The Band

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 Big Chill (1983); The Last Waltz.

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.

Return of the Secaucus 7: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they scored: Return of the Secaucus 7 ⇒ The Big Chill (the host's read). Called a precursor to The Big Chill.
    “precursor to this movie, Socaucus 7 is like this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:04 · unknown (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.

10 Years: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they scored: The Big Chill ⇒ 10 Years (the host's read). Another reunion-with-a-great-cast attempt that did not match The Big Chill.
    “I kind of like 10 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Beautiful Girls (1996): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they scored: The Big Chill ⇒ Beautiful Girls (the host's read). Named among the later films that tried and failed to be the Big Chill for a new generation, along with About Alex.
    “I remember beautiful girls tried in the mid 90s and there's a movie called About Alex and the mid 2010s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Bill Clinton: 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they scored: The Big Chill ⇒ Bill Clinton (the host's read). EW's 15th anniversary review blamed The Big Chill for soundtrack albums, 30-something, and Bill Clinton.
    “Hell, blame the big show for Bill Quinton.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Hometown (TV series): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they scored: The Big Chill ⇒ Hometown (TV series) (the host's read). The Big Chill was adapted as a short-lived 16-episode TV series called Hometown in 1986.
    “As the short-lived series hometown?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reality Bites (1994): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they scored: The Big Chill ⇒ Reality Bites (the host's read). Reality Bites is the young-person reaction to the sold-out generation The Big Chill depicts.
    “And then that's why like reality bites hits and you see reality bites and you're like, oh, that's why Troy is like, fuck everything.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Robbie Robertson: 1 line

  1. career (career) · them, directly: The Band ⇒ Robbie Robertson (the host's read). The score blends his Indigenous roots and what he did with The Band into the film's sound.
    “Robbie Robertson has indigenous roots in Canada, and he understands that this music and kind of like blends what he did with the band, with this sound.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:30:19 · Sean Fennessey or Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

The Intervention: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they scored: The Big Chill ⇒ The Intervention (the host's read). Another indie friends-weekend film in the same vortex.
    “There was a movie called The Intervention.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (2) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Robbie Robertson → The Band. The score blends his Indigenous roots and what he did with The Band into the film's sound.
    “Robbie Robertson has indigenous roots in Canada, and he understands that this music and kind of like blends what he did with the band, with this sound.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:30:19 · Sean Fennessey or Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): The Band → The Big Chill. 'The Weight' playing over Meg at the dining table is singled out as a best needle drop.
    “I just really like when like Meg's shattered and she's sitting at the dining room table smoking and like the shoe boxes are there and the wait's playing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:13:09 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): The Last Waltz → The Band. The Last Waltz documents the Band's final performance.
    “Martin Scorsese's documentary about the final performance of the band, the band.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:05:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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