Sean Fennessey

81 sketches, 1,576 claims, and 559 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

Showing 81–81 of 81 sketches.

Blank Check — Patreon: Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) (guest)

Reveres Strangelove as the most singular Kubrick and a document that still applies. Loves Frankenheimer, Malick, and deep trivia of movie years. Dislikes recent McKay satire but is gentle about it.

Stances

  • Strangelove still applies to how government and masculinity work
  • Kubrick competed with himself to take on a new genre each time
  • Seven Days in May and Frankenheimer's run belongs next to Kubrick's

Humor: Dry, generous and self-effacing, tossing off asides in a calm voice.

In their words

  • “And I love Dr. Strangelove, and I love Stanley Kubrick and everything else that you're doing.” (0:10:35)
  • “this is exactly how government works.” (1:39:54)
  • “this movie comes in the middle of the most underrated five-year run in any American filmmaker's history, which is John Frankenheimer from 1962 to 1966” (2:02:41)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Their claims

Showing 501–600 of 1,576 claims.

  1. theme (shared theme): Moneyball → Inside Llewyn Davis. Both are stories about someone who never quite fulfills his promise or gets as famous as hoped.
    “it's another story about a loser, we just did inside Lewin Davis in this series, which was a story about somebody who doesn't quite fulfill his promise”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:05:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. theme (genre convention): Moneyball → Major League. Like Major League, Moneyball does not end with winning the World Series.
    “major league famously doesn't end with winning the World Series, but The movie almost doesn't care if you don't get that.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:09:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (typecasting): Jonah Hill → Superbad. Hill was known as an Apatow player from Superbad, making his dramatic Moneyball casting a hard pivot.
    “easily best known as kind of an Appatau player off the huge success of Super Bad, and he was Academy Award nominated for this role.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:13:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. people (prior collaboration): Philip Seymour Hoffman → Capote. Hoffman starred in Bennett Miller's first narrative feature and won the Best Actor Oscar for it, then brought gravitas to a small Moneyball part.
    “Hoffman had had acted in Capote, Bennett Miller's 1st narrative feature film and won an Academy Award for best actor for that role.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:14:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. 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)
  6. contrast (contrast on data): Moneyball → Eddington. Today we are skeptical of lives dominated by data, as in Eddington, which makes Billy's stance feel different now.
    “pretty dubious of having our lives dominated by a data center if you've seen Eddington.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:18:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (unmade version): Moneyball → Reds. Soderbergh's planned version was like Reds as a baseball movie, with to-camera testimony from real people.
    “It was kind of like if you made reds as a baseball movie where he was going to use into camera testimony and real life people performing from the film.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:22:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (authorial signature): Aaron Sorkin → Moneyball. The nobility-of-work and dad-daughter material is attributed to Sorkin's rewrite.
    “the nobility of the work, which is so common in all of Sorkin's TV shows and movies, the idea of like just doing the thing in an honest and decent way.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:23:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  9. people (director filmography): Bennett Miller → The Cruise. Before Capote and Moneyball, Miller made the documentary The Cruise about Speed Levi.
    “Ben Miller, to that point, had made a documentary called The Cruise.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:24:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. people (cameo link): The Cruise → Richard Linklater. The Cruise's subject, Speed Levi, appeared in Richard Linklater movies.
    “Speed Levic, who was featured in Richard Linklater movies, it follows him”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:24:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  11. people (writer friend): Capote → Dan Futterman. Capote was written by Miller's friend Dan Futterman.
    “he made Capote, which was written by his friend Dan Futterman.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:24:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  12. people (director filmography): Bennett Miller → Foxcatcher. Miller made Foxcatcher four years after Moneyball and has made nothing since, which may dim Moneyball's legacy.
    “He makes Foxcatcher, a 4 years later, a movie that no longer exists.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:24:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  13. 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)
  14. 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)
  15. lineage (joke remake): Moneyball → Dog Day Afternoon. The Mets' version of Moneyball would be Dog Day Afternoon: hostages, incompetent robbers, heat.
    “It'd be like dog afternoon. We're all being held hostage. They won't let us out.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:29:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  16. unmapped (similar subject): Moneyball → Air. Air is a similar movie about commerce, finance, and decision-making around sports, with movie stars and questionable pants.
    “Air sort of a similar movie to this in terms of ideas and the relationship between commerce and finance and decision making around sports.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:31:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  17. unmapped (similar subject): Moneyball → Hustle. Hustle is the recent Adam Sandler basketball scout movie, another sports-business pick.
    “The recent Adam Sandler movie about basketball, scout, player personnel person.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:31:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  18. unmapped (process procedural): Moneyball → All the President's Men. Both are process movies that take you inside a world and show how people do things and talk.
    “taking you inside of a world that you don't totally understand and showing you literally how people do things, literally how people talk about things”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:33:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  19. theme (theme): Home Alone → Casablanca. For a kid in 1990, Home Alone was as monumental as Casablanca or the Wizard of Oz.
    “for me, at this time, Home Alone was Casablanca”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:18:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  20. career (career): Goodfellas → Oppenheimer. Goodfellas came at the point in Scorsese's career where Oppenheimer came for Nolan, but Scorsese lost the Oscars.
    “Nolan just won Oppenheimer at a very similar play time in his career to where Scorsese was when he made Goodfellas”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:27:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  21. career (career): Goodfellas → The King of Comedy. Goodfellas was Scorsese's comeback after the King of Comedy flop and a pilloried stretch.
