Walter Matthau

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: Home Wreckers (unmade script). Count them as actor (13 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.

The Fortune Cookie: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Home Wreckers (unmade script), which they were tied to as imagined cast: The Fortune Cookie ⇒ Home Wreckers (unmade script) (the maker said so: a studio vice president's note to the writers). A studio note asked for a smart legal comedy like Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie.
    “it should be more like a smart legal comedy like Billy Wilder is the fortune cookie”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:09:37 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

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

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)