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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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Films in the archive
Air Force One
1997
Apocalypse Now
1979
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984
Presumed Innocent
1990
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
Star Wars: A New Hope
1977
The Conversation
1974
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
The Fugitive
1993
What Lies Beneath
2000
Witness
1985