    “he has this like comeback narrative with Goodfellows, which is financially successful, critically adored”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:28:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  22. people (people): Goodfellas → Martin Scorsese. Scorsese's New Yorkness was held against him by a provincial Oscars.
    “the New Yorkness of Scorsese in this movie in particular, I think was sort of held against him”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:28:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  23. contrast (contrast): Dances with Wolves → Driving Miss Daisy. Unlike Driving Miss Daisy, Dances with Wolves is not offensive in its depiction of native people.
    “It's not like driving Miss Daisy where there's something kind of offensive about it.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:29:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  24. verdict (verdict): Dances with Wolves → Goodfellas. Dances with Wolves is not a bad movie, but it is not Goodfellas.
    “It's just not Goodfellas.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:29:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  25. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Total Recall. Pick 3 (round 1), category blockbuster: Verhoeven masterpiece, sci-fi satire, Schwarzenegger's best.
    “In Blockbuster, I'm gonna go with Total Recall”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  26. contrast (contrast): Total Recall → The Terminator. The pick makes a case that Total Recall is Schwarzenegger's best movie, neck and neck with the Terminator films.
    “strong case for it being Arnold Schwarzenegger's best movie, kind of neck and neck, I think, with the Terminator films”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  27. people (people): Total Recall → Paul Verhoeven. Verhoeven's Total Recall is called one of his masterpieces.
    “one of Paul Verhoven's masterpieces”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  28. people (people): Total Recall → Sharon Stone. Sharon Stone plays a wife who is not to be trusted, before Basic Instinct.
    “very funny performance from Sharon Stone as a wife who is not to be trusted”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:36:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  29. craft (craft): Total Recall → Paul Verhoeven. The film walks the line between schlock and incisive satire.
    “really walks this very delicate line between schlock and incisive satire”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:36:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  30. programming (programming): Home Alone → Mita Kimes. The Rewatchables did a Home Alone episode with Mita Kimes.
    “we did an episode of it on the rewatchables with Mita Kimes”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:37:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  31. people (people): Home Alone → Macaulay Culkin. Culkin tormenting Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci is the draw.
    “Macaulay Culkin, fucking with Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci for one hour is remarkable”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:37:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  32. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Home Alone. Pick 4 (round 2), category comedy: Personally meaningful; took it off the board before others.
    “Um, so I'll take Home Alone and comedy.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:39:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  33. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Ghost. Pick 9 (round 3), category Oscar nominee: Genre mix of romance, grief and supernatural thriller.
    “And I will take ghost.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:53:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  34. 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)
  35. career (career): Ghost → The Substance. Ghost resurfaced when Demi Moore did press for The Substance.
    “was back in the news when Demi Moore was doing a lot of press for the substance”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:54:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  36. career (career): Tony Goldwyn → One Battle After Another. The Ghost villain actor appears not to be a nice man in One Battle After Another.
    “He appears to be not a very nice man in one battle after another, actually.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:55:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  37. theme (theme): Ghost → Nora Ephron. Romantic tearjerkers of the era came from writers like James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron.
    “James L. Brooks and Nora Efron, and you've got these writers who have like a real knack for this kind of thing”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:56:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  38. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Misery. Pick 10 (round 4), category action/horror/thriller: Best of the bunch; Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Goldman, Reiner.
    “I'll take misery.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:57:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  39. people (people): Misery → William Goldman. Misery is adapted by Goldman and directed by Rob Reiner.
    “adapted by the great William Goldman, uh, directed by Rob Reiner”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  40. theme (theme): Misery → Stephen King. King writing about his nightmare of a fan who takes things too far.
    “Stephen King writing about, like, basically his work's nightmare”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  41. career (career): Rob Reiner → Spinal Tap II. Reiner returns with Spinal Tap II this fall.
    “he shall return this year with Spinal Tap 2.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:58:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  42. craft (craft): Die Hard 2 → Renny Harlin. Harlin directs Die Hard 2 with wild disregard for good taste.
    “saying we don't care about good taste in our diehard movie”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:09:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  43. people (people): Presumed Innocent → Die Hard 2. Bonnie Bedelia is in both of Amanda's picks.
    “that's 2 Bonnie Badelia movies for Amanda”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:10:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  44. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Wild at Heart. Pick 15 (round 5), category drama: Easy drama pick; borderline insane Lynch romance.
    “I'm taking David Lynch's Wild at Heart.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:11:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  45. lineage (lineage): Wild at Heart → The Wizard of Oz. Wild at Heart is a homage to the Wizard of Oz.
    “kind of a blanket homage to Wizard of Oz”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:11:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  46. lineage (lineage): Diane Ladd → The Wizard of Oz. Diane Ladd plays something like the Wicked Witch.
    “playing kind of like the Wicked Witch in some ways”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:11:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  47. contrast (contrast): Wild at Heart → Inland Empire. Wild at Heart is tilted but not so weird you cannot follow it, unlike Inland Empire.
    “It's not so weird that you can't follow the narrative of the story”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:11:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  48. verdict (verdict): Wild at Heart → David Lynch. Great but not in the upper echelon of Lynch.
    “Although I wouldn't say it's in my like upper upper echelon for Lynch.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:12:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  49. industry (industry): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → The Godfather Part III. Five 1990 sequels of New Hollywood films left Sean passing on those for the sequel slot.
