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 401–500 of 677 fun items.

401. fun, about Steve Martin (Apex Mountain): Apex ruling: Martin's true apex is 1978-79 (The Jerk and SNL); mainstream Steve Martin starts here. Keaton's apex is Annie Hall; Kimberly Williams and father-daughter movies yes; Nancy Meyers no; San Marino 100%; wedding movies likely.

     “This is Apex mode.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:02:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
402. fun, about Father of the Bride (nitpicks): Nitpick roll: no father-daughter dance, no rehearsal dinner, honeymoon flight that night, LA snow that melts perfectly, and a 14-year age gap between Annie and Matty.

     “It snows in LA in this movie”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:12:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
403. fun, about Father of the Bride (wedding cost): Unanswerable question: wedding cost estimated at $250K by a frugal site; the hosts use their own math to land on $60K-$90K in 1991 prices, and a 500-person list cut to 150.

     “So we'll say somewhere between like 60,000 and 90,000.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:18:27 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
404. fun, about Sidekick / George Banks: Piece of memorabilia: the bedazzled bridal sneakers (Simmons's wife and daughter went nuts); Dobbins takes the cappuccino maker; both wonder if George's Sidekick shoe company merged with Foot Locker.

     “it's probably more likely he like merges with foot locker and it doesn't really work out that well.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:25:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
405. fun, about Tony Manero: The movie in a nutshell: Tony's line that he has been told he was good twice in his life, once for a raise and once for dancing at the disco.

     “This raised today and dancing, dancing at the disco.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:05:12 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
406. fun, about Saturday Night Fever: Re-released as a PG in 1979, heavily dubbed, with the dialogue changed from a vulgar word to 'pig'.

     “And they re-released this movie as a PG movie in 1979.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:09:29 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
407. fun, about Saturday Night Fever: The dance contest is rigged for Tony; he hands the trophy to the Puerto Rican couple, who were better.

     “Tony Minero takes his check and hands it to the Puerto Rican couple and the trophy too.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:20:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
408. fun, about Saturday Night Fever: Gene Siskel bought the white suit at a 1979 charity auction for $2,000 and sold it in 1995 at Christie's for $145,000.

     “Cisco bought the fucking suit.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:28:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
409. fun, about Stephanie: See the coffee scene: Stephanie tells Tony he is a cliche on his way to no place, and he has no comeback.

     “You're nowhere, on your way to no place.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:36:56 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
410. fun, about Travolta dance solo: Travolta threatened to quit unless the director shot the solo wide; with the Steadicam they let him cook for two minutes.

     “I'm quitting the film unless you go wide, and you kind of let me cook.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:39:47 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
411. fun, about Saturday Night Fever: Tony's room posters include Serpico, Bruce Lee, Wonder Woman, Rocky and Farrah Fawcett.

     “there's posters of Serpico, Bruce Lee, Wonder Woman, Linda Carter, Rocky and Farrah Fawcett.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:45:36 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
412. fun, about Saturday Night Fever: The famous pose on the poster was a joke at the end of a long photo shoot, and it became one of the great posters.

     “he kind of did that at the end as a joke”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:46:33 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
413. fun, about Nik Cohn: Cohn admitted in the mid 90s that he fabricated most of the article, after the real Tony sued for profits.

     “he fabricated most of his article that he wrote”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:53:17 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
414. fun, about Karen Lynn Gorney: Simmons spent half an hour searching for why she was cast and found nothing; she is also about nine years older than Travolta and a weak dancer.

     “I'm so confused why she got cast for this movie that I actually spent like a half hour Googling it”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:55:09 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
415. fun, about Bee Gees: They had no Bee Gees music during the shoot; scenes were danced to Stevie Wonder and others, and it lined up anyway.

     “they didn't have any of the Bee Gees music when they made the movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:59:42 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
416. fun, about Boz Scaggs: Lowdown was meant for the rehearsal scene but Columbia Records would not clear it, so Boz missed the biggest soundtrack.

     “He could ended up on the greatest soundtrack of all time.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:00:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
417. fun, about Saturday Night Fever: Production was harassed by gangs and fire bombings, forcing fake call sheets; Kimmel says it still goes on.

     “They had to like put out fake call sheets”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:03:39 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
418. fun, about Donna Pescow: During the bridge scene Badham did not tell Pescow the guys would fall, so her anger in the next line was real.

     “she was actually mad when she found out that they were dead.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:04:14 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
419. fun, about Tony's father: Tony's father hit him; the line about his hair was an ad-lib because the actor was really mad.

