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 801–900 of 1,576 claims.

  1. craft (craft): Ferrari → Collateral. Collateral's one-night compression is the same pleasure as Ferrari's compression.
    “I think much like Ferrari, the compression.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:44:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Ferrari → Miami Vice. Sean puts Ferrari and Miami Vice in the same zone: much to recommend, with a few choices that derail it.
    “I think Miami Vice and Ferrari are kind of right in the same zone.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:48:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Manhunter → Thomas Harris. Manhunter is Mann's Thomas Harris adaptation.
    “Um, the Thomas Harris adaptation.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Manhunter → The Silence of the Lambs. Silence of the Lambs and the Hannibal Lecter universe come in the aftermath of Manhunter.
    “Obviously, like Silence of the Lambs and the expanded Hannibal Lecter universe comes in the aftermath of this”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Manhunter → Michael Mann. Manhunter is the beginning of the man-staring-at-the-ocean phase of Mann.
    “this is kind of the beginning of the man staring at the ocean, wondering about the universe phase of Michael Mann.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:49:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): Manhunter → Elmore Leonard. The Florida Keys setting evokes a lot of Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen territory.
    “there's a lot of Elmore Leonard stuff down there, a lot of Carl Hyasen stuff down there.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:51:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): The Insider → Sydney Pollack. The Insider is described as a Sydney Pollack movie with more tension, angst and masculinity.
    “this is a Sydney Pollock movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:56:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. people (people): The Insider → Al Pacino. Insider has one of the last truly god-tier Pacino performances.
    “one of the last truly, truly god tier Pacino performances”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:56:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. people (people): The Insider → Gladiator. Russell Crowe inverts his Gladiator body into a dad bod in The Insider.
    “changing his gladiator bod to dad bod.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:56:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (homage): The Killer → Rear Window. The Paris hit sequence is a clear homage built on watching rooms across the street.
    “it is a kind of rear window monkey. You know, it is like an attempt to recreate the across the street path, vision of what is happening in rooms in another building, and clear homage to that film.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:20:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  11. craft (sound design technique): The Killer → Ren Klyce. The sound designer moves the Smiths song from diegetic to stereo soundtrack as perspective flips, then pulls it back into the killer's ear on the Johnny Marr lick.
    “Ren Kleiss, the sound designer, has chosen to move the music into from diagetic to pure stereo soundtracking as the perspective of the movie shifts.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:23:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  12. people (actor credits): Charles Parnell → Top Gun: Maverick. Parnell is remembered from Top Gun Maverick and Dead Reckoning, a character actor getting his chance as a plucked-by-auteurs turn.
    “Charles Parnell, uh, who people remember from Top Gun Maverick, and, you know, Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:33:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  13. industry (box office): The Killer → Gone Girl. Pitched as a conventional hitman movie it might do commercially though not $500 million like Gone Girl.
    “It might not be a $500 million movie like Gone Girl, but it's pretty commercial.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:57:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. unmapped (possible last film): The Killer → Killers of the Flower Moon. Both give the feeling they could be a last movie, a fitting conclusion.
    “I had the same feeling at the end of this movie, though, where I was like, this kind of could just be a last movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:02:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  15. theme (genre ancestry): The Killer → Jean-Pierre Melville. The sparse expressionless killer film riffs on Melville, Kurosawa samurai movies and Walter Hill's The Driver.
    “This is a Melville movie, this is a Curasawa samurai movie. This is all that stuff, right? This is the Walter Hill, the driver movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:08:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  16. unmapped (emotional through-line): The Killer → Seven. Repressed emotion under the surface, as in Seven's gun-aiming shot of Brad Pitt, runs through Fincher's work including The Killer.
    “think of the shot, um, in 7 when, uh, Brad Pitt is aiming the gun at John Doe”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:09:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  17. unmapped (emotional through-line): The Killer → Gone Girl. Amazing Amy's coping with childhood exploitation is another Fincher story of someone never letting the facade break.
    “Gone Girl is the same way, you know, like everything that Amazing Amy is going through is like her coping with”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:09:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  18. lineage (influence): David Fincher → Alfred Hitchcock. Fincher loves Hitchcock, who made conventionally entertaining movies carrying deep, confused emotional themes, the dual-entertainment mode Fincher pursues.
