Tom Cruise

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q37079: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Rocky (1976); Dune (1984); Starman (1984); RoboCop (1987); Working Girl (1988); Pulp Fiction (1994); Species (1995); Mission: Impossible (1996); Twister (1996); The Truman Show (1998); Domestic Disturbance (2001); Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Iron Man (2008); Taken (2008); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008); Gone Girl (2014); Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019); Days of Thunder 2; Return to the Planet of the Apes (unmade Adam Rifkin pitch). Count them as actor (44 films), producer (2 films), craft (2 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.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: 2 lines

lineage (adaptation) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as what-if lead: F. Scott Fitzgerald ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). The film is adapted from Fitzgerald's short story, though the speakers say it shares little with it.
“It's quite, it's, it doesn't have too much in common with the film, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:01:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
lineage (adaptation distance) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as what-if lead: F. Scott Fitzgerald ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). By the time Roth finished, the film resembles the story in name only.
“By the time he's done with it, the movie has no resemblance to Benjamin Button apart from, it's called Benjamin Button.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:42:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Forrest Gump (1994): 2 lines

unmapped (anti-Gump answer) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as what-if lead: Forrest Gump ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). Griffin reads Benjamin Button as a pointed answer to Gump, showing the death behind the Americana.
“But I think it's almost like pointedly an anti-gump.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:22:50 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (attempt at a Gump) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as what-if lead: Forrest Gump ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). The speaker says the cultural narrative is that Benjamin Button is Fincher trying to do Gump.
“but I do think this is like the cultural narrative of this movie is he's trying to do Gump, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:10:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

It Happened One Night (1934): 2 lines

craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: It Happened One Night ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Carpenter wanted a road movie of two people in a car getting to know each other, in the mold of It Happened One Night.
“I want to make it happens one night.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:22:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (homage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: It Happened One Night ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The hay-bale love scene in an empty train car is called a likely conscious homage to It Happened One Night.
“So it's a, maybe it's an homage.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:27:07 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Paul Newman: 2 lines

unmapped (mentor anecdote) · them, directly: Paul Newman ⇒ Tom Cruise (the maker said so: Cruise on Graham Norton and the Nerdist podcast). Cruise's story: Newman had a PA bring a warm coat and heater between takes and said 54 pictures, kid, teaching him the craft of the job.
“And Paul Newman says something like 54 pictures, kid. basically implying like, I've learned how to make movies.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:14:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (torch passing) · them, directly: Paul Newman ⇒ Tom Cruise (the host's read). Cruise was number one and Newman tenth in the 1986 Quigley poll, so the narrative was Cruise taking the torch; Cruise modeled himself on Newman but went the Redford route.
“Cruz did kind of model himself after Newman in some ways, but ultimately went more of the Redford route”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:34 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

programming (programming) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as considered Paul: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
“Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)
unmapped (tentpole hope) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as considered Paul: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was meant to be the new Star Wars franchise, Lynch writing the sequel, coloring books on shelves.
“I thought it was going to be the Star Wars.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:18:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

A Simple Plan (1998): 1 line

lineage (adaptation model) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as emailed Pike encouragement the night before shooting: A Simple Plan ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Flynn used A Simple Plan as her model for adapting her own novel, then worried she could not match it.
“And she said, so I tried to use that as a model and then I freaked myself out because I was like, well, this is too good. I won't do this well.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:36:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes): 1 line

industry (industry) · them, directly: Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) ⇒ Tom Cruise (the host's read). Cruise optioned the Spanish film as soon as it reached America after Sundance.
“He optioned the film instantly when it came out in America.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:08:26 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Alex Cross: 1 line

people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as emailed Pike encouragement the night before shooting: Alex Cross ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Perry's turn in Alex Cross is given as the reason Fincher cast him as Tanner Bolt.
“Well, that's why Fisher cast him in this.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:09:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as what-if Truman: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Same line: the premise is Frank Capra crossed with Hitchcock.
“you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Species (1995), which they were tied to as suggested recasting (Madsen part / cameo): Alien ⇒ Species (the maker said so). Giger thought Species ripped off too many other alien movies, such as the chest-burster.
“He thought the movie ripped off too many other alien movies”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:12:56 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

An American Werewolf in London (1981): 1 line

lineage (effects lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: An American Werewolf in London ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The transformation sequence is indebted to American Werewolf's practical, show-it-all body effects.
“Yes, which is very like American werewolf in London, where the body is stretching out.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:20:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as what-if for Jack Trainor: 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)

Apocalypse Now (1979): 1 line

lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored for Cliff: Apocalypse Now ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting.
“He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Avatar (2009): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through RoboCop (1987), which they were tied to as floated for RoboCop: Avatar ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). The robot-waking sequence is beat for beat the first act of Avatar, down to testing the new body's powers.
“It is crazy actually how much this sequence is like beat for beat, the Avatar, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:38:34 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Batman Begins (2005): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through RoboCop (1987), which they were tied to as floated for RoboCop: Batman Begins ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). The remake is part of the grounded-and-serious wave that followed Nolan; the speakers say this film marks the end of it.
“The Batman begins effect.”
Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:47:48 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969): 1 line

lineage (influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored for Cliff: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so). Tarantino said Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice influenced the characters, looks, and scenery.
“Quinn said Bob and Carol and Ted Alice was a big influence on this movie”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Chuck Wepner: 1 line

people (people) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Chuck Wepner ⇒ Rocky (the host's read). Stallone watched Wepner take a beating from Ali for 15 rounds and was inspired to write Rocky in 3.5 days.
“He's watching Webner Ali in 75, which was the real life version of this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Commando (1985): 1 line

theme (genre revival) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as hypothetical Taken lead; method-actor comparison: Commando ⇒ Taken (the host's read). Taken returned to the basic Schwarzenegger/Stallone template, but with a real actor selling the lines.
“We're still going to have him do all of the same stuff that a Schwarzenegger or Stallone would do in commando or cobra, but now we've got a guy who, when he says things into the camera, when he gives the phone speech, you feel it.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:10:08 · Shea Serrano (0.70 sure it was them)

