Anthony and Joe Russo

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014); Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

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.

Steven Soderbergh: 2 lines

  1. career (career) · them, directly: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Anthony and Joe Russo (the host's read). Soderbergh saw their Slamdance film and gave them a career, helping set up Welcome to Collinwood.
    “So then he helps them set up welcome to Colinwood.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:25:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people) · them, directly: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Anthony and Joe Russo (the host's read). Soderbergh vouched for them to Marvel: big nerds with the tools.
    “I think these guys got the tools.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:28:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Three Days of the Condor (1975): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), which they directed: Three Days of the Condor ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the maker said so). The filmmakers say outright they were making a Condor movie.
    “But they're like, we're like, we're making a 3 days of the Condor movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:27:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), which they directed: Three Days of the Condor ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the host's read). The Russos and Marcus/McFeely were told they could make a Three Days of the Condor style political thriller inside the MCU, provided Feige got his Helicarrier back.
    “You want to do a 3 day of the Condor movie?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:19:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they directed: Avengers: Age of Ultron ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The Hulkbuster armor pays off Banner being almost defeated by it before.
    “it's paying off the fact that he was, you know, almost defeated by this armor before.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:00:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), which they directed: Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the host's read). Zola surviving and joining the other side is the seed for Winter Soldier.
    “Because you need Zola to join the other side.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:34:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Ed Brubaker: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), which they directed: Ed Brubaker ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the host's read). The film adapts the Brubaker Winter Soldier comic arc.
    “They wanted to take the Ed Brubaker Winter Soldier Arc, which is one of the most famous Captain America Arcs.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:14:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jack Kirby: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they directed: Jack Kirby ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). Kirby's cosmic creations at Marvel, Galactus and the Silver Surfer, are the ancestors of this material.
    “he creates galactus and silver surf and all these parrots”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:56:25 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Jim Starlin: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they directed: Jim Starlin ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The cosmic Thanos comics were mostly Starlin and mostly dudes talking on half asteroids.
    “Starlin stuff, mostly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:52:56 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

Sydney Pollack: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), which they directed: Sydney Pollack ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the host's read). Winter Soldier's look is said to approximate a Sydney Pollack movie (transcribed 'Sydney Poland').
    “And, you know, Captain America's sort of trying to approximate like a fucking Sydney Poland movie or whatever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:34:31 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they directed: The Avengers ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The Hulk echoes Tony Stark's words from the first Avengers; the movie is full of callbacks.
    “echoing Tony Stark's words from the Avengers 2012”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:25:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), which they directed: Captain America: The Winter Soldier ⇒ Avengers: Age of Ultron (the host's read). The post-credits scene sets up the twins and Strucker's experiments.
    “You know what they're setting up here, Benny.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 2:12:03 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Avengers: Endgame (2019): 1 line

  1. unmapped (continuity) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they directed: Avengers: Infinity War ⇒ Avengers: Endgame (the host's read). Thor knowing where the reality stone is sets up a bad decision in Endgame.
    “that plays into Endgame, and a bad decision they make”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:03:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (2) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career): Anthony and Joe Russo → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh saw their Slamdance film and gave them a career, helping set up Welcome to Collinwood.
    “So then he helps them set up welcome to Colinwood.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:25:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Anthony and Joe Russo → Arrested Development. The Russos directed the Arrested Development pilot, which invented a kind of comedy.
    “They directed the Arrested Development Pilot, which basically is like inventing a kind of comedy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:28:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Anthony and Joe Russo → Community. They directed the Community pilot and the paintball episode.
    “Well, not only did they direct the community pilot, they directed the paintball episode, which was huge.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:28:09 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Anthony and Joe Russo → Happy Endings. They also directed the Happy Endings pilot.
    “They also did like the happy endings, pilot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:28:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Anthony and Joe Russo → Captain America: Civil War. A host feels the Russos' later films suffer from TV-director flow, while Infinity War is good.
    “my problem with the later Russo movies is I think you fall a little bit into like this, this is being a TV director, you know?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:29:17 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Anthony and Joe Russo → TV directors. Marvel could trust the TV directors to keep things on budget.
    “They're TV guys, they know how to like maintain, you know?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:29:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Steven Soderbergh → Anthony and Joe Russo. Soderbergh vouched for them to Marvel: big nerds with the tools.
    “I think these guys got the tools.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:28:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Captain America: The Winter Soldier → Anthony and Joe Russo. Of the Russos' three theatrical films this is the most distinctive.
    “This is, I mean, of their 3 movies, this is the one that's the most distinctive.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:29:13 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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