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Whoopi Goldberg
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Casting What-Ifs
Demi Moore, plus many alternate Tess candidates.
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:29:21Read transcript
- A Jim Bridges version starring Demi Moore is reported. — Amanda Dobbins
- Molly Ringwald was reportedly considered too young; Michelle Pfeiffer, Madonna, and Shelley Long were considered. — Bill Simmons
- Lorraine Bracco reported auditioning unsuccessfully. — Bill Simmons
- Mike Nichols reportedly threatened to leave unless Melanie Griffith was hired. — Bill Simmons
- Whoopi Goldberg, Goldie Hawn, Meg Ryan, and Cher are discussed as other possibilities. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Cynthia Stevenson, double-breasted suits, Leeza Gibbons in 1992, and Randall Batinkoff’s early-1990s run: yes
In the discussion (15)
Approx. transcript time · 01:22:51Read transcript
- Tim Robbins is judged short of an overall career apex.
- Vincent D’Onofrio’s Law & Order work is suggested as his apex.
- Robert Altman’s Nashville and immediate post-MASH power are weighed. — Sean Fennessey
- Cynthia Stevenson is explicitly judged at her apex. — Sean Fennessey
- The Player competes with other Hollywood-industry satires. — Wesley Morris
- Peter Gallagher is judged not at his apex. — Wesley Morris
- Double-breasted suits are called a period apex, with hope that the style stays buried.
- Leeza Gibbons is judged at her apex in 1992. — Bill Simmons
- Fred Ward is judged not at his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Brion James is judged probably not at his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Whoopi Goldberg’s Ghost and Sister Act period is identified as the apex context. — Bill Simmons
- Greta Scacchi’s Presumed Innocent period is compared. — Bill Simmons
- Outdoor Los Angeles meals and drinks are placed at a 2020–2022 apex. — Bill Simmons
- Randall Batinkoff’s School Ties, Buffy, and The Player run is judged his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Murdering a screenwriter is rejected as an apex-worthy behavior. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:39Read transcript
- Whoopi Goldberg is selected for dominating a small number of scenes. — Bill Simmons
- Richard E. Grant is nominated for his pitch performance. — Bill Simmons
- Dean Stockwell is nominated. — Bill Simmons
Most Rewatchable Scene
The opening tracking shot
In the discussion (14)
Approx. transcript time · 00:32:47Read transcript
- The 7:47 opening tracking shot is nominated and ultimately selected. — Bill Simmons
- The opening includes Buck Henry pitching The Graduate Part II. — Bill Simmons
- The opening’s rapid movie-pitch mashups are praised.
- Fred Ward discussing Touch of Evil while admitting gaps in his movie knowledge is praised. — Wesley Morris
- The large party where Sidney Pollack appears is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The Burt Reynolds party exchange is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Griffin confronting David Kahane at the Rialto and the ensuing murder are nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The hotel-pool Habeas Corpus pitch is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Griffin’s generic black-tie speech about movies as art is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The one-year-later Habeas Corpus ending with Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The final in-car pitch of The Player and Griffin’s homecoming are nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The Pasadena interrogation with Lyle Lovett and Whoopi Goldberg is nominated. — Wesley Morris
- Whoopi Goldberg’s tampon exchange is highlighted. — Wesley Morris
- The lineup scene and Whoopi Goldberg’s pressure on the witness are praised. — Sean Fennessey
What’s Aged the Worst?
Sister's confession and motive; working-class crazy-stalker trope; Frank and Rachel apart in the third section; Whitney smoking; cocky chauffeur line; Robert Wuhl as Oscars host; the bathroom scene with the assassin
In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 00:47:23Read transcript
- The sister's confession and motive are the answer: paying a hitman she cannot call off and saying she never would have killed Fletcher is confusing, a surprising loophole from Kasdan. — Bill Simmons
- The twist tries to come from someone unexpected; one participant was strangely attracted to the sister on the rewatch, the other was not. — Van Lathan
- The film never shows Rachel mistreating her sister beyond a few stink faces, leaving a chasm between an entitled-star annoyance and a hit; the drunken confession is bad. — Van Lathan
- Why hire a hitman when she could spike her sister's drink? — Van Lathan
- The blond crazy guy reflects an 80s-90s tendency to make janitors and working-class people the crazies, a "minimum wage people bias," with Buffalo Bill as another example. — Van Lathan
- In the film's third section Frank and Rachel go about 30 minutes without a scene together. — Bill Simmons
- Seeing Whitney smoke on the balcony prompts worry about her voice. — Bill Simmons
- Costner's line that the cocky Black chauffeur always dies is a little jarring. — Bill Simmons
- Robert Will (as transcribed) as an Oscars host is odd in an era of Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg. — Bill Simmons
- The bathroom scene where the guy who ends up trying to kill her seems about to choke her makes little sense, and going back to the room to make Frank jealous feels contrived. — Van Lathan
Who Won the Movie?
Whoopi (two); Swayze (one)
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:46Read transcript
- Two adjacent responses favor Whoopi for her Oscar and indispensable memorable performance; a universal indispensability argument is immediately qualified. — Amanda Dobbins
- One speaker votes Swayze for defining his era and unique physicality; Bacon and Kline would not make the same movie. Dave is a favorable Kline comparison. — Bill Simmons
- The final return confirms the split: Swayze, Whoopi, and an agreeing Whoopi. These restate earlier choices, not additional voters. — Bill Simmons
Podcast choices
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- Whoopi Goldberg
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Apex Mountain
No affirmative selection
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:45:51Read transcript
- Kevin Kline is debated: apex is meant to be objective, when he had the most power or success, so A Fish Called Wanda is possible but he arguably has more power coming off this; another host puts it at Grand Canyon, five years after the Oscar and not so far removed from it; one host votes yes for Kline and tells the other two they vote no.
- Grand Canyon tangent: a movie about somebody who made a wrong turn leaving a Laker game, which is a host's life every day driving home on the 101 and plays on every fear of a detour leaving the Staples Center.
- Frank Langella, one host's actorly god, has been a lot of different guys: a hit Dracula in the 70s, the star of Mel Brooks' first movie The Twelve Chairs, really good on the Showtime show Kidding, and his falling for Whoopi Goldberg is in the running for weirdest celebrity couple of the last 30 years, with Eddie called a great movie.
- A host goes yes for Langella as his signature performance because he dials it up, having asked Ivan Reitman whether to scale back and been told to go for it, bulging his eyes at the window like a maniac while Dave balances the budget; another agrees it's his most fun performance but doubts it's his apex, and the group settles that Dracula was probably his apex.
- Nobody else in the movie qualifies: Sigourney had peaked, and Kevin Dunn is a maybe who is coming up next.
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