Deliverance (1972): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Deliverance ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
“It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): 1 line

industry (studio rivalry / shadow) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Columbia chose Starman over Night Skies, which Universal turned into E.T., so Starman carried the stigma of the one that got away and then looked like a ripoff.
“Uh, so they let go of night skies and let Universal acquire and turnaround.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:24:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Fatal Attraction (1987): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Domestic Disturbance (2001), which they were tied to as what-if casting: Fatal Attraction ⇒ Domestic Disturbance (the host's read). Domestic Disturbance is the late, bad entry in the 'from hell' thriller cycle that began with Fatal Attraction.
“We had this really good run that starts with fatal fatal attraction into the 80s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Flesh and Blood (1985): 1 line

career (career) · through RoboCop (1987), which they were tied to as floated for RoboCop: Flesh and Blood ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). Flesh+Blood is the failure that led Verhoeven to Hollywood and RoboCop, where he built entertainment around his interests.
“from this film on, he figures out how to take everything he's interested in and put it into the body of a conventionally entertaining Hollywood movie”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:49:14 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Frank Capra: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as what-if Truman: Frank Capra ⇒ The Truman Show (the host's read). Nichol's idea is described as Capra plus Hitchcock combined.
“you basically take Frank Capra and Alpha Hitchcock and you put it together, and that's what this movie is.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel): 1 line

lineage (adaptation) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as emailed Pike encouragement the night before shooting: Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn novel) ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The film adapts Flynn's novel, and the first-person diary trickery was the open question about how it would work on screen.
“Because it is such like a little fun piece of 1st person narration trickery.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:34:23 · Esther Zuckerman (0.70 sure it was them)

Industrial Light & Magic: 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as actor, hypothetical Bill: Industrial Light & Magic ⇒ Twister (the host's read). The movie was built out of an ILM proof-of-concept clip of a pickup truck driving toward a tornado.
“It was a proof of concept clip from Industrial Light Magic”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jaws (1975): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as actor, hypothetical Bill: Jaws ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Jonas is the Jaws-mayor archetype, a money-motivated antagonist that became a stock character in every movie.
“The mayor in Jaws is the character that kind of pushes against our lead person.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Joe Dante: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Joe Dante ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
“Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Jules Dassin: 1 line

lineage (homage source) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: Jules Dassin ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Dassin's heist classics are the model for the Langley break-in.
“the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as actor, hypothetical Bill: Jurassic Park ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Marketing a disaster around unknown leads follows Jurassic Park, where Sam Neill and Laura Dern were known but not famous.
“coming off of Jurassic Park where it was like Sam Neil and Laura Dern were like well-known, but not famous.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:53:21 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Kiss Me Deadly ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
“It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:23:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Lee Majors: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Lee Majors ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
“Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Lee Van Cleef: 1 line

lineage (source of a detail) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored for Cliff: Lee Van Cleef ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so: he told me; I asked Quentin about it). The painting of Rick in the driveway came from Tarantino finding a giant Lee Van Cleef painting in the actor's garage while scouting.
“that's why I put a painting of Rick in the driveway.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Lolita (1962): 1 line

theme (character type (Desi)) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as emailed Pike encouragement the night before shooting: Lolita ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so: In the commentary). On the commentary Fincher says he wanted a Claire Quilty type for Desi and found it in Neil Patrick Harris.
“Fincher said he wanted a Claire quilty type and he's like, what's a modern Claire quilty type?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Love Is Strong (Rolling Stones video): 1 line

lineage (technique precursor) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as what-if lead: Love Is Strong (Rolling Stones video) ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). A host guesses the Stones' giant-scale effects helped Fincher on Benjamin Button.
“Well, and I bet this helped for Benjamin Button eventually.”
Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:59:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Orville Redenbacher commercial (Fincher, Digital Domain): 1 line

unmapped (proof of concept) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as what-if lead: Orville Redenbacher commercial (Fincher, Digital Domain) ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the maker said so). Fincher used a Redenbacher commercial to test whether the film was makeable.
“I'm basically stealing money from Orvell Redbocker to figure out whether this film is makeable or not.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:52:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Psycho (1960): 1 line

lineage (Hitchcock structural homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: Psycho ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Killing off Kristin Scott Thomas's star-billed character early mirrors Psycho killing Janet Leigh.
“it's completely Hitchcocky and it's killing Janet Lee after 40 minutes.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:29:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line, within their own work

lineage (lineage) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored for Cliff: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Ransom (1996): 1 line

craft (craft) · through Domestic Disturbance (2001), which they were tied to as what-if casting: Ransom ⇒ Domestic Disturbance (the host's read). Travolta tries to get mean like Mel Gibson in Ransom but lacks that gear.
“he's trying to do like Mel Gibson and Ransom, but he just does not have that gear at all.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reese Witherspoon: 1 line

lineage (originated the project) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as emailed Pike encouragement the night before shooting: Reese Witherspoon ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). Witherspoon took the book and had the idea of bringing Fincher on board.
“takes this book, has the smart idea, bring Fincher on board.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:20:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Reservoir Dogs ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
“Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)

Rififi (1955): 1 line

lineage (heist homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: Rififi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The silent Langley vault heist echoes the Rififi heist where an alarm is triggered by sound.
“my favorite heist movies were Fifi, which has a heist uh, portion where they very similar, they drill through the roof and it's all in silence”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:24:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

RoboCop (2014): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as would-have-been star (Nick Cassavetes version): RoboCop ⇒ Iron Man (the host's read). The Ironmonger voice and suit recall ED-209, and the finale is ED-209 versus RoboCop.
“You know what the voice is? He's Ed 209.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:53:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Shaft (1971): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Shaft ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
“It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Speed (1994): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as actor, hypothetical Bill: Speed ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
“The one that changed it was speed.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Stan Lee: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as would-have-been star (Nick Cassavetes version): Stan Lee ⇒ Iron Man (the maker said so: Stan Lee interviews). The film follows the first comic issue's origin; Lee wanted to make an industrialist war profiteer compelling to hippie kids.
“here's like an industrialist, war profiteer, Laos, and make him like compelling to these, like, hippie kids.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:27:36 · unknown (probably David) (0.40 sure it was them)

