Sleepless in Seattle
1993 film
Bill Simmons · Juliet Litman · Amanda Dobbins
Aired February 14, 2023
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- Geena Davis is selected and immediately supported as the winner for her performance as Dottie. — Mallory Rubin
- Tom Hanks receives a separate alternate case. — Mallory Rubin
- Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell receive a separate alternate case as a pairing. — Bill Simmons
- Penny Marshall receives a separate alternate case for shaping the film. — Bill Simmons
- Geena Davis is reaffirmed as the consensus winner for an indelible performance. — Bill Simmons
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Apex Mountain
Geena Davis, Penny Marshall, Lori Petty, and women's sports films
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- Geena Davis is judged at Apex after Thelma & Louise and this film in consecutive years. — Bill Simmons
- Penny Marshall is judged at Apex because this became her most commercially successful film. — Bill Simmons
- Lori Petty is judged at Apex because Kit remained her defining role. — Bill Simmons
- Cow-milking scenes and long urination scenes are debated without a firm affirmative selection. — Mallory Rubin
- David Strathairn, Madonna, Jon Lovitz, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, and Tom Hanks are rejected or left below other career peaks. — Bill Simmons
- Women's baseball, women's sports movies, and baseball movies receive affirmative Apex judgments; sister movies do not. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Performances, baseball, friendship, and period craft
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- Geena Davis and Lori Petty are praised as believable baseball players. — Bill Simmons
- Madonna as All the Way Mae is the leading answer because the star casting and character unexpectedly work. — Mallory Rubin
- Rosie O'Donnell's performance and her partnership with Madonna are praised. — Bill Simmons
- The Dottie-Kit arguments and Jimmy's small pieces of advice remain effective. — Bill Simmons
- The baseball settings, vendors, clothes, and Cynthia Flynt's costume design are praised. — Mallory Rubin
- The ensemble's credible play, including Marla's switch-hitting power, is central to the movie's durability. — Mallory Rubin
Apex Mountain
Edward Norton; 1999 movie twists; Helena Bonham Carter; fight clubs; IKEA
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- Brad Pitt is not at Apex because the movie was not that successful. — Bill Simmons
- Ed Norton is at Apex: this rounds out his six-movie run, and he has arguably never been as big a star since, unlike Pitt. — Bill Simmons
- Fincher's Apex is still The Social Network; Generation X is a no. — Bill Simmons
- Rosie O'Donnell is a maybe, with her peak placed later in her feud on The View. — Bill Simmons
- Movie twists peaked this year, with this, The Sixth Sense and Blair Witch, before the internet could spoil them. — Bill Simmons
- Helena Bonham Carter is a yes, though still not loved in this movie. — Chris Ryan
- The Pixies are a no, peaking around 91; the ending song started a trend of closing with a pop song. — Bill Simmons
- IKEA is at Apex in the late 90s. — Bill Simmons
- Unreliable narrators are a no despite enjoying the device in this, Memento and Goodfellas. — Chris Ryan
- Fight clubs definitely peaked then; blown-up apartments probably not; Jared Leto no; Meatloaf peaked in the 70s with Paradise by the Dashboard Light. — Bill Simmons
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Pitt's chipped teeth; ear prosthetic; Meat Loaf's fat harness; misfired $20 million marketing; Rosie O'Donnell forgiven on commentary; EW's top DVD; Norton smoking; Starbucks refusal; UFC tapes; orgasm recordings; replaced abortion line; salary gap
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- Pitt had pieces of his front teeth chipped off for the role and restored after filming. — Bill Simmons
- The makeup artist studied mixed martial arts on pay-per-view and designed an extra ear, inspired by Tyson-Holyfield. — Bill Simmons
- Meatloaf wore a 90-pound fat harness, and reportedly eight-inch lifts in scenes with Norton, which is doubted. — Bill Simmons
- Fox marketing executives ran a $20 million campaign selling it as a fight movie rather than a smart one. — Bill Simmons
- On the DVD commentary Pitt called Rosie O'Donnell's actions forgivable. — Bill Simmons
- Entertainment Weekly's 2001 list of 50 essential DVDs ranked it first; Boogie Nights would be the choice for greatest DVD. — Bill Simmons
- Norton refused to smoke in Rounders but smoked here. — Bill Simmons
- Starbucks allowed product placement but not the coffee-shop destruction, hence the renamed shop. — Bill Simmons
- Fincher and the cast studied UFC tapes. — Bill Simmons
- Pitt and Bonham Carter spent three days recording orgasm sounds. — Bill Simmons
- Laura Ziskin made Fincher cut Marla's abortion line; he agreed on condition she could not veto the replacement, the grade-school line. — Bill Simmons
- Pitt was paid $17.5 million and Norton $2.5 million. — Bill Simmons
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