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- Episodes featuring their films
- 12
- Movies in this archive
- 16
Rewatchables episodes featuring Tom Hanks’s films
Forrest Gump
1994 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey · Mallory Rubin
Aired February 13, 2024
Sleepless in Seattle
1993 film
Bill Simmons · Juliet Litman · Amanda Dobbins
Aired February 14, 2023
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In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:25:56Read transcript
- A proposed Cruise-and-Hanks pairing as the burglars is rejected as breaking the selection rule; Hanks wins for physical comedy as Marv. — Kyle Brandt
- The reported19–15 Hanks score is the ongoing series tally, not this episode’s vote count. — Kyle Brandt
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:45:10Read transcript
- Cruise is argued to have the unsettling intensity for Lecter and the range to play every male role. — Bill Simmons
- Hanks is proposed as an excellent Crawford who might improve that part.
- The panel explicitly settles on Cruise.
Producer review
Positive
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:09:56Read transcript
- The producer calls the film charming, funny, heartfelt, and consistently watchable. — Chris Ryan
- Michael Keaton's performance balances awkwardness, irritation, lovability, and pathos without exhausting the audience. — Chris Ryan
- Keaton is proposed as a plausible Michael Scott because of that balance. — Bill Simmons
- Shelley Long is praised, with a wish that the movie gave her more comedy. — Chris Ryan
- Belinda's morgue dialogue is singled out as funny before Keaton takes over the movie. — Chris Ryan
- Charlotte's rigid parents are praised as comic supporting characters. — Chris Ryan
- The discussion closes by considering Keaton in several Tom Hanks and Robin Williams roles. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 00:59:38Read transcript
- Tom Hanks is selected decisively, while a hypothetical Tom Cruise performance as Billy Blaze is imagined as strained. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:31:35Read transcript
- Hanks is the settled choice for groundedness; Cruise’s running, romance and missing1990s disaster vehicle are enthusiastically imagined before agreement returns to Hanks. — Bill Simmons
- Denzel is added hypothetically but considered too cool to seem endangered; Unstoppable and Tony Scott films are his closest comparisons. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:06Read transcript
- Hanks is unanimously preferred for comic ability, with Dragnet as a comparison. — Kyle Brandt
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:24:11Read transcript
- Hanks is preferred for having effectively played the role in A League of Their Own; Cruise is defended as an interesting washed-up former player. — Van Lathan
- The tiebreaker goes to Hanks, moving the running tally to seven versus six. — Bill Simmons
Cruise or Hanks?
Tom Cruise as Paul Crewe; Tom Hanks as Nate Scarborough
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:20:26Read transcript
- The category is answered for Tom Cruise. — Chris Ryan
- A version around the A League of Their Own era casts Cruise as Crewe and Hanks as Scarborough. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:29:04Read transcript
Cruise or Hanks?
Tom Hanks for the better film; Cruise for comedy
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:13Read transcript
- Cruise or Hanks opens with a Cruise choice and disagreement; a future Ringer Movies channel and all-films comparison livestream are announced. — Bill Simmons
- Cruise or Hanks: Hanks wins as the better film and more plausible repressed father; Cruise is repeatedly preferred for comic entertainment and the undercover-producer scenes. An initial Cruise choice remains dissent before clarification of the criterion.
Cruise or Hanks?
Tom Hanks for the lead.
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:23:42Read transcript
- The newly introduced category asks whether prime Cruise or Hanks should take the lead, and Hanks is the initial answer.
- A younger Cruise is enthusiastically proposed for Patrick because of the girlfriends, hockey and band, but this is recognized as an end run around the lead-role question.
- An early-career Hanks is selected for Lee, with agreement that Hanks beats Cruise for the lead.
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:32Read transcript
- Timothy Hutton reportedly declined Joel for Daniel; Rob Lowe claimed he declined it, and Sean Penn, John Cusack, Kevin Bacon and Tom Hanks are among reported auditioners. One additional name is unclear in the transcript. — Bill Simmons
- Michelle Pfeiffer reportedly declined Lana; Sharon Stone, Kim Basinger and Brooke Shields are named as alternatives, but the Basinger claim is treated skeptically. — Bill Simmons
- The Michael J. Fox rumor is strongly rejected as a poor fit; Pfeiffer's fame and different sensuality would also change the film. — Bill Simmons
- Frank Sinatra was allegedly considered for Guido, with age and physical demands cited against him; the host does not believe the story. — Bill Simmons
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