Steven Soderbergh: 1 line

unmapped (nod to a friend) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as emailed Pike encouragement the night before shooting: Steven Soderbergh ⇒ Gone Girl (the maker said so). Fincher put Soderbergh's Singani 63 in the film as a nod to his buddy and let him pick the scene.
“Fincher wanted to put it in the movie, as a nod to his buddy, Sudi, and said, uh, you can pick the scene where you want it applied.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 2:25:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Fast and the Furious (2001): 1 line

lineage (franchise influence) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: The Fast and the Furious ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The modern MI films combine Bourne-style hand-to-hand combat with Fast and the Furious over-the-top action.
“the 2 biggest influences on Mission Impossible are born in the Fast and the Furious.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:18:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Fugitive (1993): 1 line

unmapped (TV-to-film precedent) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: The Fugitive ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The Fugitive proved a classic TV property could be a big-screen box-office hit, which opened the door for Mission: Impossible.
“the fugitive proved that there was box office potential and television IP on the big screen.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:02:32 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line

people (casting approach) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as emailed Pike encouragement the night before shooting: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ⇒ Gone Girl (the host's read). The speaker thinks Fincher's exhaustive casting search on Dragon Tattoo informed how he cast Amy with someone new to the audience.
“that exhaustive casting search, which I do think informs the way he approaches Amy going into this movie as well”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:55:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Hateful Eight (2015): 1 line

theme (opening echo) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored for Cliff: The Hateful Eight ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The slow pan out to the painting of Rick echoes the slow pan out to the Jesus statue in Hateful Eight.
“It's very similar to the beginning of Hateful 8, where there's this very slow panout and it's like a Jesus Christ statue.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:05 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Lady Vanishes (1938): 1 line

lineage (Hitchcock homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: The Lady Vanishes ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The European mystery shades of the film recall The Lady Vanishes and Shadow of a Doubt.
“Lady Vanishes or, or, uh, even like Shadow of a Doubt in some respects”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:06:25 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)

The Longest Yard: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: The Longest Yard ⇒ Rocky (the host's read). Longest Yard arguably started the big-event beats, but Rocky is what made the sports-movie recipe stick.
“which I guess you could say longest yard started it, but once Rocky did this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:06:09 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

The Stepfather: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Domestic Disturbance (2001), which they were tied to as what-if casting: The Stepfather ⇒ Domestic Disturbance (the host's read). Domestic Disturbance is a stepfather-from-hell movie, a premise already done by The Stepfather.
“Which, by the way, we'd already done with the stepfather with Terry Quinn.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 1 line

lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored for Cliff: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
“Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Wizard of Oz (1939): 1 line

craft (craft) · through RoboCop (1987), which they were tied to as floated for RoboCop: The Wizard of Oz ⇒ RoboCop (the host's read). The training-sequence song joke riffs on the Tin Man and If I Only Had a Heart.
“If I only had a heart is what it's.”
Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:46:51 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

Topkapi (1964): 1 line

lineage (heist homage) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: Topkapi ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). Langley heist is an homage to the Jules Dassin heist classics Topkapi and Rififi.
“the Langley heist is an homage to the Jewel Statsen classics of uh, top copy and uh, Rafifi.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:49:53 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Two for the Road (1967): 1 line

craft (genre / structure) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: Two for the Road ⇒ Starman (the host's read). Carpenter reportedly wanted to make something like Two for the Road.
“I want to make like 2 for the road.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:22:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958): 1 line

lineage (based on) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored for Cliff: Wanted: Dead or Alive ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Bounty Law is based on Steve McQueen's Wanted Dead or Alive.
“Bounty Lostar, which was based on Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:14 · Bill Simmons (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.

Friday Night Lights (TV series) (2006): 4 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as what-if casting for Coach Gaines: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The TV show's excellence overshadowed the film, which has become underrated.
“And then this one, which I think the TV show kind of overwhelmed the movie, and now the movie has become weirdly underrated.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:04:23 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as what-if casting for Coach Gaines: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The halftime speech contains the ingredients later assembled into clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.
“the ingredients for clear eyes, full hearts can't lose are present here”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:45:50 · Mallory Rubin (0.80 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as what-if casting for Coach Gaines: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). Character map from the 88 team and film to the TV show.
“Winchell's mom, Sarah's grandma, Booby is smashed, Billingsley is Riggins, John is Buddy, Gary's Eric, Sharon's, Tammy, et cetera.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:15:37 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as what-if casting for Coach Gaines: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Friday Night Lights (TV series) (the host's read). The bus-ride sequence before the Astrodome game influenced the TV series' team-bus tradition.
“I feel like this is the TV series. I think was the most influenced by this sequence.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:42:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Creed (2015): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ Creed (the host's read). Merchant says Creed repeated Rocky's trick of making you care about the character before the fighting.
“when they rebooted it with Creed, I think they did the same thing”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:46:07 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ Creed (the host's read). Creed closely follows Rocky's structure, but opens with Creed obviously able to fight, unlike Rocky's grim opening bout.
“in Creed, which very closely follows some of the structures of rocky.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:38:15 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Fighting with My Family (2019): 2 lines

craft (craft) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant says you cannot make a sports movie without watching Rocky and all its sequels.
“make any kind of sports a movie without watching Rocky or indeed all of the Rockies”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:45:46 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
craft (craft) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant calls Rocky a template because it beds in character so you root for him before the fight, a lesson he applied.
“a template in the sense that it really beds in character”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:46:00 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

Iron Man 3 (2013): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as would-have-been star (Nick Cassavetes version): Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce.
“as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
theme (theme) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as would-have-been star (Nick Cassavetes version): Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic).
“And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018): 2 lines

lineage (callback) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: Mission: Impossible ⇒ Mission: Impossible – Fallout (the host's read). Every later MI film calls back to the Langley drop as a hallmark.
“I realized that they call back to that specific moment every time”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:06:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
industry (franchise template) · through Mission: Impossible (1996), which they were tied to as flirted with Fincher over a Mission: Impossible: Mission: Impossible ⇒ Mission: Impossible – Fallout (the host's read). Every MI film reuses the same three-set-piece structure plus a McGuffin, which is why the franchise is elastic.
“they used the same exact structure in every single movie that came forward.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:11:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Pretty Woman (1990): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as what-if for Jack Trainor: 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)
programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as what-if for Jack Trainor: 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)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as considered Paul: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars.
“And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70 sure it was them)
theme (theme) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as considered Paul: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Dune's Fremen/revolution material is the denser source that Star Wars abstracts; the Force is Dune without the drugs.
“the Force in Star Wars is like doom without the drugs.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:17:01 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

(the modern sports movie): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ (the modern sports movie) (the host's read). Rocky created the sports-movie prototype and the modern underdog.
“created the sports movie prototype, like just period.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 1 line

people (led to casting) · through Gone Girl (2014), which they were tied to as emailed Pike encouragement the night before shooting: Gone Girl ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the host's read). While making Gone Girl, Affleck reportedly joked to his agent that he needed a heroic-chin movie after the evil-chin one.
“the joke was the chin things in the script, he calls up his agent, while making Gone Girl, and says, like, I'm doing the evil chin movie now, you got to find me a heroic chin movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 1:06:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Bull Durham (1988): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ Bull Durham (the host's read). Bull Durham took the Rocky motto a level further in how a sports movie is written.
“how can we take that rocky motto and actually go the next level with how we write a movie”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:25:51 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel (2019): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
“a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Cinderella Man (2005): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ Cinderella Man (the host's read). Rocky set up the idea that a victory transforms the supporting cast too, as in Cinderella Man where he fights for Giamatti.
“by the time you get to like Cinderella man, you realize that he's not just fighting for him, he's fighting for Giamatti.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:28:11 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