    “he also knows that he loves Alfred Hitchcock, and what does Alfred Hitchcock do? He makes conventionally entertaining movies that have deep, confused, emotional themes”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:12:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  19. theme (thematic trio): The Killer → Mindhunter. Mindhunter, Mank and The Killer are three works asking what it was all for, suggesting Fincher is questioning his own devotion.
    “Mindhunter and Mank and this are 3 movies slash series about kind of like, what is it all for?”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:13:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  20. contrast (contrast): The Killer → Fight Club. Fight Club is about societal and male-psyche breakdown; The Killer is about a functioning guy who messed up at work.
    “Fight Club is about the breakdown of society and the male psyche. The killer is about a guy who's like, shit, I fucked up at work”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:22:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  21. verdict (scorsese tier): Killers of the Flower Moon → Casino. Sean's first impression put it in Scorsese's second tier with the big epics.
    “this reminds me a lot of casino. It reminds me a lot of silence.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:03:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  22. verdict (scorsese tier): Killers of the Flower Moon → Silence. Grouped with the hard-to-make, resonant big epics.
    “It reminds me a lot of silence.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:03:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  23. people (reunion): Leonardo DiCaprio → Robert De Niro. First on-screen pairing since This Boy's Life (1993), with Marvin's Room also a joint credit.
    “since De Niro and Leo appeared on screen together, since this boy's life in 1993.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:06:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  24. craft (opening style): Killers of the Flower Moon → Goodfellas. The opening tracking shot echoes the Copacabana shot before the film rejects that mode.
    “It was a very long tracking shot through Leo's arrival, which is, you know, gesturing to Copacabana”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:14:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  25. unmapped (dim protagonist): Killers of the Flower Moon → Taxi Driver. Ernest joins Scorsese's lineage of dim men wreaking havoc: Jake LaMotta, Travis Bickle, Henry Hill.
    “You could say this is true of Jake Lamata. You could say this is true of Travis Bickle. You could say this is true of Henry Hill.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:24:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  26. unmapped (dim protagonist): Killers of the Flower Moon → Raging Bull. Jake LaMotta cited as an earlier dim Scorsese protagonist.
    “You could say this is true of Jake Lamata.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:24:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  27. people (performance echo): Killers of the Flower Moon → What's Eating Gilbert Grape. DiCaprio's mannered Ernest is the nearest earlier performance in his career.
    “The only thing I could think of that was sort of in this zone is what's eating Gilbert Grape”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:25:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  28. theme (rejects persona): Leonardo DiCaprio → Titanic. His broken, dim characters read as a rejection of Jack in Titanic and the matinee-idol image.
    “maybe all of this is a one long rejection of Jack from Titanic”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:27:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  29. unmapped (filmmaker in dialogue): Killers of the Flower Moon → The Wolf of Wall Street. The film is in dialogue with what its artists did before (Goodfellas, Wolf, every De Niro character).
    “this movie is in dialogue with what all of its artists and filmmakers have done before.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:27:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  30. unmapped (love as power struggle): Killers of the Flower Moon → The Age of Innocence. The messy love affair between Ernest and Molly evokes The Age of Innocence.
    “I guess maybe a little bit in the age of innocence, you see this.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:34:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  31. unmapped (cultural context): Killers of the Flower Moon → Reservation Dogs. Reservation Dogs is cited as one of the few truly mainstream pieces of Native culture, contrasting with the absence of a big indigenous-made epic.
    “reservation dogs has become one of the most acclaimed shows of the last 10 years.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:50:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  32. unmapped (convergence): Killers of the Flower Moon → The Irishman. Both bring together all themes Scorsese cares about.
    “This is a convergence movie, in the way that so many of these movies are convergence, but silence is a convergence movie. The Irishman is a convergence movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:51:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  33. unmapped (discovery): Martin Scorsese → Lily Gladstone. Scorsese became aware of Gladstone through Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women.
    “he became aware of Lily Gladstone because he saw Kelly Rikert's certain women.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:52:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  34. theme (genre echo): Killers of the Flower Moon → Giant. Its magnitude and oil, family and betrayal themes recall Giant, with Ford, Hawks, Stevens epic scale.
    “I did think of giant a few times while watching the movie, which is a movie about oil and families and betrayal.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:59:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  35. theme (genre echo): Killers of the Flower Moon → Shane. Sean notes Scorsese often talks about Shane when discussing Westerns.
