Alec Baldwin

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q170572: 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: Beetlejuice (1988); Married to the Mob (1988); Working Girl (1988); Miami Blues (1990); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Marrying Man (1991); Glengarry Glen Ross (1992); Prelude to a Kiss (1992); Malice (1993); The Getaway (1994); The Shadow (1994); Heaven's Prisoners (1996); The Juror (1996); The Edge (1997); Outside Providence (1999); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); The Cooler (2003); The Departed (2006); It's Complicated (2009); Still Alice (2014); Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015); A Star Is Born (2018); Alice; Great Balls of Fire!.

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.

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: An Officer and a Gentleman ⇒ Working Girl (the host's read). The kiss-and-secretaries-cheer moment is an Officer and a Gentleman homage.
    “And then I had the officer and a gentleman homage when they're kissing and one of the secretaries says, way to go.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:13:08 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Francois Truffaut: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: Francois Truffaut ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). French New Wave influence.
    “Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:15:59 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

French New Wave: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: French New Wave ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). Combines the emotionality and cutting style of French new wave with the rawness of 70s American cinema.
    “You've got 70s American cinema and you've also got 60s French new wave.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:06:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). The vibe of that kid-runaway book imbues the first 40 minutes, including the narration and child-genius portraiture.
    “the whole vibe of that book is imbued in the 1st 40 minutes of this movie, most of the narration, most of the young Tenenbaum's portraiture of these 3 child geniuses.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:05:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Harold and Maud: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: Harold and Maud ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). Off-kilter characterization, 70s feel, overcoats, and suicide attempts; in the bloodstream of Tenenbaums and Squid and the Whale.
    “Harold and Maud is very much in the bloodstream of, of, the Royal Ten of bombs and Squid and the whale.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:37:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Infernal Affairs (2002): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake source) · through The Departed (2006), which they acted in: Infernal Affairs ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, which is tighter.
    “It was called Infernal Affairs, the Hark Kong one?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:59:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jean-Luc Godard: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: Jean-Luc Godard ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the maker said so: Matt Zoller Seitz's book on the movie). The mosaic of book covers was inspired by a Godard movie doing something similar.
    “he was inspired by, I think it was a Godard movie that did something similar, of course.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:53:10 · Andy Greenwald (0.50 sure it was them)

Louis Malle: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: Louis Malle ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). French New Wave directors listed among its influences.
    “some of the influences on this movie include films by Louis Maule. Um, uh, Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:15:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Scarface (1983): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Departed (2006), which they acted in: Scarface ⇒ The Departed (the host's read). The film has references to classic gangster films like the original Scarface that feel like pastiche.
    “there's a couple of references in this movie to classic gangster films like the original Scarface”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:45:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Catcher in the Rye / Franny and Zooey: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: The Catcher in the Rye / Franny and Zooey ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). Salinger's Glass-family stories are the key literary influence.
    “Zoe is like the key influence on this film”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:05:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: The Magnificent Ambersons ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). Named as a huge influence; rewatching Ambersons shows how much of it is in Tenenbaums.
    “it's wild how much, uh, ten bombs or how much Amberson's is in ten bombs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:16:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Pretty Woman (1990): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pretty Woman borrows openly from Working Girl's Cinderella story.
    “It openly steal shit from this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pairing Working Girl and Pretty Woman as a Cinderella double feature to see what Pretty Woman took.
    “It double Cinderella and then you're watching Purdue Woman seeing all the things they took.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:05:09 · unknown (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 Devil Wears Prada (2006): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ The Devil Wears Prada (the host's read). Working Girl sprinkled its DNA over later beloved movies, Pretty Woman and Devil Wears Prada chief among them.
    “And it's just sprinkling DNA over all these beloved movies over the next 40 years, but those were Pretty Woman and Devil wears Prada were the 2 that I was like, oh, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:13:35 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): 1 line

  1. verdict (verdict) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: The Royal Tenenbaums ⇒ The Grand Budapest Hotel (the host's read). Grand Budapest is the best alternative case for the Anderson slot, but it could not exist without Tenenbaums' blueprint.
    “Um, but Grand Budapest does not exist.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:38:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What Just Happened (2008): 1 line

  1. unmapped (dramatization) · through The Edge (1997), which they acted in: The Edge ⇒ What Just Happened (the host's read). Barry Levinson's 2008 film, drawn from Art Linson's book, fictionalizes the making of The Edge, including the beard fight and De Niro.
    “They made a movie based on Art Linson's book, and a lot of it is about making this stupid movie and a big part about him not shaving the beard”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:35:23 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