    “Not four, but 5 sequels to legendary iconic Hollywood, new Hollywood films.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:12:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  50. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Pick 16 (round 6), category sequel: Passes on five sequels to New Hollywood classics for Joe Dante's satire.
    “I taking gremlins to the new batch.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:12:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  51. contrast (contrast): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → Gremlins. The first was a small film; the sequel is a Trump Tower-like satire.
    “The 1st one was a small film.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:13:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  52. people (people): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → Chris Columbus. Chris Columbus is named with the first film's makers.
    “Chris Columbus.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:13:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  53. industry (industry): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → Steven Spielberg. Gremlins 2 was produced by Spielberg and directed by Joe Dante.
    “produced by Spielberg and Joe Dante”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:13:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  54. theme (theme): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → Donald Trump. The sequel is set in a Trump Tower-like skyscraper.
    “the 2nd film is set basically in Trump Tower”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:13:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  55. programming (programming): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → Jordan Peele. A Key and Peele sketch about Gremlins 2 shows why Peele is who he is.
    “There's a legendary Key and Peel sketch about gremlins, too”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:14:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  56. people (people): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → John Glover. John Glover plays the Trump stand-in.
    “John Glover plays the Trump stand in.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:15:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  57. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Mo' Better Blues. Pick 21 (round 7), category wild card: Spike Lee's different follow-up to Do the Right Thing; love story about an artist's soul.
    “Well, better blues is sitting at the top of my wild card list right now.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:28:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  58. contrast (contrast): Mo' Better Blues → Do the Right Thing. Mo' Better Blues is a completely different follow-up to Do the Right Thing.
    “Spike Lee's amazing, completely different follow-up to do the right thing”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:28:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  59. what-if (what-if): Home Alone → Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Had Home Alone not been taken, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would have been the comedy pick.
    “if I had not taken home alone, I would have I would have considered teenage being Ninja Turtles”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:29:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  60. people (people): State of Grace → Jordan Cronenweth. The speaker names Jordan Cronenweth as the cinematographer of State of Grace.
    “I think the cinematographer for State of Grace is Jordan Cronin with.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:29:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  61. career (career): Mike Leigh → Dick Pope. Dick Pope is Mike Leigh's longtime cinematographer, shooting Life Is Sweet.
    “I think with Dick Pope, his longtime cinematographer, just passed away after they made, um...”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:35:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  62. unmapped (same night): The Woman in the Yard → A Minecraft Movie. Sean saw The Woman in the Yard at 7:30 and Minecraft at 9 the same night.
    “I went to a 9 p.m. screening after seeing a 7.30 p.m. screening of the woman in the yard.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:02:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  63. unmapped (rowdy audience): A Minecraft Movie → Minions: The Rise of Gru. The last time Sean saw a theater this rowdy was Minions 2 (though that was teenagers doing memes).
    “Now, the last time I remember this experience was minions 2.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:04:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  64. people (directed by): A Minecraft Movie → Jared Hess. Sean names Jared Hess as the director of the Minecraft movie.
    “The movie is directed by Jared Hess, who is probably best known for directing Napoleon Dynamite”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  65. people (directed): Jared Hess → Napoleon Dynamite. Hess is best known for Napoleon Dynamite.
    “The movie is directed by Jared Hess, who is probably best known for directing Napoleon Dynamite”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  66. people (directed): Jared Hess → Nacho Libre. Hess also directed Nacho Libre starring Jack Black.
    “Also, the director of a film called Nacho Libre starring Jack Black.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  67. unmapped (starred in): Jack Black → Nacho Libre. Jack Black starred in Nacho Libre.
    “Also, the director of a film called Nacho Libre starring Jack Black.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  68. people (reunion): Jared Hess → Jack Black. Minecraft reunites Hess and Black.
    “This is a reunion between Hess and Jack Black.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:05:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  69. people (collaborator): Jemaine Clement → Jared Hess. Clement is a longtime Hess collaborator and plays the storage-facility owner.
    “Jermaine Clement, also a longtime collaborator of Jared Hess, is the proprietor of this storage facility”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:07:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  70. unmapped (audience participation): A Minecraft Movie → The Rocky Horror Picture Show. People compare the Minecraft crowd (laughing, repeating lines) to Rocky Horror screenings.
    “A lot of people have been comparing the movie going experience to the Rocky Horror picture show”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:08:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  71. unmapped (in-joke crowd): A Minecraft Movie → Marvel movies. The Minecraft shout-along crowd reminded Sean of watching Marvel movies with Amanda, where he needs her to explain references.
    “It reminded me of sitting with you during Marvel movies.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:09:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  72. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Transformers (the last movie). Older-IP reboots like Transformers and TMNT were fun for adults but not really for 9-year-olds.
    “It's nice and fun for me, but it's not really for 9 year olds.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  73. unmapped (same phenomenon): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Minecraft, Barbie and Super Mario are recent hits of new-to-kids, adapted IP.
    “when you look at Barbie, when you look at the Super Mario Brothers movie, when you look at a handful of like recent phenomenon like this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  74. unmapped (same phenomenon): A Minecraft Movie → The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Same list: Super Mario is another recent kid-driven adapted-IP hit.
