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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Eyes Wide Shut (1999); Lady in the Water (2006); Pretend It's a City (2021); none. Count them as actor (24 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.

Arthur Schnitzler: 2 lines

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Arthur Schnitzler ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). Kubrick turned Schnitzler's Dream Story into Eyes Wide Shut 30 plus years later (per the dossier).
    “the Arthur Schnitzler book that he's going to turn into Eyes Wide Shut 30 plus years later.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:10:40 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (source novella) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Arthur Schnitzler ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speaker says the novel is very close to the film, so close that its plot beats are nearly one to one.
    “And it is very similar to eyes wide shut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Dream Story (Traumnovelle, the Schnitzler novella): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Dream Story (Traumnovelle, the Schnitzler novella) ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speakers note the film's credit says inspired by, not adapted from, Schnitzler's novella.
    “It's not adapted from Schnitzler.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:37:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Kirk Douglas: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of the project) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Kirk Douglas ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the maker said so). Kirk Douglas claims he handed Kubrick the novella during their Paths of Glory or Spartacus fights.
    “Kirk Douglas claims he gave it to him during one of their like shared therapy sessions”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:33:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Modern Romance: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Modern Romance ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the maker said so: Kubrick's call to Albert Brooks, 'that famous story'). Kubrick reached out to Albert Brooks after Modern Romance because he wanted to bottle that dynamic of men and women.
    “if you like reached out to Albert Brooks after seeing modern romance and said, like, Brit, and he was like, how did you do this?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:38:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Terry Southern: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of an idea) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Terry Southern ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). A conversation Southern had with Kubrick about an erotic film that looks like a film is called a kernel of Eyes Wide Shut.
    “he basically had a conversation at one point with Kubrick that is a kernel of eyes wide shut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:15:42 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60 sure it was them)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (title origin) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ⇒ Eyes Wide Shut (the host's read). The speaker offers that the phrase 'eyes wide shut' may come from the le Carre novel.
    “It may have been inspired from Tinker Teal or Soldier Spy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:40:51 · unknown (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.

Babygirl (2024): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Babygirl (the host's read). The stoned late-night bedroom lecture after the rave echoes Eyes Wide Shut.
    “Nice callback to eyes wide shut and lecturing Tom Cruise in the bedroom while stoned out of their minds.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:24:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (2016): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Juneteenth (Atlanta episode) (the host's read). Donald Glover's character describes the party as a Spike-directed reboot of Eyes Wide Shut.
    “this is like a spikely directed reboot of eyes wide shut”
    The Big Picture · Janicza Bravo and Brett Gelman Channel Rejection and Anxiety to Make ‘Lemon’ | The Big Picture (Ep. 22) · 0:04:44 · Alison Herman (0.85 sure it was them)

Phantom Thread (2017): 1 line

  1. unmapped (lesson learned) · through Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which they were tied to as supposedly considered with Kim Basinger: Eyes Wide Shut ⇒ Phantom Thread (the host's read). The speaker feels PTA took lessons from visiting the Kubrick set about small crews.
    “Like, it feels like PTA sort of learned some lessons from being on the set that took years to see Ben.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:06:03 · unknown (0.30 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)