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High Fidelity

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

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Recasting Couch

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Samantha Mathis, Laura Linney, and Famke Janssen are proposed for Laura, with concerns about fit and excess star power

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Approx. transcript time · 01:35:11Read transcript
  • Samantha Mathis is proposed as an early-1990s version of Laura.
  • Laura Linney is proposed, with doubt that she fits Laura’s partying history.
  • Fomka Johnson is proposed if Laura remains European, then rejected as too much firepower.
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Sasha Jenkins Award for Actor Who You Can’t Believe Didn’t Become a Bigger Star

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Jack Black is selected because his talent never yielded the expected adult-comedy franchise

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  • Jack Black is selected despite his later family-film success because he never became the expected adult-comedy franchise lead.
  • His music career kicking off and his fear about making this movie are offered as possible reasons.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

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Marie DeSalle’s cover album, Tim Robbins’s wig deal, the original finale song, the Cusack siblings, and Rob’s visible records are separate research items

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Approx. transcript time · 01:38:56Read transcript
  • Marie DeSalle’s album is reported to include “Ghostbusters,” “Beat It,” “Mbop,” and “My Heart Will Go On.”
  • Tim Robbins reportedly took small roles partly so he could keep the custom wigs.
  • “Got to Give It Up” was reportedly the original Jack Black finale song before the chosen replacement.
  • Joan and John Cusack are said to have appeared together in ten films.
  • Five visible albums are proposed as Rob’s implied top five, including Funkadelic, Neil Young, the Beach Boys, Sonic Youth, and the Minutemen.
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Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot

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Stephen Frears reportedly asked women crew members to guide the Tim Robbins fantasy sex scene

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Approx. transcript time · 01:41:52Read transcript
  • Frears reportedly gathered women from hair, makeup, wardrobe, and craft services to guide the Tim Robbins fantasy sequence.
  • The actress who plays Laura reportedly called it her most comfortable and best sex scene.
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Steven Seagal Hard to Kill Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Intimacy Coordinator?

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The crew-guided Tim Robbins fantasy is treated as a successful improvised intimacy-coordination model, with caution about copying it

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  • The episode asks whether the crew-guided sequence effectively created a new intimacy-coordination model.
  • The group says crowdsourcing the crew could go terribly wrong on another set.
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Apex Mountain

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Cusack is placed around 1996–97; Beta Band, microbangs, Sad Bastard music, and fourth-wall address receive separate consideration

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Approx. transcript time · 01:43:17Read transcript
  • Cusack’s peak is placed in 1996–97 rather than this film.
  • The Beta Band is given a yes.
  • Microbangs, Katrina and the Waves, sad-bastard music, and breaking the fourth wall are considered separately.
  • Ferris Bueller is preferred as the apex for fourth-wall address.
  • Good book-and-film combinations are discussed as a separate Apex prompt.
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Cruise or Hanks?

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Hanks wins for Rob while Cruise is preferred as Ian; Philip Seymour Hoffman is then considered for Barry or Dick

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Approx. transcript time · 01:46:30Read transcript
  • Cruise is rejected as a believable Chicago record-store owner.
  • Hanks is selected as Rob.
  • Cruise is preferred as Ian.
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman is considered for Barry or Dick, with concern that he and Jack Black would overwhelm each other.
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Picking Nits

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Barry’s hidden music, his flyer, Ian, record handling, apartment economics, Laura’s moves, funeral mud, and autobiographical shelving generate distinct objections

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Approx. transcript time · 01:47:45Read transcript
  • Barry never performing before the finale is questioned.
  • Barry’s listed influences are said not to match the soul performance he gives.
  • Laura choosing Ian is treated as a familiar and implausible period trope.
  • Calling Ian a Supertramp fan is called gratuitously insulting.
  • Using Royal Trucks as the teenagers’ music is challenged because that band belongs inside the store’s Chicago scene.
  • Lewis is criticized for bending an expensive Captain Beefheart sleeve by its corner.
  • Rob’s apartment and the store’s ability to pay two workers are questioned.
  • Laura’s immediate moves into partners’ homes are questioned as a repeated habit.
  • Rob jumping into mud after the funeral and immediately having sex in a car is called disgusting and visually inconsistent.
  • Autobiographical record shelving is debated as satisfying but practically impossible.
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

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Ethan Hawke casting, Rob’s partners, Marie, Penny, DJ prospects, and name variants remain open questions

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Approx. transcript time · 01:56:18Read transcript
  • Whether Ethan Hawke would improve the film as Rob is debated, with Cusack’s likability defended.
  • Ethan Hawke in the Ian role is considered as a more grounded rivalry between two icons of the era.
  • Who Rob should end up with is asked; nobody and the Chicago Reader critic are proposed.
  • Why Rob never calls Marie DeSalle again is questioned and defended as mutual recognition that the encounter was temporary.
  • A better response to Penny’s story is proposed as a path to a relationship with her.
  • Rob’s plausible ceiling as a DJ is questioned.
  • The shift between Rob, Robert, Bob, and Bobby becomes a question about identity and nicknames.
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What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

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The record store, Marie poster, Dickies shirt, coats, and Kinky Wizards flyer are separate selections

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  • The entire Championship Vinyl store is the first choice.
  • The black-and-white Marie DeSalle poster is selected.
  • The Dickies shirt shared with the TV adaptation is selected.
  • Cusack’s leather coat is selected.
  • The Kinky Wizards record-release flyer is selected because the fictional party date matches the speaker’s birthday.
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