Brad Pitt

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q35332: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Seven, which ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Thelma & Louise (1991); A River Runs Through It (1992); True Romance (1993); Interview with the Vampire (1994); Legends of the Fall (1994); The Favor (1994); 12 Monkeys (1995); Seven (1995); Seven Years in Tibet (1997); The Devil's Own (1997); Meet Joe Black (1998); Fight Club (1999); Ocean's Eleven (2001); Spy Game (2001); Troy (2004); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); The Assassination of Jesse James (2007); Burn After Reading (2008); The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008); Inglourious Basterds (2009); Moneyball (2011); Killing Them Softly (2012); Ad Astra (2019); Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019); Babylon (2022); Bullet Train (2022); F1 (2025); 12 Years a Slave; Jackass; Kalifornia; Sleepers; Snatch; The Further Misadventures of Cliff Booth; The Mexican; World War Z. Count them as producer (4 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.

Singin' in the Rain (1952): 5 lines

  1. craft (scene mirror) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). Babylon's walk-on bar scene mirrors the flashback that opens Singin' in the Rain, where Don Lockwood gets a walk-on.
    “Um, Don Lockwood gets a walk on part in a bar in that like in that flashback to start the movie.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:48:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (homage) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). A speaker calls the sound-stage scene a direct Singin' in the Rain homage, 'on steroids times a 1000'.
    “Again, like a very, very direct homage.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:13:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. theme (echo) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The silent-to-sound struggle scene in Babylon echoes Singin' in the Rain, down to the actress who cannot find the microphone.
    “And that is a huge echo of singing in the rain.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:14:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. craft (scene mirror) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). A Babylon moment is said to echo Don and Kathy Selden from Singin' in the Rain.
    “Also, echoes of Don and Kathy Selden.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:44:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (homage) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The speaker says Babylon is deliberately built around Singin' in the Rain, with specific scenes mirrored on purpose.
    “But it is so intentionally built around singing in the rain that I do think the mirroring of the specific scenes are intentional.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:51:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

F. Scott Fitzgerald: 2 lines

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they acted in: F. Scott Fitzgerald ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). The film is adapted from Fitzgerald's short story, though the speakers say it shares little with it.
    “It's quite, it's, it doesn't have too much in common with the film, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:01:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (adaptation distance) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they acted in: F. Scott Fitzgerald ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). By the time Roth finished, the film resembles the story in name only.
    “By the time he's done with it, the movie has no resemblance to Benjamin Button apart from, it's called Benjamin Button.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:42:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Forrest Gump (1994): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (anti-Gump answer) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they acted in: Forrest Gump ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). Griffin reads Benjamin Button as a pointed answer to Gump, showing the death behind the Americana.
    “But I think it's almost like pointedly an anti-gump.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:22:50 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (attempt at a Gump) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they acted in: Forrest Gump ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). The speaker says the cultural narrative is that Benjamin Button is Fincher trying to do Gump.
    “but I do think this is like the cultural narrative of this movie is he's trying to do Gump, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:10:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

John Gilbert: 2 lines

  1. unmapped (real-life basis) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: John Gilbert ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). Brad Pitt's character in Babylon is obviously based on John Gilbert.
    “John Gilbert, who Brad Pitt's character in Babylon, is very obviously based on”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:09:22 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (character model) · them, directly: John Gilbert ⇒ Brad Pitt (the host's read). Pitt's Babylon character is said to mirror silent-era star John Gilbert.
    “John Gilbert is a big influence.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:14:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. career (career) · through Fight Club (1999), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). Without Se7en's power Fincher does not get to do The Game and Fight Club his way.
    “I think without this movie, he doesn't go on this run”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:27:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. career (career lever) · through Fight Club (1999), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). Se7en's success is what let Fincher make the seemingly impossible Fight Club.
    “But the fight club is him more being like, okay, guys, I know this seems impossible, but I made seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:05:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): 1 line

  1. unmapped (cribbing) · through Ad Astra (2019), which they acted in: 2001: A Space Odyssey ⇒ Ad Astra (the host's read). Ad Astra is called the one other film that feels realistic about space travel, and it cribs from 2001.
    “is cribbing from it so much where like the way at Astra depicts space travel”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:41:09 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Seven (the host's read). Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence.
    “I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

