Bill Simmons

Personality, episode by episode

Showing 1–20 of 51 sketches.

Their shows' recurring bits

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

The Big Picture

• Drafts: Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument.
• Hall of Fame: A star's or director's best, ranked and argued.
• Countdowns: Ranked lists, top five or top ten.

The Rewatchables

• Apex Mountain: The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits.
• Who Won the Movie: The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off.
• The Ebert review: Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show.
• Casting what-ifs: Who was almost cast, or who should have been.
• Most rewatchable scene: The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels.
• Aged best / aged worst: What holds up and what does not.
• Picking Nits: The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits.
• Double feature: The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick.

Their claims

Showing 701–800 of 1,295 claims.

701. career (career): Whoopi Goldberg → Sister Act. Whoopi's 1992 peak: Ghost the year before, Sister Act the same year.

     “She had a great, she had a great 1992.”

     The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:32:08 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
702. career (career): Randall Batinkoff → School Ties. The Player, School Ties and Buffy are Batinkoff's peak trio.

     “The the trio of school Taz Buffy and the player.”

     The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:32:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
703. contrast (contrast): The Player → Super Pumped. Bill jokes a ten-episode Netflix Player would be Super Pumped; the others say the mystery element makes binging work.

     “But isn't this just called super pumped.”

     The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:37:49 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
704. career (career arc): Bruce Willis → Kevin Costner. Both flew close to the sun with hits and then had major bombs.

     “Costner and him, I think, both flew pretty close to the sun with some of their hits and then had some major bombs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:08:57 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
705. unmapped (marriage): Bruce Willis → Demi Moore. Their power-couple marriage was a big piece of his fame, and she briefly matched his stardom.

     “That was one of the biggest celebrity couples we had.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:14:12 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
706. lineage (sequel era): Die Hard 2 → Lethal Weapon 2. It arrived in the run-it-back era of sequels like Lethal Weapon 2.

     “it is right during the era of everybody looking at each other and going, let's just run it back.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:01 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
707. lineage (source material): Die Hard 2 → 58 Minutes. The screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel with a similar plot.

     “Screenplay was adapted from Walter Wagers.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
708. lineage (real-world inspiration): Die Hard 2 → Manuel Noriega. The writer admitted the script grabbed smoke from Iran-Contra and Manuel Noriega.

     “there's definitely some Iran Contra, kind of, they're just grabbing smoke from that whole scandal and shoehorning into this with Manuel Noriega in real life.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:20:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
709. verdict (box office rank): Die Hard 2 → Home Alone. Die Hard 2 was eighth in 1990 behind Home Alone, Ghost, Dances with Wolves, Pretty Woman.

     “Die Hard two, eighth.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:39 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
710. unmapped (year peers): Die Hard 2 → Back to the Future Part III. Listed with other 1990 top-grossing movies Simmons saw in theaters.

     “I'm 100% sure I saw 13 of them in the theater.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:17 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
711. unmapped (critical reception): Die Hard 2 → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it 3.5 stars and called it bruised-forearm entertainment like Indiana Jones.

     “this is terrific entertainment.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:43 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
712. theme (critic comparison): Die Hard 2 → Indiana Jones series. The critic grouped it with Indiana Jones as thrillers that leave your arm black and blue.

     “this is one of those thrillers, like the Indiana Jones series that I categorized as bruised for our movies”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
713. craft (joke re-edit): Die Hard 2 → Pulp Fiction. Riffing on a re-edit channel, they joke Pulp Fiction could be cut down to Bruce going to get his watch.

     “It'll just be Bruce going to get his watch.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:48 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
714. unmapped (shared that-guy): Die Hard 2 → Total Recall. Robert Costanzo is in both Die Hard 2 and Total Recall.

     “He's in total recall, too.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:02 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
715. theme (hero-vs-protege trope): Die Hard 2 → First Blood. Franz's 'I taught him everything he knows' line is joked as Richard Crenna in First Blood.

     “like Richard Crenna in 1st Blood.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:35 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
716. unmapped (scheduling conflict): Die Hard 2 → The Hunt for Red October. McTiernan was supposed to direct but had committed to The Hunt for Red October.

     “John McTiernan was supposed to direct this film, but he had committed to the hunt for Red October already”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:55 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
717. people (performance influence): Dennis Franz → Heat. Simmons jokes Pacino might have studied Franz to prepare for Vincent Hanna.

     “I almost wonder if Pacino watched France in this movie studying to get ready to play Vincent Hanna.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:53:17 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
718. unmapped (shared fictional country): Die Hard 2 → Commando. Esperanza is a general of Val Verde, the fictional country from Commando; Commando is the true Val Verde Apex Mountain.

     “Esperanza is actually a general in the country of Valverde, which is the same country used the fictional South American country used in commando.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:58 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
719. unmapped (snowmobile chase): Die Hard 2 → The Living Daylights. For snowmobile chase Apex Mountain they cite The Living Daylights and Reindeer Games.

     “There a great one in the living daylights.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
720. theme (villain comparison): Cliffhanger → Alan Rickman. Lithgow's villain in Cliffhanger is as good as Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber-style bad guy.

     “Lithgow does the Alan Rickman really as good as Alan Rickman in that movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
721. unmapped (villain model): William Stuart → Oliver North. Stuart is modeled as a rip-off villain of Oliver North, the Iran-Contra figure.

     “Oliver North.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
722. unmapped (airport movie): Die Hard 2 → Airplane!. Set-in-an-airport Apex Mountain is either Die Hard 2 or Airplane, with Airport and Planes Trains aged or insufficient.

