Bruce McGill

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: Animal House (1978); My Cousin Vinny (1992); Cliffhanger (1993); The Insider (1999); Runaway Jury (2003); A Perfect World; Courage Under Fire; Rosewood; Timecop.

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.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through My Cousin Vinny (1992), which they acted in: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ My Cousin Vinny (the host's read). A Dutch-angle shot of James Rebhorn is called supposed to be out of Hitchcock, offered while saying the film has no truly cinematic shot.
    “I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:51:35 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

All the President's Men (1976): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Insider (1999), which they acted in: All the President's Men ⇒ The Insider (the host's read). The Insider is hoped to capture the same wave of reaction that All the President's Men did.
    “they're hoping to capture that same kind of that wave that people have when they saw all the president's men.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:08 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Mike Wallace Is Here (2019): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Insider (1999), which they acted in: Mike Wallace Is Here ⇒ The Insider (the host's read). The documentary on Wallace informs the Plummer scenes.
    “And I think it actually informs this scene a lot”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:37:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

Three's Company: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through My Cousin Vinny (1992), which they acted in: Three's Company ⇒ My Cousin Vinny (the host's read). Built on the misunderstanding-sitcom gags of that era; Friends was the last to dive into it.
    “it's still the legacy of that 3s company era of misunderstandings that could be entire episode.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:08:02 · 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.

Old School (2003): 2 lines

  1. lineage (genre lineage) · through Animal House (1978), which they acted in: Animal House ⇒ Old School (the host's read). Animal House started the habit of a winnable conflict set-piece that comedies copied for ten years, and Old School revived it.
    “I think Animal House started it and then the next 10 years of comedy is ripped off”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (genre lineage) · through Animal House (1978), which they acted in: Animal House ⇒ Old School (the host's read). Old School is the latest in a frat-movie cycle that returns every 10 to 15 years, starting with Animal House.
    “It is in keeping with the kind of every 10 to 15 years frat movie that we now get.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:23 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fran Drescher: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through My Cousin Vinny (1992), which they acted in: My Cousin Vinny ⇒ Fran Drescher (the host's read). Easy to rip off Tomei because ethnic comic performers with timing and sex appeal knew what to do with such a part.
    “there's a whole world of so-called ethnics out there who have great comic timing are really sexy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:48:38 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)

Hollywood Nights: 1 line

  1. unmapped (knockoff) · through Animal House (1978), which they acted in: Animal House ⇒ Hollywood Nights (the host's read). Hollywood Nights is called an Animal House runoff set in the past.
    “That was like an animal house runoff”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free) · 2:41:00 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Legally Blonde (2001): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through My Cousin Vinny (1992), which they acted in: My Cousin Vinny ⇒ Legally Blonde (the host's read). Legally Blonde comes after Vinny and plays with the genre's moments.
    “it comes after my cousin Vinny”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:34:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (13) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Bruce McGill → Animal House. Bruce McGill will always be Animal House, but here he is moral certitude and lawyerly power.
    “No, Bruce McGill is always going to be Animal House, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:10 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Bruce McGill: Bruce McGill's courtroom outburst, 'Wipe that smirk off your face,' wins the Dion Waiters award and is a triple-crown candidate.
    “This is not North Carolina, not South Carolina, nor Kentucky.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:19 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Bruce McGill: Says Vinny is rerun more than anything he's done besides Animal House, and he laughed at himself on a flight.
    “gets rerun more than anything I've done except maybe Animal House.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:43:45 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)