    “when you look at Barbie, when you look at the Super Mario Brothers movie, when you look at a handful of like recent phenomenon like this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  75. unmapped (subsidy): A Minecraft Movie → One Battle After Another. Minecraft's money effectively pays for Paul Thomas Anderson-style adult movies.
    “Minecraft success pays for one battle after another.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:11:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  76. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Fast X. Minecraft is new-ish, unlike the endlessly repeated Fast sequels.
    “So this to me is a way different proposition than your fast X's or whatever”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:11:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  77. contrast (contrast): A Minecraft Movie → Casablanca. Sean concedes Minecraft is no classic but is something newish.
    “Minecraft is not Casablanca, and I'm not trying to say that it is.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:12:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  78. unmapped (shared star): Jack Black → The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Jack Black is in both Minecraft and Super Mario.
    “Also, Jack Black is in both films.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:13:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  79. unmapped (template): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie is the template: IP plus adult-pleasing stars bridging generations.
    “This movie has a lot in common with Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  80. unmapped (bridge star): Jack Black → Margot Robbie. Black and Momoa serve as the adult bridge the way Robbie and Gosling did for Barbie.
    “My thought is you don't like Jack Black and Jason Momoa as much as you like Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  81. career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
    “Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  82. career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Kung Fu Panda. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
    “Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  83. career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → School of Rock. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
    “Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  84. career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Goosebumps. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
    “Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  85. career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Ice Age. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
    “Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  86. career (kids-movie career): Jack Black → Shark Tale. Evidence that Jack Black is the signature kids'-movie star of the last quarter century.
    “Jumanji, Super Mario Brothers, Kung Fu Panda, School of Rock, Goosebumps, Ice Age, Shark Tail.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  87. verdict (earlier favorite): Jack Black → High Fidelity. The speaker loves him from High Fidelity and Tenacious D.
    “I love him from like high fidelity and tenacious D”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  88. industry (studio sibling): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie came from the same studio, which the speaker thinks worth noting.
    “So to me, like, I actually think Barbie is like a template setter.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:15:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  89. theme (childhood echo): A Minecraft Movie → The Last Starfighter. A 10-year-old picking up a sword to fight an evil pig echoes 80s kid-hero movies.
    “movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  90. theme (childhood echo): A Minecraft Movie → Invaders (as heard; likely Invaders from Mars). Same echo.
    “movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  91. people (cast): Gabby's Dollhouse (movie) → Kristen Wiig. Kristen Wiig stars to bring in parents.
    “There's a movie adaptation starring Kristen Wig coming this summer, I think.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:17:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  92. unmapped (kids' movie results): Snow White → Inside Out 2. Kids movies almost always work (Inside Out 2) though Snow White bombed.
    “Obviously, Snow White vastly underperformed”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:20:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  93. unmapped (long-run hit): Mufasa: The Lion King → The Greatest Showman. Mufasa stayed in theaters three months, the 2024 Greatest Showman.
    “The greatest showman of 2024.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:20:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  94. unmapped (video game movies that worked): A Minecraft Movie → Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic is another cracked video game adaptation.
    “I mean, Sonic the Hedgehog as well.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:21:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  95. people (cast): Assassin's Creed → Michael Fassbender. Assassin's Creed starred Michael Fassbender, cited as a grown-up game movie.
    “Yeah, Michael Fastbender was in that?”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:21:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  96. unmapped (star promotion): Challengers → Zendaya. Challengers and Dune 2 needed star promotion, specifically Zendaya, so they were pushed to early last year after the strikes.
    “specifically Zendaya.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:23:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  97. unmapped (early-year prestige): Everything Everywhere All at Once → Black Bag. Prestige movies now release earlier; Everything Everywhere premiered at SXSW in spring.
    “everything ever all at once, for example, was like a south by southwest premiering”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:23:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  98. people (actor opportunity cost): Marvel movies → Chris Hemsworth. Comic book movies took great actors off the board; Hemsworth hasn't explored being a movie star because of Thor.
    “Just have not had a chance to even explore his potential as a movie star because he has so much commitment as Thor.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:34:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  99. people (original writer): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (and the planned Fincher follow-up) → Quentin Tarantino. The Netflix deal ties Fincher and Tarantino.
    “I know you're very upset about the Netflix vacation of Fincher and Tarantino.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:35:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  100. unmapped (IP onto TV): Marvel movies → Bob Iger. Iger spurred Marvel and Star Wars into TV during the pandemic, hollowing out movies.
    “initially spurred on by Bob Iger, who then left and Bob Chapek pushed all those stories across.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:37:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

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  1. fun, about John Travolta: Travolta's directorial debut: a 62-minute movie about the first time he flew on a plane; the speaker saw him wear a beret to every Cannes screening.
    “he wore a beret to every single screening of the film.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Domestic Disturbance: Becker's DVD commentary: Becker narrates the boats, praises credits designer Michael Hogarth, and never acknowledges the fiasco or bar fight.
    “I watched the commentary with Harold Becker, which was apparently terrible. is a disaster.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Domestic Disturbance: The police work: a reverse image search on Rick's photo would end the movie; modern tech killed the From Hell cycle.
    “I just feel like reverse image search alone on a photo of Rick just ends this whole thing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about After Hours: Scorsese was the one who got hired after Paramount killed The Last Temptation of Christ; Aidan Quinn was to play Jesus and Harvey Keitel Judas; a Catholic letter campaign sent 500 letters a day.