     “It's either this or airplane, right?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:05:06 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
723. unmapped (eye stabbing): Die Hard 2 → Single White Female. Icicle eye stab is good but Single White Female's heel is the number one eye stabbing.

     “single white female, the heel and the high is the number one eye stabbing that I can remember.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:05:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
724. unmapped (nude Tai Chi): Die Hard 2 → Road House. They propose a debate whether Sadler's fully nude Tai Chi beats Swayze's half-nude Tai Chi in Road House.

     “whether Sadler's fully nude Tai Chi, tops Swayze's half nude Tai Chi in Roadhouse.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:26 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
725. unmapped (villain charisma): Die Hard 2 → Die Hard with a Vengeance. Simmons asks if Die Hard 2 is worse because Esperanza lacks the charisma of Rickman or Jeremy Irons.

     “it doesn't have an evil guy as a villain as charismatic as Rickman or John Jeremy Irons?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:36 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
726. unmapped (Christmas movie test): Die Hard 2 → National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Simmons says a real Christmas movie is Christmas Vacation, where Christmas is in every scene, unlike Die Hard 2.

     “A Christmas movie is like National Lampoon's Christmas vacation.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:15:36 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
727. unmapped (taser comedy): Die Hard 2 → The Hangover. Die Hard 2 may have pioneered comedic taser use but The Hangover is the taser Apex Mountain.

     “Apex Mountain is a hangover.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:53 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
728. what-if (alternate ending): Die Hard 2 → The Rock. Ryan wants the Rock-style fix where the villain is stopped at the last second, with Ed Harris redirecting the rockets.

     “when Ed Harris shoots the rockets at San Francisco and then he like redirects them at the last second.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
729. career (career path): Fred Thompson → The Hunt for Red October. Simmons asks whether Red October and Die Hard 2 made voters want Thompson as a senator.

     “Hunt for October and Die Hard 2 where people just like, let's just vote this guy in.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:31 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
730. theme (theme): Will Smith → Tom Cruise. Smith is hitting a danger point like Tom Cruise jumping on the couch.

     “we have entered Tom Cruise jumping on the couch.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:03:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
731. industry (industry): Panic Room → The Godfather. The Academy's anniversary shoehorning (Godfather 50th, Pulp Fiction 28th) was awkward; Pacino and De Niro barely spoke.

     “The weird thing was, like, you have Pacino and De Niro out there, and they don't talk.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:03:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
732. theme (theme): Will Smith → Chris Rock. The slap hit two people the hosts have history with, like two uncles fistfighting at Thanksgiving.

     “It was like watching 2 of your uncles getting a fistfight at Thanksgiving table or something.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:10:59 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
733. contrast (contrast): Panic Room → Fight Club. Fincher assumed a one-location film would be easier than Fight Club's 400 scenes in 100 locations; it was harder.

     “He does Fight Club and it's an insane movie to make, I think he said, Fight Club at 400 scenes in 100 locations.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:15:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
734. contrast (contrast): Panic Room → Leighton Meester. Without Foster and Fincher it's the movie on Netflix once a month with Leighton Meester.

     “But there's a version of this movie that is on Netflix once a month.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:19 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
735. lineage (lineage): Panic Room → Rear Window. Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs.

     “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
736. lineage (lineage): Panic Room → Straw Dogs. Fincher saw it as a cross between Rear Window and Straw Dogs (Peckinpah).

     “So Fitcher saw panic group as a cross between rear window and straw dogs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
737. industry (industry): Panic Room → Home Alone. Fincher worried Home Alone would overshadow his film.

     “He was concerned that Home Alone would overshadow it, but he's pretty traumatized after this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
738. contrast (contrast): Panic Room → The Shining. Also a single-house movie, but The Shining's characters at least get to run through a maze.

     “They probably had the same kind of problem on the shining. That's all in one house, but at least they get out.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:18:21 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
739. career (career): David Fincher → House of Cards. Fincher's eight-year run includes the first two episodes and pilot of House of Cards.

     “House of Cards creates the 1st 2 episodes.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
740. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Angelina Jolie. The part is an attractive-badass Angelina Jolie type; Jolie was reportedly considered.

     “It's like an Angelina Jolie part almost, which is interesting because I think they considered Angelina for this.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:07 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
741. career (career): Panic Room → Contact. Foster came into Panic Room off a dry run that included Contact, which Bill calls awful.

     “contact, which is an awful movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:29 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
742. verdict (verdict): Contact → Panic Room. Bill's take in 1997: Contact was disappointing and Foster and McConaughey had no chemistry.

     “Matthew McConey and Jody Foster had no chemistry at all.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:06 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)
743. career (career): Jodie Foster → Flight Plan. Panic Room gave Foster a second wave: Flight Plan, Inside Man and one more run.

     “This got kind of a 2nd wave for her where she ends up in flight plan and Inside Man and one more run.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
744. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Sandra Bullock. Ten actresses could have played the part; Sandra Bullock easily.

     “Like Sandra Bullock easily could have been in this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:29:09 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
745. programming (programming): Panic Room → Bird Box. Home-invasion and people-in-peril movies are what Netflix feeds viewers; Panic Room is the well-done version.

     “But I think this is the really well-done version of it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:29:37 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
746. career (career): Jodie Foster → The Devil Wears Prada. Bill wonders if Foster had a Meryl Streep/Devil Wears Prada pop-culture moment in her.

     “Yeah, I wonder, like, did she have a devil wears Prada, Meryl Streep moment in her?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:33:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
747. what-if (what-if): Sean Penn → The Game. Foster dropped out of The Game and Sean Penn went in.

