Apex Mountain
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- Jim Brooks is a yes: fully established as an A list movie director while already in the TV hall of fame and a year from taking a Simpsons meeting, the point of maximum leverage and juice, with the Simpsons humor already visible in the film; William Hurt is called indisputable on his third consecutive Oscar nomination, with the open question whether that counts for more than winning the Oscar.
- This movie is allowed multiple apexes, a whole Himalayan range, since it is everyone among the main players; Holly Hunter is definite, because The Piano did not have the same lasting impact and this and Raising Arizona are her two best films, even though Raising Arizona feels closer to now.
- Joan Cusack is questioned, with Say Anything in 1989 probably her peak and High Fidelity praised, before a hedged 'I guess this'; Bob Prosky is raised but not settled.
- Earlier, her apex is deferred while noting a nice run ending in The Piano, where she wins the Oscar she did not win for this film.