Samuel L. Jackson

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q172678: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Pulp Fiction, which ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The General (1926); After Hours (1985); The War of the Roses (1989); The Edge (1997); The Truman Show (1998); The Avengers (2012); Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). Count them as actor (26 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 Last Temptation of Christ (1988): 3 lines

  1. career (personal projection) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese quoted in an oral history). Scorsese worked Kafka's Before the Law into the club doorman scene to reflect his frustration over Last Temptation.
    “inspired by Franz Kafka's before the law. And Scorsese said the short story reflected his frustration toward the production of the Last Temptation of Christ.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (cause) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: The Last Temptation of Christ ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: a Scorsese quote on After Hours being a reaction to the Last Temptation ordeal). After Paramount collapsed Last Temptation, Scorsese wanted a cheap, personal film; After Hours is his reaction to the Hollywood ordeal.
    “it's a reaction against my year and a half into Hollywood trying to get last temptation to Christ made.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:50:49 · unknown host (quoting Scorsese) (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (sliding door) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: 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)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored major role: 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)

The Incredible Hulk (2008): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Incredible Hulk ⇒ The Avengers (the host's read). Avengers' line about Hulk 'breaking Harlem' is false: the Abomination did it.
    “That's the one thing they reference in Avengers, where he says, I kind of broke Harlem.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:34:36 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Incredible Hulk ⇒ The Avengers (the host's read). Ruffalo's first Hulk scene in a slum echoes this film's Rocinha opening, though otherwise the continuity is thrown out.
    “The only tale is that when the Mark Ruffalo hook was introduced, they find the little hot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:25:11 · Griffin or David (0.25 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: 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)

Apocalypse Now (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored major role: 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)

Baby It's You (1983): 1 line

  1. lineage (production lineage) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

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

  1. lineage (influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored major role: 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)

Ernst Lubitsch: 1 line

  1. unmapped (comic technique) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Frank Capra: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: 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

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Iron Man (2008): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: Iron Man ⇒ The Avengers (the host's read). The post-credits Nick Fury scene established the shared-universe model that changed Hollywood for a decade or more.
    “I mean, this has changed the next 10 years of Hollywood filmmaking.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:13:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Isle of the Dead (1945): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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 Frank: 1 line

  1. unmapped (alleged plagiarism) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Lee Van Cleef: 1 line

  1. lineage (source of a detail) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored major role: 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)

North by Northwest (1959): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Rear Window (1954): 1 line

  1. lineage (stealth homage) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace ⇒ The Avengers (the host's read). The Chitauri transport creature with troops jumping off recalls the Battle Droid transport.
    “it's like the thing in Phantom Menace, the, uh, Battle Droid Transport.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:47:09 · 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 were tied to as rumored major role: 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 King of Comedy (1982): 1 line

  1. industry (studio retreat) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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 Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored major role: 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)

The Wizard of Oz (1939): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958): 1 line

  1. lineage (based on) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as rumored major role: 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)

Drawn on by

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

Goodfellas (1990): 2 lines

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

Iron Man 3 (2013): 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Stark's arc across three Iron Man films peaks in Iron Man 3, and Avengers lays the track for its PTSD.
    “Iron Man 3 is all him being unable to cope with the psychological like trauma of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 2:07:49 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 works as a quasi-sequel to The Avengers because it deals with Tony's trauma of the portal and aliens.
    “Except it's it is a sort of quasi sequel to the Avengers in that it's dealing with the fact that he got sucked into a portal into space for a 2nd there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Thor: The Dark World (2013): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The Dark World is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki: he becomes co-lead, Thor 1A to Loki 1B.
    “This is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki, where they're like, we get it now.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:20:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Avengers ends with the team scattering, which is why the Phase 2 sequels can stand alone.
    “And also, Joss Wheaton's like master stroke at the end of Avengers is like, we're not a team.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:30:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Avengers: Age of Ultron (the host's read). Age of Ultron opens with the team already together and Fury in hiding, so it is a sequel to five films rather than to Avengers.
    “Avengers 2 can't be a sequel to Avengers one. It has to be a sequel to 5 other moments.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:39:42 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The Hulk echoes Tony Stark's words from the first Avengers; the movie is full of callbacks.
    “echoing Tony Stark's words from the Avengers 2012”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:25:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). The Tesseract, the glowing box, was a MacGuffin in the first Avengers and in Infinity War.
    “you may remember the Tesseract from the 1st Avengers film, and then, of course, the most recent Avengers film, Avengers Infinity War”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Date Night (2010): 1 line

