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Pacific Heights

The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

Pacific Heights The Rewatchables

Drake mailing a letter while Carter’s curtain opens behind him is nominated. The falling ice cube and the rotating doorway shot are additional choices.

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  • Drake mailing a letter while Carter’s curtain opens behind him is nominated.
  • The falling ice cube and the rotating doorway shot are additional choices.
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Forrest Gump

Casting What-Ifs

Forrest Gump The Rewatchables

Harry Anderson, John Travolta, Sean Penn, several Bubbas and Jennys, Terry Gilliam, and Joe Pesci form the casting tree.

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  • Zemeckis reportedly wanted Harry Anderson, who was unavailable, while John Travolta declined Forrest and later called that a mistake.
  • Travolta’s later Michael and Phenomenon are read as attempts to recover the benevolent-simple-man role; Sean Penn claimed he was a second choice.
  • David Alan Grier, Dave Chappelle, Ice Cube, and Tupac Shakur connect to Bubba; Chappelle later sought Hanks collaboration after regretting the miss.
  • Jodie Foster, Demi Moore, and Nicole Kidman reportedly declined Jenny, and Terry Gilliam declined directing.
  • Joe Pesci as Lieutenant Dan is embraced as an extraordinary visual and comic alternate.
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Higher Learning

Who Won the Movie?

Higher Learning The Rewatchables

Ice Cube wins the movie by majority, with John Singleton also accepted and one participant withholding a concrete winner.

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  • The opening answer names John Singleton and Ice Cube together before settling on Ice Cube.
  • Ice Cube is credited with the clearest, most relatable character and the only fully resolved arc because Fudge graduates.
  • A second participant explicitly votes for Ice Cube while saying John Singleton would also be acceptable.
  • Another participant says nobody clearly wins and considers a more abstract answer before rejecting racism as an undesirable formulation.
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Higher Learning

Half-Assed Internet Research

Higher Learning The Rewatchables

Research covers the shooting's inspiration, cast backgrounds, deliberate isolation of Rapaport, and Kristy Swanson's politics.

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  • The campus sniper sequence is reported as based on Charles Whitman's 1966 University of Texas shooting.
  • Cole Hauser and Michael Rapaport are reported as Jewish.
  • Cole Hauser's family connections and early Affleck-Damon circle are noted.
  • Singleton reportedly asked Rapaport to avoid much of the cast so he would feel isolated during production.
  • Rapaport recalled feeling jealous while Omar Epps, Busta Rhymes, and Ice Cube listened to an early copy of Nas's Illmatic.
  • Kristy Swanson is reported as a vocal Donald Trump supporter on social media.
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Higher Learning

Most Rewatchable Scene

Higher Learning The Rewatchables

Fudge and his group crashing the fraternity party to confront Billy wins after a broad scene field.

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  • The first party crash and the later retaliatory party confrontation are nominated separately.
  • The retaliatory scene is praised for Ice Cube's presence and for concentrating the film's rape and racism conflicts at the fraternity house.
  • Scott Moss recruiting an isolated Remy is praised for showing how a charismatic extremist preys on a person looking for belonging.
  • Malik confronting Remy in the dorm room is nominated for its gunpoint tension despite a television-movie quality.
  • The outdoor lunch brawl and Fudge's explanation of historical captivity form another candidate.
  • The shooting, Malik's pursuit of Remy, their fight, and campus security's response are described as a gripping twelve-minute stretch despite their grimness.
  • The family-reunion sequence in Poetic Justice is invoked as a stronger example of Singleton sustaining persuasive energy across a long sequence.
  • The final selection is the retaliatory fraternity-party confrontation led by Fudge.
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Higher Learning

1995

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Higher Learning

1995 film

Bill Simmons · Van Lathan · Wesley Morris

Aired February 19, 2020

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