Bill Simmons

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Ghost (1990); Heat (1995); Collateral (2004); n/a.

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.

Thief (1981): 4 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Heat (1995), which they were tied to as Rewatchables co-host: Thief ⇒ Heat (the maker said so: the Siegel piece, Caan telling Pacino). Caan said scenes cut from Thief went to Heat.
    “All the scenes that weren't used in our picture came over to you guys.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Heat (1995), which they were tied to as Rewatchables co-host: Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read). The diner scene's wide shot echoes Heat's, which never shows both guys.
    “Wide shot, some heat DNA, although in heat, they don't have, you never see the 2 guys”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:13 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through Heat (1995), which they were tied to as Rewatchables co-host: Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read). Thief is the notebook sketch for Mann's later work, with Heat sharing DNA.
    “the building blocks for what you wind up seeing in heat and collateral and Miami Vice in so many of his films to come.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:54 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft) · through Collateral (2004), which they were tied to as Rewatchables co-host: Thief ⇒ Collateral (the host's read). Mann later circled back to blues in Collateral after trying all-blues for Thief.
    “but then circled back in collateral”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:36 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Ambulance (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through Heat (1995), which they were tied to as Rewatchables co-host: Heat ⇒ Ambulance (the host's read). Chris says the first half of Ambulance is Michael Bay trying to make Heat, before the second half becomes a great chase movie.
    “The 1st half of this movie is basically like Michael Bay being like, I want to make heat.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:06:53 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

Michael Mann: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Heat (1995), which they were tied to as Rewatchables co-host: Heat ⇒ Michael Mann (the maker said so: Mann publicly talking about it). Mann has said he wants to adapt his Heat novel as a sequel and prequel to Heat.
    “he's been publicly talking about his desire to find a way to adapt his novel of heat to the sequel and prequel to heat.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:08:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Zodiac (2007): 1 line

  1. people (casting) · through Collateral (2004), which they were tied to as Rewatchables co-host: Collateral ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Fincher cast Ruffalo partly because he liked him in Collateral.
    “One, Fincher really liked him in collateral.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 1:24:06 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Other (5) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Ghost → Bill Simmons. Sean asks if Chris agrees with Bill Simmons that Ghost is an accurate portrayal of the afterlife.
    “Do you agree with Bill Simmons that this is an accurate portrayal of the afterlife?”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:53:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Chris Ryan → Bill Simmons. Joke: Bill is the Denzel to Chris's Will Smith.
    “You've always been the Denzel to his Will Smith.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Bill Simmons: Running bit: the others harangue Bill to get a truck, the Dodge Ram or an F150, after his repeated Dodge Ram mentions.
    “Bill, get a truck.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:48:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Bill Simmons: Bill's Ron Silver story: at the Ali junket in 2001 he opened with Silent Rage and Silver answered 'the guy who wouldn't die.'
    “I interviewed Ron Silver at the Ali Junket in 2001.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:51:48 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Bill Simmons: Bill's birthday movie each year; this year The Big Chill, previous years Boogie Nights and Shawshank.
    “Every year on my birthday, we do a movie that I love, and this year we're doing the big chill.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:00:58 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Bill Simmons: Simmons's 2004 ESPN The Magazine column was rewritten by editors because Disney owned both; the new ending was 'by the way, I'm seeing it on Friday.'
    “You can't, like, trash the idea of the movie in your column.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:49:31 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Bill Simmons: Simmons's worst parenting moment: while watching Kevin Durant at Texas, his toddler Zoe walked out the open front door at night, and a stranger in a stopped car brought her back.
    “I'm like, I can't, but Kevin Durant has given it to AC.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:51:27 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)