All That Jazz (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (cited influence) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: All That Jazz ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). A host recalls a Fincher film the show covered where he cited All That Jazz as an inspiration for the look, maybe Seven.
    “where he cited how much of an inspiration all that jazz was for him for the look of the movie?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:13:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Apocalypse Now (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they acted in: Apocalypse Now ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting.
    “He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they acted in: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so). Tarantino said Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice influenced the characters, looks, and scenery.
    “Quinn said Bob and Carol and Ted Alice was a big influence on this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Chuck Palahniuk: 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Fight Club (1999), which they acted in: Chuck Palahniuk ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). The film adapts Palahniuk's novel; the speaker says the screenplay cribs straight from the book.
    “obviously the movie is, the book is very, he's cribbing right from the book.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:13:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Do the Right Thing (1989): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowed speech) · through True Romance (1993), which they acted in: Do the Right Thing ⇒ True Romance (the host's read). The Sicilians-and-Moors speech in True Romance echoes what Mookie says to Pino in Sal's.
    “Well, Sicilians and and Africans and the Moors in that whole speech that appears in true romance, which is also something that Mookie essentially says to Pino”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:51:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Douglas Coupland: 1 line

  1. lineage (literary lineage) · through Fight Club (1999), which they acted in: Douglas Coupland ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). The speaker says the early car-recall section is right out of Coupland and Gen X writing.
    “It's right out of like Douglas Copeland or whatever, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:59:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Douglas Fairbanks: 1 line

  1. theme (character model) · them, directly: Douglas Fairbanks ⇒ Brad Pitt (the host's read). Douglas Fairbanks is named as another model for Pitt's character.
    “Douglas Fairbanks, for sure.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:14:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (2004): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Moneyball (2011), which they acted in: 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)

Gladiator (2000): 1 line

  1. unmapped (followed) · through Troy (2004), which they acted in: Gladiator ⇒ Troy (the host's read). Troy coasts off the goodwill from Gladiator.
    “Troy is the one that coasts off of the Goodwill from Gladiator”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:06:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Klute: 1 line

  1. lineage (visual inspiration) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Klute ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). The speaker watched Klute because Fincher and DP Darius Khondji cited it as an inspiration for Se7en's dark look and flashlight-led framing.
    “I watched Clute over the weekend because I know that both Fincher and Darius Conji, the DP, had cited that as an inspiration”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:38:58 · Nick Wiger or Mike Mitchell (unresolved) (0.30 sure it was them)

La La Land (2016): 1 line

  1. craft (score reuse) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: La La Land ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The Babylon score is said to reappropriate music from La La Land's dream ballet.
    “This is like very much from the dream ballet of La Land, this music and the score.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:57:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Lee Van Cleef: 1 line

  1. lineage (source of a detail) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they acted in: Lee Van Cleef ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so: he told me; I asked Quentin about it). The painting of Rick in the driveway came from Tarantino finding a giant Lee Van Cleef painting in the actor's garage while scouting.
    “that's why I put a painting of Rick in the driveway.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Love Is Strong (Rolling Stones video): 1 line

  1. lineage (technique precursor) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they acted in: Love Is Strong (Rolling Stones video) ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the host's read). A host guesses the Stones' giant-scale effects helped Fincher on Benjamin Button.
    “Well, and I bet this helped for Benjamin Button eventually.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:59:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Martin Donnelly: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through F1 (2025), which they acted in: Martin Donnelly ⇒ F1 (the host's read). The crash that ends Sonny's career was based on Donnelly's real crash, and he advised on the film.
    “The crash that ended, Sonny's career was based on the actual crash of Martin Donnelly in the 1990s Spanish Grand Prix.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Orville Redenbacher commercial (Fincher, Digital Domain): 1 line

  1. unmapped (proof of concept) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they acted in: Orville Redenbacher commercial (Fincher, Digital Domain) ⇒ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (the maker said so). Fincher used a Redenbacher commercial to test whether the film was makeable.
    “I'm basically stealing money from Orvell Redbocker to figure out whether this film is makeable or not.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:52:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they acted in: 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)

Rocky IV (1985): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through F1 (2025), which they acted in: Rocky IV ⇒ F1 (the host's read). Sonny and Kate's beer scene cuts into an old-school versus new-school training montage like Rocky IV.
    “Right into the Rocky 4 training montage”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:48:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Rudolph Valentino: 1 line

  1. theme (character model) · them, directly: Rudolph Valentino ⇒ Brad Pitt (the host's read). Valentino is named as the other big influence on the writing of Pitt's character.
    “Yeah, so I think Rudolph Valentino is the other one that is was a big influence on the writing of this character.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:14:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Dancing Cavalier (film-within-Singin' in the Rain; heard also as 'link cavalier'): 1 line

