Tom Hanks

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q2263: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Elvis, which ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Friday the 13th (1980); After Hours (1985); Working Girl (1988); Pulp Fiction (1994); Twister (1996); The Truman Show (1998); Domestic Disturbance (2001); Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004); Miracle (2004); Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006); Taken (2008); Margin Call (2011); Captain Phillips (2013); Punchline. Count them as director (1 film), writer (1 film), actor (31 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.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 4 lines

unmapped (template) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The imposing masked killer and the final girl in Chainsaw became the slasher template Friday the 13th and Halloween used.
“We have that, that ends up in Halloween, Friday the 13th, everything else.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:04:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (final girl prototype) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Sally is the ground-zero prototype final girl later ripped off in every Friday the 13th and most Halloween movies.
“she's the prototype ground 0 final girl that then gets ripped off.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:06:46 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (rip-off) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The final girl running to Jason's mom for help copies Sally running to the gas station guy.
“Friday the 13th rips it off.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:41:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday borrowed the seemingly friendly helper who turns out hostile and the killer who keeps getting back up.
“a seemingly friendly helper who ends up being not friendly, the Texas chainsaw move.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): 3 lines

career (personal projection) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): 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)
unmapped (cause) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): 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)
unmapped (sliding door) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): 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)

Jaws (1975): 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as read for Bill Harding, passed, recommended Paxton: 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)
lineage (lineage) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): Jaws ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday took Jaws' device of music for a villain you cannot see.
“the Jaws music for the villain you can't see.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:35 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Meatballs: 2 lines

lineage (lineage) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): Meatballs ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Meatballs was as much an influence on the camp setting and look as Halloween was.
“I think carrying meatballs were equally influential as Halloween is on this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): Meatballs ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The pitch was Halloween crossed with the summer-camp comedy Meatballs.
“And it was basically Halloween crossed meatballs, ends up getting the money”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:11 · 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)

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)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004): 1 line

unmapped (title formula) · through Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), which they were tied to as hypothetical Ricky Bobby: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy ⇒ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (the host's read). The Ballad of Ricky Bobby echoes the Legend of Ron Burgundy naming pattern of the 2006 era.
“Honestly, that's a 2006 thing is titling movies like this.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:02:38 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)

Baby It's You (1983): 1 line

lineage (production lineage) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): Baby It's You ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). Without Baby It's You (Dunn/Robinson, Arquette, Ballhaus) there is no After Hours, since it brought Ballhaus to Scorsese.
“without that movie, we don't have after hours either because they bring Michael Bauhaus to Scorsese.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Carrie (1976): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): Carrie ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The final-scene jump scare is directly influenced by the hand coming out of the grave in Carrie.
“it's directly like influenced by Carrie, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:43:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Commando (1985): 1 line

theme (genre revival) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as hypothetical Taken lead: 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)

Days of Thunder (1990): 1 line

unmapped (parody target) · through Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), which they were tied to as hypothetical Ricky Bobby: Days of Thunder ⇒ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (the host's read). The film is not a direct parody but spoofs movies like Days of Thunder; Reilly was in both.
“I don't think this movie is like a direct parody of that, but it is parodying movies like Days of Thunder.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:05:52 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 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 Maynard/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)

Ernst Lubitsch: 1 line

unmapped (comic technique) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): Ernst Lubitsch ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). The film's elegant timing and characterization is Scorsese flexing Lubitsch, his filmmaking hero.
“this is the movie where Marty gets to flex a little Lubich stuff, who was obviously a big filmmaking hero of his”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:39:55 · unknown (0.30 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)

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)

Fritz Lang: 1 line

lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): Fritz Lang ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film). Lang's nighttime nightmare noirs (M, Manhunt, Woman in the Window) were influences.
“And then some Fritz Lange movies. like M, Manhunt, Woman in the Window, you know, nighttime noiry, nightmare movies, stuff like that.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:36 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)