David Lowery: 1 line

people (people) · through Dune (1984), which they were tied to as considered Paul: Dune ⇒ David Lowery (the maker said so: David Lowery's episode later in the series). A later series guest, David Lowery, called Dune a very big film for him as a child.
“we have an episode coming later in the series with David Lowry, who talked about Dune being a very big film for him”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:33:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Forrest Gump (1994): 1 line

people (performance lineage) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: Starman ⇒ Forrest Gump (the host's read). Bridges' hat, check shirt, strange speech and not-quite-a-person quality read as a proto-Forrest Gump.
“there's like a proto-Forrest Gump vibe in this performance in the hat and in the check shirt”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:57:23 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Ghostface Killah: 1 line

people (people) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as would-have-been star (Nick Cassavetes version): Iron Man ⇒ Ghostface Killah (the host's read). Ghostface is the Wu-Tang member particularly obsessed with Iron Man, who is the avatar of many of his songs.
“Iron Man is like the like his hero.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:40:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

House of Cards (TV series): 1 line

career (career step) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as what-if lead: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⇒ House of Cards (TV series) (the host's read). Fincher moved Mahershala Ali from Button into House of Cards.
“But I mean, look, Fincher puts him from this into House of Cards, which is one of the things that definitely levels him up.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:05:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

John Wick (2014): 1 line

lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as hypothetical Taken lead; method-actor comparison: Taken ⇒ John Wick (the host's read). John Wick may belong to the subgenre Taken started, though Wick is a more elaborate 5 o'clocker.
“Probably even John Wick, maybe.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:07:45 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

John from Cincinnati (2007): 1 line

theme (premise) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: Starman ⇒ John from Cincinnati (the host's read). A mysterious odd visitor who solves everyone's problems and parrots dialogue; John from Cincinnati owes a lot to Starman.
“He comes and visits, and he's mysterious, and he's weird, and he solves everybody's problem.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:11:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Kidnap (2016): 1 line

lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as hypothetical Taken lead; method-actor comparison: Taken ⇒ Kidnap (the host's read). Kidnap is another of the movies stemming from Taken.
“Kidnap is another one of the stemmed off of taken movies, so it's funny that you mentioned it.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:18:47 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

Midnight Special (2016): 1 line

verdict (same story, better version) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: Starman ⇒ Midnight Special (the host's read). Midnight Special is called Spielbergian but really Starman-like; its Adam Driver agent does the benevolent-government-agent role better than Starman's.
“I'm like, God, that's so Starman.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:02:29 · Katey Rich (0.45 sure it was them)

Misery (1990): 1 line

programming (programming) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read). Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
“The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Moneyball (2011): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as what-if casting for Coach Gaines: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Moneyball (the host's read). The film points toward the next wave of dramas that happen to be about sports.
“And Friday Night Lights is moving us toward this kind of next iteration of whatever that was, and it's leading to stuff like money ball and win-win and like dramas that also happen to be about sports.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): 1 line, within their own work

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction imitators: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Pulp Fiction imitators (the host's read). The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
“Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Raging Bull (1980): 1 line

theme (anti-genre) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ Raging Bull (the maker said so). Scorsese shot in black and white to differentiate from Rocky-era bright red-white-and-blue boxing movies, and producer Winkler produced both.
“Number one, I want to differentiate from the Rockies and all the other sort of boxing movies right now.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:08:55 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Rocky Balboa (2006): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ Rocky Balboa (the host's read). The little girl Marie from Rocky grows up to be the love interest in Rocky Balboa.
“she then becomes the Rocky Balboa love interest.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:14:31 · Van Lathan (0.45 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Samuel L. Jackson (the host's read). Nick Fury's diner scene is described as a try at a Tarantino diner, with Jules-style rhythm.
“I'm trying to do some like fucking Tarantino diner scene.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:05:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Sean Levy: 1 line

lineage (remake plan) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: Starman ⇒ Sean Levy (the host's read). Levy announced a 2016 remake with Michael Douglas on board.
“I learned from Wikipedia that in 2016, Sean Levy was planning to direct and produce a remake of Starman.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:13:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Starman (1986): 1 line

lineage (sequel / spin-off) · through Starman (1984), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: Starman ⇒ Starman (the host's read). The 1986 show is set 15 years later, about his son, with a recast Starman.
“is set 15 years in the future because it's about his son.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:08:52 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Station Eleven (2021): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Butch/Vincent): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Station Eleven (the host's read). Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
“Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:39 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Survivor: 1 line

industry (industry) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as what-if Truman: The Truman Show ⇒ Survivor (the host's read). Truman Show weirdly kicked off reality TV, predating Survivor by a year or two.
“This kind of weirdly kicked it off, like this predated by a year or two.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018): 1 line

craft (craft) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as would-have-been star (Nick Cassavetes version): Iron Man ⇒ Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (the host's read). That film parodies the page-flipping Marvel logo, which opens Iron Man.
“They, uh, they do a really good parody of that in, um, Teen Titans go the movies.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:08:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as would-have-been star (Nick Cassavetes version): Iron Man ⇒ The Avengers (the host's read). The post-credits Nick Fury scene established the shared-universe model that changed Hollywood for a decade or more.
“I mean, this has changed the next 10 years of Hollywood filmmaking.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:13:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as what-if for Jack Trainor: 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)

The Equalizer (2014): 1 line

lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as hypothetical Taken lead; method-actor comparison: Taken ⇒ The Equalizer (the host's read). Taken's box office started a subgenre of an older star beating up younger bad guys, and The Equalizer is the first example.
“There's a whole subgenre of movies after taking exploded at the box office where everybody's like, oh, shoot, we just have to get an old person and let them fight young people”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:07:29 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