    “Scorsese talks about Shane a lot.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  36. lineage (landscape and spirituality): Killers of the Flower Moon → Kundun. An American version of the desolate landscapes and haunting spirituality of Kundun, Silence, Last Temptation.
    “it is him doing an American version in some ways of what he did in Kundun, in silence, and last temptation of Christ”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  37. people (cinematographer's year): Rodrigo Prieto → Barbie. Prieto shot both Killers and Barbie, and maybe the forthcoming Taylor Swift film.
    “when are you guys going to do the Rodrigo Prieto episode between Barbie and this?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  38. unmapped (production scale): Killers of the Flower Moon → Heaven's Gate. The $250M-ish Jack Fisk-built world is defended against studio cost-cutting, with Heaven's Gate as a nod.
    “you don't need $250000000 Jack Fisk production design. You don't like it is like heaven's gate”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:02:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  39. people (collaborator): Jack Fisk → Terrence Malick. Fisk production designed all of Malick's movies and was first-timer with Scorsese here.
    “Jack Fisk, who doesn't really work that much anymore, who's production designed, all of Terrence Malik's movies”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:03:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  40. career (career context): Robert De Niro → The Irishman. De Niro's 21st-century highs include The Irishman, where he plays an interior role.
    “he's wonderful in the Irishman. And the Irishman, he has kind of an odd role. It's a very interior role”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:08:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  41. unmapped (narration trick): Killers of the Flower Moon → Goodfellas. Molly's voiceover recalls Karen taking over narration in Goodfellas.
    “Goodfellas does this. There's a moment when Karen takes over the narration.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  42. unmapped (late-period arc): Killers of the Flower Moon → The Wolf of Wall Street. Wolf's brazenness is one stage of Scorsese's late evolution before Silence, Irishman, Killers.
    “the fun, the brazenness, the, the energy of Wolf of Wall Street, the kind of solemnity, the probing nature, the sort of like punishing aspect of silence.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:27:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  43. industry (awards precedent): Killers of the Flower Moon → The Irishman. Predicts an Irishman-style awards run: many nominations, few wins.
    “Okay, so you think it'll be an Irishman situation? I do.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:30:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  44. craft (score race): Killers of the Flower Moon → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer's score is the main challenge to Robertson's score winning.
    “I think Oppenheimer presents a big challenge there.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:31:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  45. verdict (nihilism and Best Picture): Killers of the Flower Moon → No Country for Old Men. Last nihilistic Best Picture winner, offered as the comparison for how unlikely this one is to win.
    “when was the last time a movie that was this nihilistic one best picture? Is it is it no country for old men?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:34:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  46. industry (awards rival): Killers of the Flower Moon → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is the likely Best Picture winner, with Killers second or third; also a 'great men' versus 'were there any great men' contrast.
    “I feel like Christopher Nolan believes that there were great men in history.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:36:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  47. verdict (ranking): Crimes of the Future → Barbarian. Adam has Crimes at five; Sean has Crimes in his top ten, with a strong case for best comedy of the year.
    “strong case for best comedy of the year, though it may not feel that way.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:31:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  48. people (same director): The Eternal Daughter → The Souvenir Part II. Sean thought The Souvenir Part II was an incredible statement and The Eternal Daughter an interregnum by comparison.
    “I thought the souvenir part 2 was like an incredible statement.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:37:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  49. lineage (influence): The Eternal Daughter → Jack Cardiff. Sean felt the film downshifted into a Jack Cardiff style 1960s British ghost story he had seen before.
    “this just kind of felt like a downshift to like making a, you know, Jack Cardiff, like 1960s British ghost story.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:37:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  50. theme (comparison): Babylon → Boogie Nights. Sean says the Boogie Nights comparison for Babylon is apt, though he thinks the characterization is weaker.
    “The Boogie Nights comparison has been made frequently.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:42:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  51. career (career arc): Babylon → La La Land. Sean, who loved Whiplash and First Man but not La La Land, reads Babylon as Chazelle realizing La La Land was a mistake.
    “This feels like him realizing that La La Land was a mistake, which I thought I think is like a magnificent thing.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:44:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  52. people (same director): Decision to Leave → The Handmaiden. Sean says The Handmaiden was the first Park movie he liked in a long time, then Decision to Leave was the next.
