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people (people):
The Edge → Lee Tamahori.
The 1997 cold-weather action thriller with the guitarist name is Lee Tamahori's.
“Yeah. Lee Tamahori.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 1:40:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Best quote pick, and the show's cold open: kill the bear.
“I'm gonna kill the bear.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:01:00 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them) -
theme (same genre):
The Edge → Cast Away.
Man-against-nature survival movies hook the viewer because you imagine what you would do.
“there's very few movies where you're not locked in.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:03:10 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them) -
people (same actor):
The Edge → Glengarry Glen Ross.
Van names Glengarry Glen Ross and Malice as the Baldwin roles closest to his Edge character, the arrogant guy who somehow stays likable.
“An arrogant motherfucker who will stab anyone in the back, but it's kind of like him.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:04:11 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them) -
unmapped (social hierarchy):
The Edge → Lord of the Flies.
Bill says the Edge has no new hierarchy in the wilderness, unlike Lord of the Flies.
“It's not like Lord of the Flies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:06:13 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Bill's riff on why a billionaire hero is impossible to sell today: no one would root for Jeff Bezos against the bear.
“Like no one's going to root for Jeff Bezos against the bear.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:10:24 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them) -
unmapped (zeitgeist):
The Edge → Wall Street.
Wall Street captured the 80s aspirational billionaire that the Edge still lives in.
“Wall Street really captures it with the Gordon Gecko character.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:10:59 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them) -
craft (structural echo):
The Edge → The Bounty.
Van says the Edge's ending, walking back to society after being marooned, mirrors the Bounty, with Hopkins as Captain Bligh.
“This movie kind of reminded me of the bounty in a way because of how the 2 characters come back, like, Hopkins is Captain Bligh and all of that.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:17:52 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them) -
people (same actor):
The Edge → Malice.
Baldwin's Malice persona is the other half of the Edge version of Baldwin.
“There's like the malice, the edge version of Baldwin, but then there's like, what is he as a leading man, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:22:48 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
lineage (source book):
Art Linson → The Edge.
Linson, a 90s producer, wrote a book whose big section is the making of The Edge.
“And the big part of the book is about him putting together the edge.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:25:16 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them) -
what-if (casting what-if):
The Edge → The Fugitive.
Harrison Ford, two years after The Fugitive, was the studio's dream lead; with him it becomes a $200 million movie.
“Like, if we get Harrison Ford, there's a $200000000 movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:25:34 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
what-if (casting what-if):
The Edge → Independence Day.
Pullman and Goldblum link by Independence Day, offering another route to the Edge's casting.
“Somebody who's in Independence Day with him.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:28:03 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them) -
craft (structural echo):
The Edge → The Bounty.
Van again: the ending is almost identical to The Bounty's return to civilization.
“But at the end of this movie, when he walks back, it's almost identical to the edge of bounty where William Bly actually finds himself back.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:31:33 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them) -
unmapped (bear movie):
The Edge → The Great Outdoors.
Van's favorite bear movie is probably The Edge, though The Great Outdoors is one of his favorites ever; Bart was in both.
“Although the Great Outdoors is one of my favorite movies of all time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:34:30 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them) -
unmapped (plane crash):
The Edge → Sully.
Sully joins The Edge as a reminder of how terrifying bird strikes are.
“does it make you wonder why there aren't more, like the, like the movie Sully is another one?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:36:58 · Van Lathan (0.55 sure it was them) -
theme (trope):
The Edge → Halloween H2O.
The rule of three, that the Black guy dies when three are left, was subverted by LL Cool J in H2O and Deep Blue Sea.
“LL Cool J survived twice.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:41:32 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them) -
craft (survival craft):
The Edge → Naked and Afraid.
Van uses Naked and Afraid to judge whether the bear trap and rope in the film are plausible.
“So like, I watched naked and afraid.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:43:39 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them) -
unmapped (survival rescue):
The Edge → Alive.
Alive is nominated as the greatest rescue scene; Cast Away punted on the rescue.
“I mean, the fucking alive. It has to be number one, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:49:44 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them) -
unmapped (rescue):
The Edge → Cast Away.
Cast Away skipped the rescue, which wasn't its point.
“Castaway, they kind of punted on it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:49:48 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Most rewatchable scene versus best scene: Bill's is killing the bear; Van's best scene is Charles figuring out the affair in the cabin.
“The best scene in the movie is the cabin scene.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:51:11 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them) -
theme (survival genre):
The Edge → Lost.