     “and then they put Sean Penn in there.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
748. industry (industry): Michael Douglas → The Game. Michael Douglas wanted the character to have a brother, not a sister.

     “I think Michael Douglas wanted the character to have a brother, not a sister.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
749. industry (industry): Jodie Foster → Flora Plum. Foster was free because Flora Plum, which she was directing, shut down when Russell Crowe was injured.

     “She was directing some movie called Flora Plum, where Russell Crowe got injured, left the project, production shut down”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:49 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
750. industry (industry): Panic Room → Joe Eszterhas. A record script sale, like Eszterhas's and Shane Black's, which Bill wants a Movie-Reference site for.

     “didn't Joe Esterhouse have that once for basic instinct and him and Shane Black.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:39:27 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
751. programming (programming): Panic Room → The Social Network. Fincher movies are rewatchable and date-movie friendly, with the exception of Se7en; Social Network is the perfect date movie.

     “Like social network, perfect date movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
752. industry (industry): Panic Room → Spider-Man. 2002 box office: Panic Room made $96M domestically in a year when things changed, a Spider-Man year.

     “but also the year when things change, because this is a Spider-Man year.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:25 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
753. verdict (verdict): Panic Room → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave Panic Room 3 stars and called Fincher a visual virtuoso and Foster spellbinding.

     “All right, Roger Ebert, 3 stars.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:56 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
754. people (people): Jared Leto → Iverson. Leto's cornrows make him an homage to Iverson.

     “Jared Leto is essentially like the an homage to Iverson in this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:46:30 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
755. lineage (lineage): Panic Room → Don't Breathe. Home-invasion variants take senses away from the victim.

     “What was don't breathe?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
756. theme (theme): Panic Room → Heat. Bearer bonds and heist logic: Bill pitches a Michael Mann movie where robbers reveal the take by mistake.

     “We have to have a thing where the robbers mistakenly reveal how much they were actually getting versus...”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:52:29 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
757. people (people): Forest Whitaker → Jeff Green. Bill compares Whitaker's career to Jeff Green's: always popping up.

     “like the Jeff Green of actors.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:01:28 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
758. career (career): Forest Whitaker → First Daughter. Whitaker passed on directing Panic Room because he needed to prep First Daughter, though he wanted to act in it.

     “And he passed on panic room.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:20 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
759. contrast (contrast): Will Smith → Jared Leto. Joke: Will Smith punching Leto would have been a big deal since Leto is tiny.

     “Will Smith punching Jared Leto would have been a big deal.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:36 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
760. what-if (what-if): Dwight Yoakam → Maynard. Maynard was first choice for Raoul; Fincher had just directed his band's Judith video. Yoakam was number two.

     “Fincher had just directed the video for Perfect Circles Judith, which is an awesome song and an awesome video.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:13:29 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
761. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Anthony Hopkins. Bill would cast Hopkins as the ex-husband; Jodie owes him, she won him an Oscar.

     “Have him played by Anthony Hopkins.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
762. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Ted Levine. Ted Levine in the Yoakam part.

     “Ted Levine in the Dwight Yoakam part.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:55 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
763. what-if (what-if): Panic Room → Heat. They run through the cast of Heat for Raoul: Pacino, De Niro, Rollins, Sizemore, Val Kilmer, Wes Studi, Voight; Sizemore is the answer.

     “Let's just run through the entire cast of heat and decide who could play Raul.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:17:16 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
764. craft (craft): Arthur Max → Panic Room. Max's production design team built the four-story brownstone set in 15 weeks for $6 million.

     “Arthur Max, production design team, took 15 weeks, $6000000 on Raleigh Studios, and lovely Hollywood.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:19:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
765. craft (craft): David Fincher → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh warned Fincher that his operator-less camera plan would drive him insane, and he was right.

     “Soderberg was like, this is going to drive you insane if you do it this way?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:21 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
766. theme (theme): Panic Room → Steel Magnolias. Apex Mountain for diabetes in a movie: Steel Magnolias came up and was not enough.

     “wasn't wasn't Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias diabetic?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:32 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
767. contrast (contrast): Panic Room → Halloween. Michael Myers energy joke: Foster gets up fresh after falling down two flights of stairs.

     “So Michael Myers energy going on there.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:35 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
768. people (people): Andrew Kevin Walker → Seven. The Panic Room neighbor actor is the writer of Se7en.

     “And did you know that the guy who plays the neighbor is Andrew Kevin Walker, a guy who wrote seven?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:32:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
769. programming (programming): Panic Room → Succession. As a ten-episode Netflix show, Junior would be Roman from Succession.

     “but it's just that, um, Junior is Roman from Succession.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:33:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
770. industry (industry): The Ice Storm → LA Confidential, Titanic, Good Will Hunting, Boogie Nights (1997 slate). Simmons says a late-1997 run of adult-oriented movies shows how different Hollywood was; today The Ice Storm would be an eight-episode Hulu series.

     “if the ice storm is made now, it's a freaking 8 episode Hulu thing and it sucks.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:27 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
771. lineage (lineage): The Ice Storm → The Brady Bunch Movie. Simmons traces a mid-90s wave of 70s nostalgia (Brady Bunch movies, Reality Bites) that led to harder looks like Ice Storm.

     “They make the Brady Bunch movie, which is a parody of the Brady Bunch.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
772. lineage (lineage): The Ice Storm → Nixon. Simmons says the nostalgia turned to re-examination in the mid-90s, citing Oliver Stone's Nixon.

