Sam Elliott

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q311314: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Hulk, which The Incredible Hulk credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Tombstone (1993); Hulk (2003); Draft Day (2014); A Star Is Born (2018); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

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.

The Godfather (1972): 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the maker said so: Russell, in his True West magazine interview). Russell's intended tone was a Western Godfather; Jarre's version was more elegant.
    “Well, Russell says it, it was basically the godfather of Westerns.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The Oriental faro takeover shows the Godfather-like business side Russell wanted.
    “You could see the godfather thing that Russell's talking about when he moves into Tombstone and immediately takes over the Faro game at the Oriental.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

David Fincher: 1 line

  1. lineage (early inspiration) · through Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which they acted in: David Fincher ⇒ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (the host's read). A televised making-of documentary about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid blew young Fincher's mind about how movies are made.
    “the film that inspired young Fincher most”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:42:25 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

John Ford: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: John Ford ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). Contrast: Ford Westerns vs gnarly, vulgar Tombstone.
    “bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Three Amigos (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: Three Amigos ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The wedding-execution opening resembles the Three Amigos setup.
    “this movie's after the 3 amigos, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:23 · Chris Ryan (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.

Deadwood (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: Tombstone ⇒ Deadwood (the host's read). Tombstone as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood.
    “I tend to think of this movie as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Fighting with My Family (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Star Is Born (2018), which they acted in: A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side.
    “I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

The Incredible Hulk (2008): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Hulk (2003), which they acted in: Hulk ⇒ The Incredible Hulk (the host's read). Despite the reboot claim, the same three relationships (Hulk, Betty, Thunderbolt Ross) carry through, as does the South America opening.
    “And those 3 relationships feel very much on a continuity with everything that happens in English film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:06:37 · Griffin or David (0.35 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (6) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Sam Elliott → A Star Is Born. After watching his interviews a speaker would be happy to see Elliott win the Oscar for A Star Is Born.
    “I'm totally happy if you win the Oscar just because I want Sam Elliot to have an awesome one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:30:46 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): William Hurt → Sam Elliott. Hurt took over Thunderbolt Ross but Elliott in Ang Lee's movie made the role impossible to imagine otherwise.
    “To me, once they had cast Sam Elliott, it was impossible to imagine anyone else in the role, which sounds ridiculous, but it's true.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:24:22 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Sam Elliott → Katharine Ross. Elliott met Ross on Butch Cassidy as card player number two; they are still married.
    “They met on Butch Cassidy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:30:28 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Sam Elliott → Can You Ever Forgive Me?. Too bad for Sam Elliott and Richard E. Grant, who may have lost a final chance to win.
    “it's too bad for Sam Elliott and Richard E. Grant in particular”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 1:03:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Sam Elliott: Seen on a 35mm print, the Sam Elliott lunch-scene reel is a standout and his mustache line is called the sharpest facial hair line ever seen.
    “It is the sharpest line on facial hair.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:03:11 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)