Halloween (1978): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): Halloween ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday the 13th was an openly shameless Halloween ripoff, built on Halloween's success.
“We have to talk about how this was the most unabashed ripoff movie probably of all time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:17:45 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Happy Gilmore (1996): 1 line

unmapped (shared gag) · through Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), which they were tied to as hypothetical Ricky Bobby: Happy Gilmore ⇒ Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (the host's read). Ricky Bobby signing a woman's chest echoes Happy Gilmore.
“there's a scene when Ricky Bobby signs a woman's chest and it's exactly like Happy Gilmore when he signs the woman.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:15:11 · Craig Horlbeck (0.70 sure it was them)

Industrial Light & Magic: 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as read for Bill Harding, passed, recommended Paxton: 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)

Isle of the Dead (1945): 1 line

lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): Isle of the Dead ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film). Scorsese cited Isle of the Dead, a one-night Greek island story, as an influence.
“Isle of the Dead, a Val Luton movie that takes place like over one night on a Greek island.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:19 · unknown host (0.35 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 Maynard/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)

Joe Frank: 1 line

unmapped (alleged plagiarism) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): Joe Frank ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Joe Frank himself, as reported in a 2000 Salon profile). Joe Frank's 1982 monologue 'Lies' was allegedly lifted for After Hours' opening act; 'Lies' was the script's first title.
“the opening act is basically ripping off a 1982 monologue he had called lies, which is the 1st title of this script.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:37:27 · unknown host (reading JJ Bersch's research) (0.40 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as read for Bill Harding, passed, recommended Paxton: 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 Maynard/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 Maynard/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)

North by Northwest (1959): 1 line

lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): North by Northwest ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film). The world-against-him framed-man structure of North by Northwest was an influence.
“That's sort of like the world is against him. He's been framed.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:28 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)

Oliver Stone: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as hypothetical recast as Sam: Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing). Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet.
“Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65 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)

Rear Window (1954): 1 line

lineage (stealth homage) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): Rear Window ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). The neighborhood shooting seen through a window is a Hitchcock rear-window moment never mentioned again; Hitchcock and Fritz Lang noir are influences.
“there's Hitchcock and Fritz Lange Noir movies are a huge influence on this movie, and that's like such a perfect rear window moment”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 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 Maynard/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)

Shaft (1971): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Maynard/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 read for Bill Harding, passed, recommended Paxton: 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)

The King of Comedy (1982): 1 line

industry (studio retreat) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): The King of Comedy ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's quote, via Biskind). King of Comedy bombing and Fox pulling it set up Scorsese's retreat to small-scale After Hours; he said 70s directors had lost to studios.
“And that was when I really understood that the 70s were over for me”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 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 Wizard of Oz (1939): 1 line

lineage (homage) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): The Wizard of Oz ⇒ After Hours (the host's read). Dark-side-of-the-yellow-brick-road version; Dorothy walks into black and white instead of color, with 'surrender Dorothy' graffiti and Marcy's Seconal tie to Judy Garland.
“it is like very much a Wizard of Oz kind of homage, and it's like if Dorothy instead walked into the black and white darkness”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:11:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 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)

Billions: 2 lines

career (career) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as hypothetical recast as Sam: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says Margin Call reaffirmed how he and Dave had thought about these people, and made a hedge-fund story make more sense than a bank story.
“margin call may be reaffirmed that the way Dave and I thought about these people, as we'd met them, was pretty much like the way a lot of them are”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:18 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Margin Call (2011), which they were tied to as hypothetical recast as Sam: Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show). Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer.
“this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them)

Goodfellas (1990): 2 lines

unmapped (stylistic seed) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): 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)
career (career hinge) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): 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)

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)

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013): 1 line

unmapped (repeated joke) · through Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), which they were tied to as hypothetical Ricky Bobby: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ⇒ Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (the host's read). Anchorman 2 recycled the pretending-to-be-blind gag from Talladega's paralyzed scene.
“And like, that's just the Talladega paralyzed scene.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:21:14 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 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 Maynard/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)