     “So mid 90s, it starts to be like, hmm.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:48 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
773. lineage (lineage): The Ice Storm → The Doors. Simmons ties The Doors (1991) to the era of re-examining 60s and 70s figures in the most fun way.

     “the doors, which we did in the rewatchables, that came out like 91”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:15:44 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
774. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Forrest Gump. Simmons calls Forrest Gump the old-school nostalgia version, like karaoke, before filmmakers dug deeper.

     “It's like nostalgic karaoke, basically.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:06 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
775. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Mad Men. Kevin Kline's out-of-step character parallels late-series Don Draper, uncool as the 70s change.

     “that's basically the Kevin Klein character in this, right?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:54 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
776. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Boogie Nights. The key party built hype like Boogie Nights' reveal, the thing the audience waits for.

     “boogie nights is the same year and that had a whole thing about he's got a huge slong”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
777. craft (craft): The Ice Storm → Jaws. Simmons says the key party became the movie's marketing hook, like the shark in Jaws.

     “it's kind of became like Jaws where it's like, 0 my god, what's this thing going to look like?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
778. industry (industry): The Ice Storm → Deep Throat. Simmons sets the key party against eras of porn access, from Deep Throat in theaters to video stores.

     “deep throw comes out a year before, right?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:27:13 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
779. craft (craft): The Ice Storm → Brokeback Mountain. Simmons says the two films share a vibe: sparse dialogue and the way Lee advances story and sets scenery.

     “They have no relation to each other at all.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:35 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
780. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Ice Storm. Ebert gave it four stars as satirical, funny and observant; Siskel also loved it.

     “Four stars for this one.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
781. verdict (verdict): Gene Siskel → The Ice Storm. Siskel named it his favorite movie of 1997.

     “It was Cisco's favorite movie of 97.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
782. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Kramer vs. Kramer. Both belong to Fucked Up Family February and trade on unspoken tension rather than action.

     “We were talking about last week with Kramer versus Kramer”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
783. programming (programming): The Ice Storm → Swingtown (TV). Swingtown tried to tap the key party idea but belonged on Cinemax.

     “That show has to be on Cinemax.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:18 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
784. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Mad Men. Simmons notes Mad Men never had a key party, just chronic adultery.

     “Mad men never had the key party, right?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:22 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
785. people (people): Kevin Kline → Sigourney Weaver. They played the president and first lady four years earlier (in Dave) and here are a 70s adultery couple.

     “who played the president and the 1st lady 4 years earlier”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:02 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
786. career (career): Tobey Maguire → Pleasantville. Simmons says Ice Storm led to Pleasantville and to Maguire becoming a thing.

     “But Toby, this led to Pleasantville and Toby becoming a thing.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:39 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
787. career (career): Katie Holmes → Dawson's Creek (TV). Holmes went from her first film role here to Dawson's Creek, Disturbing Behavior, and Teaching Mrs. Tingle.

     “Dawson's Creek, Disturbing behavior.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:53 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
788. verdict (verdict): Kim Basinger → LA Confidential. Basinger won Best Supporting Actress that year; Simmons rates it 5 out of 10.

     “Kim Basinger won for LA Confidential.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:54:04 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
789. what-if (what-if): Harrison Ford → Kevin Kline. Bill floats Ford for Kline's role, then notes his sex scenes are always stressed-out.

     “How about Harrison Ford instead of coin?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:04 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
790. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → Presumed Innocent. Simmons notes Harrison Ford sex scenes (Presumed Innocent, Witness, Frantic) are stressed-out sex.

     “it's a lot of like, I'm really stressed out sex.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
791. what-if (what-if): Jeff Bridges → Jamey Sheridan. A bigger star like Jeff Bridges or Nick Nolte in Sheridan's role would make the cast an event.

     “If that was like Jeff Bridges, you'd be like, oh, wow, this movie has a fucking event.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:42 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
792. programming (programming): Brokeback Mountain → The Ice Storm. Simmons eyes Brokeback Mountain as a contender for Fucked Up Family February 2023.

     “Brokeback Mountain is definitely one of the contenders.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:25 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
793. career (career): Joan Allen → The Bourne Supremacy. Simmons argues her apex is Bourne, 2004, as Pamela Landy in the biggest action franchise.

     “You don't think it's 04 where she's Pamela Landy in like the biggest action franchise in the world?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:10:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
794. contrast (contrast): The Ice Storm → After Hours. Simmons asks whether any movie character had a worse night than Jim Carver and cites After Hours.

     “Griffin Dunn in after hours or in competition for worse than true.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:21:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
795. industry (industry): The Ice Storm → The Full Monty. Weaver blamed Titanic and The Full Monty for taking art-house audiences from the film.

     “the other movie that she thought really undercut it was the full Monty.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:23:46 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
796. industry (industry): The Ice Storm → American Beauty. Simmons thinks American Beauty blocked Ice Storm from a second wind; a B-grade version of it.

     “I always felt like American beauty kind of blocked this movie from having any kind of 2nd wind.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
797. industry (industry): Miami Vice → Michael Mann. Simmons and Ryan joke that their persistence made the Miami Vice movie beloved.

     “made the Miami Vice, the movie, um, more powerful than the TV show”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:24:35 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
798. programming (programming): The Ice Storm → Pulp Fiction. Next episodes will cover two famous movies; Ryan and Simmons tease Pulp Fiction.

     “I've been watching a lot of pulp fiction lately.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
799. theme (era / Cold War): Miracle → Rocky IV. The Cold War movies led up to Rocky IV, which Simmons jokes ended the Cold War.

