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Alec Baldwin
Also referred to as Alc Baldwin
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 10
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- 10
Rewatchables episodes featuring Alec Baldwin’s films
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2018 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Craig Horlbeck
Aired December 27, 2022
Displaying all 10 episodes
Mentioned in discussions
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:41:49Read transcript
- Mortimer, Baldwin and Barton are nominated, with the first and last noted as early-career appearances. — Juliet Litman
- Baldwin’s offensive, domineering boyfriend makes a large impression in one scene and receives one choice. — Amanda Dobbins
- Mortimer receives the other choice because her charming date seems unfairly dismissed; William should at least try dating her. — Amanda Dobbins
What’s Aged the Worst?
Travel bookstore; Anna’s wardrobe disputed; Alec Baldwin’s appearance
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:30:53Read transcript
- Anna’s wardrobe is rejected again, while her flatter, imperfect hair is defended as believable off-duty styling and contrasted with her wigs and earlier roles. — Amanda Dobbins
- A travel-specific bookstore seems obsolete beside online guides, Yelp, Airbnb and Tripadvisor, despite bookstores themselves remaining viable. — Juliet Litman
- Possible 2019 occupations include a pub, coffee shop, plant shop, glasses store or retail-cafe hybrid; a comic shop is rejected as a different archetype from British bookishness. — Amanda Dobbins
- Baldwin’s uncredited boyfriend appearance is unwelcome despite fitting the role; changing public associations make him seem less a slick American than an ugly American. — Amanda Dobbins
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:19Read transcript
- Dion Waiters nominees include Azaria, Baldwin, Brown, the waitress and Reuben's mother. The mother's restaurant misunderstanding is initially favored, then Baldwin becomes the agreed final choice. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Nick Nolte declined Peck; the extensive other-candidate list is treated skeptically.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:10:23Read transcript
- Nick Nolte reportedly declined Dennis Peck for Another 48 Hrs.; Gere is considered essential despite a long and questionable list of other purported candidates.
- The untrusted candidate list includes Alec Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Willem Dafoe, De Niro, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Jeff Goldblum, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Don Johnson, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Keaton, Nolte, Pacino, Christopher Reeve, Kurt Russell and Schwarzenegger. — Chris Ryan
Casting What-Ifs
Nolte, Baldwin, Hackman, Voight and Richard Jordan
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:53Read transcript
- Walter Hill’s proposed Nick Nolte version — Bill Simmons
- Alec Baldwin described as an early choice — Bill Simmons
- Gene Hackman and Jon Voight considered for Gerard — Bill Simmons
- Richard Jordan’s illness and replacement — Bill Simmons
- Reshooting the party scene and Ford’s beard differences — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Woody Allen; Steve Martin; Harrison Ford; Baldwin and Basinger; Jennifer Jason Leigh; Depp doubted
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:47:37Read transcript
- Jennifer Jason Leigh reportedly filmed Marion’s scene but could not return for reshoots because of a Cronenberg film. — Chris Ryan
- Woody Allen was reportedly considered in the1970s; the possibility is dismissed as disastrous. — Sean Fennessey
- Steve Martin was reportedly considered for a1980s sex comedy with a wild and somber quality. — Sean Fennessey
- Harrison Ford was reportedly a top choice, with Harford described as a nod to his name; a late1980s version is considered appealing.
- Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger were reportedly considered; Basinger’s suitability is questioned.
- Johnny Depp is named as a reported possibility but explicitly doubted. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Action conventions, Paris, score and performers earn praise; Cavill and chemistry remain contested.
In the discussion (19)
Approx. transcript time · 00:41:10Read transcript
- The fake threat to shoot Ethan’s friend is praised. — Bill Simmons
- An Eyes Wide Shut connection is raised. — Chris Ryan
- Alec Baldwin is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The mission message is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Paris is praised as a setting. — Bill Simmons
- Ving Rhames is praised.
- Ving Rhames’s wardrobe is praised.
- The tracker trick is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The theme and score are praised.
- Cruise’s ankle injury and the reported expensive delay are discussed; the cost is a podcast claim.
- The nuclear specialist is praised.
- The plutonium itself is praised.
- Baldwin’s lateral move is praised. — Chris Ryan
- The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood speech provides a contrast with Cruise refusing to yield. Reported Man from Uncle casting and a planned Renner transition feed speculative motives for choosing a large handsome opponent. — Chris Ryan
- Cavill is praised as awesome by some but Craig disputes his charisma and contribution, allowing that hidden identity may explain restraint. A defender values his sneaky presence and agrees to reconsider.