  1. craft (scene mirror) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: The Dancing Cavalier (film-within-Singin' in the Rain; heard also as 'link cavalier') ⇒ Babylon (the host's read). The audience in Babylon's screening laughs at the same dialogue ('I love you') as in Singin' in the Rain's screening of The Dancing Cavalier.
    “They're literally laughing at the exact same dialogue in the screening that they do of the link cavalier.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:56:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Hateful Eight (2015): 1 line

  1. theme (opening echo) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they acted in: The Hateful Eight ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The slow pan out to the painting of Rick echoes the slow pan out to the Jesus statue in Hateful Eight.
    “It's very similar to the beginning of Hateful 8, where there's this very slow panout and it's like a Jesus Christ statue.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:05 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they acted in: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
    “Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958): 1 line

  1. lineage (based on) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they acted in: Wanted: Dead or Alive ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Bounty Law is based on Steve McQueen's Wanted Dead or Alive.
    “Bounty Lostar, which was based on Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

William Friedkin: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: William Friedkin ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops.
    “he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021): 1 line

  1. lineage (series lineage) · through Babylon (2022), which they acted in: Zack Snyder's Justice League ⇒ Babylon (the maker said so: the hosts' own account of the show). The Snyder Cut watch-along, born of a lost bet, started the show's watch-along concept that led to this one.
    “The Snyder, the Snyder Cut thing was a bet that we lost, that Sean was like, if that, that's how the watch along concept started.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 3:06:12 · 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.

Panic Room (2002): 3 lines

  1. career (career) · through Fight Club (1999), which they acted in: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Panic Room read as a small antidote to the response to Fight Club.
    “This seemed like a little bit of an antidote to that because what's panic room about.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Fight Club (1999), which they acted in: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). The inside-the-house camera moves Fincher started in Fight Club are fully developed in Panic Room.
    “And there's a lot of like stuff that he had started to do a little bit with Fight Club is like really like fleshed out in panic room”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:53 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (response to) · through Fight Club (1999), which they acted in: Fight Club ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host says Panic Room is a conscious response to Fight Club, which flopped and tried to be about everything.
    “Yes. And I feel like it's a very conscious response to fight club.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:24:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fight Club (1999): 2 lines, within their own work

  1. career (career) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). Without Se7en's power Fincher does not get to do The Game and Fight Club his way.
    “I think without this movie, he doesn't go on this run”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:27:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. career (career lever) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). Se7en's success is what let Fincher make the seemingly impossible Fight Club.
    “But the fight club is him more being like, okay, guys, I know this seems impossible, but I made seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:05:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Game (1997): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (R-rated proof) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's hit status as an R-rated film convinced the backers to fund The Game.
    “I think convinced, um, people like, okay, like, you can make an R-rated movie a hit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:33:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (commercial lead-in) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's success gave Fincher an absurd budget for The Game.
    “this is better for me because now I can make this movie at an absurd budget.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

8mm (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (rip-off) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Calls 8mm Schumacher ripping off Se7en.
    “8 millimeter is Schumacher ripping off seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Deadpool 2 (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (joke template) · through Fight Club (1999), which they acted in: Fight Club ⇒ Deadpool 2 (the host's read). A joke that Fight Club is the template Deadpool perfected.
    “I walked so that Deadpool could run.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:59:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

House of Cards (TV series): 1 line

  1. career (career step) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they acted in: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⇒ House of Cards (TV series) (the host's read). Fincher moved Mahershala Ali from Button into House of Cards.
    “But I mean, look, Fincher puts him from this into House of Cards, which is one of the things that definitely levels him up.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:05:36 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

MTV Movie Awards Se7en parody: 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ MTV Movie Awards Se7en parody (the host's read). The MTV Movie Awards parodied the Se7en ending with William Shatner playing every role and the head in the box.
    “And then Shatner's head is in the box and then he sings a song.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:34:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Nine Inch Nails: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Nine Inch Nails (the host's read). Se7en caught industrial rock at its peak and led to Fincher-Reznor scores.
    “Fincher and Rezner go on to make this incredible partnership”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:55:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

