Walter Hill

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q350422: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Wild Bill, which Fearless with Timothy Simons credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: 48 Hrs. (1982); Wild Bill (1995); The Driver; The Long Riders. Count them as writer (1 film), producer (3 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.

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.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): 1 line

craft (comedic device) · through 48 Hrs. (1982), which they directed: 48 Hrs. ⇒ Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the host's read). Ferris's impersonation bit is the suburban white guy riff on Eddie Murphy in 48 Hrs.
“it's the suburban white guy riff on, on, uh, Eddie Murphy in torchies in 48 hours, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:28 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

director, Wild Bill (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fearless with Timothy Simons)
director, 48 Hrs. (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
director, The Driver (The Big Picture, ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More)
director, The Long Riders (Blank Check — Patreon, The Shining with Timothy Simons (Ad-Free))
director, 48 Hrs. (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man 2)

Producing (4) everyone in producing

producer (steward of the Alien films), Alien 3 (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
developer / producer, Alien (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Covenant)
producer (Brandywine), Alien Resurrection (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Resurrection)
producer, Alien (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)

Writing (2) everyone in writing

screenwriter (credited), Alien 3 (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
rewrote the script, monks become prisoners, Alien 3 (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)

What was said about them, by kind

industry (1)

industry (industry): Eddie Murphy → Walter Hill. Eddie mostly worked with really good directors early: Walter Hill, Tony Scott, Robert Townsend, Landis, with Brest the exception.
“Walter Hill, Tony Scott, Robert Townsend, doing shooting the comedy special,”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:20 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

people (director): Wild Bill → Walter Hill. Wild Bill, a big failure, was Bridges' biggest stretch.
“Wild Bill, where he plays Wild Bill Hickock, for Walter Hill, was a huge failure.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:58:25 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
people (people): Walter Hill → Alien. Hill and Dan O'Bannon keep getting checks for every Alien-related film.
“Walter Hill and Dan O'Bannon just continue to get fucking checks anytime they make anything alien related”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 2:02:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

unmapped (rewrite): Walter Hill → Alien 3. Hill came back and turned the monks into prisoners and the wooden planet into a factory prison.
“So then Walter Hill comes back kind of, you know, who produced the 1st one, you know, and he, he kind of like updates it”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:26:07 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.