Walter Matthau

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Fail-Safe (1964); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); Hanging Up (2000); Charley Varrick; Dennis the Menace; Grumpier Old Men; Grumpy Old Men; IQ; Kotch; Out to Sea; The Odd Couple II; The Sunshine Boys; The Taking of Pelham 123.

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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), which they acted in: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the host's read). The color-name aliases were first seen in Pelham; called a great homage.
    “It's just a great homage, great Walter Mathow in taking Pelham one, 2, 3.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:00 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott remake): 1 line

  1. lineage (remake) · through The Taking of Pelham 123, which they acted in: The Taking of Pelham 123 ⇒ The Taking of Pelham 123 (Tony Scott remake) (the host's read). Patton's contrast: the remake needs Denzel Washington, the original has Matthau eating a stale hot dog.
    “you look at the Tony Scott remake, and the guy has to be Denzel Washington”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:42:23 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (13) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Walter Matthau → Grumpy Old Men. Matthau reinvented himself as a 1990s box office star by doubling down on being a crank.
    “completely reinventing himself as a movie star just by doubling down on being a fucking crank.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:41:43 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Walter Matthau → IQ. Matthau played Einstein in IQ, one of his two collaborations with Meg Ryan.
    “One of his 2 Meg Ryan collaborations.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:42:13 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Walter Matthau → Jack Lemmon. Matthau and Lemmon made four movies together in the 1990s after earlier decades of pairings.
    “They made 4 movies together in the 90s.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:42:50 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Walter Matthau → Dennis the Menace. Matthau's grump in Dennis the Menace was a polished act; in Hanging Up it feels real and raw.
    “And here you're like, oh, this is this feels very real and very raw.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:41:18 · Sonia Saraiya (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Walter Matthau → Hanging Up. Matthau's performance was good enough that a better-liked film might have brought an Oscar nomination.
    “if this movie had been 10% more liked, it feels like he would have gotten an Oscar nomination.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:43:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Walter Matthau: Matthau died roughly two months after the film came out; this is his only film of the 2000s.
    “He died, I think. Two months after the movie came out.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:40:35 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Walter Matthau: Matthau's scene crashes a child's birthday party and calls the guests names and screams.
    “I have a scene where I break into a child's birthday party, call them all midgets and scream and cause violets.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:45:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)