  1. theme (genre mutation) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Game of Thrones (2011): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The War of the Roses (1989), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for the lawyer's client: The War of the Roses ⇒ Game of Thrones (the host's read). The actual historical Wars of the Roses was a big inspiration for Game of Thrones.
    “Big inspiration for Game of Thrones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:56:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Go (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): 1 line

  1. programming (programming) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy (the host's read). Thanos' Chitauri subcontracting sets up the cosmic films; Guardians is next on their Marvel list.
    “We're gonna we're gonna cover Peter movie soon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:34:57 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Problem Child: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The War of the Roses (1989), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for the lawyer's client: The War of the Roses ⇒ Problem Child (the maker said so: the writer's own account on the show). They had pitched Problem Child to be a grown-up dark comedy like The War of the Roses.
    “talked about the War of the Roses”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:14:24 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

Survivor: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Truman Show (1998), which they were tied to as talked to about the lead: 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)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line

  1. career (career bridge) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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 Lovebirds (2020): 1 line

  1. lineage (unofficial remake) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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

  1. lineage (unofficial remake) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Avengers (2012), which they were tied to as tweeted at A.O. Scott: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: Ragnarok (the host's read). Ben's favorite Marvel movie; Hulk's journey into space follows from here.
    “Ragnarok is 100% Ben's favorite Marvel movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:18:58 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Uncut Gems (2019): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through After Hours (1985), which they were tied to as casting what-if cameo: 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)

What Just Happened (2008): 1 line

  1. unmapped (dramatization) · through The Edge (1997), which they were tied to as Harold's part what-if: The Edge ⇒ What Just Happened (the host's read). Barry Levinson's 2008 film, drawn from Art Linson's book, fictionalizes the making of The Edge, including the beard fight and De Niro.
    “They made a movie based on Art Linson's book, and a lot of it is about making this stupid movie and a big part about him not shaving the beard”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:35:23 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (30) everyone in acting

Other (8) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career): Samuel L. Jackson → Die Hard with a Vengeance. Pulp made Jackson a leading man, cemented by Die Hard 3 and an Oscar nomination.
    “Cements him as a leading man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:59:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Samuel L. Jackson → Spike Lee. Sam Jackson got his biggest break from Spike Lee, adding resonance to him presenting.
    “Sam Jackson got his biggest break from Spike Lee.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:21:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Samuel L. Jackson → Chi-Raq (transcribed 'Shyraq'). Jackson is in showman mode in Chi-Raq, a contrast to the restrained role here.
    “He's in like showman mode in that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 1:09:42 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Samuel L. Jackson → XXX: State of the Union. Jackson's fake death here echoes his fake death in the second XXX movie as Gibbons.
    “And it's almost the same as this where he was like, pretend to be dead so he could lay low.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:43:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Samuel L. Jackson → Jungle Fever. Jackson used his real crack addiction in Jungle Fever, which made his career and earned a first-ever supporting prize at Cannes.
    “Right, which is the 1st time that the con film festival is ever given out a supporting award.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:52:44 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Samuel L. Jackson → Steve McQueen. Tarantino shoots Jackson like a classic movie star, with low angles and star close-ups; one head turn reads as McQueen or Monroe.
    “the McQueen thing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:05 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction. 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)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Brie Larson → Samuel L. Jackson. Larson cast Jackson in her directorial debut Unicorn Store, and they also share Kong: Skull Island.
    “she cast him in her directorial debut Unicorn store, which you can watch on Netflix in April.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:32:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Samuel L. Jackson → Kong: Skull Island. Jackson holding court about director Jordan Vogt-Roberts as an amateur, illustrating Jackson's professionalism standard.
    “he was loudly holding court over what a fucking disaster Jordan Vote Roberts was on Kong Skull Island.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:37:46 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Samuel L. Jackson → Captain Marvel. Hosts are excited to see Jackson as a younger Nick Fury again.
    “Can't wait for him to do stuff again in like Captain Marvel and shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:34:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (analogy): Samuel L. Jackson → Apocalypse Now. Jackson's performance transcends its memes like hearing Satisfaction for real, which then plays in Apocalypse Now.
    “It's like you've heard it a 1000000000 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:01 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (famous death): Deep Blue Sea → Samuel L. Jackson. Sam Jackson's shock death was a promoted star dying, in a scene Van counts among the greats.
    “One of the great scenes of all time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:41:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction. Everyone agrees Jackson and Tarantino should both have won Oscars.
    “Both of them should have won, period.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:19:28 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Samuel L. Jackson → The Hateful Eight. A tweet (attributed to someone named Ehrlich) said we will regret undervaluing Jackson, even while disliking Hateful Eight.
    “25 years from now, we're all going to be kicking ourselves for how much we undervalued Samuel Jackson when he was alive.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:09:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (5)