The Karate Kid (1984): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Rocky (1976), which they were tied to as hypothetical challenger casting: Rocky ⇒ The Karate Kid (the host's read). Rocky is eight years before Karate Kid, which is called the 2.0 version of the same underdog story but a completely different movie in every respect.
“We're 8 years away from karate kid, which is the next, the 2.0 version of this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013): 1 line

unmapped (parody) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they were tied to as what-if lead: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⇒ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (the host's read). The speaker says Walter Mitty parodies Benjamin Button, as if to say Button got the Gump wrong.
“And Walter Mitty parodies Benjamin Button, almost as if to say, they fucked up.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:10:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Titanic (1997): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as actor, hypothetical Bill: Twister ⇒ Titanic (the host's read). Twister started a playbook of putting not-yet-A-list leads in a spectacle, which Titanic and later Star Wars followed.
“It became a playbook for it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:54:01 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Varsity Blues (1999): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004), which they were tied to as what-if casting for Coach Gaines: Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Varsity Blues (the host's read). Varsity Blues ripped off the Boobie Miles injury beat with its Lance Harbor injury, and the TV show flipped it with Jason Street.
“I love varsity blues we've done on the rewatchables, but they rip it off with the Lance Harbor injury.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:35:23 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)

Working Girl (1990 NBC series): 1 line

programming (programming) · through Working Girl (1988), which they were tied to as what-if for Jack Trainor: 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)

modern superhero movies: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as would-have-been star (Nick Cassavetes version): Iron Man ⇒ modern superhero movies (the host's read). Called the prototype format every later superhero film riffs on.
“this is the prototype for the modern superhero movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:09:11 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Producing (2) everyone in producing

producer (first movie as a producer), Mission: Impossible (Blank Check — Patreon, Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))
optioned/producer (as said: optioned the Spanish film), Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes) (Blank Check — Patreon, Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (19)

career (career): Tom Cruise → War of the Worlds. A candidate for Cruise's anti-apex alongside the couch-jumping period, though the speaker likes the movie itself.
“Cruz, I think it's Oprah's sofa and War of the Worlds, even though I like War of the Worlds.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:08:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Cruise → Mission: Impossible. Cruise's low point is framed as the stretch when he was reviving Mission: Impossible with McQuarrie and still making Oblivion.
“It's what Cruz was doing as he was trying to revamp Mission Impossible with Macquarie and then still making kind of like oblivion.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:09:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Steven Spielberg → Tom Cruise. Spielberg stopped working with Cruise around the time people wondered whether Cruise was nuts.
“And then Spielberg stops working with him then?”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:09:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Rain Man → Tom Cruise. Cruise is good at playing innocent, reaching back to Rain Man and Born on the Fourth of July.
“Cruz is good at playing innocent.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:31:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Cruise → Cocktail. Cruise in Cocktail is a throwing-everything-into-a-part-that-isn't-great example, as with Pacino in Scent of a Woman and Two for the Money.
“Like, cruise and cocktail is another one.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:28:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Brad Pitt → Tom Cruise. Cruise embodied hyper celebrity while Pitt just did whatever interested him.
“Tom Cruise embodied, not just the movie star, but the hyper celebrity.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:30 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)
career (career): Jim Carrey → Tom Cruise. At 1998, Carrey is the most powerful actor other than maybe Hanks and Cruise (who is doing Eyes Wide Shut).
“And Cruz, but Cruz is doing eyes wide.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
career (career strategy contrast): Bruce Willis → Tom Cruise. Willis was erratic and high-volume, not a Cruise who picks the best material and promotes it to death.
“this is not going to ever be like a cruise or somebody who's just like, I pick the best material.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:32 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)
career (career contrast): Brad Pitt → Tom Cruise. Cruise plays variations of himself and may lack a Cliff Booth role.
“He's basically playing variations of Tom Cruise in these different movies, but I don't know if he had a Cliff Booth part, did he?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:09 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
career (career): Days of Thunder → Tom Cruise. Days of Thunder kicks off her relationship with Tom Cruise but is not a Hall of Fame movie.
“obviously it kicks off her relationship with Tom, but for her, I don't think it's a Hall of Fame movie.”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:57:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
career (career): Eyes Wide Shut → Tom Cruise. A complicated movie for Cruise and Kidman, tied to their relationship and the last thing Kubrick made.
“the last thing that Kubrick made.”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:08:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Cruise → Born on the Fourth of July. Cruise took a pay cut and passed on Top Gun sequels-style easy money to play Kovic.
“Instead, Cruz took a pay cut to play Kovic.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:22:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Cruise → Magnolia. Before Edge, Magnolia would have been his best performance, a post-modern text analyzing his persona.
“Magnolia is his best performance because it's like the post-modern text analyzing.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:03:45 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Cruise → Eyes Wide Shut. Vanilla Sky and Eyes Wide Shut dissect his persona outside the blockbuster, whereas Edge does it inside a blockbuster.
“like vanilla sky and eyes wide shut, like the ones that are kind of dissecting his persona”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:03:54 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
career (career): Bryan Singer → Tom Cruise. Singer brought McQuarrie on for Valkyrie, where Cruise took to him.
“singer brings him on for Valkyrie and uh, Cruz takes to him and he becomes Cruz's right hand man”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:07:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Cruise → Jackie Chan. Cruise's recent action persona reads like Jackie Chan, panicked and physically comedic.
“I was realizing after the last one, he's starting to be a lot more like Jackie Chan.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:17:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Alec Baldwin → Tom Cruise. Baldwin, Cruise's contemporary, says he failed as a movie star, and now Cruise is the one doing the action.
“Baldwin is roughly of the same age as Cruz was sort of a contemporary of his and has talked so openly about the fact that he feels like he failed as a movie star”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:24:52 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Jeremy Renner → Tom Cruise. Younger actors in the Cruise-era M:I films, such as Renner and Cavill, serve as commentaries that nobody can do Cruise.
“The fucking Cavil are commentaries on like these people can't do cruise, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:25:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Cruise → Magnolia. Magnolia, MI2 and Vanilla Sky are three consecutive long-haired movies.
“Magnolia, Mission Impossible 2, and this are all long hair, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:54:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (5)

contrast (contrast): Richard Gere → Tom Cruise. Leading men like Cruise would not cede sexual power to a Lothario co-star the way Garcia and Baldwin do here.
“Cruz isn't signing up for this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:14:26 · Van Lathan (0.35 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → Tom Cruise. Unlike her ex-husband, who has stuck tightly to one thing, Kidman does not stay in her lane.
“I mean, her ex-husband is sort of like in the last 15 years has been like, I'm good at running and being serious and executing missions and is stuck pretty tightly to that.”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:42:00 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Tom Cruise → Jack Nicholson. The winner of the showdown is Cruise, not Nicholson.
“the winner of that scene is Tom Cruise and not Jack Nicholson”
The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:25:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Tom Cruise → James Bond films. Once Cruise embraced formal wear, he ran circles around Bond.
“And then once he starts owning it, it's like he starts just fucking running circles around Bond.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:05:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Jennifer Lopez → Tom Cruise. Lopez in Hustlers compared to Tom Cruise in Magnolia: a star pouring their entire legacy into the best acting they have done.
“someone finding the performance that channels their entire legacy as a star into the best piece of acting they've ever done.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:24:50 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (8)

