The Rewatchables ·
Who won the movie
James Caan
Roger Ebert
Just one Oscar
Production design
Cruise or Hanks
Tom Cruise as Jonathan
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 13:07
Bill Simmons: One host calls James Caan's work his favorite performance in a sports movie that can be great in one minute and terrible in the next.
Brian Koppelman: Caan is praised for looking like a credible athlete and carrying an elite athlete's mystique and charisma.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:28:12
Bill Simmons: The chosen lesson repeats Bartholomew's claim that corporate society is inevitable.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
James Caan gives a fascinating sports performance that alternates between athletic charisma and sleepy line readings.
The opening game, dystopian party, Tokyo game, final, and Jonathan-Bartholomew argument form the field.
A sex scene at the futuristic party
It wasn't meant to be a game ever
The 1975 future lacks phones and internet, features a centralized computer, and lets Caan hit a heavy bag bare-handed.
The invented sport, corporate critique, production design, pills, violence, and Enberg's call
Ralph Richardson's computer keeper
Flex pick · Brian Koppelman
Moonpie’s helmet removal and the ball striking a player’s head
The return of Bach at the ending
Moonpie
The corporation's convoluted effort to remove Jonathan and the blonde girlfriend
Domestic violence, racist Tokyo material, CTE, and the 2002 remake
The coach and Jonathan's ex firing the weapon are the nominees.
Rollerball is better and more accurate than The Parallax View
Gene Hackman is proposed as the coach; Burt Reynolds and Warren Beatty are considered for Jonathan.
The Munich shoot, the unrealized video game, stunt injuries, and Devo's response
Caan near his apex; invented fictional sports, burning pine trees, and making roller skating look cool: yes
Tom Cruise as Jonathan
A younger Bartholomew, though no perfect fit
Unclear penalty rules and no gambling lines
A prestige series
Norm Macdonald and John Cazale
Production design
Jonathan's surname, advanced statistics, possible androids, and team ownership
Jonathan's survival may lead to a players union or collapse the society.
Jonathan's number-six jersey, glove, motorcycle, and a used ball
Corporate society is inevitable
The Jonathan–Bartholomew argument during the tree-burning party
Producer Craig objects to the uniforms and to the players not looking like elite athletes.
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired June 11, 2024
Seventies sports pyramid; 1979 domestic box-office list (twelve named)
