Who won the movie
Robert Redford
Roger Ebert
Just one Oscar
Paul Attanasio’s screenplay
Cruise or Hanks
Tom Hanks
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 59:52
Bill Simmons: Rob Morrow should have become one of the world’s biggest movie stars after this performance.
Bill Simmons: Had the film opened in 1995, it could have beaten Braveheart for Picture and Director.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:28:07
Bill Simmons: The TV executive’s warning that speculation becomes fact was one choice.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
Redford’s Van Doren search, Paul Newman declining Mark Van Doren, and an uncertain Soderbergh/Tim Robbins path
Young Russell Crowe as Dick Goodwin
Research covered Van Doren’s roadster, the original and revived 21, and Barry and Enright’s later careers.
Prize-money structure, the Reuben claim, and insufficient period smoking
Geritol, Van Doren’s alternative life, 21 today, and accepting supplied answers