Saw (film series): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Saw (film series) (the host's read). Rewatching the Saw movies, the speaker was struck by how much they lifted from Se7en.
    “I forgot how much saw stole.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:59:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Batman (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). The speaker had forgotten how indebted The Batman is to Fincher, mostly to Se7en.
    “I had forgotten just how indebted the Batman is to...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:28:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), which they acted in: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⇒ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (the host's read). The speaker says Walter Mitty parodies Benjamin Button, as if to say Button got the Gump wrong.
    “And Walter Mitty parodies Benjamin Button, almost as if to say, they fucked up.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:10:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

True Detective (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ True Detective (the host's read). Se7en's influence shows in True Detective from the title sequence to the characters, though True Detective's first season flinches at the dark ending.
    “you can see the influence of of 7 on things like True Detective from the title sequence to the characters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:19 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Zodiac (2007): 1 line

  1. unmapped (why Fincher was offered it) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Seven made Fincher the first choice for any serial-killer project, Zodiac included.
    “Ever since he makes seven, if there's some serial killer movie, is getting sent it”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:51:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

later crime thrillers and crime TV (unnamed): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre influence) · through Seven (1995), which they acted in: Seven ⇒ later crime thrillers and crime TV (unnamed) (the host's read). As an adult the speaker is less shocked by Se7en because everyone since took a page out of its book.
    “I'm not as shocked by 7 because everyone took a page out of its book, of course.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:15:39 · Mike Mitchell (0.50 sure it was them)

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What was said about them, by kind

career (15)

  1. career (career): Brad Pitt → Paul Newman. Late-career Pitt resembles Paul Newman in The Color of Money, embracing the twilight phase.
    “Paul Newman, color of money era, like maybe a little younger than Paul Newman was at that point”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Brad Pitt → Tom Cruise. Cruise embodied hyper celebrity while Pitt just did whatever interested him.
    “Tom Cruise embodied, not just the movie star, but the hyper celebrity.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:30 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Brad Pitt → Leonardo DiCaprio. Pitt never aligned with a single auteur the way DiCaprio did.
    “So in the way that Leo said, you know what?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:20:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Brad Pitt → Angelina Jolie. Brangelina swallowed Pitt's career into a long period of lesser movies.
    “That Brangelina thing became so big.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:07 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Brad Pitt → Matt Damon. The group debates whether Damon's best seven films can match Pitt's.
    “So the question for me is, could Matt Damon top that with his best seven?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:24:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Brad Pitt → True Romance. Pitt had earlier iconic small turns like Floyd in True Romance, covered on a previous Rewatchables.
    “True romance, iconic performances, Floyd.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Brad Pitt → Interview with the Vampire. Pitt's pre-Se7en run had flops and weird roles, including the homoerotic vampire movie he did with Cruise.
    “Crew said blonde hair, super homerotic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:33 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Brad Pitt → Legends of the Fall. Pitt fought the changed ending of Legends of the Fall and vowed not to do that again, then made Se7en and 12 Monkeys.
    “Legends of the Fall, which some people like, but they changed the ending.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:41 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Brad Pitt → Inglourious Basterds. Pitt does better work once writers like Tarantino give him funnier material that suits his twitchiness.
    “I think later on when Pitt starts working with writers who are a little bit funnier, he does better work in some ways”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:26:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. career (career comparison): Brad Pitt → Newitski. Simmons compares the role's effect on Pitt to a title lifting an already Hall of Fame player (the transcript renders it 'Newitski', a mangled Dirk Nowitzki).
    “I compared it to when Newitski, when the title in 2011, where Newitski was a Hall of Famer anyway”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:05:28 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  11. career (career stepping stone): Brad Pitt → Moneyball. Moneyball showed shades of the performance Pitt reaches here.
    “You see shades of it and moneyball, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:05:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. career (career arc): Brad Pitt → Paul Newman. Pitt's path from heartthrob to weathered roles mirrors Newman's from Hud to The Verdict.
    “he always reminds me of Newman, where it's like there's this really, really like heart throb beginning”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. career (career contrast): Brad Pitt → Tom Cruise. Cruise plays variations of himself and may lack a Cliff Booth role.
    “He's basically playing variations of Tom Cruise in these different movies, but I don't know if he had a Cliff Booth part, did he?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:09 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  14. career (upcoming project): Brad Pitt → Joseph Kosinski. Pitt's fast-cars movie is Kosinski's F1 film, said to have script troubles.
    “The Kaczinski F1 movie?”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:13:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  15. career (career pivot): Brad Pitt → Ocean's Eleven. Ocean's Eleven is where Pitt's persona crystallizes after Fight Club.
    “Ocean's 11 is the one where he crystallizes who Brad Pitt.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:20:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (Oscar loss): Brad Pitt → The Artist. Pitt lost Best Actor for Moneyball to Jean Dujardin in The Artist, which they attribute to Weinstein.
    “I do understand what happened there. Harvey Weinstein happened.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:27:03 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (Oscar consolation): Brad Pitt → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Pitt eventually won Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but not for the right role.
    “Pitt, of course, 8 years later, we'll eventually win best supporting actor for once upon a time in Hollywood.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:27:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (ad-lib source): Brad Pitt → True Romance. Pitt's ad-libbed line was based on an actor who told him the same in the early 90s; they guess True Romance's Michael Rapaport/Saul Rubinek.
    “You're Rick fucking Dalton, don't you forget it?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:04:16 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

