Who won the movie
Robert Redford
Just one Oscar
Robert Redford
Cruise or Hanks
Hanks
Scorsese or Spielberg
Steven Spielberg.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 1:02:07
Bill Simmons: A detailed count argues Jeremiah kills many Crow warriors across the feud.
Bill Simmons: The estimate and the movie’s compressed montage are debated.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:29:35
Avoiding a Crow burial ground is the immediate lesson.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
The cabin-building montage, final peace gesture, and first Crow-camp attack are explicit favorites among a broad set of frontier and action nominees.
Postwar disillusionment, the opening overture, and the late intermission
The final nod; John Milius dialogue; voiceover and music; facial hair; Crow memorial; Redford’s unique catalog entry.
Del Gue’s buried head and the bear chase into the cabin
Jeremiah crossing the burial ground and surviving repeated severe injuries
The daughter-as-repayment custom, dated Native representation, slower Bear Claw passages, and songs narrating visible action
Del Gue
Jeremiah’s Crow-war kill count is far larger than the montage suggests.
Charles Tyner and Paul Benedict
No final selection: Bear Claw and Del
Mountains in movies; Crow burial grounds; Will Geer’s transition to The Waltons.
Hanks
Untouchable
The Hawken rifle, Jeremiah’s red coat, and Swan’s bear coat
Do not cross a Crow burial ground; do not leave family alone; avoid camping if unprepared.
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired January 31, 2023
1972 box office top ten: 1 The Godfather; 2 The Poseidon Adventure; 3 What's Up, Doc?; 4 Deliverance; 5 Deep Throat; 6 Jeremiah Johnson; 7 Cabaret; 8 The Getaway; 9 Last Tango in Paris; 10 Lady Sings the Blues
