Paul Giamatti

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q208649: 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: My Best Friend's Wedding (1997); The Truman Show (1998); Planet of the Apes (2001); Sideways (2004); Cinderella Man (2005); Lady in the Water (2006); Fred Claus (2007); The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014); The Holdovers (2023); Private Parts.

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.

Planet of the Apes (1968): 2 lines

  1. contrast (inversion) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). The remake opens on a loud, leafy backlot set while the original opens in an empty desert with no apes for a long stretch.
    “They totally invert the original movie where the original movie starts in the middle of nowhere.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:53:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Burton's ending tries to outdo the Statue of Liberty reveal of the original.
    “Because they're trying to outdo the reveal of like the Statue of Liberty at the end.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:14 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they acted in: 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)

Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts): 1 line

  1. industry (studio instinct) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts) ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Fox just wanted apes doing human things, like the old Dogville shorts with dogs at restaurant tables.
    “And it feels like Fox just wanted to make that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:12:43 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

Frank Capra: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they acted in: 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)

Howard Stern: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Private Parts, which they acted in: Howard Stern ⇒ Private Parts (the host's read). The 1997 hit based on a shock comic's memoir is Private Parts (Howard Stern is transcribed as Howard Stark).
    “Howard Stark.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:18:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Rocky (1976): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Cinderella Man (2005), which they acted in: 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)

Drawn on by

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

Bear City (SNL digital short): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Bear City (SNL digital short) (the host's read). An SNL short riffs on Apes with bears who just wear human clothes and mimic humans, like the apes keeping the Lincoln Memorial.
    “they were riff on Plan of the Apes, where the bears got smart and they decided to kill all the humans.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:24:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Survivor: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they acted in: 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)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (14) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career context): Paul Giamatti → Sideways. Lady in the Water was the first thing Giamatti booked after Sideways, his big lead after that breakthrough.
    “I think this is the first thing he booked after sideways.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:44:59 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career context): Paul Giamatti → Cinderella Man. Between Sideways and Lady in the Water he made Cinderella Man and got an Oscar nomination.
    “In between he had made Cinderella Man and gotten his Oscar nomination.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:45:04 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (performance comparison): Paul Giamatti → Tim Roth. Giamatti's Limbo beats Roth's Thade by leaps and bounds.
    “Oh, I think Giamati Bike leaps and bounds.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:05:03 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Paul Giamatti: Giamatti makes the strongest choice, playing Limbo as unrepentant; he and Burton agreed he shouldn't become good, and he should sell kids aspirin. The aspirin joke is the only good one.
    “He should sell kids aspirin.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:10:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Paul Giamatti: He was the only cast member who said he wanted to do a sequel, imagining apes in an office meeting.
    “He was the only person with the cast who said he wanted to do a sequel.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:11:28 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Paul Giamatti: Giamatti's stutter appears from his second line, as he fixes a sink with the line about broken tiles.
    “And they start the stutter at line two.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:23:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Paul Giamatti: The milk mustache scene: Giamatti rolls on a couch with milk on his beard to seem innocent for the grandmother, and the amount of milk changes between cuts.
    “the amount of milk on his mustache changes per every time they cut”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:04:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Paul Giamatti: Four scenes; Powell gives him the Dion Waiters award for a grounded performance for what's probably two days on a stage.
    “Gimati's in like 4 scenes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:59 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Paul Giamatti: After the Globes, Giamatti went to In-N-Out and ate two burgers, no fries; Sean calls it campaigning but respects the twist.
    “But I did like the twist of the of the 2 burgers, no fries.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:28:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)