Date Night (2010): 1 line

theme (genre mutation) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): After Hours ⇒ Date Night (the host's read). Date Night is After Hours turned into an action movie, piling on too much incident.
“Date night is action movie after hours.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:35:40 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): Friday the 13th ⇒ Friday the 13th Part 2 (the host's read). Part 2 essentially redoes the first film with a better bad guy and a little more money.
“I think the 2nd one almost stands in as like, let's redo the 1st one, but make the bad guy even better.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:03:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Go (1999): 1 line

lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): After Hours ⇒ Go (the host's read). Go is late-90s After Hours with weird cameos.
“they should have paid royalties to Sworses.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:31:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Jay-Z: 1 line

industry (industry) · through Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), which they were tied to as hypothetical Ricky Bobby: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ⇒ Jay-Z (the host's read). A host theorizes the Jay-Z and Beyonce song "Apeshit" (video shot in the Louvre) only exists because this film made "ape shit" a thing.
“I do not think that Beyonce and Jay-Z make a song called Apeshit without this movie.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 0:33:15 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)

John Wick (2014): 1 line

lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as hypothetical Taken lead: 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)

Kidnap (2016): 1 line

lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as hypothetical Taken lead: 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)

Misery (1990): 1 line

programming (programming) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Maynard/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

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Maynard/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 Maynard/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)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Maynard/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)

Station Eleven (2021): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Pulp Fiction (1994), which they were tied to as actor (Apex Mountain casting pick for Maynard/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)

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Friday the 13th (1980), which they were tied to as casting what-if (Ned): Friday the 13th ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). The in-film franchise is very much Friday the 13th while also running through the paces of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
“It is very much Friday the 13th, but it's also gone through some of the same paces as Scream, and I know what you did last summer and things like that.”
The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:21:40 · Adam Nayman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line

career (career bridge) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): 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)

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: 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 Lovebirds (2020): 1 line

lineage (unofficial remake) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): After Hours ⇒ The Lovebirds (the host's read). The Lovebirds tried to be the After Hours of its day but never works.
“on paper, you were like, yeah, sure, it's been too long since someone tried to make after hours.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:35:09 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)

The Night Before (2015): 1 line

lineage (unofficial remake) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): After Hours ⇒ The Night Before (the host's read). After Hours is the template for modern one-crazy-night New York comedies, none of which reach it.
“It is one of those movies that kind of is like unofficially remade every 5 years.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:34:18 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)

Titanic (1997): 1 line

industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they were tied to as read for Bill Harding, passed, recommended Paxton: 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)

Uncut Gems (2019): 1 line

lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as actor (casting what-if lead): After Hours ⇒ Uncut Gems (the host's read). Uncut Gems owes a heavy debt to After Hours; Go is also described as owing it royalties.
“could a movie owe more of a debt to after hours than the cut gems.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:31:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 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)

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career (7)

career (career): John Travolta → Tom Hanks. In the late 90s Travolta was the backup choice to Hanks for many roles.
“he was kind of the backup choice to Hanks for a lot of different roles.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Hanks → A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Hanks as Mr. Rogers works because both are iconic nice men nobody knows.
“Tom Hanks is the same character in our culture as Mr. Rogers is in people who have Mr. Rogers in their culture.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:17:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Hanks → Road to Perdition. Perdition plays the murderer-gangster against Hanks's innate warmth.
“something like, um, a road to perdition, which is sort of like the most villainous character.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:18:28 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Hanks → The Circle. Hanks plays a very bad Mark Zuckerberg type in a poor movie.
“He plays the Mark Zuckerberg character in the circle, a very bad guy.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:19:42 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Hanks → The Ladykillers. The speakers name The Ladykillers as the last time he played a pure villain.
“He's also, of course, the villain, the Lady Coast.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:20:00 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Hanks → Turner & Hooch. Turner & Hooch is offered as Hanks's weird rom-com.
“Yeah, Turner on Hooch. That's his weird rom-com.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:22:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
career (career): Tom Hanks → Nora Ephron. Hanks did a Broadway play partly as tribute to the dying Ephron.
“I think he almost pointedly did that play because he knew she was dying.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:41:28 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