Working Girl (1990 NBC series): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they acted in: Working Girl ⇒ Working Girl (1990 NBC series) (the host's read). Working Girl became a 1990 NBC series, with Sandra Bullock as Tess.
    “Working Girl became an NBC series in 1990”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:11:10 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (46) everyone in acting

Other (5) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career contrast): Alec Baldwin → Jeff Bridges. Baldwin was another consolation lead, always one movie from A-list.
    “Baldwin, kind of an interesting counterpoint to the Bridges discussion.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:44:50 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Billy Baldwin → Alec Baldwin. Billy was briefly the hot Baldwin; Alec was the more serious one and took over the spot.
    “Billy Baldwin got traded to the Eagles after Sliver was over and his brother kind of took the spot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:00 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Alec Baldwin → The Hunt for Red October. Red October sits in a strong 1988-1993 Alec Baldwin run that looked like a Clark Gable path.
    “I think everybody thought he was going to be whatever, Clark Gable or something”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:44:12 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Alec Baldwin → 30 Rock (TV). Jack Donaghy, pulled back from silly to about ten percent, makes Baldwin a perfect fit for Mission: Impossible's serious cartooniness.
    “Um, but Alec Baldwin is so perfectly suited to these movies, and I think it is not discussed enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:22:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Alec Baldwin → Tom Cruise. Baldwin, Cruise's contemporary, says he failed as a movie star, and now Cruise is the one doing the action.
    “Baldwin is roughly of the same age as Cruz was sort of a contemporary of his and has talked so openly about the fact that he feels like he failed as a movie star”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:24:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Alec Baldwin → Jack Nicholson. Baldwin is one-tenth of Nicholson in the casting of the two films.
    “The hire Alec Baldwin is like one tenth of Nicholson.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 1:26:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): The Royal Tenenbaums → Alec Baldwin. Baldwin's narration works rather than feeling mannered, giving the quality of reading a good book.
    “Alec Baldwin's reading of the sort of opening graphs of individual chapters of this story.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:31:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Alec Baldwin → 30 Rock (TV). 30 Rock proved Baldwin can imbue a single name with meaning, which suits his Hunt monologues.
    “Another reason why it's really smart to cast Jack Donaghy for this role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:31:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Billy Baldwin → Alec Baldwin. A thought experiment: a younger brother wonders why the older brother got the great roles.
    “Alec actually has talked about this before.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:20:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (sports analogy): Alec Baldwin → Mitch Richmond. Baldwin's 90s are compared to Mitch Richmond: good numbers, never the winning team.
    “It was like watching a basketball player. It's like that guy, you know, Mitch Richmond.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:24:17 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (on-screen pair): Alec Baldwin → Elle Macpherson. Bill wanted a real actress, e.g. Kidman or Thurman, opposite Baldwin.
    “That's where you need like Nicole Kidman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:07:07 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (same career tier): Alec Baldwin → Val Kilmer. Van says Baldwin and Kilmer were both A-listers whose IMDb never matched their talent.
    “I think him and Val Kummer occupied this strange space in that kind of 90s, early 2000s where they were A-listers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:24:01 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if): Harrison Ford → Alec Baldwin. Reportedly Baldwin was given Jack's part, then Ford decided he wanted the movie and Baldwin was bumped down.
    “They then give the role to Alec Baldwin.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:32:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Mike Nichols → Alec Baldwin. Nichols wanted Baldwin for Jack, but the studio said Griffith and Baldwin were not enough names.
    “that Nichols did want Baldwin, and then the studio was like, Melanie Griffith and Alec Gildwin, Baldwin aren't enough names.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:33:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (casting what-if): Bill Pullman → Alec Baldwin. Pullman was lined up to replace Baldwin when Baldwin refused to shave his beard.
    “they have Bill Pullman lined up to come in in the Alec Baldwin part last second.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:27:38 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Alec Baldwin: Baldwin at the wedding and in the bar: the boat deal, 'I got the boatload.' What does he even do?
    “It's like the arbitrage of boats.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:50:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Alec Baldwin: On set Baldwin refused to shave his beard, so Bill Pullman was lined up to replace him; he then shaved but stopped talking to the director for the shoot.
    “And then won't talk to the director for the rest of the shoot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:27:54 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Alec Baldwin: In his autobiography Baldwin says Mamet's script was great and became a dumb action movie; he's still mad about The Edge.
    “he's still mad about the edge.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:15:56 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Alec Baldwin: The 'living manifestation of destiny' line becomes a running gag.
    “He is the literal manifestation of destiny, motherfucker.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:58:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Alec Baldwin: Gossip that co-op boards kept rejecting Alec Baldwin's family after his punch-ups outside the front door.
    “they kept on getting rejected by different co-op boards because they'd be like, we don't want him fucking punching a guy”
    Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:45:17 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)