craft (craft): War of the Worlds → Tom Cruise. A Reddit thread defends Cruise's awkward ball toss as a character choice, a father easy on his son.
“there was Reddit thread defending Tom Cruise in War of the Worlds that's saying that. That's what the character, that's how the character would have thrown the ball.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:20:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Tom Cruise → The Color of Money. Question for Cruise: does he still have his pool skills from The Color of Money, and the bottle flip from Cocktail.
“Is he still good at pool from color?”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:58:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Tom Cruise → The Color of Money. Cruise trained in billiards for The Color of Money like Travolta trained for the dance floor.
“he like really has trained in billiards, so he's actually good at it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:41:20 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Daniel Craig → Tom Cruise. Craig is a fantastic movie runner, maybe number two behind Cruise.
“Daniel Craig, like, is a fantastic movie runner, might be number two behind the cruise.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:22:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Far and Away → Tom Cruise. The land-race finale shows extraordinary production value and shades of future Tom Cruise.
“At the end, he just, he rides the horse, you know, shades of future Tom Cruise.”
The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:59:32 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Collateral → Tom Cruise. Collateral is a great two-hander with Cruise playing against type as the heavy.
“playing against type and playing the heavy”
The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:44:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Tom Cruise → Ving Rhames. Rhames' bad knees limit the action he can do; the film works around it.
“that Ving Reams has bad knees, and it's always a problem he has to solve”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:41:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (craft): Tom Cruise → Edge of Tomorrow. A foreign actress can't volley the ball back; Emily Blunt does in Edge of Tomorrow, so Cruise's chemistry works.
“Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:14:09 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

industry (3)

industry (industry): Tom Cruise → Al Pacino. Rewatchables Pantheon by number of movies: Cruise 17, Pacino 14, De Niro 13, Denzel 12, Stallone 12.
“Cruise 17, Pacino 14, De Niro 13, Denzel 12, Stallone 12.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:02:15 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Taylor Lautner → Tom Cruise. Lautner's listed 5'9 is the height people round up to; Cruise and Downey Jr. height.
“5'9 is like Tom Cruise height.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 1:21:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
industry (industry): Tom Cruise → Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes). Cruise optioned the Spanish film as soon as it reached America after Sundance.
“He optioned the film instantly when it came out in America.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:08:26 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

lineage (bad sequel idea): Tom Cruise → Days of Thunder. A Days of Thunder 2 would be a mistake, especially post-F1, versus a pool sequel where Cruise is credible.
“Versus Days of Thunder, where it's like, get out of the car, Tom.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:32:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage): Tom Cruise → The Firm. Cruise's 90s run (The Firm, A Few Good Men) is about the innocent learning the world is not what it seems.
“The guy learning the world, it's not quite what it appears to be.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:31:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (9)

people (casting analogy): Tom Cruise → Whiplash. Casting Cruise after Risky Business is likened to Top Gun hiring Miles Teller because he was good in Whiplash.
“This casting is closer to hiring Miles Teller for Top Gun because you're like he was good in whiplash.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:16:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (casting link): Michael Chapman → Tom Cruise. Chapman shot Raging Bull and directed Cruise in All the Right Moves, which is cited as a reason Scorsese had his eye on Cruise.
“Michael Chapman, who is, of course, he's cinematographer for, like, Raging Bull and stuff, directed all the right moves. So that was another reason for, says he had his eye on cruise.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:17:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (people): Glen Powell → Tom Cruise. Powell leans on Cruise as a resource for stunts and how to sell an action movie.
“there's very few people you can ask over the course of dime that have done it at a certain level.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:41:05 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)
people (performance extremity): Tom Cruise → Heat. Cruise's Werewolves of London pool scene goes for it as hard as anyone on the podcast other than Pacino in Heat.
“cruise goes for it as much as I think anyone's ever gone for it. Maybe in the history of this podcast other than Pacino and Heat.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:04 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
people (people): A Few Good Men → Tom Cruise. Cruise does Sorkin's rhythms well and the film is not iconic without Cruise and Nicholson.
“I don't know that a few good men is, you know, as iconic as it is without Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:21:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65 sure it was them)
people (people): War of the Worlds → Tom Cruise. Chris picks Cruise in War of the Worlds as a cool underrated Spielberg performance.
“I'm very partial to Tom Cruise in more of the world's, that's like a cool underrated one.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:40:49 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
people (people): Endless Love → Tom Cruise. The 1981 Endless Love was Tom Cruise's first screen performance.
“it's also Tom Cruise's 1st screen performance.”
Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 2:01:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
people (people): Tom Cruise → Doug Liman. Cruise and Liman, McQuarrie and Kosinski became Cruise's guys: directors he can collaborate with rather than be pushed back by.
“Cruz did Kacinski, Lyman and Macquarie became just his guys.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:23:45 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
people (people): Tom Cruise → Eyes Wide Shut. The Cruise-Kidman breakup came soon after the movie they made about their sex life.
“This is coming pretty shortly after the movie they made about their sex life.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:20:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (3)

programming (programming): Tom Cruise → Days of Thunder. Craig would do Days of Thunder just to do it.
“Craig would do traffic Thunder just so we could do traffic Thunder.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:57:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
programming (programming): Tom Cruise → Eyes Wide Shut. If Cruise would answer everything, the Rewatchables pick is Eyes Wide Shut.
“I would do eyes-wise shut.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:57:26 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
programming (programming): Tom Cruise → Cocktail. With the public-figure Cruise, the pick has to be Cocktail.
“If it's the cruise, the public figure cruise that we know, it's got to be cocktails.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:57:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (6)

