Richard Linklater

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q40035: 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: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004). Count them as director (11 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.

Robert Altman: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Robert Altman ⇒ Richard Linklater (the host's read). Sean lists Linklater with PTA among 90s directors who took Altman's interest in communities and worlds.
    “They really were into Linklater is another one.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:21:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Friday Night Lights (TV series) (2006): 4 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as wrote a script and was all in on directing: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The TV show's excellence overshadowed the film, which has become underrated.
    “And then this one, which I think the TV show kind of overwhelmed the movie, and now the movie has become weirdly underrated.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:04:23 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as wrote a script and was all in on directing: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The halftime speech contains the ingredients later assembled into clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.
    “the ingredients for clear eyes, full hearts can't lose are present here”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:45:50 · Mallory Rubin (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as wrote a script and was all in on directing: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). Character map from the 88 team and film to the TV show.
    “Winchell's mom, Sarah's grandma, Booby is smashed, Billingsley is Riggins, John is Buddy, Gary's Eric, Sharon's, Tammy, et cetera.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:15:37 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as wrote a script and was all in on directing: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The bus-ride sequence before the Astrodome game influenced the TV series' team-bus tradition.
    “I feel like this is the TV series. I think was the most influenced by this sequence.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:42:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Moneyball (2011): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as wrote a script and was all in on directing: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Moneyball (the host's read). The film points toward the next wave of dramas that happen to be about sports.
    “And Friday Night Lights is moving us toward this kind of next iteration of whatever that was, and it's leading to stuff like money ball and win-win and like dramas that also happen to be about sports.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Varsity Blues (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as wrote a script and was all in on directing: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Varsity Blues (the host's read). Varsity Blues ripped off the Boobie Miles injury beat with its Lance Harbor injury, and the TV show flipped it with Jason Street.
    “I love varsity blues we've done on the rewatchables, but they rip it off with the Lance Harbor injury.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:35:23 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (11) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Glen Powell → Richard Linklater. Powell talks of teaming up with Linklater repeatedly and his baseball knowledge.
    “obviously Linklater is like a guy that will team up, you know, many times over”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:19:44 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Richard Linklater → Everybody Wants Some!!. Linklater's Everybody Wants Some is the benchmark for what his football version might have felt like.
    “think of how you feel about everybody wants some.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:20:21 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Peter Weir → Richard Linklater. Weir, like Linklater, has no overbearing visual style but gets incredible performances.
    “kind of reminds me of Linklater in that there's not like an overbearing visual style”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:20:12 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Richard Linklater → Steven Soderbergh. Both Linklater and Soderbergh like to try stuff, yielding some one-off movies that would be thin episodes.
    “But both of them have the thing where they're like, I want to try stuff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:38:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Robert Altman → Richard Linklater. Sean lists Linklater with PTA among 90s directors who took Altman's interest in communities and worlds.
    “They really were into Linklater is another one.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:21:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Richard Linklater → Glen Powell. Powell says Linklater is the director who first calls out a false performance and has the actor's back.
    “Linklater is the 1st guy that will call out bullshit on performance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:21:24 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. people (cameo link): The Cruise → Richard Linklater. The Cruise's subject, Speed Levi, appeared in Richard Linklater movies.
    “Speed Levic, who was featured in Richard Linklater movies, it follows him”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:24:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Richard Linklater → Before Midnight. Linklater is a favorite filmmaker; the Before trilogy is among Chris's favorite trilogies.
    “The before trilogy is one of my 3 favorite movie trilogies.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:36:16 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Richard Linklater → Ernest Dickerson. Ben dropped Linklater from his eight for being less Ben than DeVito, Spheeris, Dickerson.
    “DeVito and Sphereus, Dickerson, like all these people have to be represented by you.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:23:20 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Richard Linklater → Wong Kar-wai. Linklater beat Wong Kar-wai in the closest matchup of the round.
    “So Richard Linklater beat Warn Car Why.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:38:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Joel and Ethan Coen → Richard Linklater. The speaker expects the Coens to beat Linklater.
    “I imagine the Cohens will beat Link later.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:39:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Richard Linklater → Friday Night Lights (2004 film). A Linklater version would have been personal and Texan, like a football take on Everybody Wants Some.
    “link leader version of this is really interesting to think about.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:20:03 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them)

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