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Film credit
Harrison Ford
Also referred to as Ford
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 9
- Movies in this archive
- 13
Rewatchables episodes featuring Harrison Ford’s films
Star Wars: A New Hope
1977 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey · Van Lathan
Aired May 6, 2025
Star Wars: A New Hope
1977 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey · Van Lathan
Aired May 6, 2025
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey
Aired June 20, 2023
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Mentioned in discussions
Recasting Couch
Sam Shepard, Tommy Lee Jones or Tom Hanks as Adam; Adam Brody as Harley; early Chris Pratt as a child
Flex pick · Mina Kimes
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 00:25:44Read transcript
- Nicholson or Harrison Ford might make viewers demand a romantic reunion, unlike Baldwin’s charming but unsuitable Jake. — Amanda Dobbins
- Sam Shepard is favored for Adam’s sensitive charisma; Dennis Quaid and Cruise are rejected.
- Tommy Lee Jones could play a blue-collar contractor; Dustin Hoffman offers a Kramer vs. Kramer callback but is judged too odd and insufficiently competitive romantically. — Mina Kimes
- Recasting was the flex already used. — Mina Kimes
- Michael Douglas is floated as Adam, with concern that his sexual charisma would overpower the role.
- Hanks is proposed as Adam and encouraged to take supporting romantic-comedy roles again.
- An early-career, funny Chris Pratt could improve one child role, although adding another NBC sitcom star might overload the cast.
- Adam Brody replacing Krasinski gains agreement; the earlier, charming Krasinski is nevertheless preferred.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Harrison Ford as Babe in 1976; Tom Cruise in a hypothetical 1984 version
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:07Read transcript
- A young Harrison Ford is proposed as a better 1976 Babe because he matches the novel’s size, running, danger, and romance. — Bill Simmons
- Tom Cruise is proposed as the ideal Babe in a hypothetical 1984 version because the role centers on running, expertise, romance, and panic. — Bill Simmons
Best Double Feature
Baby Boom
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 02:04:44Read transcript
- Baby Boom and Broadcast News are proposed as a triple-feature extension. — Amanda Dobbins
- Morning Glory is proposed. — Amanda Dobbins
- Pretty Woman is proposed for its Cinderella parallels. — Amanda Dobbins
- Witness is proposed for another Harrison Ford performance. — Bill Simmons
- The Devil Wears Prada is proposed for workplace-story parallels. — Amanda Dobbins
- Baby Boom becomes the final preference. — Amanda Dobbins
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Meaning of Let the River Run; Jack and Katharine’s relationship; office-party dumplings; Ford sex scenes; whether Tess is the villain.
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:53:01Read transcript
- The lyrics and river in Let the River Run are questioned. — Amanda Dobbins
- The panel asks how Jack and Katharine progressed beyond a casual or strategic relationship. — Joanna Robinson
- Dim sum dumplings as passed office-party food are questioned and mostly rejected.
- The panel asks whether Harrison Ford has explicit sex scenes beyond Presumed Innocent.
- The panel asks whether Tess can be viewed as the villain for taking her boss’s boyfriend and opportunity. — Amanda Dobbins
Apex Mountain
Melanie Griffith: yes; Sigourney Weaver: near peak; Harrison Ford: no.
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:37:17Read transcript
- Melanie Griffith is at Apex Mountain. — Bill Simmons
- Harrison Ford is not. — Bill Simmons
- Sigourney Weaver is at or near her peak between Aliens and this film. — Bill Simmons
- Female workplace-struggle movies are rejected as an apex because they are evergreen. — Amanda Dobbins
- Carly Simon is discussed. — Bill Simmons
- The Staten Island Ferry is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Massive hairstyles and repeated disparaging terms are proposed. — Bill Simmons
“OK, Motherfucker” Award for When the Movie Goes Up a Notch
Harrison Ford enters at 36:04.
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:26:28Read transcript
- Harrison Ford’s first close-up and lopsided smile at 36:04 are selected. — Joanna Robinson
What’s Aged the Best?