people (6)

  1. people (people): Gwyneth Paltrow → Brad Pitt. They became a couple off screen, got engaged, and later Pitt moved on to Aniston and Angelina.
    “they start dating in real life.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:44 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (cameo exception): Brad Pitt → True Romance. The one character-actor exception to Pitt's perfect-Brad-Pitt roles is his Floyd cameo in True Romance.
    “Like, with the exception of like cameos like Floyd and true Romance and stuff like that.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:16:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. people (performance): Ad Astra → Brad Pitt. The movie can't be saved, but the scene where Pitt records a message to his father is Pitt having therapy on screen.
    “Brad Pitt's having his therapy on the screen and someone filmed it and let me watch it.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:13:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. people (performance): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Brad Pitt. Pitt's responsiveness and presence is a rare form of acting, making the lead-versus-supporting call hard.
    “I just think like responsiveness is a form of acting as well. And he is the person who's reflecting a lot of Leo back.”
    The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:23:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. people (people): Brad Pitt → The Lost City of Z. Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, the producers, sent Gray the book though nothing in his work suggested jungle fit.
    “Brad Pitt and DD Guard and Jeremy Kleiner, who are the producers of the movie, why they sent it to me”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:01:21 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  6. people (casting): Brad Pitt → Tilda Swinton. Pitt recommended Tilda Swinton for the role.
    “Pitt recommended Tilda, although I think because of post-production, this must have been shot before burn after reading”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:25:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (foil pairing): Jonah Hill → Brad Pitt. Hill supplies comic timing for restrained Pitt to bounce off.
    “Pitt really needs a foil because he's so restrained in his performance, except when he's throwing things”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:13:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (unrealized pairing): Brad Pitt → Cate Blanchett. They were supposed to do The Fountain together, which Button realized.
    “I mean, he and Blanchard were supposed to do the fountain together.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:24:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (7)

  1. theme (character model): Brad Pitt → John Gilbert. Pitt's Babylon character is said to mirror silent-era star John Gilbert.
    “John Gilbert is a big influence.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:14:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (character model): Brad Pitt → Douglas Fairbanks. Douglas Fairbanks is named as another model for Pitt's character.
    “Douglas Fairbanks, for sure.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:14:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. theme (character model): Brad Pitt → Rudolph Valentino. Valentino is named as the other big influence on the writing of Pitt's character.
    “Yeah, so I think Rudolph Valentino is the other one that is was a big influence on the writing of this character.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:14:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. theme (persona use): Brad Pitt → Babylon. Babylon is called a smart use of Brad Pitt's skills, with the movie-star persona built in.
    “This is a very smart utilization of Brad Pitt's skills.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:15:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. theme (persona): Brad Pitt → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Pitt's Oscar for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is said to cement his iconography and may make it harder for him to transform.
    “Like, I think him winning an Academy Award for once upon a time in Hollywood, oddly, may work against him because it is such a strong utilization of his iconography.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:15:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. theme (comparison): Tom Cruise → Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt negates his charm in roles; Cruise stays utterly himself.
    “Brad Pitt in the way that Brad Pitt has chosen to navigate his career”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:26:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. theme (look comparison): Brad Pitt → Barry Levinson. On the commentary Fincher said Pitt's tugboat look resembles Barry Levinson.
    “And the commentary, Fincher referred to him as looking like Barry Levinson.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:02:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (9)

