Carly Simon

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as composer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); Working Girl (1988).

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.

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they scored: An Officer and a Gentleman ⇒ Working Girl (the host's read). The kiss-and-secretaries-cheer moment is an Officer and a Gentleman homage.
    “And then I had the officer and a gentleman homage when they're kissing and one of the secretaries says, way to go.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:13:08 · Bill Simmons (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.

Pretty Woman (1990): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they scored: Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pretty Woman borrows openly from Working Girl's Cinderella story.
    “It openly steal shit from this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:08:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they scored: Working Girl ⇒ Pretty Woman (the host's read). Pairing Working Girl and Pretty Woman as a Cinderella double feature to see what Pretty Woman took.
    “It double Cinderella and then you're watching Purdue Woman seeing all the things they took.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:05:09 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they scored: Working Girl ⇒ The Devil Wears Prada (the host's read). Working Girl sprinkled its DNA over later beloved movies, Pretty Woman and Devil Wears Prada chief among them.
    “And it's just sprinkling DNA over all these beloved movies over the next 40 years, but those were Pretty Woman and Devil wears Prada were the 2 that I was like, oh, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:13:35 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)

Working Girl (1990 NBC series): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they scored: Working Girl ⇒ Working Girl (1990 NBC series) (the host's read). Working Girl became a 1990 NBC series, with Sandra Bullock as Tess.
    “Working Girl became an NBC series in 1990”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:11:10 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (2) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): Carly Simon → Working Girl. Carly Simon first wrote several songs that narrated the plot, which were cut in favor of 'Let the River Run'.
    “originally she wrote a bunch of songs for this movie and they were all very explicitly telling you what was happening in the plot.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:44:54 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Carly Simon → Working Girl. Simon's 'Let the River Run' and the score give the film a church-like rom-com gospel feel, best in the chandelier scene.
    “it's just like the organ, like you're in a church, but it's let the river run”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:06:36 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (music): Carly Simon → The Eagles. The opening was first cut to the Eagles' Witchy Woman; Simon objected and 'Let the River Run' replaced it.
    “that they 1st cut the opening to the Eagles witchy woman?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:15:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Carly Simon → Philadelphia. Only Let the River Run and Springsteen's Philadelphia song took the Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe.
    “Only this and Bruce Springsteen's Philadelphia.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:43:57 · Joanna Robinson (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Carly Simon → Gilmore Girls. The humming of Let the River Run feels like Gilmore Girls (Carole King vibe).
    “the way that she hums throughout the movie is very Gilmore Girls to me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:44:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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