Let the River Run and its score; supportive work husband; clothes; underestimated heroine archetype.
In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 01:06:48Read transcript
- Let the River Run, the score, and their repeated use are selected. — Amanda Dobbins
- Jack as a supportive work husband is proposed. — Amanda Dobbins
- The late-film roundtable is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Jack ordering tequila before it became common is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Harrison Ford’s clothes and the character-defining costume design are proposed. — Amanda Dobbins
- The underestimated hot-mess but intelligent heroine archetype is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Guessing which scenes followed a late night is proposed as a rewatching game. — Bill Simmons
- The short-lived Sandra Bullock television adaptation is discussed as an enduring curiosity. — Amanda Dobbins
- Never burn bridges because today’s junior employee may become tomorrow’s senior partner is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The Officer and a Gentleman homage at the end is proposed. — Bill Simmons
Who Won the Movie?
Tentatively Ford; final decision deferred
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:21:33Read transcript
- Ford is said to win this film because it would not work without him, but another participant objects to reaching the last category early. This is provisional discussion, not a completed winner vote. — Bill Simmons
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Han Solo versus Indiana Jones as Ford’s greatest role.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:20:45Read transcript
- Indiana Jones is considered more iconic or enduring by several speakers, while others identify Ford most strongly with Han’s charm and freedom to play.
- The likely obituary emphasis is imagined as Indiana Jones, while Han remains personally central to this film. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:48:18Read transcript
- Harrison Ford is nominated for keeping the movie attached to human cool and charisma amid robots and an uncertain young hero.
- George Lucas is chosen for creating Hollywood’s most indelible franchise and retaining enormous financial upside.
- The final consensus says no one in the industry may have won one movie as completely as Lucas won Star Wars.
Podcast choices
- Speaker not identified
- Harrison Ford
- Speaker not identified
- George Lucas
- Speaker not identified
- George Lucas
Apex Mountain
Science-fiction movies, galaxy adventures, fictional mythology, Mark Hamill, 20th Century Fox, and Apex categories: yes
Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck
In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:55Read transcript
- Lucas’s apex is placed around 1981 after Empire and Raiders, though selling Lucasfilm for four billion dollars is another candidate.
- Star Wars is judged an apex for science-fiction movies, galaxy adventures, and film-created fictional mythology.
- The movie is accepted as Mark Hamill’s apex and a possible early apex for Carrie Fisher. — Bill Simmons
- John Williams is difficult to pin to one apex, but Star Wars is preferred over later cultural competitors.
- James Earl Jones is placed closer to Field of Dreams, Coming to America, or Mufasa than to his uncredited Vader voice. — Bill Simmons
- Harrison Ford receives an explicit apex check and is rejected because his apex had already been named earlier. — Bill Simmons
- The movie is an apex for 20th Century Fox because profits and stock value rose sharply. — Bill Simmons
- The film is credited with beginning the cultural ascent of nerd fandom rather than representing its final apex in 1977. — Sean Fennessey
- Its sound effects remain exceptional, including Vader breathing, TIE fighters, droids, and lightsabers.
- The saga is called a leading story of absentee fathers because Vader reappears only after Luke becomes powerful. — Van Lathan
- The film is declared the apex of Apex Mountain categories because so many people, crafts, objects, and institutions peak around it. — Chris Ryan
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
No consensus emerges: Mark Hamill’s early performance is criticized and defended, while Porkins is an alternate.
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:47:39Read transcript
- The first response says, 'I couldn't think of one.'
- Mark Hamill is criticized as limited beside Fisher and Ford and described as an intentionally young, whiny system quarterback.
- The defense says Luke must begin uncertain and off-kilter so his confidence and scars across the trilogy register as growth.
- Kurt Russell is acknowledged as a cooler alternate who may have brought too much confidence to early Luke. — Chris Ryan
- Porkins is another answer because the pilot is immediately lost despite the rebellion’s thin roster. — Chris Ryan
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