Bill is always in for survival stories: Lost, Castaway, Yellowjackets, this movie.
“I'm just in.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:52:20 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
theme (survival genre):
The Edge → Yellowjackets.
Yellowjackets is now a whole show about trying to survive.
“and then we have yellow jackets, which now is a whole show about people trying to survive”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:52:23 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Die-of-shame monologue is the line that stuck with Bill enough to put in his book.
“Don't die of shame.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:59:32 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
The rule of three: when three are left in a horror or action movie, the Black guy dies; Van turned down a Blumhouse cameo for it.
“My character must survive.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:01:05 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them) -
craft (visual echo):
The Edge → Cliffhanger.
The Edge's opening helicopter wide shot reminded Bill of Cliffhanger's.
“It reminded me of cliffhanger.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:02:21 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Title what-if from Linson's book: it was called Bookworm; Deadfall was the favorite alternate; The Bear in the Brain was not.
“This movie was called Bookworm for a long time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:08:33 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
what-if (title what-if):
The Edge → Into the Wild.
Into the Wild was one of the studio's spitballed titles for The Edge, later a real wilderness film.
“It's just funny that Into the Wild is on there and that ended up becoming like a really strong wild wilderness film later on.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:09:38 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Best quote picks: never feel sorry for a man who owns a plane; what one man can do, another can do.
“never feel sorry for a man who owns a plane.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Casting recast: Uma Thurman or Nicole Kidman for Macpherson's role, with a bag dropped.
“I'll give you Uma Thurman or Nicole Kidman for the part of Elle McPherson, and we're just dropping a bag.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:15:07 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Hopkins had a herniated disc and hypothermia; production shut for ten days.
“They had to shut the movie down for like 10 days for Hopkins.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:15:32 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
The film inspired a Brazilian reality show where contestants used Charles Morse's techniques.
“apparently the movie inspired TV reality show in Brazil”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:15:39 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
unmapped (fan):
Jenna Fischer → The Edge.
Jenna Fischer watches The Edge every year.
“Guess who said this is one of her favorite movies ever and she watches it every year.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:16:07 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
unmapped (bear movie):
The Edge → The Revenant.
Bart the Bear versus the Revenant's bear: The Edge is the best mainstream bear movie; The Revenant is beautiful but too brutal to rewatch.
“this is the best mainstream bear movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:16:52 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Apex Mountain: nobody from the cast, with Harold Perrineau calling it the Best Man and Lost era instead.
“this is the best mainstream bear movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:16:52 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Nitpick: Mickey engraved the watch for Bob the same way she engraved her husband's; Bill says the engraver would be blackmailing her.
“Why would she engrave the watch?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:19:54 · Van Lathan (0.55 sure it was them) -
what-if (casting what-if):
Samuel L. Jackson → The Edge.
Sam Jackson attacked by a bear after a shark would be hilarious.
“Watch him get attacked by a bear because then he could have been attacked by a shark and a bear within a two-year span.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:25:47 · Van Lathan (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Wikipedia joked that Bart won an Oscar but could not attend, so it went to somebody else.
“Bart the Bear won an Oscar”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:26:25 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
unmapped (shark vs bear):
The Edge → Deep Blue Sea.
Bill and Van argue bear versus shark deaths, Van picking bear, Bill shark.
“I'm going shark.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:30:39 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
programming (double feature):
The Edge → Cliffhanger.
Cliffhanger is the pick to pair with The Edge, being outdoors.
“I was thinking cliffhanger.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:30:43 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
programming (double feature):
The Edge → The Ghost and the Darkness.
Ghost and the Darkness, from around the same time, is another animal-stalking pairing.
“You could also talk me to Ghost in the Darkness because this came right around this time or they're chasing the killer lions.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:30:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
programming (double feature):
The Edge → Trespass.
Trespass is suggested as a double-bill pick.
“you remember that movie Trespass?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:30:58 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Next-day question: Charles gives away the watch, leaves her, and she becomes a Bravo housewife.
“She's on bravo shows.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:32:24 · Van Lathan (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Edge:
Who won the movie: Bart the Bear, in the movie 4.5 minutes, as Hopkins was in Silence for about 16.
“Bart the Bear won the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:34:04 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them) -
unmapped (dramatization):
The Edge → What Just Happened.
Barry Levinson's 2008 film, drawn from Art Linson's book, fictionalizes the making of The Edge, including the beard fight and De Niro.
“They made a movie based on Art Linson's book, and a lot of it is about making this stupid movie and a big part about him not shaving the beard”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 1:35:23 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)