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  1. fun, about Miracle: Simmons listened to the Sweden game on a clock radio; the broadcast was tape delayed and he overheard the score in a grocery store.
    “I swear to God, in my room, in Brooklyn, Massachusetts, I listened to us tie the Sweden game on my clock radio.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:25 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Miracle: Tape delay: a stranger at Star Market blurted the score before the game aired.
    “And we're walking around and we're in like the frozen food aisle, and I hear somebody say, it's 22 after the 2nd period or 2 after the first.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:58 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (genre lineage): Miracle → Slap Shot. Slap Shot and Mystery, Alaska were among the few hockey movies before Miracle, which was a different level.
    “It was slapshot was the Alzheimer.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:07:32 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (genre lineage): Miracle → Mystery, Alaska. One of the sparse hockey films before Miracle.
    “then it's like Mystery Alaska, you know, there just hadn't been that many hockey movies, the Mighty Ducks”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:07:38 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)
  5. 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)
  6. fun, about Miracle: Sports Illustrated's cover after the win had no cover line, just the photo.
    “which I think was only one of 2 covers ever where they didn't have any sort of, uh, any writing on the cover.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:11:29 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  7. theme (era): Miracle → Remember the Titans. Both belong to the one-star-on-the-poster era of sports movies from 97 to 05.
    “this is from 97 to basically 05, premise, get one big star.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:22:10 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  8. theme (era): Miracle → Coach Carter. Miracle and Coach Carter are in the one-star-poster run.
    “Miracle and Coach Carter.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:23:00 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. theme (era): The Blind Side → Miracle. Ryan would put Blindside in the one-star-on-the-poster era.
    “I would actually probably put Blindside in that somewhere.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:23:33 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)
  10. industry (studio): Miracle → McFarland, USA. Disney has a run of true-story sports movies like McFarland.
    “there's like the Kevin Costner running movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:24:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. industry (studio): Miracle → Million Dollar Arm. Million Dollar Arm is another Disney sports movie in the same lineage.
    “Million Dollar arm.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:24:20 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
  12. programming (companion): Miracle → 30 for 30 on the Miracle game from the Russian side (John Hawk). Hawk's documentary told the same game from the Russian side.
    “He told it from the Russian side, which was an interesting way to do it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:24:35 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Miracle: Most rewatchable: Herb makes the team skate 'again' until Rizzo answers, 'the United States of America'.
    “United States of America!”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:28:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. unmapped (speech): Miracle → Rudy. Rudy has a pregame speech good enough for the Jumbotron.
    “This is our house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:33:55 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Miracle: Real hockey players were cast instead of actors, because it is easier to teach hockey players to act.
    “It's easier to teach hockey players to act than it is to teach actors how to play hockey”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:36:38 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  16. people (casting realism): Miracle → Teen Wolf. Unrealistic casting works in Teen Wolf, but Miracle needed real hockey players.
    “Teen Wolf, I like having chubby and Teen Wolf.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:37:27 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  17. theme (character): Miracle → Midnight Run. Craig Patrick is compared to the guy in Midnight Run who says he'll go get the pastries.
    “I'm gonna go get some donuts, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:43:34 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  18. theme (trope): Miracle → Moneyball. Modern sports movies skip the wet-blanket wife; Moneyball does a single great Robin Wright scene.
    “Like a movie like Moneyball.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:47:41 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  19. theme (trope): Miracle → Rocky III. Adrian in Rocky III is the opposite of the wet-blanket wife.
    “I think Adrian does a great job in that movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:48:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  20. unmapped (dialogue / language): Miracle → Slap Shot. Hockey players curse well, so Miracle needs an R-rated cut; Slap Shot proves it.
    “if you've seen Slapshot another possible rewatchable, then you know that hockey players curse really well.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:50:18 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)
  21. fun, about Miracle: Buzz Schneider's son plays him, cast before anyone realized.
    “They cast Buzz Schneider, is his son Billy, who they didn't realize until after they cast him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:22 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  22. what-if (casting what-if): Miracle → Little Children. A Todd Field-style indie about Herb's wife having an affair would be great.