     “he ad-libs, the line that we like was not scripted”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:04:26 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
420. fun, about Saturday Night Fever: The first mainstream Hollywood movie to use the word blowjob, confirmed by the hosts.

     “It'd never been said in a movie before.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:04:55 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
421. fun, about John Badham: Director kept the bridge fall from Donna Pescow and used a Steadicam, among the first films to do so.

     “this was one of the 1st films to utilize a steady cam.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:05:22 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
422. fun, about Saturday Night Fever: Paramount execs wanted more Farrah Fawcett footage after the mirror scene; hence the nipple close-up of the poster.

     “asked for more Farrah Fawcett footage, which is why we ended up with the close-up of the poster and then the nipple.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:07:26 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
423. fun, about Karen Lynn Gorney: Her take on why her career stalled: people thought she was Stephanie; she turned down a Saturday Night Fever TV series.

     “people didn't know what to do with Stephanie Mangano.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:08:01 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
424. fun, about The Color of Money: In the 1986 Quigley poll of most marketable stars, Cruise was number one and Newman tenth, his last appearance; Newman made it 13 times before 1986. The narrative was Cruise taking the torch.

     “Cruz was number one in 1986 when this movie came out. Newman was 10th. It was his last appearance.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:02:14 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
425. fun, about Paul Newman: Newman nearly played Quint in Jaws; Bill says he'd have been a better Brody, but Quint is Robert Shaw.

     “he turned down Quint.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:14:57 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
426. fun, about The Color of Money: Newman was hands-on: he effectively cast it, hired the director, and badgered Richard Price. It's Scorsese's only film to come in under schedule and under budget.

     “Scorsese's only film he has directed that came under schedule and under budget because Newman was a maniac about it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:51 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
427. fun, about The Color of Money: Roger Ebert gave it 2.5 stars, saying it wasn't an exciting film even though Scorsese was a friend; the hosts disagree but respect his integrity.

     “And it's not an exciting film. It doesn't have the electricity, the wound up tension of his best work.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:28 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
428. fun, about Tom Cruise: Most rewatchable scene: Cruise's Werewolves of London pool run, with a cue-flipping routine. 'No camera has ever loved an actor more than those 2 minutes.'

     “No camera has ever loved an actor more than those 2 minutes.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:26:19 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
429. fun, about Casting / White Lotus joke: Running joke: Cruise from Cocktail now owns the White Lotus resort as Brian Flanagan; Vince owns it with Jennifer Coolidge, Julie Christie and Olivier.

     “Cruise from cocktail now owns the resort in Jamaica.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:46:37 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
430. fun, about The Color of Money: What ages worst: the fictional video game Stalker and the 1980s pool-star cameos (Steve Mizerak, Keith McCready) that were a big deal then.

     “I knew who Steve Mahalik was and some of these other dudes”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
431. fun, about The Color of Money: Bill's theory on why pool left TV: the best players were the people you least wanted to hang out with, like Phil Hellmuth in poker.

     “the people who were the best at pool were people you just didn't want to hang out with when you were watching TV”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:49:16 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
432. fun, about Casting what-ifs: Bill pitches Julie Christie for the Helen Shaver part; others suggest Charlotte Rampling, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Sissy Spacek.

     “Julie Christie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:56:46 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
433. fun, about Paul Newman: Newman became one of only six people to win or be nominated for an Oscar for a part he'd already played; he and Joanne Woodward were the first married couple with his and hers Oscars since Olivier and Leigh.

     “Newman became one of like only 6 people who won and one or even got nominated for an Oscar for playing a part he'd already played.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
434. fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise did his own trick shots except the ball-jumping-two-balls shot, which used a stunt person because learning it would have cost two production days.

     “Cruz did his own trick shots except for one.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:59:16 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
435. fun, about The Color of Money: Cruise's 'Doom' in the pool hall scene is where the video game Doom got its name.

     “They named it after that scene.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:59:53 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
436. fun, about Apex Mountain: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio: Not Apex Mountain for her (maybe Abyss or Perfect Storm), but she's 'a 5 alarm fire' here; Bill blames her long name for her stalled career.

     “she is candidly a 5 alarm fire in this movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:44 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
437. fun, about Apex Mountain: sweater vests: Consensus Apex Mountain of the episode is sweater vests, which Newman kills in this movie.

     “I think we could all agree that it's Apex Mountain for sweater vests.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:07:46 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
438. fun, about Best Tom Cruise singing along: Category contenders: Top Gun (twice), Cocktail (Addicted to Love), Risky Business, Jerry Maguire (Free Fallin'), and this film; Top Gun probably wins.