  1. unmapped (reviver of stars): Quentin Tarantino → Brad Pitt. Tarantino revives superstars; Brad and Leo got best performances from Basterds, Django and this.
    “He likes to revive superstars and he's the fixer.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (passed the part): Brad Pitt → Matt Damon. Pitt dropped out of the Damon role and produced; Damon later passed Manchester by the Sea to Casey Affleck in a similar gesture.
    “Matt Damon later paying it forward in that same way, giving Casey Affleck, Manchester.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (anti-chemistry): Philip Seymour Hoffman → Brad Pitt. Hoffman is not intimidated by Pitt, giving their scenes of open contempt a rare tension.
    “film Seymour Hoffman is not afraid of Brad Pitt.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:15:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (critical reading): Manohla Dargis → Brad Pitt. Dargis wrote about Pitt's power as a movie star filtering Robert Redford-type strong, silent figures.
    “Manola wrote at length about the kind of use of Pitt's power and what he kind of brings as a movie star type”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:28:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (taste): Brad Pitt → Moneyball. A speaker prefers Pitt in perfect-Brad-Pitt roles such as Ocean's 11, Moneyball and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “Like, the ones I like are his performances in Ocean's 11 and Moneyball and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:16:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (physique): Gene Kelly → Brad Pitt. A speaker says Gene Kelly and Pitt share an ideal male form, in a riff on Babylon's wardrobe.
    “I mean, he and Brad Pitt share a ideal male format.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:45:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (category fraud): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt is the star of Hollywood, so putting him in supporting is a rigged category.
    “He is the star of that movie and F everybody for saying otherwise.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:05:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (shared people): Brad Pitt → Jackass. Pitt shows up on Jackass in one of its best moments, a crossover with his Fight Club role.
    “The big, I mean, of course, there's the crossover of Brad Pitt being on jackass and one of the best jackass moments.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:47:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (star power): Brad Pitt → Seven. Pitt's wish to make Se7en bumped it ahead of The Game.
    “Brad Pitt's like, I want to make seven, and so seven like happens, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:28 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (apex): Brad Pitt → Ocean's Eleven. Pitt's apex is judged Ocean's Eleven or Fight Club at the time he dated Aniston.
    “It's Fight Club or Ocean's 11, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:08:15 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Brad Pitt → Mr. & Mrs. Smith. One host finds Pitt very disengaged in Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
    “I just, I find Pitt very disengaged in it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:43:54 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Brad Pitt → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Pitt is supporting (never lead) in OUATIH, 'the picture of being a good supporter'.
    “He was always supporting and I just caught him because he's getting he's getting his moment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:37:29 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Brad Pitt → Edge of Tomorrow. Pitt was Liman's first choice for the lead and dropped out; the hosts think Cruise is better.
    “I mean, like, I think cruise is better.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:45:54 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt's six stages across four decades, with the Brangelina era and Once Upon a Time as the icon turn.
    “The 4 decades of Brad Pitt, as a leading man in all the arcs, where the 6 stages”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:17:56 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt got $30 million for F1, and the hosts credit him for people taking it seriously.
    “He got $30000000 for this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt's seven longest-tail movies: Seven, Fight Club, Ocean's 11, Basterds, Moneyball, Once Upon a Time, F1.
    “Seven, Fight Club, Ocean's 11, Bastards, Moneyball, once upon a time, an F1.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:24:42 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt is a terrible runner, less than Cruise.
    “Brad Pitt is a terrible runner.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:32:30 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt put his arm through the windshield during the chase, severed tendons, and the cast was written into the rest of the movie.
    “Pitt actually gets hurt in real life, puts his arm through the windshield”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:39:05 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Brad Pitt: His best performance: it does not ask him to speak much and he is great at looking pissed or regretful, unless eating a Twinkie.
    “I think it's his best performance.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:12:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Brad Pitt: Opening of the film: old playoff footage, then Pitt alone in a stadium turning a radio on and off. Riveting because he holds the frame.
    “him sitting alone in a stadium just turning a radio on and on. And it is riveting.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:12:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Brad Pitt: Lost the Oscar to Jean Dujardin for The Artist; audience groaned, Weinstein blamed.
    “I do understand what happened there. Harvey Weinstein happened.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:27:03 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt wanted to play as much of Benjamin as he could himself, not hand it off to doubles.
    “Pitt's other huge thing is I want to play as much of this person as I can.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:57:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about Brad Pitt: Fincher says Pitt turned up at his door minutes after the casting call.
    “I hung up the phone after offering it to him and he was knocking on my door like 4 minutes later.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:19:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Brad Pitt: Fincher on how Pitt's clout won arguments with the studio.
    “the power of being blonde is astonishing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:51:33 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (reading the dossier) (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt really broke his arm in the rain chase, and they wrote it into the movie.
    “Genuinely broke his arm.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:57:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)