    “they get 500 letters a day?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Life Lessons: Underrated Scorsese: his segment of the New York Stories omnibus with Nick Nolte and Rosanna Arquette beats Coppola and Woody Allen.
    “Scorsese is by far the best to me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:31:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about After Hours: Categories 'most rewatchable scene': the second diner conversation with Marcy and 'surrender Dorothy'; Marcy's death with the arrow sign; the phone-number bit.
    “He loved to watch the Wizard of Oz over and over again, surrender Dorothy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:48:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Joseph Minion: The writer wrote the script as a film-school senior thesis at 21; much of the first half is his, the back half 'Scorseseized.' Original titles: Lies and One Night in Soho.
    “It was his senior thesis when he was in film school”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:48:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Fran Lebowitz / After Hours: On the Blu-ray, Lebowitz tells Scorsese the cab that takes off nails the 1980s shift from family-man cabbies to lead-footed maniacs.
    “She said, you nailed it because at that time, there was a change in New York.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:57:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about After Hours: Best needle drop: Peggy Lee's 'Is That All There Is?' over the Monkees, Joni Mitchell, and Bad Brains' 'Pay to Cum.'
    “But I think the winner is, is that all there is by Peggy Lee?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about Scorsese's decades: Hot take: his 80s (Raging Bull, King of Comedy, After Hours, Color of Money, Last Temptation, Life Lessons) beat his 90s and maybe his 70s; top 3 is Goodfellas, King of Comedy and After Hours.
    “his 80s are better than his 90s and maybe even better than his 70s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Pee-wee, Tim Burton: Burton hot take: all-time genius from 1985 to 2000, then not; theory that his hair impinged on his brain.
    “I think his hair just got really heavy and it started impinging on his brain.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:14:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Linda Fiorentino: The Last Seduction was sold to HBO when it couldn't get theaters, then ran its awards campaign and was ruled ineligible, the year Jessica Lange won for Blue Sky.
    “And that was the year Jessica Lang won for Blue Sky, which had been made 4 years earlier.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:28:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Marcy: Clever detail: she overdoses on Seconal, which killed Judy Garland, star of The Wizard of Oz.
    “she overdoses on secondal, which is what Judy Garland overdosed on”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:35:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about After Hours: Timeline unanswerable question: he leaves at 11:30, reaches Marcy at 12:15, a clock says 4:10, and he is back at the office around 6:30 to 7:15 with a vacuum running.
    “The number one giveaway is that someone is vacuuming in the office when he gets there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:38:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Scorsese / hosts: Sean's verdict: a hinge movie, less fun than Color of Money but admired more; Jack Sanders says 5-star masterpiece and the best pace of any director.
    “It's just a hinge movie for him, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:41:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  16. fun, about Heather Graham: Details cover in gold paint; speaker pinned the trifold to his wall for three years.
    “pinned it to my wall.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:46:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  17. fun, about Christopher Plummer: Plummer plays Mike Wallace not as an impression but as Plummer interpreting Wallace, with the pointing fingers and no prosthetics.
    “he is just doing Christopher Plummer interpreting Mike Wallace.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  18. fun, about Wings Hauser: Wings Hauser had five low-budget movies before The Insider and was Jonesy on 90210, a weird casting at that career moment.
    “It was just a weird casting.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  19. fun, about The Insider: Most 1999 moment: Pacino and Crowe faxing, payphones, and the New York Times in the lobby; plus the offhanded Ken Starr reference.
    “I have Pacino and Crow faxing back and forth.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:56:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  20. fun, about The Insider: The movie was originally called Man of the People; Roth and Mann wrote the first draft at the bar of the Broadway Deli in Santa Monica.
    “Roth and Mann wrote the 1st draft of the screenplay at the Broadway deli in Santa Monica”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  21. fun, about Mike Wallace: Mike Wallace detested the movie, and Don Hewitt criticized it in Page Six; Mann met Hewitt in the elevator of their shared building and Hewitt said 'that fucking Lil Bergman.'
    “Hewitt had been criticizing the movie in page 6 throughout the production.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  22. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Nitpicks: the cops are at C's apartment seconds after the murder; 50 witnesses yet the nine-year-old is the star witness; C's mother and the baby sister vanish; why the Satan's Messengers are in the Bronx; who planted the car bomb.
    “Who plants the car bomb?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:38:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  23. fun, about Robert Altman: Wesley points to Mitchell Zuckoff's oral biography as where to start; it tells how Altman could be a terror and a menace.
    “the oral biography that Mitchell Zukov did in 2009, that features a lot of stories of how he could really be a terror.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:26:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  24. fun, about The Player opening scene: The pitches within the opening are a Russian doll: Joan Tewkesbury and Alan Rudolph pitch, and Rudolph just directed Bruce Willis in Mortal Thoughts.
    “He had just directed Bruce Willis in Mortal Thoughts the year before that.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:35:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  25. fun, about Fred Ward: In the opening, the executive talking Touch of Evil's tracking shot then admits he never watches foreign films, never seen The Sheltering Sky.
    “He's never seen sheltering sky.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:36:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  26. fun, about Whoopi Goldberg: Whoopi's tampon scene and her mini moments: lifting the Academy Award a year after winning for Ghost, and pushing a witness to pick number 3 in the lineup.