     “This is the secret of Cruise's success. singing along to songs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:15:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
439. fun, about Who won the movie: Verdict is Newman: he finally won the Oscar. Chris thinks Vincent beat Eddie in the unseen final match.

     “Who won the movie?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:17:31 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
440. fun, about Bill Murray's phases: Sean says Murray has two career phases split at Rushmore; Bill argues for three, with Ghostbusters ending phase one. Van jokes they are MC Ewing-ing Bill Murray.

     “See, I would argue Murray had 3 phases, not two.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:04:30 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
441. fun, about Film year 1991: Bill reads off the 1991 top box office list as a great pop-culture year, asking if 1991 is the movie year to what 1995 is hip hop.

     “I wonder if 91 is the movie year to what 95 is the hip hop year.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:13:19 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
442. fun, about Siskel and Ebert: Ebert gave three stars and called it Murray's best since Ghostbusters; Siskel felt Dreyfuss gave too angry a performance. The hosts disagree with Siskel.

     “Said, Dreyfus gave too angry of a performance and it ruined the movie for him.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:25:58 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
443. fun, about Most rewatchable scene: Bill's pick: the first therapy scene, with 'What if my heart stops beating' and the line about two types of people, those who like Neil Diamond and those who don't.

     “There are 2 types of people in this world. Those are like Neil Diamond and those who don't.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:28:07 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
444. fun, about Catherine Erbe's age: Sean's theory: Anna is a 26-year-old post-college failure living with her family, which is why she invites Bob in. Bill says Sean just made a whole different movie.

     “Jesus, you've made a whole different movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:30:16 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
445. fun, about Most rewatchable scene: Dreyfuss's puppets: he addresses his daughter via two puppets in the family conference, and Bill says this is when the movie takes off.

     “To me, this is when, right here is when the movie takes off.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:31:59 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
446. fun, about Bob at dinner: Bob asks if the corn is hand shucked; a hosts' favorite bit, as if there's any other way to make corn.

     “Is this corn hand shucked? Yes.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:32:50 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
447. fun, about Best quote / most rewatchable: The call that Bob supposedly killed himself: Dr. Marvin's wife says how horrible, he pauses, then 'let's not let it spoil our vacation.' Bill says it turns the light off.

     “Oh, well, let's not let it spoil our vacation.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:36:32 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
448. fun, about Dr. Marvin's wagoner: What Aged the Best: the 80s station wagon, which the hosts want to return; Bill says there could be a website of 80s wagoners in comedies.

     “there could easily be a website just with all the 80s wagoners and different movies”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:37:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
449. fun, about Dreyfuss's physique: Hosts admire Dreyfuss's good thighs, summer vacation outfits, and the Don Johnson-trimmed beard.

     “He's showing off those legs.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:39:26 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
450. fun, about Half-fast research: the house: The lake house that explodes at the end was a model replica built at 34th scale on a different lot; the vacation house was filmed at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia.

     “they built a 34th size model replica of the house”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:58:39 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
451. fun, about Steven Spielberg: Per the internet, Spielberg loved Murray so much he spent $250,000 of his own money campaigning for an Oscar nomination.

     “Steven Spielberg loved Murray so much in this movie that he spent 250,000 of his own money”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:58:54 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
452. fun, about Bill Murray / Richard Dreyfuss: Dreyfuss recalled Murray as 'an Irish drunken bully' who screamed 'Everyone hates you. You were tolerated' and threw a glass-blown ashtray. The hosts side 1000 percent with Murray and mock Dreyfuss for specifying the ashtray was 'modern glass-blown' and 3/4 pound.

     “Everyone hates you. You were tolerated.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:02:17 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
453. fun, about Charlie Korsmo: The child actor who plays Siggy stopped acting in 1998, got a physics degree from MIT and a JD from Yale, passed the New York bar and now teaches corporate law at Case Western Reserve; Van is stunned.

     “Earned his jurisdoctor degree from Yale Law School in 2006.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:03:42 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
454. fun, about Apex Mountain: Apex Mountain verdicts: Murray no, Dreyfuss no, Korsmo yes (with an Obama nomination later), Hagerty no, 'death therapy' yes for the apex; Good Morning America passes maybe.

     “This was probably the apex of death therapy.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:07:10 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
455. fun, about Who won the movie: Who won the movie: Bill Murray, unanimous, compared to Steph Curry's 2017 MVP performance.