contrast (4)

contrast (contrast): Harrison Ford → Tom Hanks. Ford has a higher Q rating than even Tom Hanks.
“a higher Q rating than even like a Tom Hanks genuinely.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:36:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Tom Hanks → A League of Their Own. Hanks is too lovable and soft; even in A League of Their Own as the mean guy he stays lovable.
“like in the league of their own, he's still a lovable guy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:17:22 · Craig Horlbeck (0.50 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Gene Hackman → Tom Hanks. Hanks in Asteroid City is drained of native charisma, while Hackman won't allow that.
“I mean, think of Tom Hanks in Asteroid City.”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:15:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): Tom Hanks → The Bonfire of the Vanities. In Bonfire he cannot be unsavory because his likability shows through; here the charm works against Ryan's character.
“even when he's playing his most unsavory, there's still something kind of charming and likable about Tom Hanks, and he cannot dim.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:15:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

craft (1)

craft (craft): Tom Hanks → Dave Chappelle. Hanks creates friend chemistry with nearly any actor he works with.
“I also got a sense that Tom Hanks is very good at creating friend chemistry with almost any person he's ever worked with on film.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 0:52:52 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

people (7)

people (people): Volunteers → Tom Hanks. Volunteers pairs Hanks with John Candy; Hanks met Rita Wilson around then.
“He'd been in a movie with Hanks the year before.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 1:31:53 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
people (people): Tom Hanks → Meg Ryan. A romantic pair who made three movies together is the closest modern analog to Douglas and Turner, counting Joe Versus the Volcano.
“No, they did 3 because Joe and the volcano, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:37:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
people (casting): Catch Me If You Can → Tom Hanks. The daddy issues pay off in scenes with Hanks, 'America's dad', and Christopher Walken.
“a lot more daddy issue, Christopher Walken stuff, which, you know, pays off in the scenes with Tom Hanks, America's dad.”
The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:36:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (people): Tom Hanks → Saving Private Ryan. Hanks was Forrest Gump and the captain in Ryan.
“it stars Tom Hanks as a middle-aged army captain, sent to find a young paratrooper behind enemy lines.”
The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:58:39 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)
people (people): Tom Hanks → Big. Hanks is the lord of the feel-good field.
“He is really truly the lord of the feel-good fan.”
The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:40:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
people (people): Tom Hanks → That Thing You Do!. Hanks wrote, directed and supporting-acts in That Thing You Do!
“written and directed by Tom Hanks, and he plays a supporting role”
The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:43:37 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
people (people): Tom Hanks → Jimmy Stewart. Spielberg makes Hanks his everyman, a Jimmy Stewart.
“Yeah, he says Jimmy Stewart.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 1:01:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (18)

