Apex Mountain
Michael Mann; Kate Mantilini's; L.A. bank robbery movies; over-the-top late-prime Al Pacino; character actor Jon Voight
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- Michael Mann gets a yes from two voices ('I would go yes. Me too.'); the diner gets a yes; L.A. bank robbery movies get a yes.
- Not Pacino overall, but over-the-top late-prime Pacino: everything from Sea of Love on is Apex Mountain, and he is better in Heat than in Scent of a Woman.
- The late-prime run is listed as Glengarry, Scent of a Woman, Carlito's Way, Heat, City Hall, Donnie Brasco, Devil's Advocate, The Insider and Any Given Sunday, whose speech is also iconic.
- Not Val Kilmer's Apex, which is placed earlier around Tombstone; by Dr. Moreau the wheels come off, but it all starts here.
- The Eady actress is proposed as absolutely Apex (NYPD Blue then Heat, leading to Judging Amy) but is vetoed.
- Character actor Voight: yes, as the start of his character-actor journey and a favorite Voight performance.
- Tom Sizemore: Saving Private Ryan may be a more developed role, though Heat plus Ryan is a nice mid-90s run.
- Ashley Judd: no; Double Jeopardy is her Apex.
- Pacino is recapped as a yes; post-prime De Niro is a no because it's too confusing.
- BJs on Alvarado is joked to be Apex because it doesn't exist; Jump Around: definitely not; Piven's Apex may instead be Singles or PCU.