Ted Levine

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: Full Metal Jacket (1987); Panic Room (2002). Count them as actor (2 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.

Fight Club (1999): 3 lines

  1. career (career) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Panic Room read as a small antidote to the response to Fight Club.
    “This seemed like a little bit of an antidote to that because what's panic room about.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The inside-the-house camera moves Fincher started in Fight Club are fully developed in Panic Room.
    “And there's a lot of like stuff that he had started to do a little bit with Fight Club is like really like fleshed out in panic room”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:53 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (response to) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Panic Room is a conscious response to Fight Club, which flopped and tried to be about everything.
    “Yes. And I feel like it's a very conscious response to fight club.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:24:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fargo (1996): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the villains) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
    “But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film): 1 line

  1. career (career sequence) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as what-if Rafterman: Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick failing to crack a Holocaust movie, as Barry Lyndon came out of Napoleon.
    “it does feel similar to Full Metal Jacket coming out of him trying to make a Holocaust movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:23:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jodie Foster: 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Jodie Foster ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The Game casting fell through, and Panic Room happened because she still wanted to work with Fincher.
    “Panic room ends up happening because of how badly she still wanted to work with Venture”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:56:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

R. Lee Ermey: 1 line

  1. lineage (source of the dialogue) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as what-if Rafterman: R. Lee Ermey ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed.
    “No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Rear Window (1954): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Rear Window ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs.
    “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Sling Blade (1996): 1 line

  1. people (led to casting) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Sling Blade ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Yoakam was cast in Panic Room off of Sling Blade.
    “That was kind of what he got cast off over.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 1:02:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Straw Dogs (1971): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Straw Dogs ⇒ Panic Room (the maker said so: Fincher's quotes the host reads). Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs (Peckinpah).
    “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Short-Timers (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as what-if Rafterman: The Short-Timers (novel) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Kubrick's film is based on Gustav Hasford's novel and keeps its three-part structure.
    “Stanley Kubrick's film, 1987, based on the novel, The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:25:08 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: The Silence of the Lambs ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The switcheroo with the dad and Raoul is a little Silence of the Lambs homage.
    “A little silence of lambs homage.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:47 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Thief (1981): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Thief ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Fincher may have watched Thief before Panic Room.
    “Fincher does panic room and he probably saw Thief like 2 weeks before he started filming”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project): 1 line

  1. career (project that led to another) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as what-if Rafterman: Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). The speaker says Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick searching for the right Holocaust material.
    “Full Mal Jack comes out of him searching for the right Holocaust material.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:29:19 · 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.

Dead Presidents (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as what-if Rafterman: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Dead Presidents (the maker said so: Lorenz Tate recalling the Hughes brothers' videotapes). Allen Hughes made a VHS of Vietnam scenes; Tate was assigned Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Platoon.
    “So I watched Full Metal Jacket.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:43 · Lorenz Tate (0.80 sure it was them)

Flight Plan: 1 line

  1. unmapped (template for) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Panic Room ⇒ Flight Plan (the host's read). A host says Panic Room set the template for what looked like Foster's next phase of adult thrillers.
    “And I do think it's sort of set a template for what felt like, oh, this is Jody Foster's next phase that then went sort of died prematurely.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:01:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jarhead (2005): 1 line

  1. unmapped (generational template) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they were tied to as what-if Rafterman: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Jarhead (the host's read). Jarhead is described as trying to be the Full Metal Jacket of the Iraq war generation.
    “like jarhead feels like it's very much trying to be the full metal jacket.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:27:21 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (set the template for) · through Panic Room (2002), which they were tied to as what-if Raoul: Panic Room ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read). A host says Fincher's all-previs approach on this film created the pipeline for how blockbusters are made.
    “But that disc 2 is so much about that he basically created the pipeline for how all fucking blockbusters are made on this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:31:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (3) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Ted Levine. Ted Levine in the Yoakam part.
    “Ted Levine in the Dwight Yoakam part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:55 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if casting): Ted Levine → Full Metal Jacket. A speaker thinks Ted Levine would work in this film.
    “Ted Levine would work in this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:30:14 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.