Apex Mountain
Seattle; Meg Ryan; Nora Ephron (director); Rosie O’Donnell (film career); houseboats
In the discussion (11)
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- Hanks is judged one year short of his Apex, with Forrest Gump the choice and this film helping establish it.
- Seattle in 1993 receives an affirmative Apex choice for its cultural prominence.
- Ryan receives unanimous affirmative Apex support, cementing her bankability and first-choice status.
- Ephron receives a qualified affirmative Apex choice as a director, with When Harry Met Sally the breakthrough and this film enabling subsequent work.
- Radio-advice shows are rejected as an Apex choice.
- Brooks Robinson is debated between baseball achievements and this film's cultural recognition; no clear final Apex selection emerges.
- O'Donnell receives an affirmative film-career Apex; her talk show is an alternative broader career peak, with the movie career seen as enabling it.
- The Empire State Building is rejected as a specific film Apex because its enduring existence is the achievement.
- Tiramisu is rejected as an Apex choice, with a food-category joke offered instead.
- Houseboats receive qualified affirmative Apex support because this is the houseboat people immediately picture.
- Characters named Clarice are rejected as an Apex choice despite a current run of the name.