Apex Mountain
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. — Bill Simmons
- River Phoenix is probably rejected; Stand by Me, My Own Private Idaho, and Running on Empty are alternatives. — Bill Simmons
- Poitier is rejected, with 1967 identified as his stronger period. — Bill Simmons
- Aykroyd is rejected, and Species is preferred for strange Kingsley performances. — Bill Simmons
- The slow walk to evade security sensors is accepted. — Bill Simmons
- Scrabble tiles are accepted. — Bill Simmons
- Seinfeld wins for the name Cosmo. — Bill Simmons
- Geese sounding like a cocktail party is discussed, but its use in another unidentified film prevents a clean claim of originality. — Joanna Robinson
- Sneakers is preferred to Blue Chips for a Mary McDonnell character being pursued by an old flame. — Bill Simmons
- Dances with Wolves is preferred for McDonnell herself. — Kyle Brandt
- Braille Playboy is suggested as an Apex candidate. — Bill Simmons
- 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. — Joanna Robinson