Paul Herman

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q3898080: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Color of Money, which The Color of Money with Chris Ryan credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The Color of Money (1986); Goodfellas (1990); The Sopranos (1999); Silver Linings Playbook (2012); The Irishman (2019).

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.

The Hustler (1961): 7 lines

  1. lineage (callback) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The mentoring conversation Newman has with Vince and Carmen mirrors the one George C. Scott has with Newman in The Hustler; both films also go on the road.
    “that's basically the George C. Scott has the same conversation with Paul Newman and the Hustler.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:44:53 · Chris Ryan (0.65 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel/continuation) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Newman's Eddie Felson in 1986 becomes the George C. Scott hustler-mentor character of the original, and the sequel answers rather than remakes it.
    “the Newman character in the color of money becomes the George C. Scott character in the Hustler.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The Color of Money revisits Eddie Felson years later, with Paul Newman in his twilight and a new protege.
    “Now we find Paul Newman bringing up like a new protégé.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:47:28 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (callback) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Newman getting drunk and hustled by Amos is the first time he plays the Jackie Gleason role of the original, drunk and overconfident.
    “it's basically the 1st time he plays Jackie Gleason and the hustler where he's just like wasted and thinks he's going to win and then gets gets hustled.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:45:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (source material) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The film is theoretically based on Walter Tevis's follow-up novel to The Hustler but has almost nothing to do with it; Minnesota Fats was in the novel.
    “this is theoretically based on Walter Tevis's follow-up novel to the Hustler, but the movie has almost nothing to do with the novel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (continuing tragedy) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The Color of Money carries the original film's tragedy as backstory without explaining it in a monologue.
    “And that's all the backstory for this movie, which is so interesting that he doesn't give the big monologue explaining what happened in the 1st film.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:12:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (sequel) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Hustler ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The Color of Money is the sequel to The Hustler, but built from a new script that keeps only the title of the Tevis sequel novel.
    “Even when they start developing scripts and go, like, throw all that out, start fresh, they kept writing in parts from Minnesota fats.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:13:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

After Hours (1985): 3 lines

  1. unmapped (stylistic seed) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they acted in: After Hours ⇒ Goodfellas (the host's read). Sean says the fast cutting, whip-pans and close-ups in After Hours are the seeds of Goodfellas' look, via cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
    “just seeing all the seeds of Goodfellas and all these little edits and camera shots.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. career (career bridge) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: After Hours ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). The camera moves of After Hours carry into Color of Money's pool table, tied to Ballhaus; both lead to Goodfellas.
    “that same thing, that camera is flying across the pool table.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. career (career hinge) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they acted in: After Hours ⇒ Goodfellas (the host's read). Bill says Goodfellas does not happen if After Hours does not happen first; the cancelled Last Temptation is the sliding door.
    “I don't know if Goodfellas happens.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

A Bronx Tale (1993): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Sopranos (1999), which they acted in: A Bronx Tale ⇒ The Sopranos (the host's read). Ryan argues A Bronx Tale influenced The Sopranos more than any other movie, with Sonny and Tony Soprano close in how they hold the neighborhood.
    “I think Bronx Tale... influenced the Sopranos more than any other movie, but I don't think people think that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:23:20 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Michael Ovitz: 1 line

  1. industry (packager) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: Michael Ovitz ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Ovitz engineered the Newman-plus-Scorsese pairing, nudging Newman to write a letter and nudging Scorsese toward a commercial project.
    “I know he's an artiste. He's probably not going to want to do like a commercial thing. So I'm going to try and like nudge him towards something commercial.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:55:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Paul Newman: 1 line

  1. unmapped (mentorship) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: Paul Newman ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Cruise picked up tips on managing movie stardom from Paul Newman on The Color of Money.
    “he picked up from the Paul Newmans of the world when appearing in the color of money.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:44:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Raging Bull (1980): 1 line

  1. people (origin of collaboration) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: Raging Bull ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Newman watched Raging Bull on Ovitz's recommendation and wanted to work with Scorsese.
    “Paul Newman watches Raging Bull on, I guess Ovid's his recommendation and says, like, that's one of the best things I've ever seen.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:53:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): 1 line

  1. craft (camera-movement coverage) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Scorsese covers scenes with morphing moving master shots, like Spielberg's quick efficient coverage, to stay under schedule.
    “But he's doing like all this Spielberg, like coverage with camera movement.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:21:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): 3 lines

  1. craft (opening style) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they acted in: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). The opening tracking shot echoes the Copacabana shot before the film rejects that mode.
    “It was a very long tracking shot through Leo's arrival, which is, you know, gesturing to Copacabana”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:14:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (inverts) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they acted in: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Same crimes by white men but with no romance or good life, a deliberate answer to Goodfellas' seductiveness.
    “there's a romance to Goodfellas that does not exist here.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:28:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (narration trick) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they acted in: Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). Molly's voiceover recalls Karen taking over narration in Goodfellas.
    “Goodfellas does this. There's a moment when Karen takes over the narration.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

A Bronx Tale (1993): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they acted in: Goodfellas ⇒ A Bronx Tale (the host's read). The bar-introduction scene of nicknamed mobsters is called a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.
    “Meeting everyone in the bar, which is just a borderline Goodfellas ripoff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:55:08 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Doom (2005): 1 line

  1. unmapped (cultural legacy) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Color of Money ⇒ Doom (the host's read). Cruise saying 'Doom' in the pool hall scene led a software company to name its video game Doom.
    “That leads to the software company coming up with the name for their new revolutionary video game.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:59:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

My Blue Heaven: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Goodfellas (1990), which they acted in: Goodfellas ⇒ My Blue Heaven (the host's read). My Blue Heaven is blown out by Goodfellas as it is the same movie, like a sequel.
    “It got kind of blown out of the water by Goodfellas because it's the same movie.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:31:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): 1 line

  1. career (career enabler) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Color of Money ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). The paycheck-gig hit stabilizes Scorsese's career and makes Last Temptation and Goodfellas possible.
    “Must admit though, it is the guarantor that allows him to immediately then make. Last temptation of Christ in Goodfellas.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:17:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (legacy-sequel heirs) · through The Color of Money (1986), which they acted in: The Color of Money ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Gap-based legacy sequels like Top Gun Maverick, Tron Legacy and Blade Runner follow the template Color of Money invented, though in 1986 sequels were derided.
    “now we get more and more like your your Tron legacies and your Top Gun Mavericks, where it's just casually... 37, 40 years later”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:07:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (7) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (same actor): Paul Herman → Goodfellas. The Atlantic City bar guy is Paul Herman, who is the 'helicopters' guy in Goodfellas and Beansy on The Sopranos.
    “is Paul Herman, who in Goodfellas is like, you want to see helicopters? I'll make you see helicopters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:00 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (recurring face): Paul Herman → Goodfellas. Beansie from The Sopranos is also Color of Money's Atlantic City bettor, Goodfellas's Pittsburgh gun dealer, and De Niro's Eagles buddy in Silver Linings.
    “But I always think of he has the gun dealer from Pittsburgh and Goodfellas.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 2:35:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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