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Die Hard with a Vengeance The Rewatchables
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Die Hard with a Vengeance

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

Katia’s knife; prop gold brick; replacement shirt; sandwich board rejected

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  • Katia’s knife and a movie-used gold brick are desired, with recognition that the prop brick would be fake.
  • McClane’s packaged replacement shirt is another desired item.
  • The racist sandwich board is rejected, including a blank version; imagined reactions are jokes.
Die Hard with a Vengeance The Rewatchables

Best Double Feature

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Under Siege
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Pulp Fiction
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  • Die Hard followed directly by this film is a pairing, skipping the more self-contained second installment.
  • Under Siege is another pairing; The Siege is separately proposed for New York and Willis, with its merits debated.
  • Pulp Fiction is the final additional pairing.
Die Hard with a Vengeance The Rewatchables
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Die Hard with a Vengeance

Who Won the Movie?

Samuel L. Jackson (two choices); Bruce Willis (one choice)

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  • Jackson receives two explicit winner choices for refreshing the franchise and bringing out Willis’s willingness to share the screen.
  • Willis receives a competing choice because John McClane is hard to beat; the Jackson case emphasizes proving Pulp Fiction was no fluke and carrying a major hit.
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Marathon Man The Rewatchables
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Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot

The disputed Hoffman–Olivier method-acting exchange

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  • The famous account says Olivier answered Hoffman’s sleep-deprivation method acting by suggesting that he simply act.
  • The exchange has been retold in conflicting versions by participants and chroniclers.
  • Hoffman’s Studio 54 detail is questioned because the club opened after the movie’s release.
  • Hoffman later said Olivier was joking and described a warm final-day visit.
  • The hosts favor Goldman’s version while acknowledging the dispute and Goldman’s stake in the rewritten ending.
Marathon Man The Rewatchables
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Marathon Man

Roger Ebert's review

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  • Ebert gave the film three stars while praising its moment-to-moment thriller craft despite plot holes.
  • The hosts argue the movie merits four stars and that Ebert withheld about half a star too much.
  • Contemporary critics are described as having unusually high expectations for 1976 thrillers.
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Most Rewatchable Scene

The “Is it safe?” torture sequence

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  • The opening road-rage crash is nominated and also called exaggerated enough to evoke a later spoof.
  • Doc’s Paris hotel fight and the piano-wire attack are nominated.
  • Doc visiting Babe and then testing Elsa over lunch are nominated for dialogue and character revelation.
  • Doc’s stabbing and bloody arrival at Babe’s apartment are nominated.
  • Babe trapped naked in the bathroom is praised for suspense and helplessness.
  • The dental torture and repeated “Is it safe?” question are praised as iconic and terrifying.
  • Szell being recognized in the Diamond District and opening the deposit box are nominated.
  • Doc’s Paris material is a favorite for its ominous atmosphere.
  • The “Is it safe?” sequence is selected as the most rewatchable scene.
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The most "year the movie came out" thing

Original Nazis still active in 1976

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  • Living perpetrators from World War II still operating openly is selected as the strongest 1976 marker.
  • Marathon training being treated as strange is nominated.
  • New York City’s 1976 appearance is nominated.
  • The film’s barely stated gay relationship is nominated as period-specific.
  • Diamonds priced at fifteen thousand dollars per carat are nominated.
  • McCarthyism victims functioning as a central plot device is selected as another period marker.
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