Sidney Poitier

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q104049: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Hud (year Poitier won); Let's Do It Again.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

Beverly Hills Cop (1984): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through In the Heat of the Night (1967), which they acted in: In the Heat of the Night ⇒ Beverly Hills Cop (the host's read). Described as In the Heat of the Night meets Beverly Hills; both are fish-out-of-water movies.
“said that the Beverly Hills Cop is essentially in the heat of the night meets Beverly Hills.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (4) everyone in acting

actor (Oscar winner over Newman), Hud (year Poitier won) (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Color of Money with Chris Ryan)
actor, In the Heat of the Night (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
actor, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
cast member, Let's Do It Again (Blank Check — Patreon, Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free))

Other (1) everyone in other

actor on wish list, Lady in the Water (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson)

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (career): Sidney Poitier → In the Heat of the Night. Poitier's 1967 run of three films is cited as one of the great movie-star years of all time.
“one of the great movie star years of all time in 1967 with those 3 movies in the heat of the night.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:25:43 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

lineage (lineage): Sidney Poitier → Eddie Murphy. Eddie's fight in 1984 is just to be in a movie with white people without facing the blatant racism Poitier had to face.
“the fight that a person like Eddie Murphy has to have in 1984 to just be in a movie with white people where he doesn't have to face racism.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:26:32 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

what-if (what-if): Sidney Poitier → Wall Street. If Eddie plays Gordon Gekko, the speaker thinks he would defer to Poitier-type roles.
“But if he makes Sidney Poitier, Gordon Gecko.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.