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Randall Batinkoff
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Apex Mountain
Randall Batinkoff; qualified Amy Locane
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Approx. transcript time · 01:28:34Read transcript
- Fraser is rejected in favor of The Mummy.
- Damon is rejected.
- Hauser is rejected.
- Affleck is rejected.
- Batinkoff receives a yes with Buffy in the same year.
- Eastern Promises is preferred for naked shower fights.
- Movies about casual antisemitism are considered high on the list, with Swing Kids as a companion comparison.
- Locane is described as both at an Apex and a low point because of her later firing from Melrose Place and declining career.
- Dead Poets Society is preferred for New England boarding-school movies.
- French class is rejected as an Apex.
Apex Mountain
Cynthia Stevenson, double-breasted suits, Leeza Gibbons in 1992, and Randall Batinkoff’s early-1990s run: yes
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Approx. transcript time · 01:22:51Read transcript
- Tim Robbins is judged short of an overall career apex.
- Vincent D’Onofrio’s Law & Order work is suggested as his apex.
- Robert Altman’s Nashville and immediate post-MASH power are weighed.
- Cynthia Stevenson is explicitly judged at her apex.
- The Player competes with other Hollywood-industry satires.
- Peter Gallagher is judged not at his apex.
- Double-breasted suits are called a period apex, with hope that the style stays buried.
- Leeza Gibbons is judged at her apex in 1992.
- Fred Ward is judged not at his apex.
- Brion James is judged probably not at his apex.
- Whoopi Goldberg’s Ghost and Sister Act period is identified as the apex context.
- Greta Scacchi’s Presumed Innocent period is compared.
- Outdoor Los Angeles meals and drinks are placed at a 2020–2022 apex.
- Randall Batinkoff’s School Ties, Buffy, and The Player run is judged his apex.
- Murdering a screenwriter is rejected as an apex-worthy behavior.
What’s Aged the Best?
Early-1990s Los Angeles, the no-stars pitch, cameos, Randall Batinkoff, anonymous threats, and Hollywood-insider jokes
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Approx. transcript time · 00:49:37Read transcript
- The pre-internet early-1990s Los Angeles movie world is praised.
- Executives recoiling from a movie with no stars is praised.
- Jeremy Piven’s pre-hairpiece appearance is highlighted.
- Anjelica Huston and John Cusack visibly disliking Griffin is a favorite cameo moment.
- Randall Batinkoff’s funny supporting role and failed star trajectory are highlighted.
- The mystery-person postcard device is praised as reliably effective.
- Brion James’s studio-chief presence is praised.
- Larry Levy attending AA meetings to make deals despite not drinking is praised.
- Malcolm McDowell’s cameo is praised.
- The movie marks Sidney Pollack’s return to acting before a later run.
- The running assumption that Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis fit every movie is praised.
- The Pasadena insult is highlighted.
- Griffin being served a different bottled-water brand in each venue is highlighted.
- The movie’s insider view of powerful institutions is connected to later storytelling.
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