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The Legend of Billie Jean
The Legend of Billie Jean
Jaws 2
Film credit
Keith Gordon
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 2
- Movies in this archive
- 3
Rewatchables episodes featuring Keith Gordon’s films
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Apex Mountain
Honda Elite scooters and self-haircuts: yes
In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 01:05:11Read transcript
- Helen Slater prompts debate among this film, Supergirl and The Secret of My Success, with box-office failures weighed against the Michael J. Fox opportunity. — Bill Simmons
- City Slickers is counteroffered; expectations for Slater are compared to Elizabeth Shoe and Kelly Preston, with a hypothetical Working Girl role. — Bill Simmons
- Christian Slater is rejected. — Bill Simmons
- Honda Elite scooters are endorsed and Lou Reed’s 1985 advertisement is recalled. — Bill Simmons
- Billie Jean’s self-haircut is called unmatched and immediately iconic, leading to COVID haircut memories. — Chris Ryan
- Peter Coyote is weighed against Ken Burns narration and E.T.; E.T. is preferred. — Bill Simmons
- Billie Jeans prompt comparison of the film, song and tennis player, with uncertainty about the filmmakers’ reaction to the shared name and a Billy the Kid interpretation. — Bill Simmons
- Fair being fair and short-haired women are proposed; specific haircut memories remain uncertain. — Chris Ryan
- Sturby Beach and Corpus Christi movies are endorsed; Yeardley Smith’s apex is The Simpsons, Barry Tubb’s Top Gun, and Keith Gordon’s Christine; Joan of Arc has other peaks. — Bill Simmons
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Freeze mass media at this era; Keith Gordon’s performances vary wildly.
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:56:09Read transcript
- Mass media is imagined stopping at early cable, radio and scarce personal video cameras; the speaker accepts a record-store career in that world and recalls the music of 1984–85. — Chris Ryan
- Everybody probably thinks their childhood moment of games or cable TV was perfect. — Chris Ryan
- Keith Gordon is proposed as having extreme performance variation: praised here and in Dressed to Kill, criticized in Back to School, with a mixed reconsideration of Christine and a positive Jaws 2 mention. — Bill Simmons
- Gordon is praised as a director, particularly A Midnight Clear; The Chocolate War credit is uncertain, and his acting persona is compared to a darker off-brand Matthew Broderick. — Chris Ryan
Apex Mountain
Child cast except Keith Gordon; water-skiing murders; water skiing (disputed)
In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:39Read transcript
- No for Scheider. — Bill Simmons
- No for sequels. — Bill Simmons
- Lorraine Gary’s peak is Jaws: The Revenge. — Bill Simmons
- Donna Wilkes’s peak is Angel.
- The children except Keith Gordon probably reach their peak here. — Bill Simmons
- Yes for water-skiing murders. — Bill Simmons
- Water skiing in popular culture is proposed alongside Fonzie’s shark jump, then disputed. — Bill Simmons
- No for sharks. — Bill Simmons
- No for Murray Hamilton. — Bill Simmons
- The poor making-of documentary is enjoyable, but no firm Apex judgment is made.
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:08:56Read transcript
- Keith Gordon as Doug is the choice; the unseen Grace Kinney is a joke alternative. — Chris Ryan
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