Sting

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q483203: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Dune, which Dune with John Hodgman credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). Count them as actor (2 films), composer (3 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.

Barbara Hershey: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of project) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: Barbara Hershey ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). Hershey also planted the book in Scorsese's head and told him to let her audition as Mary Magdalene.
    “But it's planted in his head by her.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:44:30 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Ben-Hur (1959): 1 line

  1. unmapped (accent convention) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: Ben-Hur ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). Scorsese made the Romans British, as in Ben-Hur, with everyone else American.
    “He said the big thing was to give let the Romans be British.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 1:02:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Boxcar Bertha (1972): 1 line

  1. unmapped (production method) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: Boxcar Bertha ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the maker said so). Scorsese's Corman-style Boxcar Bertha experience let him storyboard and time every shot to make Last Temptation cheaply.
    “I never would have been able to make this movie if I didn't have my Corman background and experience a boxcar Bertha specifically”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:54:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line

  1. career (career enabler) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: 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)

The Robe (1953): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: The Robe ⇒ The Last Temptation of Christ (the host's read). The Robe is the first Christ movie Scorsese remembers seeing.
    “The 1st Christ movie he remembers seeing is the robe.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 0:45:07 · David Sims (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.

After Hours (1985): 3 lines

  1. career (personal projection) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese quoted in an oral history). Scorsese worked Kafka's Before the Law into the club doorman scene to reflect his frustration over Last Temptation.
    “inspired by Franz Kafka's before the law. And Scorsese said the short story reflected his frustration toward the production of the Last Temptation of Christ.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (cause) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: a Scorsese quote on After Hours being a reaction to the Last Temptation ordeal). After Paramount collapsed Last Temptation, Scorsese wanted a cheap, personal film; After Hours is his reaction to the Hollywood ordeal.
    “it's a reaction against my year and a half into Hollywood trying to get last temptation to Christ made.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:50:49 · unknown host (quoting Scorsese) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (sliding door) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). Paramount cancelling Last Temptation sent Scorsese to a small fast job; one of movie history's sliding doors.
    “it is one of the massive sliding doors in movie history because him not making it leads to him making this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Cape Fear (1991): 1 line

  1. industry (business deal) · through The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which they were tied to as was to play Pontius Pilate in the cancelled Paramount version: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ Cape Fear (the host's read). Universal's deal to make Last Temptation obliged a bigger film later, resulting in the Spielberg swap and Cape Fear.
    “it gets fear is a direct result of his deal with Universal for this month.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Last Temptation of Christ with Jamelle Bouie · 2:00:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (3) everyone in music

Acting (2) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Sting → Three of Hearts. Three of Hearts is described as built around Billy Baldwin and a Sting song.
    “Like they built the thing around Billy Baldwin and the and the Sting song.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:27 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Sting → Dune: Part Two. Sting's very brief Feyd-Rautha is the character Part Two is built around.
    “Sting is great in this movie, but I always forget that he is in this movie for 5 minutes.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:20:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.