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- Eyes Wide Shut; All the Right Moves for a 1983 Cruise pairing; Ferris Bueller's Day Off for a contrasting Chicago teenager who resists adulthood and work.
Categories & segments
The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?
A dark Hollywood future for Lana; Princeton and finance for Joel.
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- One dark forecast sends Lana to Hollywood and a destructive relationship with Don Simpson, while Joel attends Princeton and becomes a Michael Milken-like financier; the other host hopes for a better Lana future.
What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?
The egg, with the Porsche excluded.
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- With the Porsche excluded, the egg is the memorabilia choice.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson
Sometimes you have to say, “What the fuck.”
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- Sometimes you have to say, 'What the fuck.'
Who Won the Movie?
Tom Cruise; Paul Brickman gets an in-the-moment qualification.
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The Ron Burgundy Flute Award for the Best Time for a Pee Break
No good break; category recalled as retired.
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- A participant finds no good pee break; the host replies that the category has been removed. The film's constant action leaves little exposition.
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
The absence of meaningful law enforcement.
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- An opening joke rejects a Butch's Girlfriend weakness because all the girlfriends are awesome.
- The near-total absence of police despite repeated public violence is the main weakness; the late-arriving sheriff hardly resolves it.
Top Ten List
Ten Dalton quirks, followed by his leaded-or-unleaded coffee habit.
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- Dalton avoids flying because he considers it too dangerous.
- Dalton stitches his own cuts.
- Dalton carries his medical records to save time.
- Dalton is called a Hall of Fame smoker.
- Dalton refuses anesthetic: pain does not hurt.
- Dalton protects an old, low-mileage Mercedes under a cover.
- Dalton allows his mentor Wade Garrett to flirt with his date.
- Dalton practices shirtless outdoor tai chi.
- Dalton never flinches; his posture and composure are admired.
- Dalton reads Jim Harrison.
- An additional quirk follows the ten: Dalton calls coffee leaded or unleaded.
The Vivian Award for Best Clothes
Brad Wesley’s linen and leather; Dalton’s pleated trousers.
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- Brad Wesley's linen, leather vest and gloves are celebrated as a remarkable wardrobe; Dalton's pleated trousers and tucked T-shirt also influence a host's casual clothes.
Half-Assed Internet Research
Stunts and injuries, deleted Keith David material, casting-era anecdotes, cars and constructed locations.
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- The discussion reports a $15 million budget, $61.6 million gross and an estimated further $200 million from home viewing formats.
- The hosts report actual contact during the Jimmy fight, Teague cracking two of Swayze's ribs with a log, several long shooting days and Swayze requiring knee drainage.
- A Keith David interview describes an initially four-week job becoming eleven weeks and enjoyable fights, including Terry Funk; Harrington later told him the long cut required removing his role. The hosts enthusiastically want the extended cut, while speculation about Ernie cleaning up the bar remains conjecture.
- Teague reportedly took his mother to the premiere, where she proudly identified him after the prison line.
- The discussion says the actors performed their own stunts and trained with Benny the Jet, who considered Swayze capable of competitive kickboxing. Swayze's recurring knee trouble is linked to an earlier football injury.
- Bigfoot number seven was reportedly built for the film, with the dealership sequence costing $500,000.
- A 2009 Barbara Walters interview is cited for Swayze's account of heavy drinking and smoking up to 60 cigarettes daily; the hosts reflect sadly on his illness and death.
- Dalton's Mercedes is identified as a silver/light-blue 1986 560 SEC; the Double Deuce and Red's Auto Parts were built for filming.
- An IMDb-attributed claim that Harrington thought the film changed club security worldwide is rejected as implausible, given the hosts' view that its popularity developed slowly.
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- Ebert awarded two and a half stars, finding the film poised between enjoyable bad filmmaking and mere badness; the hosts reject his reluctance to recommend its entertainment value.
Most Rewatchable Scene
Dalton’s first night and rules; Dalton versus Jimmy; Wesley’s breakfast.
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- Dalton's arrival at the Double Deuce, quietly surveying its chaos, showcases Swayze's charisma. The brawl over paid sexual touching is recalled as disturbing now but exciting to a young viewer.
- Dalton fires staff and gives three rules: do not underestimate opponents, take fights outside and be nice until necessary. His explanation of insults and 'trustees of modern chemistry' speech reveal an unexpectedly literary bouncer.
- The hospital flirtation after Dalton's fight has clipped, almost Mamet-like dialogue. His philosophy degree, 'Pain don't hurt' and 'Nobody wins a fight' lines remain funny because he plays them sincerely.
- The revenge fight includes Dalton detecting a bladed boot and the advice that even the biggest opponent drops after a groin strike.
- Wade saves Dalton from four attackers, then spends the evening flirting and dancing with Dalton's girlfriend; Dalton's willingness to get a beer after severe blows is part of the fun.
- Denise's lengthy striptease to Hoochie Coochie Man leads into Jimmy's commanding pool-cue entrance. His athletic vault, intensity and skill transform the threat level after Wesley's weaker henchmen; Wesley ends the fight with a gunshot.
- Dalton versus Jimmy follows Emmett's fire, motorcycle taunting and the prison line, ending in the throat rip. The fight creates a credible fear that Dalton could lose.
- The Jimmy fight's back-and-forth damage contrasts with Seagal's invulnerability. Michael Kamen's score and the previously foreshadowed throat rip make the climax especially satisfying.
- The final assault ends with townspeople taking turns shooting Wesley; the hosts ask why they did not simply do that months earlier.
- Final preferences include Dalton's speech and first night at the Double Deuce, the Dalton–Jimmy fight, and Kyle's additional breakfast scene where Wesley shifts from civic boasting to murder allegations.
- Craig particularly enjoys Dalton's arrival, rule-setting and firing the employee stealing money.
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