     “all the Cold War movies were leading to Rocky 4 and Rocky finally ending the Cold War single-handedly”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:10:30 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
800. what-if (casting what-if): Kurt Russell → Kevin Costner. Costner would overpower the part.

     “Costner, I think he overpowers it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:16:15 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

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Showing 101–200 of 677 fun items.

101. fun, about Philadelphia: Bill's hot take: without Rocky, Philadelphia would be Delaware with more attitude and a nicer art museum.

     “If this movie didn't exist, Philadelphia would basically be Delaware with more attitude, a nicer art museum, and a couple pro sports.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:17:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
102. fun, about Gazzo's driver: Best that guy award goes to Gazzo's driver, who also gets the 'take her to the zoo' line; Bill and his dad used the license plate joke for 20 years.

     “Hey, Rock, did you get the number?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:23:12 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
103. fun, about Rocky: The Gonna Fly Now moment is when a sleepy boxing movie jumps up a notch, about 90 minutes in.

     “when the movie jumps up a notches when gonna fly now, drops like 90 minutes in”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:27:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
104. fun, about Adrian: Apex Mountain for a woman taking her glasses off and getting hotter: Adrian is the most famous example.

     “Is this apex mountain for a woman taking her glasses off and getting that much hotter?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:28:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
105. fun, about Rocky: Women weaken legs: the hosts say HBO / science found no proof.

     “there's no scientific proof to it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:41:29 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
106. fun, about Rocky: Who won the movie: Stallone, as a writer and star from nowhere to A-list, beats Tarantino.

     “Have we ever had somebody win a movie harder than this?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:45:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
107. fun, about Friday Night Lights (2004 film): Halftime speech was improvised the night before.

     “And he does his big speech, which apparently was improvised the night before.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:44:38 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
108. fun, about Friday Night Lights (2004 film): The most 2004 thing is the football hits, which look like borderline beheadings now.

     “There's like 45 borderline beheadings.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:51:32 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
109. fun, about Lee Jackson: The actor who played Preacher has only the one IMDb credit.

     “Only IMDB credit ever.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:56:49 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
110. fun, about Connie Britton: Berg called her film part the shittiest job an actress could have before talking her into the TV series.

     “Connie Britton's role in the movie was sort of pretty wife clapping in the stands, which is about the shittiest job an actress could have.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:02:11 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
111. fun, about Friday Night Lights (2004 film): Coach Gaines lying that Boobie will be fine, never getting an MRI: the hottest take is that he is a bad coach.

     “Coach Gaines, maybe just a bad coach.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:04:26 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
112. fun, about Billy Bob Thornton: Bill as Billy Bob's career strategist: the TV show would have served him better than the post-2004 run.

     “I am speaking sure, uh, purely as Billy Bob's career strategist”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:17:52 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
113. fun, about James Hetfield: Berg's secret casting what-if: the Metallica frontman for Don's dad; Bill texted Berg to get a fresh nugget.

     “So I texted Peter Berg and I was like, can you give me one casting what if from the movie that nobody knows?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:19:13 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
114. fun, about Friday Night Lights (2004 film): Real Boobie Miles plays an assistant coach in the film.

     “The real Booby Miles plays a permanent assistant.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:23:27 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
115. fun, about Friday Night Lights (2004 film): Charlie Billingsley's loss in the finals in 1968 means the ring he throws is a number 2 ring.

     “Don Billingsley's father, Charlie, lost the finals in 1968.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:23:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
116. fun, about Brian Chavez: Played by Jay Hernandez; the real Chavez went to Harvard, moved back to Odessa, and later had a felony and license trouble.

     “And then there's a kind of a bummer of a story about Brian Chavez because he went to Harvard”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:24:49 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
117. fun, about Friday Night Lights (TV series): Bill nearly missed the show: he stopped watching, then caught up on Japanese DVDs one summer.

     “a friend of mine got me these Japanese DVDs that I watched that summer, caught up”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:26:31 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
118. fun, about Tom Hanks: Craig breaks the Cruise/Hanks tie and the running tally goes to 21-16, Hanks.

     “So if Hanks wins, it's 21 to 16, Hanks.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:31:36 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
119. fun, about Friday Night Lights (2004 film): Coin toss at an undisclosed truck stop, with Coach Gaines flipping a 1969 Buffalo nickel.

     “1969 Buffalo nickel.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:32:59 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
120. fun, about Friday Night Lights (2004 film): Odds: with Boobie, near +350; in the title game Carter is a huge favorite.

     “Dallas Carter, probably like 16 and half point underdogs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:41:47 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
121. fun, about Friday Night Lights (2004 film): Best life lesson pick: keep your helmet handy.

     “I'm going with always keep your helmet handy.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:44:20 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
122. fun, about Royale with Cheese scene: Called the most ripped-off four and a half minutes of screenwriting of the last 30 years.

     “I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
123. fun, about Pulp Fiction (set date): The movie is set in 1992: Butch's fight date is a 1992 date.

     “I think it's 92 because Butch's fight was Thursday, July 16th, which was a 1992 date.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:35:42 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
124. fun, about Twister script: Many writers worked on the script while shooting, including Crichton, Zaillian and Whedon, yet the film feels seamless.

     “There were people writing the scripts still like while this movie shooting.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:28:22 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
125. fun, about Joe's dad (the opening scene): The panel invents a new category blaming Joe's dad: a cheap lock on the storm shelter door, and he should have just let go.

     “Terrible job by that guy.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:33:21 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
126. fun, about Twister (most 1996 thing): A one-off category inspired by the 1999 episode: options include no internet, the Dodge Ram, no Oklahoma City Thunder references, and Helen Hunt's hair.