    “Todd Field, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:54:26 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  23. unmapped (venue): Miracle → Rocky IV. The Soviet game was filmed at the same Vancouver arena as the Rocky-Drago fight.
    “Which also featured the Rocky Drago fight in 1985 for Rocky 4.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:56:05 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  24. unmapped (venue): Miracle → Rocky IV. The arena is called the Cold War Mecca and Madison Square of Cold War sports movies.
    “It's the Madison Square of Cold War sports movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:56:14 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  25. fun, about Miracle: Dream On by Aerosmith in the closing credits; it also appears in The Virgin Suicides and Last Action Hero.
    “I just dream on in any sports movie is great.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:56:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  26. verdict (apex): Al Michaels → Miracle. Michaels was at his peak in 2004 and returned as the voice of Miracle.
    “He's at the pinnacle of his powers, then comes back and is the voice of miracle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:59:51 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  27. fun, about Miracle: Soviet coach benching Tretiak is the worst coaching decision, compared to benching Mahomes after a first-quarter pick.
    “this is the equivalent of Mahomes throws a pick in the 1st quarter of the round one playoff game”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:00:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  28. fun, about Miracle: Dion Waiters Award nominees: the Soviet coach for three expressions, with Al Michaels floated.
    “he has no lines in the movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:01:10 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  29. fun, about Miracle: Finland gold medal game skipped; Brooks's line to the team before it.
    “if you lose this, you will take this to your fucking graves”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:04:17 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  30. lineage (remake format): Miracle → Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. The Lakers HBO show suggests a Miracle series could work.
    “the more like we see, especially like this Lakers HBO show”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:05:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  31. fun, about Miracle: Pitch: remake as a Netflix series ending with the team lost in the woods like Yellowjackets.
    “They crash in Minnesota.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:06:31 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  32. verdict (ranking): Kurt Russell → Miracle. Miracle is number five on Ryan's Kurt Russell list.
    “And I think miracles 5 for me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:07:26 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  33. verdict (speech ranking): Miracle → Friday Night Lights. Friday Night Lights is another top-three sports speech.
    “I think it's Friday, Friday night lights”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:08:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  34. verdict (speech ranking): Miracle → Any Given Sunday. Miracle's Herb speech is top three; Pacino in Any Given Sunday is number one.
    “I'd have Pacino one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:08:37 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  35. verdict (speech ranking): Miracle → Vision Quest. Vision Quest's Pele story must be mentioned.
    “Vision Quest has to be mentioned.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:08:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  36. theme (speech trope): Miracle → Varsity Blues. Varsity Blues halftime speech is a good bad one.
    “like Vanderbeek at halftime of the last varsity booze game is great.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:09:11 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  37. theme (speech trope): Miracle → Hoosiers. Coaches say winning is everything, then the Hoosiers speech says play your game and I'll love you.
    “That's what fucking Hackman says to the Hoosiers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:09:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  38. fun, about Miracle: Simmons bought two unripped Lake Placid US-USSR tickets at a collectors convention.
    “I got 2 unripped tickets from the Lake Placid, the US Russia game.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:10:39 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  39. verdict (ranking): Miracle → Remember the Titans. Remember the Titans remains Simmons's favorite sports movie; Will Patton's speech.
    “Remember, the Titans is still my favorite.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:13:27 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  40. fun, about Miracle: Joey Pants Award for 'that guy': Eddie Cahill, Kenneth Welsh, Sean McCann; producer Craig says nobody in their 20s knows 'Noah Emmerich'.
    “Not a single person is going, that's Noah Emory.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:15:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  41. fun, about Miracle: Pitch for the next Miracle: Villanova-Georgetown as a miniseries, or the four Red Sox-Yankees games.
    “Nova basically was perfect in that game.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:17:27 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  42. unmapped (generational): Miracle → Slap Shot. Rudy, Slap Shot, Rocky III, Hoosiers hold up for a younger viewer.
    “Slapshot is still good.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:18:14 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  43. unmapped (generational): Miracle → The Replacements. Replacements and Hardball are watchable from the era.
    “the ones like the replacements and hardball, like that, from that era, all those are really watchable.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:18:21 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)