    “she picks up the Academy Award and holds it and she's like, oh, this is heavy.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:49:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  27. fun, about Brion James: The 48 Hrs. sequel making this guy the Iceman annoys Sean because it retroactively changes the first movie.
    “Which is the most annoying sequel thing that has ever happened to me in a movie ever because it actually changes the way you watch the 1st 48 hours.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:55:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  28. fun, about The Player running bit: Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis get suggested for every movie; in 2022 the hosts still say Julia Roberts for everything, and Zendaya/Chalamet/Tom Holland for now.
    “I feel like it's still Julia Roberts for everything.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:58:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  29. fun, about Leah Ayres: Best that-guy winner: nobody knew the Bloodsport love interest's name.
    “Nobody knows the blood sport lady's name.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:16:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  30. fun, about The Player: Nitpick: the LA Times has suspects and evidence of the Kahane murder by morning, only hours later; Even Tokyo Vice does not work that fast.
    “Even Tokyo Vice doesn't work this fast.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:34:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  31. fun, about The Player memorabilia: Sean wants the M poster from Griffin's office; Wesley would want a double-breasted suit; Bill wants Whoopi's clogs.
    “I mean, the M poster, the Fritz Long movie, I think, is probably like the, that's the movie I like the most that is featured.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:44:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  32. fun, about Die Hard 2: Best quote: McClane's self-aware line about the same thing happening twice, later sampled in Positive K's 'I Got a Man'.
    “How does the same shit happen to the same guy twice?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:42:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  33. fun, about Die Hard 2: Casting what-if: McTiernan was supposed to direct but committed to Red October; the hosts think Harlin did a good job, with a goofier, grander tone.
    “He just has like a slightly different tone.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  34. fun, about Die Hard 2: Taser first: a comedic taser may have first appeared in this movie, but it is not the Apex Mountain, which is The Hangover.
    “Not before this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  35. fun, about Panic Room: Propane scene: Sean argues she should blow up in a closed room and the dive backward is unrealistic; Chris takes the propane scene as his pick anyway.
    “I think everyone dies in the panic room the moment she lights the flame.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  36. fun, about Panic Room: Sean's nitpick: Foster never just opens the panic room door and grabs the phone when all three burglars are downstairs, and the movie would be over in 40 minutes.
    “Just open the panic room, walk 5 feet and call the fucking police and the movie's over.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:27:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  37. fun, about Ang Lee: Lee's philosophy: movies are sight and sound, not language.
    “movies are sight and sound.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  38. fun, about The Ice Storm: Ryan loves the film's dark, funny undercurrent: it is a satire with tragedy.
    “It's got a really dark, funny undercurrent to it that you kind of have to give yourself over to.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:10:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  39. fun, about The Ice Storm: Fennessey notes the opening reading of the Fantastic Four as nearly announcing its theme: four family members at the end.
    “you have a character open the movie reading the Fantastic Four.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  40. fun, about The Ice Storm: The kids' trance in front of the television shows mass media taking over minds.
    “the hypnotic power of television.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  41. fun, about The Ice Storm: Ryan on the key party's fumbling: everyone is scared or confused except Jenny.
    “the funny thing about the key party to me is just how fumbling it is.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  42. fun, about The Ice Storm: Rewatchable scene: the Nixon mask scene is one of the most unnerving in a non-horror film.
    “It's one of the most unnerving scenes in a non-horror movie in film history.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  43. fun, about The Ice Storm: Key party rules: no solos, no reverends, no sons or daughters with the parents.
    “rule number one would be no solos at the key party.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  44. fun, about The Color of Money: In the script, the song Vince dances to is James Brown, not Warren Zevon.
    “Well, in the script itself, it's James Brown.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:31:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  45. fun, about Grady Seasons scene: When it goes sideways in the Grady Seasons segment, Scorsese runs the blues soundtrack in reverse to show things spinning out of control.
    “he literally runs the audio backwards.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  46. fun, about The Color of Money: Helen Shaver's character was added late before filming because they worried Eddie's fascination with Vincent could be misread; that's why she's in only a few scenes.
    “they got worried that Eddie's relationship slash fascination with Vincent might be misinterpreted”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  47. fun, about The ending: Sean defends not showing the final match; 'mic drop' last line with freeze frame. 16-year-old Bill was furious.
    “hey, I'm back.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  48. fun, about Most rewatchable scene: The 'He's not gone, he's never gone' freakout then opening the door onto Bob was both the trailer's hook and Sean's favorite scene.
    “My favorite scene is definitely Dreyfuss just blowing his top and doing the he's not gone.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:35:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  49. fun, about Casting what-if: Woody Allen: Woody Allen was approached to play Dr. Marvin and possibly direct and co-write; the hosts reject it as too much neurosis on screen.
    “It's too much neurosis on the screen.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:47:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  50. fun, about Fran Brill / Frank Oz: The sister is played by Fran Brill, a famed Sesame Street and Muppets puppeteer, in the film because she is friends with director Frank Oz (Miss Piggy, Yoda), which is why puppets show up.
    “She's one of the Sesame Street and Muppets people”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:52:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  51. fun, about Thief: Frank's collage as Pinterest, with an NFT joke.
    “So does Michael Mann know that he invented Pinterest?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  52. fun, about Michael Mann: Mann drives around looking at bridges and water.
    “I would drive around and I would look at things.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  53. fun, about Heat: Thief and Heat meeting: Caan told Pacino 'you fucker, that was my movie'; leftover scenes went to Heat.