- Vanessa Kirby is praised as the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave’s earlier character. — Chris Ryan
- The nightclub sequence is praised.
- Rebecca Ferguson and Michelle Monaghan are praised. — Bill Simmons
- Cruise’s chemistry with the women is discussed favorably.
Recasting Couch
Glenn Close as Deborah’s sister
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:59:45Read transcript
- Recasting couch proposes Glenn Close replacing Deborah's sister,despite the counterpoint that she was busy starring in Garp. — Bill Simmons
- Alec Baldwin is imagined playing Galvin today.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:52:00Read transcript
- Baldwin’s brief early appearance is the quintessential heat check, strong enough to rename the award. — Chris Ryan
- The award should be renamed for Alec Baldwin. — Chris Ryan
Apex Mountain
Michael Keaton; Jon Peters and Peter Guber
In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 01:08:05Read transcript
- Keaton is a yes: the biggest movie ever when released, and his juice got Pacific Heights made. — Bill Simmons
- A joke asks whether Damon Wayans understood Apex Mountain.
- Pacific Heights is defended as great, prompting a joke to schedule it. — Bill Simmons
- Basinger could be argued yes given her fame and coming Alec Baldwin romance, but L.A. Confidential is offered instead; she worked little after it. — Bill Simmons
- Nicholson is a no; his apex is elsewhere. — Bill Simmons
- Peters and Guber are a yes, since this success helped them take over Sony before it fell apart. — Bill Simmons
- The Knox actor gets an “absolutely”, but it is immediately deferred to Arli$$ as his apex. — Bill Simmons
- For Burton, this film is possible but Batman Returns is preferred as the better movie he fully controlled; it has great performances throughout, with no bad Palance turn. — Sean Fennessey
- For Batman movies, the answer is no: The Dark Knight. — Sean Fennessey
Casting What-Ifs
Alec Baldwin and Ray Liotta for Jimmy Shaker
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:12Read transcript
- Ron Howard turned down directing The Chamber, a movie that did not totally work, to direct this. — Bill Simmons
- The first choice for Jimmy Shaker was Alec Baldwin, who turned it down because of how the child was endangered; Ray Leota also passed over how kids are treated in the script, and Sinise was the third choice. — Bill Simmons
- Baldwin once said his movie career felt like a failure without a huge hit he drove; he fumbled Jack Ryan and should have made seven of those movies. — Van Lathan
- Malice with Nicole Kidman is recommended for Baldwin's performance; the movie is called bad but rewatchable for a terrible Boston accent. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Dropkick Murphys; Van Morrison's live 'Comfortably Numb'; Kevin Corrigan as cop-magnet cousin
In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 01:36:15Read transcript
- Leo has a case, with this and Blood Diamond in the same year and merging critical acclaim with blockbusters (Shutter Island, Wolf of Wall Street).
- Matt Damon, no; Scorsese, no, although a case was made for a career apex. — Bill Simmons
- The Dropkick Murphys are a yes: Papelbon used "Shipping Up to Boston" as entrance music and it became the Red Sox song; the Bosstones missed with "The Impression That I Get". — Bill Simmons
- Jack Nicholson, no; Mark Wahlberg, no. — Bill Simmons
- "Comfortably Numb" as a song had bigger moments on its original release, but this Van Morrison live-album version is a yes.
- After not knowing "Comfortably Numb", quizzed to name a Pink Floyd song and answers The Wall. — Craig Horlbeck
- Combat Zone porn theaters are raised, but the area had been cleaned up years before 2006, making them an anachronism; memories of the Combat Zone and a porn theater near the Boston Garden. — Bill Simmons
- Alec Baldwin, no (30 Rock); Southie and extended Boston, no, done better; Vera, no (Conjuring, Up in the Air). — Bill Simmons
- Kevin Corrigan is the apex mountain of being a cop-magnet cousin; the back porch view recalls Charlestown.
- The "Thief's Theme" drive is called a rare great Scorsese hip-hop moment that should have been put in Apex.
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Films in the archive
Along Came Polly
2004
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
It's Complicated
2009
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2018
Notting Hill
1999
Prelude to a Kiss
1992
The Departed
2006
The Edge
1997
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Working Girl
1988