    “It was like the 1st park movie I'd liked in a while.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:45:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  53. theme (comparison): Decision to Leave → Basic Instinct. Sean likens Decision to Leave to Park's version of Basic Instinct, a perfectly directed little romantic noir.
    “I liked this one as like his basic instinct, you know, like, this is a perfectly directed little romantic noir.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:45:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  54. people (same director): All the Beauty and the Bloodshed → Laura Poitras. Sean says the film fits Poitras's past films about outsiders and how media is disseminated, while reimagining what matters to her.
    “somehow in keeping with the films that she's made in the past about outsiders and the way that media is disseminated”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:55:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  55. verdict (ranking): Tár → Top Gun: Maverick. Sean says his number two Tar and number one Nope are close, as electric moviegoing experiences, while his number three is Top Gun: Maverick.
    “This, my number 2 and my number one are just, I almost did one and one and then I didn't do it”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:13:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  56. craft (style comparison): Tár → Stanley Kubrick. Sean says Tar is perceived as having Kubrickian coldness, which makes it less inviting at the box office.
    “it at least is perceived as having that Kubrickian coldness, which I think is not very inviting as a movie going experience.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:16:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  57. theme (comparison): Tár → Phantom Thread. Sean agrees with Phantom Thread as a perfect comparison, since both are secretly comedies.
    “Phantom Thread is a perfect comparison, Adam, because it's also that's also a crypto comedy”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:19:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  58. programming (pairing): Aftersun → The Fabelmans. Sean calls Aftersun an interesting pairing with The Fabelmans, both memory movies about childhood; Aftersun is told while the memory is fresher.
    “Interesting pairing with the fablemans, this movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:23:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  59. industry (awards comparison): Aftersun → Moonlight. Sean says A24 could push Aftersun like Moonlight if they did not have Everything Everywhere All at Once.
    “you could see them really pushing a kind of moonlight-esque campaign behind this film.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:24:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  60. verdict (ranking): Top Gun: Maverick → Nope. Sean puts Nope at number one over his number three Top Gun, arguing Nope makes you think while Maverick deliberately does not; he says you can love one without knocking the other.
    “It is like, I loved Top Gun Maverick, but it doesn't ask you to think about a single goddamn thing.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:30:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  61. craft (craft): Nope → Hoyte van Hoytema. Sean praises Hoyte van Hoytema's cinematography on Nope as out of this world.
    “Hoyt von Hoytzmo cinematography is out of this world.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:31:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  62. lineage (influence): Nope → Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Sean says Nope is as much a Spielberg movie as any he has seen in a long time, with Close Encounters the usual touchstone, and notes the shared theme of looking up and trying to see.
    “nope is as much a Spielberg movie as any movie I've seen in a long, long time.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:31:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  63. programming (same-year pairing): Nope → The Fabelmans. Sean finds it fascinating that in one year Spielberg made a movie about why he makes movies and Peele made the most Spielbergian movie in ages.
    “it's fascinating that this is a year in which Spielberg made a movie about how he figured out why he wanted to make movies”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:31:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  64. lineage (lineage): Nope → Eadweard Muybridge. Sean reads Nope as launching from the black jockey in Muybridge's original film strip, an invented family tied to a hundred years of film history.
    “related to the black jockey that we see in the Edward Weybridge, you know, original film strip, and then use that as the launch point for 100 years of film history”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:33:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  65. career (career comparison): Jordan Peele → Christopher Nolan. Sean says Peele and maybe Nolan are the only ones who get a huge check and use it to blow your mind.
    “Like maybe Christopher Nolan is the only person you could say who's like, okay, you have a $100000000 check, blow my mind.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:34:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  66. career (career fork): Nope → Phantom Thread. Sean wonders if Peele will go the Phantom Thread route, the Visit route, or keep making Inception-scale films, and hopes for a Spielbergian approach.
    “in 10 or 15 years whether or not Jordan Peele is making his phantom thread.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:34:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  67. lineage (sequel theme): Black Panther: Wakanda Forever → Black Panther. The first film's theme was isolation versus justice (Killmonger vs. T'Challa); the sequel has a real-world theme too, about allyship between Latinx and Black communities, but is not done as well.