     “Steph Curry 2017 MVP performance.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:17:25 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
456. fun, about Pick nit: the 35-day vacation: Producer Craig asks if July 31 to Labor Day is too long a vacation; Bill notes a psychiatrist leaving for 35 days; Van says he'd take it personally.

     “he took a 35 day vacation from his patients.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:18:06 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
457. fun, about James Caan: Doctor in the Willie Nelson death scene genuinely scared by Caan's stare.

     “the actor who played the doctor actually got scared.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:18:35 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
458. fun, about James Caan: Caan turned down Kramer vs. Kramer, Apocalypse Now, Superman, MASH, Cuckoo's Nest.

     “He turned all of those down.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
459. fun, about James Caan: Caan on his marriages.

     “I used to say marriages were like tornadoes.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:24:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
460. fun, about Thief: Ebert gave 3.5 stars and called it intelligent.

     “one of the most intelligent thrillers I've ever seen.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:25:46 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
461. fun, about Willie Nelson: Nelson's Frankie Boy 'I don't want to die in here' scene.

     “I don't want to die in here, Frank.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
462. fun, about Robert Prosky: Mann auditioned dozens, Bruckheimer advice: the right person hasn't walked in yet.

     “He said the right person has not walked in the room.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:31:31 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
463. fun, about Thief: Diner monologue is the reason for the episode and the best Caan moment.

     “Next scene, the diner monologue, which is the reason we're doing this podcast”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:04 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
464. fun, about Thief: Howard Johnson's diner scene as first date.

     “is my favorite 1st date in movie history.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
465. fun, about Jim Belushi: Belushi and Caan hanging out at Belushi's Speakeasy.

     “the cast and crew hung out at Belushi's Speakeasy”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:50:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
466. fun, about Thief: Razzie nomination for worst score.

     “The film was nominated for a Razzy Award for worst musical score.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
467. fun, about Thief: Mann first wanted Jeff Bridges; studio said too young.

     “So Jeff Bridges was Michael Mann's choice to play Frank.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:56:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
468. fun, about Thief: Mann began with an all-Chicago blues score, switched to Tangerine Dream.

     “Michael Mann originally intended to score this movie with all Chicago blues stuff.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
469. fun, about Thief: Original title was Violent Streets.

     “The film's original title.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:58:04 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
470. fun, about Thief: Howard Johnson's was where Mann took his future wife in 1971.

     “He took his future wife there in 1971 for coffee at the exact booth that they filmed that scene in”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:02:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
471. fun, about Thief: Safecracking details: real tools, actors trained.

     “were not props, but they were real tools, and the actors were trained to use them”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:02:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
472. fun, about Thief: A 60,000 gallon water truck kept the streets wet.

     “A 60,000 gallon water truck was used to keep the streets constantly wet”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:02:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
473. fun, about Thief: Belushi begged to do his own death scene, absorbing dozens of squibs.

     “Belushi begged to do his death scene himself”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
474. fun, about Tuesday Weld: Weld's Wikipedia dating history.

     “I highly encourage you guys to read Tuesday welds, Wikipedia.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:05:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
475. fun, about The Jericho Mile: Twilight Time put out the Blu-ray; hard to find for years.

     “It's probably one of like the 4 greatest TV movies ever.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:20:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
476. fun, about Se7en (script fight): Fincher refused New Line's push to alter the head-in-the-box ending, and won.

     “Fincher said, no, no, no.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:20:18 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
477. fun, about Se7en (ending): Fincher wanted to cut to black right after Mills shoots John Doe; in test screenings the house lights came up immediately, New Line panicked and added Somerset's coda, which Freeman, Pitt and Fincher still resent.

     “So New Line freaked out and they ended up doing that little coda at the end”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:20:52 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
478. fun, about Se7en (Oscars): 1995 Best Picture field gets called an all-time train wreck; Braveheart won over the movies they love.

     “It's an all-time train wreck.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:50 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
479. fun, about Andrew Kevin Walker: Walker wrote Se7en over two years while working at Tower Records and plays the first dead guy in prosthetics.

     “He does have a cameo at the beginning.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
480. fun, about Se7en (Fincher quote): Fincher told Playboy he went to Mike DeLuca saying the audience wants a revelation, on a $34 million budget.

     “It's $34 million and fuck it.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:35:20 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
481. fun, about Roger Ebert: Ebert gave Se7en 3.5 stars, then republished a four-star version around 2010; the hosts joke about revising old predictions.

     “Can you imagine if he changed it?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:26 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
482. fun, about Brad Pitt: Pitt put his arm through the windshield during the chase, severed tendons, and the cast was written into the rest of the movie.