     “What was the most 1996 thing about this movie?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:49:37 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
127. fun, about Aunt Meg's kitchen scene: Chris's favorite scene: steak and eggs, gravy and Aunt Meg, setting her up so the crew later saves her; Bill singles out the gravy and 8 coffees to go.

     “The gravy looked really good.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:01:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
128. fun, about Jan de Bont: He missed filming an oil tanker explosion and reportedly paid about 500,000 dollars to do it again.

     “missed the explosion of an oil tanker that wasn't caught on film and they had to do it again for a rumored $500,000.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:07:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
129. fun, about Philip Seymour Hoffman: In an early lawn-chair scene Hoffman lifts his leg laughing and a split second of exposure was edited from later DVD and VHS releases.

     “you can see his genitals for a split 2nd that they had to edit out of future DH DVD and VHS releases.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:08:20 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
130. fun, about Tom Hanks: Hanks read for Bill Harding, got wardrobe, then passed and recommended Paxton.

     “Tom Hanks read for the part of Bill.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
131. fun, about Twister (impact): Meteorology majors rose about 10 percent after the movie, and the University of Oklahoma program doubled.

     “increased by about 10% after this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:24:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
132. fun, about Wakita, Oklahoma: The real town was used; houses were bought and demolished; there is a Twister Museum there that Paxton helped stock with memorabilia.

     “The real town of Wakita was used during filming”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:24:09 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
133. fun, about Twister: On May 24, 1996 a tornado destroyed a screen at an Ontario drive-in scheduled to show Twister that night.

     “A tornado destroyed screen number 3 in Ontario at a drive-in theater.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:26:04 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
134. fun, about Jan de Bont: A vegetarian who hated the meat scene and a huge Tori Amos fan who personally appealed to her to be on the soundtrack.

     “He was a staunch vegetarian and hated the mag scene.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:26:48 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
135. fun, about Mike Myers: Wrote Austin Powers in three weeks after joking in an English accent to his wife in the car about whether she swung.

     “then he wrote the movie in 3 weeks”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:13:29 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
136. fun, about Rob Lowe: Got Number Two through a Robert Wagner impression while golfing with Myers.

     “he did a Robert Wagner impersonation for Mike Myers one day when they were golfing”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:39:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
137. fun, about Basic Instinct: The Rewatchables Basic Instinct episode did surprisingly well on YouTube.

     “For some reason, did really well on YouTube, that episode.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:53 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
138. fun, about The War of the Roses: The chandelier crash is the Great Shack order award for most cinematic shot.

     “which I would give the Great Shack order award for most cinematic shot as the things coming down.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:33:39 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
139. fun, about The War of the Roses: The nitpick that this is a roughly 20-foot drop, not a 100-foot one.

     “It feels like it's like a 100 foot drop.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:33:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
140. fun, about The War of the Roses: The famous line 'never apologize for being multi-orgasmic' wins most memorable quote.

     “Probably never apologized for being multi-orgasmic, pretty hilarious.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:56:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
141. fun, about Luke Wilson: Craig's hot take from a prior episode, that Luke Wilson could have been Harrison Ford, now has the hottest-take award renamed after him.

     “So the CR thinks Luke Wilson could have been Harrison Ford, hottest take award.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:56:50 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
142. fun, about The War of the Roses: Test audiences were so horrified by the dog-pate idea that they added a shot of the dog.

     “the test audiences were so horrified that she killed the dog and made dog pate that they cut in the shot of the dog.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:03:41 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
143. fun, about The War of the Roses: Deleted scenes on YouTube include the indoor garden before he saws off her heels, and a heater scene explaining why everyone is sweaty.

     “So 20 minutes of deleted scenes are on YouTube.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:11:02 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
144. fun, about The War of the Roses: A real-life man was inspired by the movie and got a seven-year prison sentence.

     “There's a real life guy who got inspired by this movie and it gets super dark.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:12:12 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
145. fun, about The War of the Roses: A new category: could Cruise or Hanks have played the lead; the vote splits and ends 2-to-1 Cruise.

     “Cruise or Hanks?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:15:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
146. fun, about The War of the Roses: A race horse named The Bald Avenger would be hilarious.

     “Race horse name, the Bald Avenger, would be the funniest fucking race horse.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:19:47 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
147. fun, about Internal Affairs: Watching it feels like a genre of its own: you look behind you to see whether anyone is watching you watch it.

     “is anybody watching me watch this movie?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:03:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
148. fun, about Dennis Peck: Wikipedia's one-sentence plot: Peck runs a web of corruption, deals with pimps, and moonlights as a hitman.

     “He also moonlights as a hitman.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:05:58 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
149. fun, about Richard Gere: Gere's best performance, with An Officer and a Gentleman; he is shown as a villain who is still charismatic enough to root for.

     “I think this is his best performance in a movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:09:09 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
150. fun, about Billy Baldwin: The comeback-to-flop arc is told with an NFL analogy: Hollywood gave him a four-year window like Kenny Pickett on the Steelers.

     “Little like Kenny Pickett on the Steelers.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:18:52 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
151. fun, about Henry Bean / Mike Figgis: The film was written by Henry Bean and directed by Mike Figgis, who later made Leaving Las Vegas.

     “This movie was written by Henry Bean and directed by Mike Figgis.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:22:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
152. fun, about Roger Ebert: The running Ebert bit: no review found, but At the Movies with Siskel, where both loved it and Ebert called it a movie about personalities.

