Philip Baker Hall

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The War of the Roses (1989); Misery (1990). Count them as actor (10 films) 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.

Stephen King: 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as imagined as Farnsworth: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King writing about his nightmare of a fan who takes things too far.
    “Stephen King writing about, like, basically his work's nightmare”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as imagined as Farnsworth: Stephen King ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Misery is King's book about addiction; Annie Wilkes stands for the painkillers.
    “Annie Wilkes is really, she represents that, this thing that's trying to kill him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:22 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as imagined as Farnsworth: Forgetting Sarah Marshall ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Dracula the Musical award is borrowed from Sarah Marshall; given to the Misery books.
    “We relate, so in, in, uh, forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:57:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as imagined as Farnsworth: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
    “The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Stand by Me (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Misery (1990), which they were tied to as imagined as Farnsworth: Stand by Me ⇒ Misery (the host's read). King's first adaptation he liked was Stand By Me; Reiner got Misery through that deal.
    “the 1st one of the 1st adaptation of his that he actually really liked was stand by me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:11:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Game of Thrones (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The War of the Roses (1989), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for the framing device lawyer: The War of the Roses ⇒ Game of Thrones (the host's read). The actual historical Wars of the Roses was a big inspiration for Game of Thrones.
    “Big inspiration for Game of Thrones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:56:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Problem Child: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The War of the Roses (1989), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for the framing device lawyer: The War of the Roses ⇒ Problem Child (the maker said so: the writer's own account on the show). They had pitched Problem Child to be a grown-up dark comedy like The War of the Roses.
    “talked about the War of the Roses”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:14:24 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (10) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Philip Baker Hall → Magnolia. Hall's 1999 includes Magnolia alongside this film.
    “How about just his 99?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:14 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Philip Baker Hall → Boogie Nights. Hall's run from 89 to 99 includes Midnight Run, Boogie Nights, Hard Eight and Seinfeld.
    “Yeah, boogie nights?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:25 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Philip Baker Hall → The War of the Roses. Philip Baker Hall could have pulled off the framing-device lawyer.
    “I think Philip Baker Hall could pull off the framing device.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:29:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Philip Baker Hall → John Tuld. Koppelman says Hall could have played either Tuld or Sam.
    “Philip Biggerhall could have played either.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:22:02 · Brian Koppelman (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.