theme (theme): Will Smith → Tom Cruise. Smith is hitting a danger point like Tom Cruise jumping on the couch.
“we have entered Tom Cruise jumping on the couch.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:03:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (movie-star persona): Tom Cruise → Cocktail. Cruise in Top Gun, Cocktail, and this film plays with no wink or self-awareness, unlike later movie stars.
“In all 3 of those movies that you just mentioned, cocktail, Top Gun, and this movie. There's no self-awareness.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
theme (comparison): Tom Cruise → Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt negates his charm in roles; Cruise stays utterly himself.
“Brad Pitt in the way that Brad Pitt has chosen to navigate his career”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:26:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
theme (comparison): Tom Cruise → Denzel Washington. Denzel is the closest comparison because of Tony Scott movies, but better actor who also does Shakespeare.
“I think Denzel is probably the closer comparison because he does like a lot of Tony Scott movies”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:28:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (comparison): Tom Cruise → Dwayne Johnson. Cruise treats himself like the Rock: put him in a legal thriller and you wait for him to punch through a table.
“what's happened to him over the last 10 years or so is he is treating himself as if he is the rock.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:32:44 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
theme (theme): Bill Paxton → Tom Cruise. Paxton, who worked every position in the Corman system, shares Cruise's 'isn't this great, we're making movies' reputation.
“he had the Tom Cruise thing of like, isn't this great?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:17:27 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (10)

unmapped (mentor anecdote): Tom Cruise → Paul Newman. Cruise's story: Newman had a PA bring a warm coat and heater between takes and said 54 pictures, kid, teaching him the craft of the job.
“And Paul Newman says something like 54 pictures, kid. basically implying like, I've learned how to make movies.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:14:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (torch passing): Tom Cruise → Paul Newman. Cruise was number one and Newman tenth in the 1986 Quigley poll, so the narrative was Cruise taking the torch; Cruise modeled himself on Newman but went the Redford route.
“Cruz did kind of model himself after Newman in some ways, but ultimately went more of the Redford route”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:34 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
unmapped (on-screen romance): Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio → Tom Cruise. Chris calls this his favorite Cruise romance, ahead of Zellweger, Kelly McGillis, and Cocktail's rich lady.
“I think this is my favorite on-screen romance for cruise.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:05:51 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (method commitment): Liam Neeson → Tom Cruise. Neeson trained in karate during four months in Paris, which went a little Tom Cruise.
“Went a little Tom Cruise on us, really wanted to live the role.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:47:44 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
unmapped (promo tour): Tom Cruise → Knight and Day. After MI, Cruise's brand turned on stunts, such as riding a motorcycle across Europe for Knight and Day.
“when he like rode a motorcycle across Europe for night and days promo tour”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:13:58 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (IP attempt): Tom Cruise → War of the Worlds. Cruise's other IP efforts, War of the Worlds and The Mummy, are fine but will not make his Hall of Fame plaque; MI will.
“Those movies are fine. They're never going to go on his Hall of Fame plaque. The Mission Impossible movies do.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:17:14 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (practical stunts): John Wick (franchise) → Tom Cruise. The only people still doing real stunts are in John Wick movies or Tom Cruise.
“The only guy who's doing stunts at this point is either in a John Wick movie or Tom Cruise.”
The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:51:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
unmapped (co-star encouragement): Tom Cruise → Rosamund Pike. Pike emailed her Jack Reacher co-star Cruise the night before shooting and he wrote back that she was in the hands of a great director.
“And he emailed back, trust yourself, you're in the hands of a great director.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Gone Girl with Esther Zuckerman (Ad-Free) · 0:49:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (courtship): Tom Cruise → David Fincher. Cruise passed on Fincher for The Last Samurai, then offered him MI3 with a Robert Towne script.
“Cruz considered Furdig, decided to do last samurai instead, but then was like, here's a Robert Towns script for MI3.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:39:54 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (set visit): Tom Cruise → Paul Thomas Anderson. Cruise snuck PTA onto the Eyes Wide Shut set while they were meeting about Magnolia.
“Cruz snuck Paul Thomas Anderson on because they were meeting about Magnolia at that point”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 1:05:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

verdict (verdict): Tom Cruise → American Made. Cruise's age in American Made (a 56-year-old playing a younger pilot) was too distracting.
“He's playing a pilot in the 80s and he's got this weird wig on and he's 20 years older than the guy he was playing”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 1:02:46 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

what-if (19)

what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Dune. Tom Cruise was mentioned for Paul but feared too charismatic.
“Obviously, Tom Cruise is also mentioned.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:44:35 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (almost cast): Tom Cruise → Starman. Carpenter talked to Cruise, who instead did Legend.
“But then Tom Cruise ended up doing legend.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:11:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → John Travolta. Cruise in the Travolta role, or Hanks against type; the speakers say Travolta is playing a Cruise part.
“Travolta's playing a cruise part.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:21:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Vince Vaughn. Cruise in the Vaughn part, saying the stepfather lines, would be amazing.
“A cruise in the Vaughan part is amazing.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:22:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Sicario → Tom Cruise. Cruise could play the lead if the Blunt role were a man, since studios wanted a male lead and 90s Cruise fits.
“That makes 90s cruise perfect for this.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:31:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Cast Away. Cruise-for-Hanks swap: Cruise in Cast Away would be great, especially trying to light the fire.
“Cruise and Castaway would be pretty amazing.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:25:28 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Forrest Gump. Worst swap: Cruise as Forrest Gump, because of the running.
“The worst version of it would be cruise is Forrest Gump.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:26:14 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Weird Science. Cruise would have been a Wyatt, though the pick was early-80s Cruise or Losing It Cruise.
“Cruise is Wyatt, like early 80s cruise, like outsiders cruise?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:25:34 · Kyle Brandt (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Tom Cruise. With Cruise it turns into Minority Report, a paranoid thriller; also a running scene over the bridge.
“No, no, the thing with Cruz, it turns into the, you know, minority report.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:01 · Glen Powell (0.80 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Magnolia. As a cameo, Cruise could be one of Sil's pickups: Cocktail Cruise or Magnolia Cruise.
“Literally, one of the guys she picks up is cocktail cruise. or Magnolia Cruise?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:29 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Species. Cruise as the Michael Madsen character would add stunts and running.
“I got Cruz as the Michael Matson guy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:57 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Rocky Balboa → Tom Cruise. Cruise versus Hanks as heavyweight challenger: Cruise would do six months of prep.
“I can't buy Hanks as a heavyweight boxing challenger.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:34:15 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Friday Night Lights (2004 film). A Cruise Coach Gaines would be deranged but mesmerizing, mixing calm and mania.
“I think the cruise version of this would be deranged, but kind of mesmerizing.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:30:35 · Mallory Rubin (0.80 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Pulp Fiction. Cruise as Vincent or Butch; Hanks as Vincent or Maynard; argued both ways.
“It's absolutely 1002% cruise.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:07:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Eyes Wide Shut. Late-80s cocky Cruise or Eyes Wide Shut-era Cruise could have worked as Oliver.
“Or eyes wide shut, era Tom Cruise, you know?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:16:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Jerry Maguire. Cruise could play the Oliver role as the cocky, beaten-up Jerry Maguire of the first 30 minutes.
“I'm thinking like collateral cruise crossed with Jerry Maguire cruise.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:17:39 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → The Verdict. Cruise should do a serious historical drama, something like The Verdict.
“It should be the verdict or a movie like that.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 1:02:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Doug Liman → Tom Cruise. Liman and Cruise announced a film shot in space; it was canceled because Cruise didn't want to owe Trump a favor.
“the space movie is finally like officially fucking canceled”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:37:47 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Iron Man → Tom Cruise. Iron Man was at New Line for Nick Cassavetes and Tom Cruise, who wanted it forever, and would have been less faithful.
“It was supposed to be a Nick Castavetti's movie starring Tom Cruise.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:13:52 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them)

