILM proof-of-concept clip of a pickup truck driving toward a tornado.
    “It was a proof of concept clip from Industrial Light Magic”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jaws (1975): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Twister (1996), which they shot: Jaws ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Jonas is the Jaws-mayor archetype, a money-motivated antagonist that became a stock character in every movie.
    “The mayor in Jaws is the character that kind of pushes against our lead person.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they shot: Jurassic Park ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Marketing a disaster around unknown leads follows Jurassic Park, where Sam Neill and Laura Dern were known but not famous.
    “coming off of Jurassic Park where it was like Sam Neil and Laura Dern were like well-known, but not famous.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:53:21 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Speed (1994): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they shot: Speed ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
    “The one that changed it was speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

The Detective: 1 line

  1. lineage (legal sequel) · through Die Hard (1988), which they shot: 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.

Resident Evil (2026): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Die Hard (1988), which they shot: 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)

Titanic (1997): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they shot: Twister ⇒ Titanic (the host's read). Twister started a playbook of putting not-yet-A-list leads in a spectacle, which Titanic and later Star Wars followed.
    “It became a playbook for it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:54:01 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (6) everyone in directing

Photography (2) everyone in photography

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Jan de Bont → Speed. De Bont went from cinematographer on Die Hard to director of Speed, then Twister.
    “director of speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:19 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Jan de Bont → Godzilla. De Bont signed on to Twister after leaving Godzilla over creative differences.
    “Jan Dubont signed on after leaving Godzilla thanks to creative differences.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Jan de Bont → Die Hard. De Bont as cool DP turned maker of accessible action films was a model of who filmmakers wanted to be.
    “Cool ass DP that comes from doing that and makes these awesome, ridiculously accessible action films”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:27:13 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Jan de Bont → Twister. De Bont saw CGI coming and did Twister as one of his last chances to do practical effects.
    “one of the reasons he did Twister was he thought it would be one of his last chances to do practical.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:52:02 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Twister → Jan de Bont. De Bont is introduced as Chris's guy: DP on Die Hard, director of Speed, a hard-charging efficient director the crew hated.
    “Director of photography on Die Hard.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:16 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Jack Green → Jan de Bont. Green, the replacement DP, was injured two days from the end and de Bont, the director, had to take over the photography himself.
    “Jack Green got hurt with 2 days to go.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Jan de Bont → Tori Amos. De Bont, a huge Tori Amos fan, personally appealed to her to appear on the Twister soundtrack.
    “Huge Tori Amos fan and personally appealed to her to appear on the soundtrack.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:26:55 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Jan de Bont: The crew revolted: scores quit, two DPs, funny T-shirts about him, a camera assistant knocked over; replacement Jack Green was hurt with two days to go and De Bont finished photography himself.
    “Jack Green got hurt with 2 days to go.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Jan de Bont: He missed filming an oil tanker explosion and reportedly paid about 500,000 dollars to do it again.
    “missed the explosion of an oil tanker that wasn't caught on film and they had to do it again for a rumored $500,000.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:07:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Jan de Bont: A vegetarian who hated the meat scene and a huge Tori Amos fan who personally appealed to her to be on the soundtrack.
    “He was a staunch vegetarian and hated the mag scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:26:48 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)