Adam Fields

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

Counted as producer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they produced, which the two lists below run through too: Sixteen Candles (1984); The Breakfast Club (1985); Donnie Darko (2001).

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.

El Mariachi (1992): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Donnie Darko (2001), which they produced: El Mariachi ⇒ Donnie Darko (the host's read). The 90s indie boom of low-budget hits like sex, lies and El Mariachi made Darko-type bets possible.
    “Thanks to a series of low budget hits, like sex lies and videotape and El Mariachi.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:27:57 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

John Hughes: 1 line

  1. career (creator self-projection) · through The Breakfast Club (1985), which they produced: John Hughes ⇒ The Breakfast Club (the host's read). Hughes is a cross between Hall's Breakfast Club character and Cameron, and did his best writing for those guys.
    “my guess would be he was kind of a cross between Anthony Michael Hall's breakfast club character and Cameron in a lot of ways”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Alan Ruck: 1 line

  1. lineage (character lineage) · through The Breakfast Club (1985), which they produced: The Breakfast Club ⇒ Alan Ruck (the host's read). Cameron is an extension of Anthony Michael Hall's Breakfast Club character, with similar anxiety and a near suicide beat.
    “Yeah, it's kind of an extension of the Anthony Michael Hall character in Breakfast Club.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:05:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Weird Science (1985): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Breakfast Club (1985), which they produced: The Breakfast Club ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). Gary's girlfriend in Canada is a gag taken from Breakfast Club.
    “Like, that's the thing directly from Breakfast Club.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:17:25 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)

Zodiac (2007): 1 line

  1. people (casting) · through Donnie Darko (2001), which they produced: Donnie Darko ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher liked Donnie Darko and had Gyllenhaal pegged for a while.
    “unsurprisingly, Fincher liked Donny Darko”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:22:44 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Producing (3) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Adam Fields → John Hughes. Fields worked on Hughes's Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club before Donnie Darko.
    “By that point, Fields had worked on several big films, including 16 candles in the breakfast club.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:25:30 · Brian Raftery (0.95 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Adam Fields → Donnie Darko. Fields, an indie producer, got the script and thought he could get it made.
    “I think I can get this made.”
    The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished · 0:26:27 · Adam Fields (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.