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Recasting Couch
Jeff Bridges; Rob Reiner; Ron Howard; Penny Marshall; Goldie Hawn as the final girl
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Approx. transcript time · 01:10:49Read transcript
- A 1974 big-movie cast with real actors: Jeff Bridges, Rob Reiner, maybe in the wheelchair, Ron Howard, Penny Marshall and Goldie Hawn as the final girl.
- Penny Marshall would be the horoscope comic relief, but the unknown quality of the actual actors is what makes the film, because they seem like real people.
The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
The New York Ranger's striptease
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Approx. transcript time · 01:29:31Read transcript
- It's got to be the striptease with the New York Ranger, agreed; the guy coming into her office to make out with her is offered as an alternative. — Bill Simmons
- Anything sexual in this movie is not well done; Big pulled it off with the gender switch and Penny Marshall directing. — Juliet Litman
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Approx. transcript time · 01:36:55Read transcript
- 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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Approx. transcript time · 01:09:52Read transcript
- 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
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Injuries, locations, history, effects, and production accounts
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Approx. transcript time · 01:05:09Read transcript
- Anne Ramsay reportedly broke her nose, while other cast members sustained bruises, damaged skin, broken fingers, and a broken foot during baseball work. — Bill Simmons
- Wrigley Field, League Stadium in Huntingburg, and Evansville supplied the tryout, home, and championship locations. — Bill Simmons
- Madonna's song was excluded from the soundtrack for contractual reasons, and Lori Petty described the period uniform as difficult to play in. — Bill Simmons
- Several cast members reportedly shared a house, socialized together, and received wine from Francis Ford Coppola. — Bill Simmons
- Petty reportedly hit the home run herself, ran the bases repeatedly, and became sick after the final take. — Bill Simmons
- The real league began under Philip Wrigley as softball; the film's switch to baseball is endorsed. — Bill Simmons
- Jimmy Dugan is described as drawing principally from Jimmie Foxx, with Hack Wilson also mentioned. — Mallory Rubin
- A stunt double performed the split catch, Penny Marshall created the urination effect, and Tom Hanks gained weight for the role. — Bill Simmons
- Madonna was moved from third base to the outfield because she struggled with ground balls. — Bill Simmons
- Brenda Feigen accused Penny Marshall of taking the project from her. — Bill Simmons
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Rejected titles, Crystal isolating himself, real-couple interludes, Gerald Ford’s son, the original platonic ending, Reiner’s changed outlook, and improvised material
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Approx. transcript time · 01:01:03Read transcript
- Ephron reportedly proposed “How They Met,” and a crew contest considered Just Friends, Playing Melancholy Baby, Boy Meets Girl, Blue Moon, Words of Love, It Had to Be You, Harry, This Is Sally, and How They Met. — Bill Simmons
- Billy Crystal reportedly stayed apart from the cast and crew in another hotel to find Harry’s lonely mindset. — Bill Simmons
- The interlude couples are reported as real people rather than actors. — Bill Simmons
- Gerald Ford’s son Jack played Joe. — Bill Simmons
- The script initially kept Harry and Sally platonic; Reiner changed the ending after meeting his future wife during production.
- A 2004 stage adaptation starred Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan. — Bill Simmons
- Reiner and Crystal met playing best friends on All in the Family, and Carrie Fisher knew Reiner through Penny Marshall. — Bill Simmons
- Harry and Sally’s final interview was reportedly improvised from a much longer filmed exchange.
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