Scott Rudin

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as producer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they produced, which the two lists below run through too: The Truman Show (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); The Social Network (2010); The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). Count them as studio (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.

Mark Zuckerberg: 2 lines

lineage (verbatim source) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the maker said so). Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out.
“But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
lineage (verbatim source) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read). The Facebook-creation blog post is almost entirely verbatim in the movie.
“It's almost entirely verbatim in the movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they produced: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
“you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Blue Velvet (1986): 1 line

unmapped (quoted line) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they produced: Blue Velvet ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The fuck-you-you-fucking-fuck shirt is believed to originate from Dennis Hopper's line in Blue Velvet.
“Hopper says that in blue velvet.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:24:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Francois Truffaut: 1 line

lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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)

Frank Capra: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they produced: Frank Capra ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
“you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

French New Wave: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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

lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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

lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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)

Jean-Luc Godard: 1 line

lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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)

Kevin Spacey: 1 line

unmapped (brought Fincher on) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: Kevin Spacey ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read). The hosts say Spacey optioned the book and got Fincher on board.
“And was the one who got Fincher on board.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:06:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Louis Malle: 1 line

lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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)

Stieg Larsson: 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they produced: Stieg Larsson ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The film is Zaillian's abridged adaptation of Larsson's novel, which loses nothing major.
“I think this is an excellent piece of adaptation that does not really, like, skip anything major.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:49:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sven Nykvist: 1 line

craft (visual reference) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they produced: Sven Nykvist ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the maker said so). Someone on the shoot (Fincher, or the DP by the garbled name) wanted a Sven Nykvist look: warm fires, cold rooms.
“I wanted to do a whole Sven Nikfist thing”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:11:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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

lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish, 2009) (2009): 1 line

lineage (remake) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they produced: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish, 2009) ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The Fincher film is the American remake of the Swedish original; its director says he was not worried.
“Everyone who loves film will go see the original.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:54:19 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942): 1 line

lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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)

The Social Network (2010): 1 line, within their own work

people (casting led to) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they produced: The Social Network ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
“Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 2 lines

theme (character template) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: The Social Network ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the maker said so). Snyder's reported reasoning: the modern-day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.
“yeah, the modern day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: The Social Network ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). Snyder offered Eisenberg Jimmy Olsen in BvS in the wake of The Social Network.
“Zack Snyder offers, uh, Jimmy Olsen. to Jesse Eisenberg in the wake of this movie, for BVS.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:43:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Friends with Benefits: 1 line

people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: The Social Network ⇒ Friends with Benefits (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
“It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (2014): 1 line

people (casting approach) · through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), which they produced: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
“that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

In Time: 1 line

people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: The Social Network ⇒ In Time (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
“It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Steve Jobs (2015): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: The Social Network ⇒ Steve Jobs (the host's read). Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation.
“I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Survivor: 1 line

industry (industry) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they produced: The Truman Show ⇒ Survivor (the host's read). Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
“This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Big Short (2015): 1 line

lineage (ripped off) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: The Social Network ⇒ The Big Short (the host's read). David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
“I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line, within their own work

people (casting led to) · through The Social Network (2010), which they produced: The Social Network ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
“Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): 1 line

verdict (verdict) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they produced: 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 the speakers said they did

What was said about them, by kind

industry (1)

industry (industry): Scott Rudin → Wes Anderson. Rudin was one of the producers who grabbed, propelled, and protected certain filmmakers and let them work their way.
“there are a handful of filmmakers that that producer kind of, Grabbed and and propelled forward. And protected”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:34:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Scott Rudin: Rudin's assistants knew from a speakerphone button that it was time to bring him string cheese.
“Ruden's take was he pushed the polio button on his speakerphone.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:23:38 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)