Sean Penn

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q44221: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Taps (1981); Carlito's Way (1993); Dead Man Walking (1995); The Game (1997); Sweet and Lowdown (1999); Mystic River (2003); The Interpreter (2005); Licorice Pizza (2021); U Turn; Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson film.

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.

Seven (1995): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (R-rated proof) · through The Game (1997), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's hit status as an R-rated film convinced the backers to fund The Game.
    “I think convinced, um, people like, okay, like, you can make an R-rated movie a hit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:33:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (commercial lead-in) · through The Game (1997), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's success gave Fincher an absurd budget for The Game.
    “this is better for me because now I can make this movie at an absurd budget.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

A Christmas Carol (2009): 1 line

  1. unmapped (template) · through The Game (1997), which they acted in: A Christmas Carol ⇒ The Game (the maker said so: reading Fincher's quotes in the dossier JJ put together). Fincher's own framing, as quoted in the dossier, is that The Game is A Christmas Carol and Nick is Scrooge.
    “it's a Christmas carol.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:52 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

That Thing You Do!: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Licorice Pizza (2021), which they acted in: That Thing You Do! ⇒ Licorice Pizza (the host's read). Gary Goetzman was an inspiration for Licorice Pizza and will come up on the show.
    “he was an inspiration for the film Licorice Pizza”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:44:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Gillian Flynn: 1 line

  1. lineage (inspired her approach) · through Mystic River (2003), which they acted in: Mystic River ⇒ Gillian Flynn (the maker said so). After failed attempts at novels, Flynn read Mystic River and took from it the idea of a crime that is a red herring for a character story.
    “She said she had many failed attempts and then read Dennis Lahain's Mystic River, which, in my opinion, is an incredible piece of writing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:31:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sharp Objects (TV): 1 line

  1. unmapped (template (crime as red herring)) · through Mystic River (2003), which they acted in: Mystic River ⇒ Sharp Objects (TV) (the host's read). Sharp Objects and Dark Places are described as Flynn's attempts at the Mystic River-style crime-as-red-herring structure.
    “And so sharp objects and dark places are both kind of like attempts at that, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:32:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Succession (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (looks like) · through The Game (1997), which they acted in: The Game ⇒ Succession (the host's read). Jokes that the opening home-movie footage is ripped off by Succession.
    “ripped it right off”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:35:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (15) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Sean Penn → Dead Man Walking. Penn's Mystic River win was seen as making up for losing for Dead Man Walking.
    “well, he should have won for Dead Man Walking and like Penn is understung.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:54:00 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Sean Penn → Sweet and Lowdown. Penn was nominated for Sweet and Lowdown while Pacino was not nominated at all for The Insider.
    “Sean Penn got nominated for sweet and low down.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:49:20 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (prior performance): Sean Penn → Licorice Pizza. Penn did fine work in a William Holden-esque stand-in role there.
    “He was in Licorice Pizza, did fine work as a William Holden-esque stand-in in that movie.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:08:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (sliding doors): Taps → Sean Penn. In Taps Cruise has the Sean Penn-style edgy role he never played again, a different career he could have had.
    “it's like a sliding doors moment for what kind of a career Tom Cruise could have had.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:47:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Sean Penn → Kevin Costner. Penn for Alex was raised but dismissed as too young.
    “Ormer, which is Sean Penn for Alex.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Sean Penn → The Game. Foster dropped out of The Game and Sean Penn went in.
    “and then they put Sean Penn in there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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