James Rebhorn

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Episodes featuring their films: 2
Movies in this archive: 2

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Scent of a Woman

Apex Mountain

Scent of a Woman The Rewatchables August 22, 2022

Apex checks cover Pacino, O’Donnell, blind movie characters, the Ferrari, bad Thanksgivings, and the Ringer chokehold.

In the discussion (10)

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Pacino's apex is rejected, while the movie is accepted as Chris O'Donnell's apex.
James Rebhorn's apex is debated because his supporting roles occupy a consistently high level.
Scarface is preferred as the apex for Pacino movies featuring a character named Manny.
Blind movie characters are proposed as an apex because few alternatives come to mind.
The 1989 Ferrari Mondial T Cabriolet is declared an apex.
The Thanksgiving scene is placed among apex dysfunctional family holidays.
The Ringer chokehold is declared an apex.
Matthew McConaughey in A Time to Kill is chosen as the apex for 1990s hunk actors crying.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and prep-school or boarding-school movies are rejected as apexes for this film.
The Oak Room is considered a possible apex for the location itself.

Scent of a Woman

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Scent of a Woman The Rewatchables August 22, 2022

Todd Louiso is one preferred answer; Nicholas Sadler, James Rebhorn, the colonel’s brother, and the chauffeur are alternatives.

In the discussion (6)

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Ron Eldard is rejected by one participant because he had been a recognizable television lead.
James Rebhorn is proposed as the archetypal supporting answer.
The colonel's brother is a recognizable alternative whose actor name is not known by the panel.
The chauffeur Manny, explicitly identified as Gene Canfield, is another recognizable alternative.
Nicholas Sadler is chosen by one participant as the familiar ringleader student.
The third student is the other choice based on recognizable parts in Jerry McGuire, The Rock, Apollo 13, and High Fidelity.

Scent of a Woman

What’s Aged the Best?

Scent of a Woman The Rewatchables August 22, 2022

The score, class dynamics, supporting performances, Oscar debate, career-changing roles, New York locations, and the hero’s heightened senses lead the discussion.

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Thomas Newman's score is praised as an active character in the movie.
The prep-school conflict between inherited power and the scholarship student remains a sharp depiction of class and old-boy protection.
The running joke in which the colonel calls Jack Daniel's 'John Daniels' is explicitly offered as something that aged well.
James Rebhorn is praised as an elite supporting actor at playing polished men with sleazy interiors.
The boarding-school setting belongs to a strong run that also includes Dead Poets Society and School Ties.
Pacino's advice that a young actor should never marry an actress is recalled as a colorful set anecdote.
The movie sits at an early point when public arguments over Oscar winners became part of mainstream movie culture.
The performance helped establish the cynical idea that an actor could win awards by playing a disability or other conspicuous obstacle.
The coveted Charlie role is used as an example of the career-changing parts that many young actors once competed to win.
The Waldorf and Oak Room footage preserves an appealing pre-reservation-app vision of New York access and luxury.
The colonel's heightened smell and hearing are treated as entertaining superhuman powers attached to a disability.

The Game

Apex Mountain

The Game The Rewatchables September 29, 2020

Deborah Kara Unger and Johnny’s Coffee Shop receive positive apex cases; the principal filmmakers and stars do not.

In the discussion (6)

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Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, and David Fincher are rejected as apex cases for this movie.
Deborah Kara Unger is given an emphatic apex verdict.
The movie is considered as the last strong pre-Silicon-Valley San Francisco film, though Zodiac and Bullitt complicate the claim.
Johnny’s Coffee Shop is proposed as an apex location after appearing as a set in many films.
James Rebhorn is explicitly raised as another apex candidate.
The birthday cheeseburger is jokingly proposed for a food-on-film apex.

The Game

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

The Game The Rewatchables September 29, 2020

James Rebhorn wins from a cast crowded with recognizable character actors.

In the discussion (8)

Approx. transcript time · 00:42:02Read transcript

James Rebhorn is raised as the category candidate.
The panel settles on Rebhorn because his face was familiar from many roles even when his name was not.
The attorney, whose name is transcribed as Peter Donot, is proposed for his earlier appearance in the Godfather II commission hearings.
The same actor is reported as the runner-up choice for the role transcribed as Tom Hagan before it went to the actor transcribed as Deval.
Tommy Flanagan is recognized by his facial scar and later television work.
The cab driver is tentatively raised and immediately questioned as a candidate.
The performer whose name is transcribed as Linda Manns is recognized as the roommate from Days of Heaven.
Mark Boone Jr. is recognized as Seven’s library-files character and from later television work.