     “Pitt actually gets hurt in real life, puts his arm through the windshield”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:39:05 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
483. fun, about Reddit and John Doe: Joke that John Doe is a blogger without an account and would have found community on Reddit; seven lives saved.

     “Seven lives are saved.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:59 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
484. fun, about Leland Orser: He over-breathed and skipped sleep for days to seem disoriented in his scene; hosts hand him the Joey Pants Award.

     “So he decided to saturate his body with oxygen.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:00:33 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
485. fun, about Se7en (books): All of John Doe's notebooks were real books written for the film, taking two months and $15,000.

     “All of John Doe's books were real books written for the film.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:07:41 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
486. fun, about Se7en (Gwyneth shot): Gwyneth's face appears for a frame and a half before Pitt fires; not intentionally subliminal.

     “They show Gwynn's face right before Brad fires the gun”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:08:21 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
487. fun, about Se7en (Michael Reed McKay): The emaciated victim was played by a 98-pound actor.

     “he weighed 98 pounds”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:08:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
488. fun, about Se7en (head in the box): Picking Nits: Bill spends minutes on logistics of mailing the head, box size, dry ice, drugging the dog.

     “How do you mail someone a severed head, Chris?”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:14:04 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
489. fun, about Se7en (cut ending): Gag: a cut scene where Somerset learns the Jets signed Neil O'Donnell was too horrific for audiences.

     “he finds out the jet signed Neil O'Donnell.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:25:08 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
490. fun, about Chevy Chase: Chase nearly died during Modern Problems when airplane landing lights on his costume malfunctioned and passed an electric current through his arm, back and neck.

     “An electric current passes through his arm back and neck muscles and he almost dies.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:55 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
491. fun, about Fletch: Producer rights were bought July 1976, every studio passed for 8 years, then Michael Douglas pushed it through; $8M budget, $59M gross, $24.4M in video rentals.

     “Uh, $8000000 budget, made 59000000 bucks.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:26:21 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
492. fun, about Fletch / Roger Ebert: Ebert gave Fletch 2.5 stars saying Chase's detached mask prevents identification; hosts mock him, saying Siskel got it and Ebert wanted a drama.

     “Fletch needed an actor more interested in playing the character than in playing himself.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:49 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
493. fun, about Fletch: Scene: Fletch at the physical, the doctor snaps on a glove and Fletch asks if he used the whole fist, Doc; Bill's son stayed stone-faced.

     “You used the whole fist, Doc.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:53 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
494. fun, about Fletch: The second tennis club visit: Fletch orders caviar twice and champagne to Cabana One on Underhill's tab; Sean's single favorite 6 minutes.

     “Bring two bottles of, uh, Dom Perignon to Cabana One.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:31:40 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
495. fun, about Fletch: Fletch steals the Alfa Romeo, fakes a Smart Patrol emissions stop, then crashes Fred Dorfman's luncheon and gives a speech; probably Chase's best 90 seconds.

     “Probably Chase's best 90 seconds of the movie.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:24 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
496. fun, about Fletch: The ending: Fletch on the beach charges the entire vacation to Mr. Underhill's American Express card; movie ends on it.

     “By the way, I changed the entire I charge the entire vacation to Mr. Underhill's American Express card, want the number.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:18 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
497. fun, about Fletch: The full list of Fletch's pseudonyms, from Ted Nugent to Harry S. Truman.

     “Fletch, Fletch, Ted Nugent, Arnold Babar, Dr. Rosen Penis, Dr. Rosenbosen, John Cocktail Stone, Mr. Poon, Igor Stravinsky, Gordon Liddy, John Levinstein, Donc Corleone, and Harry S. Truman.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
498. fun, about Fletch (what's aged worst): Producer Craig, who joined the Zoom, doesn't like Fletch and calls the jokes dad jokes; hosts call it the most tension ever on the show.

     “The biggest the most tension we've ever had on a rewatchables.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:48:43 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
499. fun, about Fletch (casting what-ifs): Considered for Fletch: Burt Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Mick Jagger, Barry Bostwick; the author rejected Reynolds and Jagger; the producer first wanted Richard Dreyfuss, whom Chris imitated.

     “The author had rejection rights.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:52:38 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
500. fun, about Joe Don Baker: Joe Don Baker is the Joey Pants award for best That Guy; hosts debate overacting between Baker and Libertini.

     “Joe Don, I don't know what movie he's in, but it's not the movie that we're watching.”

     The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:02 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)