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verdict (apex):
Kurt Russell → Tombstone.
Russell's peak juice is Tombstone, which he effectively directed.
“Tombstone, which I think is actually his apex.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:58:43 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Tombstone → Rounders.
Ryan called Tombstone the Rounders of Westerns for rewatchability.
“I was like, this movie is the Rounders of Westerns.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:14 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Kevin Costner → Tombstone.
Costner was attached at first and bowed out over the script's focus.
“Disagreed with Kevin Jari over the focus of the film.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Tombstone → Wyatt Earp.
Costner left Tombstone over its focus, then made the competing Wyatt Earp, which arrived months later.
“He believed the emphasis should have been on Wyatt Earp rather than the many characters in the script.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Wyatt Earp → Tombstone.
Rival Earp films, the second to market lost ground; Tombstone came first.
“It's almost like whichever one comes out 1st has such an advantage.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:05:54 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Tombstone → Buena Vista.
Buena Vista held the film and had casting say.
“Buena Vista, which was a subsidiary of Disney”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:07:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Kevin Jarre → Tombstone.
Jarre shot only wide masters with no coverage, which got him fired.
“He was like, if I start shooting closeups, they'll take away the movie from me.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Tombstone → The Godfather.
Russell's intended tone was a Western Godfather; Jarre's version was more elegant.
“Well, Russell says it, it was basically the godfather of Westerns.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Tombstone → Under Siege.
Part of the era of genre films that jump a level above their pitch.
“It just winds up being like an action movie that's way better than it has any business being.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:13:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Roger Ebert → Tombstone.
Ebert gave Tombstone three stars, called Kilmer the definitive saloon cowboy.
“Singled out Valcomer's portrayal as the definitive saloon cowboy of our time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Gene Siskel → Tombstone.
Siskel gave it a thumbs down.
“By the way, Cisco Cisco thumbs downed it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Tombstone:
Bill's quip that the cast is every white actor of 1993.
“It's basically every white actor in 1993 except for like 2 guys.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:17:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Tombstone:
Most rewatchable scene candidates: the 'Hell's coming with me' scene and killing montage, the creek shootout, and Kilmer vs Biehn.
“That scene, followed by a montage of just them killing people.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:28 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Tombstone:
The creek shootout compared to Larry Bird in the 87 playoffs.
“Kurt Russell's, uh, his take on what Larry Bird did in the 87 playoffs.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:32 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Tombstone:
The 12 minute theater sequence: cut, tone down or keep; Ryan argues it establishes Priestley and the town.
“I think it accomplishes a couple of things that you need.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:17 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Tombstone → Three Amigos.
The wedding-execution opening resembles the Three Amigos setup.
“this movie's after the 3 amigos, right?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:23 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Tombstone → Cobra.
The film's intense indiscriminate killing is the Cosmatos effect, like Cobra.
“It's like, it basically turns into cobra for 5 minutes.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Tombstone → Rambo: First Blood Part II.
The final-third killing spree reads like a Rambo thing.
“It's totally a Rambo thing where it's like, why are you just killing everybody?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Dana Delany → Tombstone.
Delany's Josephine is a fiercely independent woman, woke for the Old West.
“This movie is like weirdly woke about the woman's place in the Old West.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Tombstone:
Mustaches: all real, hosts want hats and mustaches now.
“Just magnificent. And they all they were all real.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:30:25 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Tombstone → The Godfather.
The Oriental faro takeover shows the Godfather-like business side Russell wanted.
“You could see the godfather thing that Russell's talking about when he moves into Tombstone and immediately takes over the Faro game at the Oriental.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Tombstone → Deadwood.
Tombstone as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood.
“I tend to think of this movie as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Tombstone → John Ford.
Contrast: Ford Westerns vs gnarly, vulgar Tombstone.
“bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Tombstone:
The closing credits are four minutes of the cast walking in close-ups like a Vanity Fair shoot.
“a vanity fair photo shoot almost.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:35:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Val Kilmer → Tombstone.
The other actors recognize Kilmer's performance and change theirs, becoming more buttoned down.
“they change their performances to elevate his because nobody's really behaving quite in the same way.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Tombstone → In the Line of Fire.
Kilmer was robbed of an Oscar nomination in a stacked 1993 field.
“I think that Malkovich is really good in the line of fire.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:38:25 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Richard Gere → Tombstone.
Per Russell, Gere nearly played Wyatt Earp.
“Kurt Russell said the film was nearly cast with Richard Gere as Wyatt Earp”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:26 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Mickey Rourke → Tombstone.
Rourke was nearly Johnny Ringo and turned it down.
“Mickey Rourke was almost cast as Johnny Ringo and turned it down.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:41:50 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Jason Priestley → Tombstone.
Tombstone was Priestley's apex, a narrow high peak.
“1000% apex amount for Priestley.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:51:24 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Tombstone:
Hosts wish for a faro-or-poker scene with Wyatt vs Powers Boothe instead of the theater.
“It's really upsetting to me that they didn't have like an awesome poker scene in this movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:02:05 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Tombstone → Cobra.
The last third mirrors Cobra's final act: heroes killing everyone.
“Cobra, the last 30 minutes was basically like this cult has lost its mind and they're just killing everybody.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:52 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Tombstone:
Kurt Russell says the footage could be rebuilt as the Western Godfather; he claims he found the hospital scene he wrote.
“The movie is the Godfather or Western Godfather.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:06:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Tombstone → Apocalypse Now.
Director's cut/reconstruction era examples like the chronological Godfather.
“There was the Apocalypse Now director's cut.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:07:16 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Tombstone → The Other Side of the Wind.
Warning about reconstructing lost cuts: Welles film is a document, not a great movie.
“I think the other side of the wind is like an amazing document, is not an amazing movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:08:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Tombstone → Studio 54.
Studio butchering as a movie someone wants to see restored.
“Studio 54, how the studio completely fucked that movie up”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:08:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Kurt Russell → Tombstone.
Final pick: Fennessey says Russell wins the movie; Ryan says Kilmer is why we remember it.
“Russell is the reason it got made and finished.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:44 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Val Kilmer → Tombstone.
Winner: Kilmer is the best one in it.
“I think Val Kilmer wins the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:13:15 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)