  1. what-if (what-if): The Truman Show → Samuel L. Jackson. Proposed recast: Jackson as Marlon, for volatility and a question of whose side he's on.
    “As Marlon, can I, can I test drive Sam Jackson for you guys?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Samuel L. Jackson → Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy was on the initial list for Jules, like Will Smith and Django.
    “Eddie Murphy was on the initial list too, which I thought was a really fun idea.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:37:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Samuel L. Jackson → Laurence Fishburne. Tarantino expected Fishburne for Jules; Jackson was a backup.
    “And then Sam Jackson was a backup”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:41:15 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Samuel L. Jackson → The War of the Roses. Sam Jackson as the lawyer's silent client, since Roses is one of the whitest movies ever.
    “I gotta say, this movie actually needs Sam Jackson.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:28:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (casting what-if): Samuel L. Jackson → The Edge. Sam Jackson attacked by a bear after a shark would be hilarious.
    “Watch him get attacked by a bear because then he could have been attacked by a shark and a bear within a two-year span.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:25:47 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Samuel L. Jackson: Casting what-if: 1980s crazy Sam Jackson for two minutes as a barfly or vigilante mob member; 'Jules Winfield would be great.'
    “I'd love to have Jules just in this movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:36:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Samuel L. Jackson: The film ends with Jackson saying good night; the host jokes that his favorite part of his movies is when he doesn't say motherfucker.
    “It's my favorite part of his movies is when he doesn't say motherfucker.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 1:55:25 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Samuel L. Jackson: See the shot at 0:35 where Fury enters and is just a movie star; Jackson is the almost-lead early on, one-take pro, and 'the Ben Hosley of the Avengers' per the hosts.
    “Samuel Jackson is like almost the lead.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:35:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Samuel L. Jackson: Kicked a crack addiction, used it in Jungle Fever, and became the most professional man in Hollywood.
    “he becomes the most professional, like put together guy in the world.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:53:27 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Samuel L. Jackson: Jackson told Whedon he was 63 and cannot look cool running in an ankle-length duster, so he just stands and poses.
    “I cannot look cool running in that thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:20:41 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Samuel L. Jackson: See the donut-shop Nick Fury scene at Randy's around 1:04: the hosts say it grinds the movie to a halt and criticizes the plot of the film you're watching.
    “the other problem is he's literally criticizing the plot of the movie you're watching.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:06:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Samuel L. Jackson: After the credits, Nick Fury's cameo arrives; the speaker heard the rumor and still was blown away; Avengers Initiative wasn't a household name.
    “You become part of a big universe.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:13:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)