James Schamus

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q1354081: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: The Ice Storm (1997); Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000); earlier Taiwanese Ang Lee films. Count them as director (1 film), producer (1 film), composer (1 film) 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.

King Hu: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they wrote: 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)

Rick Moody's novel: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they wrote: Rick Moody's novel ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Based on Rick Moody's 1994 book; the author cried at the end of a cut and said they got it.
    “It's based on Rick Moody's 1994 book, who saw a cut of it and cried at the end and was like, my God, they got it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they wrote: The Brady Bunch Movie ⇒ The Ice Storm (the host's read). Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm.
    “They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90 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

  1. industry (industry) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they wrote: 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

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which they wrote: 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)

Swingtown (TV): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through The Ice Storm (1997), which they wrote: The Ice Storm ⇒ Swingtown (TV) (the host's read). Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax.
    “That show has to be on Cinemax.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (3) everyone in writing

Directing (1) everyone in directing

Producing (1) everyone in producing

Music (1) everyone in music

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): James Schamus → Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Schamus wrote the lyrics to the closing-credits song of Crouching Tiger.
    “And our love, to quote the James Seamus lyrics from the closing, the closing song, is... Close like a drug, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:36:50 · unclear (a host or the guest) (0.30 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): James Schamus → Ang Lee. Lee and Schamus are longtime producing and writing partners who know each other's strengths.
    “Like those guys are thickest thieves.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): James Schamus → The Ice Storm. Schamus (as named James Seamus) read the novel before publication and brought it to Lee.
    “he James Seamus read this book, like, I think even before it was published, the book's published in 94, and he brings it to Angley”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 0:20:59 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): James Schamus → The Incredible Hulk. Schamus's actual Hulk 2 pitch was about Native American reservations rather than Hulk fights; Zak Penn's conventional version is what got made.
    “He mostly just talked about Native American reservations and how that land is continually being exploited and how it's more trenchant than ever now.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:05:47 · Griffin or David (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.