Richard Dreyfuss

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Wikidata Q181799: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: American Graffiti (1973); Jaws (1975); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); The Goodbye Girl (1977); The Buddy System (1984); Postcards from the Edge (1990); What About Bob? (1991); Mr. Holland's Opus (1995); The American President (1995); W. (2008); Always; Dillinger; Down and Out in Beverly Hills; Let It Ride; Night Falls on Manhattan; Nuts; Stakeout; The Big Fix; Tin Men; Whose Life Is It Anyway?.

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.

Carrie Fisher: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Postcards from the Edge (1990), which they acted in: Carrie Fisher ⇒ Postcards from the Edge (the host's read). Postcards is a Mike Nichols film written by Carrie Fisher from her novel.
    “Which is a Mike Nichols film, written by Carrie Fisher”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:16:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984): 1 line

  1. unmapped (tip of the hat) · through Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which they acted in: Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⇒ 2010: The Year We Make Contact (the host's read). Casting Balaban reads as a nod to Close Encounters; the speaker finds 2010 more in its shadow than 2001's.
    “And the Balaban casting feels like a real tip of the hat to that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:28:46 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Arachnophobia: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jaws (1975), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Arachnophobia (the host's read). Arachnophobia is Jaws with spiders.
    “it's sort of like Jaws, but with spiders”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:34:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which they acted in: Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⇒ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (the host's read). Close Encounters sets a template for science fiction and for stories about families and divorce.
    “It sets a different kind of template for science fiction storytelling, for stories about families, for stories about obsession, for stories about divorce”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:19:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Empire of the Sun (1987): 1 line

  1. craft (shot design) · through Jaws (1975), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Empire of the Sun (the host's read). Spielberg reveals Malkovich in pieces like Jaws and Indiana Jones, withholding the hero shot.
    “he introduces him both like he's Jaws and like he's Indiana Jones”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:38:17 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th (1980): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jaws (1975), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday took Jaws' device of music for a villain you cannot see.
    “the Jaws music for the villain you can't see.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:35 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Hollywood Nights: 1 line

  1. unmapped (knockoff) · through American Graffiti (1973), which they acted in: American Graffiti ⇒ Hollywood Nights (the host's read). Hollywood Nights looks like an American Graffiti knockoff.
    “This looks like a kind of American graffiti knockoff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:40:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Nope (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), which they acted in: Close Encounters of the Third Kind ⇒ Nope (the host's read). Sean says Nope is as much a Spielberg movie as any he has seen in a long time, with Close Encounters the usual touchstone, and notes the shared theme of looking up and trying to see.
    “nope is as much a Spielberg movie as any movie I've seen in a long, long time.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:31:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

The West Wing (TV series): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The American President (1995), which they acted in: The American President ⇒ The West Wing (TV series) (the host's read). The film is a test case for the West Wing, sharing actors like Martin Sheen and ideals.
    “it is a lot of ways a test case for the West Wing”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:02:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Twister (1996): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jaws (1975), which they acted in: 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)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (28) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

people (2)

  1. people (feud): Bill Murray → Richard Dreyfuss. Murray's reported insult to Dreyfuss during What About Bob?.
    “you are not liked, you are tolerate it.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:35:15 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (actor persona): Richard Dreyfuss → Jaws. In the 70s Dreyfuss was the audience POV for nerdy filmmakers (Close Encounters, Jaws), a nice-guy hero, before becoming a true asshole in What About Bob?
    “He was this like POV character for all of these nerdy filmmakers, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:22:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (prior episode): Mr. Holland's Opus → Richard Dreyfuss. The trio did Mr. Holland's Opus a few months earlier and discussed Dreyfuss's addiction history there.
    “We talked about him a lot when the 3 of us did Mr. Holland's Opus a few months ago”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:19:26 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Misery → Richard Dreyfuss. Dreyfuss would be believable as a writer, and expressed real regret at passing.
    “Dreyfus, I think, was the one who expressed real regret.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 1:05:02 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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