     “So, Ebert, I couldn't find a review.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
153. fun, about Richard Gere: The taco-stand scene wins the new Rick Dalton Award for best acting; the line is 'I'm married, you're married, we're married.'

     “I would like to introduce a new award to the rewatchables.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:31:33 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
154. fun, about Billy Baldwin: The camera pans back and Van Stretch's wife is on top of Dennis Peck while Van is on the phone; the theater audience gasped.

     “And the camera pan's back and she's riding Dennis Peck.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:39:09 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
155. fun, about Bill Simmons: Bill's Ron Silver story: at the Ali junket in 2001 he opened with Silent Rage and Silver answered 'the guy who wouldn't die.'

     “I interviewed Ron Silver at the Ali Junket in 2001.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:51:48 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
156. fun, about Daryl Gates: The LAPD chief of the day condemned the movie.

     “Daryl Gates condemned this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:14:56 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
157. fun, about Faye Grant: Faye Grant was married to Stephen Collins, whose abuse accusations ended his acting career.

     “Faye Grant was married to Stephen Collins, the actor.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
158. fun, about Tova Arocus: A hot take: Tova, the wife, is the real villain because she prompts the killing of her husband's parents, sleeps with Peck, then pays Peck to kill her husband.

     “Tova is the real villain of this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:22:54 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
159. fun, about Dennis Peck: His kids: eight kids with a ninth on the way, joked as Nick Cannon-style repopulating of L.A.

     “Peck has 8 kids 9 on the way, which we've covered.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:22:59 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
160. fun, about Dennis Peck: Recasting as a Patriots docuseries or Dennis Peck as the real hero trying to get a couple back together.

     “Dennis Peck is actually trying to get these 2 crazy kids back together.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:25:31 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
161. fun, about Al Pacino: Pacino's hair in this movie is blown dry to perfection, like a White Snake video.

     “he's right off the set of a white snake video, I think.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:03:49 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
162. fun, about Al Pacino: Pacino is in three late-90s dances with over-the-top; his Any Given Sunday inch-by-inch speech is called all time in a terrible movie, carrying it like LeBron.

     “The Inch's speech is all time for me and that movie's terrible and he's carrying it like LeBron carried the 2007 caps.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
163. fun, about Michael Mann: Gulf scene: Wigand staring at the water; joke that Joe Roth asked Mann to lose five minutes of golf and Mann refused.

     “You think maybe we could just lose like 5 minutes of golf?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:42 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
164. fun, about The Insider: The golf range scene: a henchman stares Wigand down after each swing until he grabs the 5 iron; the hosts rate the henchman a 9.5 swinger and Crowe a 4.

     “Crow's like a four.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:27 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
165. fun, about Bruce McGill: Bruce McGill's courtroom outburst, 'Wipe that smirk off your face,' wins the Dion Waiters award and is a triple-crown candidate.

     “This is not North Carolina, not South Carolina, nor Kentucky.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:19 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
166. fun, about Christopher Plummer: Plummer sips from a CBS Sports mug as a detail in the Wallace scene.

     “he just like sits back and takes a sip out of a CBS sports mug.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:33 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
167. fun, about Al Pacino: Pacino was not nominated for The Insider, which the hosts call outrageous.

     “Pacino, not nominated at all.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:49:23 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
168. fun, about Christopher Plummer: Plummer was born in 1929, nearly 70 in this movie, and won his Oscar at about 83 for Beginners.

     “Christopher Plummer, never nominated for an Oscar before 2010.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:01 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
169. fun, about Michael Mann: Mann's slow-motion ending with Pacino walking down the street strikes Bill as tacky.

     “The slow motion, Pacino leaving the going down the street and it slows down, like all of a sudden we're making a movie in 1981.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:16 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
170. fun, about The Insider: Title brainstorm: a better title might have been The Whistleblower or Cigarette Burns; Thank You for Smoking is cited as a title that tells you the subject.

     “It just needed to have an element of danger to it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:02:26 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
171. fun, about Gina Gershon: Gina Gershon cast as a corporate lawyer: some found it counterintuitive casting, others could not buy it.

     “I liked it as counterintuitive casting.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:10:19 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
172. fun, about The Insider: The Knicks 'semifinals' line in the car scene draws a long riff on how nobody says semifinals; conference finals, since the Knicks were in the NBA finals that year.

     “Nobody's ever said semi-finals.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:15:32 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
173. fun, about Pacino: They suggest a James Dolan biopic starring Al Pacino, who would play blues the whole time.

     “They should, there should really, there should be a James Dolan biopic starring Al Pacino.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:16:10 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
174. fun, about The Insider: Apex Mountain: the golfing henchman, Bruce McGill and Plummer; Plummer's is probably The Sound of Music; Mann's apex may be getting this movie made 34 years after Heat.

     “The golfing henchman guy, definitely.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:20:53 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
175. fun, about Bill Simmons: Bill's birthday movie each year; this year The Big Chill, previous years Boogie Nights and Shawshank.

     “Every year on my birthday, we do a movie that I love, and this year we're doing the big chill.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:00:58 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
176. fun, about The Big Chill: The Michigan football scenes come from a 1980 Michigan vs Michigan State game won 27-23.

     “The Michigan football scenes are from a 1980 game between Michigan and Michigan State that Michigan won 2723.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:28:07 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
177. fun, about The Big Chill: JoBeth Williams: for the Costner scene they rented a big house in Atlanta and installed bead curtains, rock posters, incense and 1968 Life magazines.