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fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise recounts Newman's coat-and-heater lesson, 54 pictures, kid, while freezing shooting outside in Chicago in January with summer wardrobe.
“Yeah, because he does his wardrobe fitting in the summer. So he's like, it'll be cool if I'm wearing a leather jacket and a t-shirt and it's like they're shooting in Chicago in January.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:14:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Trivia: Tom Cruise was the youngest People Sexiest Man Alive, at 27 in 1990, and has not been named since.
“Tom Cruise won people's sexiest man alive in 1990 when he was 27 years old.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) with Connor Ratliff · 0:38:28 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: What activity with Cruise: Chris Ryan wants to dance with him to Lil Jon; Bill wants to play pool; Craig wants to bartend.
“I want to dance with him to Lil John.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:58:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Most rewatchable scene: Cruise's Werewolves of London pool run, with a cue-flipping routine. 'No camera has ever loved an actor more than those 2 minutes.'
“No camera has ever loved an actor more than those 2 minutes.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise did his own trick shots except the ball-jumping-two-balls shot, which used a stunt person because learning it would have cost two production days.
“Cruz did his own trick shots except for one.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:59:16 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise brings the Ethan Hunt voice to the phone in 'my team is dead' scene; Sean rewound it four times for loud, crazed Cruise. 'They knew we were coming, man' is compared to a Ruffalo impression and Bill Paxton in Aliens.
“He goes Ruffalo in this scene before Ruffalo even knew.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:23:35 · Jason Concepcion (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: The 'Net Ranger' line, delivered sincerely, is the unintentional comedy pick.
“We're going to go with Net Ranger, because he says it so sincerely.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:54:41 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Raftery's defense of Risky Business.
“I love risky business.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:20:56 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise met Kovic when Kovic's friend saw him wrestling a wheelchair out of a car.
“a friend called him and said there was somebody outside, trying to get a wheelchair out of a car.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:23:02 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Spent months in a wheelchair; Stone considered injecting him with a paralytic, insurers said no.
“On the director's commentary track for born in the 4th of July, Stone says he actually considered injecting cruise with a substance that would briefly paralyze the actor from the waist down.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:23:38 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise's motion-smoothing PSA with Christopher McQuarrie is a personal Hall of Fame moment, and it plays on the podcast.
“Video interpolation or motion smoothing is a digital effect on most high definition televisions”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:09:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise's Hall of Fame bylaws: the 2005 year (couch jump, Brooke Shields, Scientology videos) coincided with a career nadir and the shift to Ethan Hunt as a safe harbor.
“Ethan Hunt just does everything for everyone all of the time and has no faults and is always on the right side.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:46:39 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise appeared on 106 & Park and did the young jock dance during the Night and Day promo tour.
“Was this when he appeared on 106 in Park and did the young jock dance?”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:21:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise mailed his Golden Globes back when the HFPA was called fraudulent.
“Just mailing them back.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:25:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: The Cruise cake: a white chocolate coconut bundt from Stone's Bakery in the Valley that Cruise sends every Christmas to famous friends; the hosts eat it on air and put it in the Hall of Fame.
“Tom Cruise sends it to all of the famous people in his life every year.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:41:37 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Happy to watch Tom Cruise jump out of things; it is the only action of interest, and hopes he wears a parachute.
“I just want to watch Tom Cruise jump out of things.”
The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:51:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: The hosts ask if they'll ever do a podcast without discussing what Cruise should do next.
“Will there ever be a podcast where you and I don't talk about what Tom Cruise should do next?”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 1:02:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: A host argues Edge is possibly Cruise's best performance and the first blockbuster that owns what is weird about him.
“There is an argument this is Cruz's best performance.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:02:35 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise is the 'guy pretending to be Tom Cruise' for the first ten minutes: the movie strips the persona and makes him earn trust back.
“he's a guy pretending to be Tom Cruise”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:04:15 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Emily Blunt on Graham Norton: on the worst day, Cruise, always upbeat, admitted he was 'a little trying'.
“And he went like, a little, a little trying.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:09:00 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: A host reads Gleeson's contempt for the PR-man Cruise as a cathartic audience stand-in for how people felt about Cruise then.
“Your time is done.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:10:19 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: The helicopter flown near Big Ben shut down London for about three hours, because Cruise wanted to do it.
“it shut down London for like 3 hours”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:12:27 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Late in the Liman-Cruise era Cruise would not make a space movie because he refused to owe Trump a favor.
“I don't want to owe Trump a favor.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:37:47 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise dropped everything including a big payday to do the movie, and Kubrick told him to just act like himself, the one direction that drives him crazy.
“And he was like, just you.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:49:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: The glass contact lenses that protected Cruise's eyes in the plane stunt.
“And they talk about how they had to give him specially made contact lenses out of glass.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:15:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: In the catwalk fight, Cruise lets himself look short next to the big assassin.
“It's one of the 1st times Tom Cruise has allowed someone to make him look this short in the movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:47:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise saw a VFX sketch of an underwater scene and insisted on it.
“And cruise apparently came in, saw it pointing at it and was like, we're going underwater?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:10:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: He trained to hold his breath for 6.5 minutes.
“but Tom trained himself to 6.5 minutes.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:10:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Cruise: His hair is the best it has ever looked in a movie, and the long-hair era runs from Magnolia through MI2 to this film.
“Yeah, 99 to 2001 is long-haired TC.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:54:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)