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Sneakers

Apex Mountain

Sneakers The Rewatchables

Scrabble tiles and evading motion sensors qualify; the major actors mostly do not.

In the discussion (13)
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  • Redford is rejected for Apex Mountain here.
  • River Phoenix is probably rejected; Stand by Me, My Own Private Idaho, and Running on Empty are alternatives.
  • Poitier is rejected, with 1967 identified as his stronger period.
  • Aykroyd is rejected, and Species is preferred for strange Kingsley performances.
  • The slow walk to evade security sensors is accepted.
  • Scrabble tiles are accepted.
  • Seinfeld wins for the name Cosmo.
  • Geese sounding like a cocktail party is discussed, but its use in another unidentified film prevents a clean claim of originality.
  • Sneakers is preferred to Blue Chips for a Mary McDonnell character being pursued by an old flame.
  • Dances with Wolves is preferred for McDonnell herself.
  • Braille Playboy is suggested as an Apex candidate.
  • Helium-voice humor is enjoyed but not given its Apex here.
  • A later tangent awards ceiling-vent crawling to John McClane after considering Jurassic Park.