what-if (what-if): Friday the 13th → Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks as Ned would make the movie 100 times better.
“Obviously, Tom Hanks is Ned.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:24:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (casting what-if): Tom Hanks → Forrest Gump. Hanks as Ricky Bobby would play like Forrest Gump adjacent, over-the-top Southern American.
“Like, like Forrest Gump adjacent.”
The Rewatchables · 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly · 1:47:23 · Danny Heifetz (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Eyes Wide Shut. Hanks in Eyes Wide Shut would be a tough one.
“What about Hanks and Eyes wide shut?”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:25:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Rain Man. Hanks as Charlie Babbitt in Rain Man; the Hanks bad-boy era of Punchline and Bachelor Party.
“So Hanks is Charlie Babbitt.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:26:01 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Dennis Hopper → Tom Hanks. For the dad, a trusted face like Hanks or Hopper would make the storyline land emotionally.
“like a Hanks or like a hopper, somebody that we've trusted before.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:09 · Glen Powell (0.60 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Tom Hanks. Powell's hot take: Hanks as an everyman realizing he represents something would make a different, more subtle movie.
“My hot take is I do think this movie could have potentially been really good with Tom Hanks.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:45 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)
what-if (casting what-if): Griffin Dunn → Tom Hanks. Bill offers 1985 Tom Hanks, fresh off Splash, as a better lead for the comic timing and awkward horniness.
“I think this would have been a really good Tom Hanks movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:36 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Working Girl. For Jack Trainor it has to be Hanks; Cruise was too powerful in the 80s.
“The height thing that you mentioned earlier, but cruise is just too powerful in 80s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:43:37 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Friday Night Lights (2004 film). Producer Craig breaks the tie: Hanks can pull off the southern personality; Cruise is too small.
“The answer is Tom Hanks.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:30:56 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Pulp Fiction. Hanks suggested as Vincent; rejected as having no darkness.
“There's no darkness to Hanks.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:09:59 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Bill Paxton → Tom Hanks. Hanks read for Bill, passed, and suggested Paxton; Hanks even had wardrobe ready, so Paxton got the role via a big star.
“Tom Hanks read for the part of Bill.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Twister → Tom Hanks. Hanks is the right lead over Cruise, who is too good-looking; the group argues Hanks vs Cruise vs Denzel.
“This is this is a perfect Hanks movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:32:24 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → The War of the Roses. Hanks versus Cruise as the lead; Hanks cannot turn off lovability, but one speaker thinks he is right.
“I actually think this is the kind of movie Tom Hanks needed to make and tried to make a couple times in the 80s.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:16:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Kevin Kline → Tom Hanks. Kline could have had a Tom Hanks type career.
“He could have been Tom Hanks.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:00:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Kevin Spacey. Simmons argues Hanks in the Spacey role would make the audience root for a man who isn't good.
“if that's Hanks, you're processing the movie a little bit differently”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:09:02 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Tom Hanks → Kevin Spacey. Koppelman says Hanks does not play sleaze and could not sell the drifting-away line at the end.
“He doesn't play sleaze.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:10:32 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
what-if (casting what-if): Kurt Russell → Tom Hanks. Hanks was too nice and not old enough to play Herb Brooks.
“Hanks is almost too nice.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:16:31 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (career what-if): Matthew Broderick → Tom Hanks. Hanks had the ideal version of the adult career Broderick might have had, rom-coms and Punchline-type roles.
“I feel like Tom Hanks had the ideal version of Matthew Broderick's adult career.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:49 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Tom Hanks: Craig breaks the Cruise/Hanks tie and the running tally goes to 21-16, Hanks.
“So if Hanks wins, it's 21 to 16, Hanks.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:31:36 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Hanks: Hanks read for Bill Harding, got wardrobe, then passed and recommended Paxton.
“Tom Hanks read for the part of Bill.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Hanks: Hanks's Colonel Parker accent is compared to Goldmember; separately Amanda notes this is the film where he contracted COVID.
“he's doing basically the gold member accent”
The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:18:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Hanks: If Beautiful Day misses the Oscars, either Tom Hanks is over or it's terrible.
“Tom Hanks is over?”
The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:18:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Hanks: Hanks's PA announcement at Zabar's, quoted by Ephron.
“ladies and gentlemen, shoppers at Zabars, want to announce that Meg Ryan is appetizing.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:13:07 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Hanks: Hanks called the Cafe Lalo scene, a 12-page, four-night shoot, the hardest of his career.
“It was a 4 night shoot.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:39:22 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Hanks: Hanks's own line on the Lalo scene.
“I think it is the most sophisticated scene I have ever seen in a movie that is not supposed to be viewed as sophisticated.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:40:13 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Tom Hanks: The script supervisor fixed Hanks's block on the Lalo scene: he stays because he is trying to build the courage to say it is him.
“Your motivation, this scene, is you think if you stay longer, you'll finally build the courage to say it.”
Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber (Ad-Free) · 1:42:15 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)