Who won the movie
Robert Redford.
Just one Oscar
James Horner’s score.
Dion Waiters Award
James Earl Jones
Scorsese or Spielberg
Steven Spielberg.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 1:20:47
Joanna Robinson: Calls Sneakers Redford’s best 1990s film and his last great acting movie, excluding Marvel appearances.
Kyle Brandt: Rates Bish’s slow walk across the sensor-protected room above any Ethan Hunt stunt for its sustained concentration.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:58:54
Bill Simmons: Looking at a stranger’s shoes is the preferred clue to how important the interaction may be.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
The sound-based route reconstruction leads the choices; Kyle prefers the final fortress heist, with Joanna also praising the Scrabble decoding.
Redford’s clothes, computer dating, answering machines, car phones, and the Bay Area setting
Information-age paranoia, Redford’s car, comic dialogue, and James Horner’s score
Marty’s sunrise drop-off and the code reflected in Whistler’s glasses.
The magical black box and Ben Kingsley’s performance divide the panel.
Redford’s age mismatch, the seduction scene, and Whistler’s dancing; Scrabble’s datedness is disputed.
Redford’s last great starring film; Bish’s slow walk surpasses Ethan Hunt’s stunts.
Stephen Tobolowsky; Donal Logue and Eddie Jones also considered
Scrabble tiles and evading motion sensors qualify; the major actors mostly do not.
Tom Hanks as Marty; an older Tom Cruise as Cosmo
A sequel or Crease CIA prequel
Scott Hanson calling the surveillance operation like NFL RedZone.
James Horner’s score.
The Scrabble tiles, black box, and red 49ers hat.
Check a stranger’s shoes to judge the encounter.