    “his movies always have a big dynamic real world theme in them in a way that I don't think many Marvel movies do.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:17:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  68. unmapped (mythology): Black Panther: Wakanda Forever → Clash of the Titans. Sean suggests Amanda could watch Namor's Mayan mythology the way she might watch Greek-myth movies like Clash of the Titans or Troy.
    “is there any like suspension of disbelief where you could watch it the same way you might watch Clash of the Titans or Troy, you know?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:26:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  69. unmapped (mythology): Black Panther: Wakanda Forever → Troy. Sean pairs Troy with Clash of the Titans as myth-based movies that ask for the same suspension of disbelief.
    “you might watch Clash of the Titans or Troy, you know?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:26:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  70. unmapped (blue people / underwater): Black Panther: Wakanda Forever → Avatar. Amanda could not stop thinking of Avatar because it is another Disney underwater saga with blue people.
    “I mean, it's an underwater saga from the Disney corporation.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:47:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  71. craft (craft): Beachler → Black Panther. The first film's production design and Ruth Carter's costumes kept it in one coherent Afrofuturist look, which the sequel lacks.
    “in part because of the Ruth Carter costume design, had a beach or production design.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:53:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  72. craft (visual coherence): Black Panther: Wakanda Forever → Black Panther. The first film lived in one coherent Wakanda look from Ruth Carter's costumes and the production design, while the sequel hops between many places and loses a single visual style.
    “In this movie, we're in so many places, that ship at night, Riri's dorm room, Talakan, Everett Ross's jogging trip, his kitchen, the movie's just all over the place.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:53:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  73. unmapped (succession story): Black Panther: Wakanda Forever → Game of Thrones. Sean says a version centered on who should rule Wakanda is the kind of heir story Game of Thrones told expertly, though not House of the Dragon.
    “Game of Thrones was very good at posing who should be the heir.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 1:06:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  74. unmapped (Marvel peak): Black Panther: Wakanda Forever → Avengers: Endgame. Sean asks whether Endgame was the crowning achievement and everything since has been scattered fan service.
    “Is there a part of you that's like Endgame was actually was the crowning achievement”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 1:09:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  75. career (career): James Cameron → Arnold Schwarzenegger. Cameron iconographed Arnold, among other leading players he elevated.
    “this is the man who portrayed Ripley and the Terminator and who increasingly iconographed Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:12:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  76. what-if (what-if): Avatar → Matt Damon. Damon was offered the lead role of Jake Sully, which Sam Worthington ended up playing.
    “Matt Damon famously was offered the role of Jake Sully, which Sam Worthington eventually portrayed.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:15:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  77. career (career): Matt Damon → The Bourne films. Damon cited his Bourne commitment as the reason he turned down Avatar.
    “Apparently he cited his ongoing commitment to the Bourne films as the reason why he ultimately didn't take this, right?”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:16:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  78. lineage (lineage): Avatar → Edgar Rice Burroughs. Cameron's Avatar treatment drew on childhood sci-fi reading, Burroughs and Haggard.
    “drawing inspiration from, quote, every single science fiction book that he had read in his childhood, and also Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. Rider Haggard.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:26:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  79. lineage (lineage): James Cameron → George Lucas. Cameron, like Lucas, conceived a new way to make movies and took years doing it.
    “and not unlike Lucas, another lodestar for your show.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:27:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  80. career (career): James Cameron → Francis Ford Coppola. Cameron's long-gestating Avatar is compared to Coppola's Megalopolis.
    “It's very similar Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola vibes”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:27:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  81. lineage (lineage): Avatar → The Wizard of Oz. Avatar is described as a deep Wizard of Oz homage.
    “In case you were wondering, this is a deep wizard of a homage, among other things.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:42:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  82. contrast (contrast): Avatar → Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Avatar has no visible seams, unlike franchise movies such as Doctor Strange 2 that lop off swaths.
    “You were talking about Doctor Strange 2 and how there are huge swaths of that movie that you can just see, they just lopped off.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:49:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  83. industry (industry): Avatar: The Way of Water → Tár. Way of Water's one vague teaser is compared to Tár's teaser campaign.
    “This movie has the same marketing campaign as Tar.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:30:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  84. contrast (contrast): Avatar → The Hurt Locker. Avatar lost Best Picture to ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker.