    “I said, you fucker, that was my movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  54. fun, about Se7en (Pitt/Fincher commentary): The commentary mixes a Fincher-Pitt track with Freeman's solo track; Fincher and Pitt are mischievous and love McGinley's first shot.
    “those 2 guys are hilarious together because they're old friends”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:21:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  55. fun, about Se7en (SWAT scene): The SWAT actors were not told the starving victim would cough, so their startled reaction is authentic.
    “So apparently, they didn't tell the actors playing the SWAT team that that guy was going to cough.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:38:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  56. fun, about Kevin Spacey: Fincher calls Spacey an instrument, a weapon in the movie.
    “Fincher calls him an instrument.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:42:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  57. fun, about Se7en (credits): Fincher wanted the title sequence to look like a serial killer made it; the books were real and cost $15,000.
    “Fincher wanted to make them look like a serial killer was doing the credits, basically.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  58. fun, about Se7en (Somerset): Somerset hang bit: a Jets, Knicks, Rangers fan still mad about the Charles Smith game, with a joyless take on the Spurs.
    “Somerset has no joy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:55:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  59. fun, about Lorne Michaels: Michaels's drug advice recalled in a Chase oral history: rotate them, and coke is God's way of telling you that you have too much money.
    “Lauren used to say that coke was God's way of telling you that you have too much money.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:19:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  60. fun, about Fletch: Fletch runs an hour 37, almost the perfect length for cable with commercials, and there are no bad scenes in the movie.
    “It's almost like they made the absolute perfect length of a movie to have commercials.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  61. fun, about Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Nitpick: Bill's complaint that a senior cut day with no beer or joint is too innocent, and Sean's retort that the museum, Wrigley, and a Ferrari day is amazing. Chris calls it the most innocent cut day possible.
    “Your dirtbag ethics have nothing to do with what makes Ferris Bueller beautiful.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:26:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  62. fun, about Sean Fennessey: Sean wins the most-rewatchable scene pick: Cliff on the roof in the Bruce Lee scene, which he looked forward to most on his third viewing.
    “I'm going with Cliff on the roof in the Bruce Lee scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:39:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  63. fun, about Mad magazine: Tarantino made a full-length faux Mad magazine just for a framed prop.
    “Let's do 50 pages that nobody will see about Mad magazine.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  64. fun, about Skyfall: The rat speech: Silva's monologue ends the first act rather than the movie.
    “But this one is like, it's just playwriting.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:30:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  65. fun, about Javier Bardem: He is called the greatest Bond girl.
    “Javier Birdem is the greatest bond girl.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:31:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  66. fun, about Naomie Harris: Stray tone: Moneypenny banter in a depressed film.
    “It's like everyone's really depressed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:56:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  67. fun, about Skyfall: Casting what-if: Connery as Kincade rejected; Spacey approached for Mallory.
    “I think Kevin Spacey was originally approached to play Mallory.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:57:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  68. fun, about Skyfall: Award for overacting goes to the boat captain, because the group will not name Bardem.
    “How about we give it to the boat captain who sticks his head and is like, we should push off?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:05:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  69. fun, about James Bond series: Stunt-casting what-if: a Bond Netflix show would mean movies are dead.
    “that how we know movies are dead. If Bond goes to Netflix.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:28:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  70. fun, about Judi Dench: Most screen time of any M in the series.
    “I read that this is the most screen time by far that Em ever had in a movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:31:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  71. fun, about Smiley / Roger Guenveur Smith: Smiley was not in the original script; Roger Guenveur Smith lived around the corner and begged on set every day until Spike wrote him in.
    “because Roger Guinevere Smith, who knew Spike, and lived on around the corner in Bed Sty, came to the set every day and begged and begged and begged and begged to be in the movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:29:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  72. fun, about Show format: Episode confirmed to feature only Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris; Bill Simmons is not heard, though Sean says they will have to work on Bill to get Scorsese's After Hours and King of Comedy made Rewatchables.
    “We're going to have to work on Bill to get those to be rewatchables.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:33:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  73. fun, about Final sequence: The only time Spike ever storyboarded: Spike and Dickerson storyboarded everything from Smiley, Buggin Out, and Radio Raheem entering the pizzeria to the end.
    “And I think it might be the only example in Spike's history of where he storyboarded.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:44:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  74. fun, about Fight the Power: The song appears in the movie over 20 times, per Sean.
    “Fight the power appears in this movie over 20 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:48:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  75. fun, about Tarantino: Sean says Tarantino took two things from the movie: a line that reappears in Reservoir Dogs, and the Sicilians-and-Moors speech in True Romance.
    “I think that Spike, and he's never said this, but I think Spike is like, this dude ripped me off a couple of times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:51:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  76. fun, about Rosie Perez nude scene: Rosie Perez has said the nude scene's atmosphere was wrong and she was crying; Sean lists it, with her function in the movie, as what aged worst.
    “That's obviously not how you want to make a movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:57:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  77. fun, about John Savage / Larry Bird jersey: Savage claims his sister dated Larry Bird and Bird gave him the shirt; Spike debunked it on a featurette: he bought it in a store and gave it to costume designer Ruth Carter.