     “they rented a big house in Atlanta and installed bead curtains, rock posters, incense, and 1968 life magazines”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:02 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
178. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Lillo Brancato Jr.: The film's big line about wasted talent became Brancato's real life: found out of thousands of kids, he was doing drugs while shooting, later jailed after a robbery in which an off-duty cop died; the New York Post headline said 'wasted talent'.

     “And it says, wasted talent.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:30:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
179. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Chazz Palminteri: Palminteri refused to sell his one-man show unless he played Sonny, the Stallone-Rocky bet on himself. He was 40; De Niro offered to direct and play Lorenzo. He still tours the one-man show every year.

     “Yeah, this was also a famous Hollywood success story where Chaz Palmentari. There's a one-man show.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:32:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
180. fun, about A Bronx Tale: The door test: Sonny's rule that if a girl does not reach over and unlock your car door, dump her fast. It now fails because there are no pull-up knobs, and the hosts also debate the Mario test.

     “The door test is now defunct because we don't have buttons that you pull up and down?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:48:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
181. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Lessons from the movie, the show's rare lessons segment: better to be feared than loved (Machiavelli in prison), trouble is a cancer, nobody cares, a rat is the lowest thing, and three great women. 'Nobody cares' voted best.

     “I would say the best, greatest lesson from this movie is probably the nobody cares.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:54:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
182. fun, about Bill Simmons / TV channels: Simmons pitches a prison-movie channel called Bars (B-A-R-Z) running Shawshank, Escape from Alcatraz, Oz and Orange Is the New Black; a gambling-movie channel is also pitched for FanDuel TV.

     “I always wanted an all-jail movie channel called Bars, B-A-R-Z.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:05:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
183. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Best quote: 'The saddest thing in life is wasted talent', delivered by Coach Finstock-style line; it also resurfaces as the 'best quote' of the episode.

     “Best quote, saddest thing in life is wasted talent.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:18:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
184. fun, about A Bronx Tale casting: Casting what-ifs: Kathrine Narducci brought her nine-year-old to audition for Calogero; Frank Vincent was to play a boss but the scene was cut; Philip Garbarino lost the C role to Brancato and played Sonny's killer.

     “And he lost out to our guy Lola Broncado Jr. for the role.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:21:29 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
185. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Eddie Mush: They could not find anyone to play Eddie Mush, so they cast the real Eddie Mush, Eddie Montenero; on the first day it rained and they could not film. Mush is now gambling slang ('he's gonna mush me').

     “they ended up finding the real Eddie Mush, and his name is Eddie Montenero.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:24:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
186. fun, about A Bronx Tale / De Niro: Trivia: De Niro got a Class B commercial driver's license for the role; he tried in Boston and they would not let him. Hosts also note people think Rob Schneider is in the biker fight.

     “And then De Niro did get his commercial driver's license, Class B, and he tried to get it in Boston and they wouldn't let him.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:25:29 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
187. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Apex Mountain: Apex Mountain calls: crap scenes, bus drivers (this or Speed), racists burned alive (this or Django Unchained), Palminteri (this or Usual Suspects), Broncado yes, Pesci no, and Kathrine Narducci no.

     “Apex Mountain for bus drivers.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:27:14 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
188. fun, about A Bronx Tale / Satan's Messenger scene: Biker bar fight: would out-of-shape Italians really beat a biker gang? Ryan says gangsters have the fighting equivalent of dad strength; proposed sequel is Hell's Angels vs. the Mafia Battle Royale.

     “I feel like gangsters have the fighting equivalent of dad strength”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:29:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
189. fun, about A Bronx Tale: Is this movie better: Bill adds Frank Vincent to the candidates list (Wayne Jenkins, Danny Trejo, Catherine Keener, Steve Buscemi, Sam Jackson, J.T. Walsh, Philip Baker Hall).

     “I think it's time to add Frank Vincent.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:35:30 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
190. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Mamet told the director it's the best American comedy ever written.

     “David Mammoth told the director that it's the best American comedy ever written.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:10:02 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
191. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Simmons had never seen the whole movie; he always caught the last half hour with the measuring tape scene.

     “I don't think I've seen this movie in its entirety.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:11:26 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
192. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Film's famous breakdown: the real difference between Jack Palance and the frozen envelope conspiracies in Tomei's Oscar win.

     “I believe the David Stern thing, the frozen envelope way more than the Jack Palance.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:17:18 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
193. fun, about Bruce McGill: Says Vinny is rerun more than anything he's done besides Animal House, and he laughed at himself on a flight.

     “gets rerun more than anything I've done except maybe Animal House.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:43:45 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
194. fun, about Bill Belichick: During Deflategate he said he's not the Mona Lisa Vito of inflation; Simmons thinks he should have done this episode.

     “I don't claim to be the Mona Lisa Vito of inflation.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:44:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
195. fun, about Austin Pendleton: Said in 2022 he regrets playing the stuttering lawyer after letters from the stuttering community; hosts say the device was low.

     “He regrets being in it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:54:09 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
196. fun, about Joe Pesci: Walked off the courtroom set telling Lynn he wasn't there to entertain him, per Bruce McGill.

     “what, do you think I'm here to entertain you”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:57:06 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
197. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Best quote: there's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about.

     “there's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:58:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
198. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Dice Clay was removed from the list after saying something horrible to a studio VP dating his manager.

     “can we take him off the list?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:20 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
199. fun, about Will Smith: Auditioned for Stan Rothenstein; Wesley left the room when he heard it.

     “We auditioned Will Smith for Rothenstein.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:51 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
200. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Screenwriter got the idea from a lawyer who passed the bar on the 13th attempt.

     “after hearing about a lawyer who finally passed the bar after the 13th attempt.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:07:15 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)