    “up against James Cameron's ex-partner, Catherine Bigelow, who at the during the same year, made the Hurt Locker”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:35:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  85. industry (industry): The Hurt Locker → Avatar. Hurt Locker was the lowest-grossing Best Picture winner versus the highest-grossing film ever.
    “Hurt Locker, when it won, was the lowest grossing best picture winner ever.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  86. programming (programming): Avatar: The Way of Water → Napoleon. Apple may release Napoleon on Christmas Day because the landscape is soft.
    “Apple is seriously considering releasing Ridley Scott's Napoleon starring Joaquin Phoenix on Christmas Day because they're looking at the landscape and they're like, it's soft out here.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:38:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  87. career (career context): Baz Luhrmann → Moulin Rouge!. Luhrmann reinvented musicals with Moulin Rouge and redefined the jukebox musical, making him a natural fit for Elvis.
    “reinvented musicals, really, with Moulin Rouge and redefined the idea of the jukebox musical.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:04:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  88. people (performance praise): Elvis → Austin Butler. Butler embodies Elvis so well that Sean thought he was really good, though the Parker framing detracts from him.
    “I don't know if he looks exactly like Elvis, but man, he embodies him so well.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:09:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  89. unmapped (prefigured by): Elvis → Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. A scene in Elvis (the subject thinking over his life before going on stage) is almost beat for beat preceded by Walk Hard.
    “there is a scene that is almost beat for beat preceded by walk hard 15 years ago.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:26:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  90. theme (genre boom): Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story → Rocketman. Walk Hard did not deflate the music biopic; Rocketman, Bohemian Rhapsody and Respect kept coming, certifying it as a subgenre.
    “So it didn't actually deflate anything. If anything, it almost like raised them up and certified them as an ongoing subgenre in film.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:29:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  91. craft (shared plot device): Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story → Elvis. Both feature a dead brother as the formative trauma (Walk Hard's wrong-kid-died gag, Elvis's twin).
    “that's also the premise of Elvis is that, you know, his twin brother died at a very young age.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:35:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  92. career (shapeshifter filmography): Michael Apted → Gorillas in the Mist. Apted made the Up documentaries, a Bond movie, Gorillas in the Mist and Coal Miner's Daughter.
    “He made gorillas in the Mist. He made this movie. He really was a shapeshifter.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:46:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  93. unmapped (wished-for complement): Elvis → Behind the Candelabra. Sean wished Elvis had more Fat Elvis; Behind the Candelabra is one long stretch of that excessive late period.
    “I wish there was a little bit more Fat Elvis in the film Elvis.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:47:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  94. people (directed by / HBO): Behind the Candelabra → Steven Soderbergh. It aired as an HBO movie before Soderbergh made HBO movies full time.
    “this was an HBO movie before that was his full-time job.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:48:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  95. contrast (tone contrast): Behind the Candelabra → Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Behind the Candelabra is very comic but not parody, unlike Walk Hard.
    “It's not parody. It's not comedy, even though it is very comic.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:48:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  96. people (producer turned director): Love and Mercy → Bill Pohlad. Pohlad, a producer of Brokeback Mountain, 12 Years a Slave and Tree of Life, directed only this film of note, clearly a passion project.
    “he was one of the producers of Brokeback Mountain, and 12 Years a Slave, and the Tree of Life”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:56:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  97. craft (same structure): Elvis → Amadeus. Both tell a titanic cultural figure's story through a lesser, frustrated figure entrenched in their life (Salieri, Colonel Parker).
    “It actually has a little bit in common with Elvis in that it's the story of this Titanic, almost imperceptible figure in the culture, through the lens of a lesser and perhaps more frustrated figure”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:01:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  98. unmapped (early appearance): Sid and Nancy → Courtney Love. A young Courtney Love is visible in the background, in the very first scene.
    “you can also see a youngish Courtney Love in the background of the of the movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:09:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  99. what-if (almost-cast): Sid and Nancy → Daniel Day-Lewis. The Sid Vicious part almost went to Daniel Day-Lewis rather than Gary Oldman.
    “this is almost Daniel Day Lewis, it almost wasn't Gary Oldman, which would have also been a fascinating wrinkle.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:10:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  100. career (career arc): Days of Thunder → Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One. Seeing Cruise in the MI7 trailer feels like seeing the guy from Days of Thunder again; he is timeless.
    “It just feels like seeing the guy from Days of Thunder, again.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:17:10 · 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)