    “that is an untrue story because Spike bought that shirt in a store, gave it to Ruthie Carter”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:05:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)
  78. fun, about Do the Right Thing production: Shot entirely on Stuyvesant between Quincy and Lexington; the block was repainted red and orange for heat; local crack dealers threatened the crew so Spike hired Fruit of Islam security; Sam Jackson mostly slept.
    “So Lee hired fruit of Islam members to provide security.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:08:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  79. fun, about Spike Lee: Spike says only white viewers ask whether Mookie did the right thing; in 2016 Air Jordan released a Radio Raheem sneaker.
    “Spike remarked that he has only ever been asked by white viewers whether Mookie did the right thing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:14:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  80. fun, about Joey Pants Award: For the 'that guy' award, Frank Vincent wins because it's always Frank Vincent; Giancarlo Esposito used to win until Breaking Bad; Frankie Faison is the alternative.
    “I guess it's Frank Vincent because it's always Frank Vincent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:21:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  81. fun, about Saul Rubinek Award: Sean picks Ruby Dee's Mother Sister, and Wesley is genuinely shocked, as he picked Esposito and loves Mother Sister.
    “It's Ruby D.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:21:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  82. fun, about Sal's pizza: The props department only had two pizzas, so the production reused them; Turturro was taught to cut with a roller but was seen just airing it. They say it looks like Play-Doh or claymation.
    “I only had 2 pizzas.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:33:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  83. fun, about New York vs. California pizza: Sean claims the worst New York pizza beats any food in California; Wesley, a Philadelphian, pushes back with Koreatown. Running argument closes the unanswerable questions segment.
    “The worst pizza I've ever had in New York is better than any food I've had in California.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:35:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  84. fun, about Todd Phillips: Phillips' first student documentary Hated, about punk singer GG Allin, got him an HBO internship; he helped develop Taxicab Confessions there, then made Frat House, later accused of staging scenes.
    “It got him an internship at HBO.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  85. fun, about The Hangover: The story is Phillips skipped an upfront check on the first Hangover and took points, earning $50 million on the original alone.
    “he did not take a check for ahead of time for the hangover and that he took only points and that he made $50000000”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:10:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  86. fun, about Snoop Dogg: A four-minute Snoop performance in the film is a good snapshot of Snoop time: Warren G as DJ and Don Magic Juan in tow, rumored trade-off for Starsky & Hutch.
    “Warren G is his DJ and it's when he went everywhere with Don Magic Wand.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:28:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
  87. fun, about Old School: The closing credits have a story: Kilborn crashes over a bridge and kills fly-fishing Jeremy Piven, then there are other bits, about 2.5 minutes. Phillips mastered the trick with The Hangover Polaroids, rated number-one closing credits by one host.
    “I would say that's for me, that's the number one closing credits of all time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:31:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  88. fun, about Elisha Cuthbert: Aged-the-worst: Luke Wilson sleeping with a high school girl, who may be 17 or 18. Compared to the Stefania Simonetti situation in The Godfather.
    “She's either 17 or 18.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  89. fun, about Juliet Lewis: Dion Waiters Award winner (biggest heat check): she is only in two scenes, one the closing credits, and is basically an amateur porn star before amateur porn stars.
    “She's basically like an amateur porn star before we even knew there were amateur porn stars.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:37:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  90. fun, about Old School: Best quote contest: 'Blue, you're my boy!', Frank's earmuffs and 'cockballs' bit, and Mitch's 'Columbus wasn't looking for America' line.
    “well, Columbus wasn't looking for America, my man, but that turned out pretty okay for everyone.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  91. fun, about Todd Phillips: Who Won the Movie: Todd Phillips, who is arguably bigger than Apatow, is directing Joker, and might be on stage for A Star Is Born; he picks people at the right time.
    “he definitely picks people at the right time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  92. fun, about The Godfather: Closing Godfather corrections: Corleone compound is in Long Beach, Sean is a proud North Shore guy, a reader notes Bobby Thompson's home run game on the radio, and a bit about the kids Kay was teaching.
    “fuck the southern shore.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  93. fun, about Kevin Jarre: First director fired after about a week for falling behind and shooting only wide masters, with no coverage.
    “after about a week he was fired when it became clear he didn't know what he was doing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  94. fun, about George P. Cosmatos / Kurt Russell: Russell claimed he effectively directed Tombstone: shot lists the night before and hand gestures on set while the credited director stood in.
    “The night before we would shoot, I would give Georgia a shot list.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:03:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  95. fun, about Kevin Costner: Costner left over the film's focus, then made the competing Wyatt Earp; the group says Tombstone still came out better.
    “And so not only did they not have Kevin Costner in the movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  96. fun, about Val Kilmer: Kilmer praised Russell for sacrificing his own role energy to save the film.
    “He said, I have admiration for Curtis.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  97. fun, about Billy Bob Thornton: Reportedly improvised all his dialogue, per Russell.
    “Improvised all of his dialogue.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:26:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  98. fun, about Tombstone: The closing credits are four minutes of the cast walking in close-ups like a Vanity Fair shoot.
    “a vanity fair photo shoot almost.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:35:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  99. fun, about Val Kilmer: Kilmer's accent compared to Yosemite Sam reading Oscar Wilde.
    “he's like if Yosemite Sam was trying to read Oscar Wilde.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  100. fun, about Stephen Lang: Reportedly hammered through the whole movie; the Dion Waiters Award pick.
    “who is reportedly actually hammered for the entire, like the entire movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:42:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)