In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:21:52Read transcript
- William Castle’s cameo as Sid Roth wins because the legendary horror showman plays another man trying to sell Jackie on something.
Categories & segments
The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot
The high final cliff shot overlooking Los Angeles
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Approx. transcript time · 01:22:42Read transcript
- The high shot opening the final cliff scene, with the city visible below, is selected.
I Used to Fuck Guys Like You in Prison Award for Craziest Quote
Two lines are proposed, with Lester’s political-market monologue treated as the film’s thesis.
In the discussion (2)
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- Jackie’s statement that she has sex for fun rather than money is nominated.
- Lester’s monologue about wealth, the market, Johnson, and Nixon is selected as a compact statement of the film’s thesis.
What’s Aged the Worst?
The Paul Simon score, offensive language, and reported Beatty/Fisher history
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Approx. transcript time · 01:26:18Read transcript
- Paul Simon’s sparse score is criticized as corny and strange.
- Some of the movie’s words are acknowledged as having aged badly.
- Carrie Fisher’s later account that Beatty pursued her during production is cited as having aged badly.
The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
Beatty’s breakup crying and Norman’s salon-owner performance are nominated.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:28:41Read transcript
- Beatty is nominated for the repeated crying and pleading when Jackie leaves him; the panel agrees the emotion does not fully work.
- Norman, the salon owner, is nominated for pushing his performance too hard.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Ashby’s least rewatchable of the three-film run; Goldie Hawn’s appeal and missed rom-com era
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Approx. transcript time · 01:29:40Read transcript
- Shampoo is called the least rewatchable of Ashby’s Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, and Shampoo run despite being the biggest hit.
- Mid-1970s Goldie Hawn is called the most adorable actress of any era.
- Hawn is said to have arrived about fifteen years too early to dominate the later romantic-comedy boom.
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Tony Bill as Johnny Pope
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- Tony Bill, who plays Johnny Pope, is identified as a prominent producer who acted only occasionally.
Recasting Couch
John Cazale in a small role
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- John Cazale is proposed for the commercial director and several other small parts.
Half-Assed Internet Research
Paul Simon’s rejected title song “Have a Good Time”
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- Paul Simon reportedly wrote a rejected title song called “Have a Good Time,” later released on Still Crazy After All These Years.
Apex Mountain
Beatty: yes
In the discussion (5)
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- Beatty receives a tentative yes because the film’s ownership, success, and creative control gave him extraordinary leverage.
- Heaven Can Wait is raised as a competing later peak.
- Julie Christie is rejected because her two major films in the same earlier year made that the clearer peak.
- Robert Towne’s Chinatown and Shampoo run is considered.
- Triumph motorcycles receive a yes, while party scenes lose to Almost Famous.
Cruise or Hanks?
Cruise as George
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- Cruise is selected for George because he can combine sexual confidence with vulnerability.
- Hanks trying the role is considered amusing, though his hair is judged wrong for the required haircut.
Casting What-Ifs
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester
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Approx. transcript time · 01:38:16Read transcript
- Philip Seymour Hoffman is proposed for Lester.
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