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Eddie and the Cruisers
Eddie and the Cruisers
Eddie and the Cruisers
Eddie and the Cruisers
Eddie and the Cruisers
Internal Affairs
The Big Chill
Alien
Basic Instinct
Film credit
Tom Berenger
Also referred to as Tom Berringer, Beringer, Berenger, Tom Barringer
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 5
- Movies in this archive
- 6
Rewatchables episodes featuring Tom Berenger’s films
Displaying all 5 episodes
Mentioned in discussions
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:27:13Read transcript
- Casting reports include Kim Basinger, Meg Ryan, Geena Davis, Ellen Barkin and Mariel Hemingway declining; Demi Moore competing with Stone; and an uncertain Emma Thompson audition claim. — Van Lathan
- Reported alternatives include an early lesbian detective conceived for Kathleen Turner, Tom Berenger as Nick, Milos Forman directing, Linda Fiorentino as Beth and Brooke Shields as Roxy; confidence in the broad casting lists is qualified. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Michael Paré; Beaver Brown
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:12:44Read transcript
- Paré is declared at Apex and praised for unusually convincing lip-syncing and stage movement; Rami Malek is compared, while Chalamet and Kilmer are distinguished as actual singers. — Bill Simmons
- Apex is affirmed for Paré and Beaver Brown, rejected for Berenger and Barkin, and directed toward Laurance’s television role; the Jersey Shore film question is uncertain and compared with the TV show. — Van Lathan
- Rimbaud and 1957 Chevrolets are rejected for Apex; Schneider’s German career is considered a stronger peak. — Bill Simmons
Half-Assed Internet Research
Instrument training; extras; locations; Schneider’s music career; Joey Balin; disputed Beatles scene
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:17:47Read transcript
- Research covers Berenger’s keyboard practice, Laurance learning bass, enthusiastic concert extras, filming locations, Schneider’s German music career and Joey Balin as the lounge singer; more of Joanne’s late unraveling is desired. — Bill Simmons
- Berenger’s claim that a scene showed the band mocking the Beatles on Ed Sullivan is contradicted by Davidson, who says it was never shot; the disagreement prompts jokes about unreliable production memories.
What’s Aged the Best?
Song creation; On the Dark Side; Sleep Walk; Wendell; smoking; Jersey Shore; Eddie’s encouragement; missing-star mystery
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:49:51Read transcript
- Enjoyment choices include a band creating a song and the quiet-to-loud transition into On the Dark Side with guitar and handclaps. — Van Lathan
- Sleep Walk as period atmosphere and Frank’s brazen pursuit of Eddie’s girlfriend are enjoyment choices, with objections to the betrayal and a counterargument about her independence. — Van Lathan
- Wendell’s expressive presence without dialogue is an aged-best choice and prompts a proposed no-lines performance award; his implied history and musical mentorship are admired.
- Aged-best choices include smoking, the Jersey Shore, Eddie encouraging Frank’s writing and Berenger’s wholehearted commitment, including his reaction to Doc’s tape plan.
- The missing-star conspiracy remains appealing, compared with Elvis, D. B. Cooper, Tupac and Andy Kaufman; the Tupac theory is recalled nostalgically rather than endorsed as fact. — Bill Simmons
The most 1983 thing
Television shop windows; no caller ID; regional entertainment news; smoking; unchanged appearances
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:46:51Read transcript
- Period markers begin with no caller ID or star-69 and watching television displays through shop windows.
- Period markers include television shop windows, the early-1980s rock sound and regional entertainment-magazine news shows.
- Heavy smoking and minimal effort to age or de-age actors across twenty years are period markers; Berenger and Joanne barely change. — Chris Ryan
Most Rewatchable Scene
Writing On the Dark Side on the rooftop
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 00:37:49Read transcript
- Opening credits, On the Dark Side and Maggie’s newsroom pitch are scene candidates; her hook establishes the mystery and suggests a viewpoint the movie later shifts away from.
- Frank meeting the band, Maggie visiting his classroom and the lounge-to-rooftop sequence are scene candidates; Eddie hears the value of Frank’s song before the rest of the group. — Bill Simmons
- The rooftop’s instantly completed song is loved despite its implausibility, compared with Get Back’s slower creative process; Paré’s joy and Berenger’s physical performance sell the moment. — Bill Simmons
- The lounge-to-Wild Summer Nights-to-Tender Years run is praised; Tender Years is a favorite non-Dark Side song and an enthusiastic audience extra is noticed.
- Sal’s pizza-eating emotional scene and stage nostalgia receive praise; a Peter North effort award is proposed for Matthew Laurance’s commitment to a small part.
- Wendell’s death into Tender Years and the disastrous Season in Hell session are scene candidates; the furious record executive and Eddie’s greatness-or-nothing stance are highlighted. — Bill Simmons
- Writing On the Dark Side is the agreed most-rewatchable-scene choice. — Bill Simmons
- The Palace of Depression flashback is another favorite because Eddie’s unraveling and other bandmates’ memories complicate Frank’s nostalgia. — Van Lathan
Casting What-Ifs
Nick Nolte declined Peck; the extensive other-candidate list is treated skeptically.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:10:23Read transcript
- Nick Nolte reportedly declined Dennis Peck for Another 48 Hrs.; Gere is considered essential despite a long and questionable list of other purported candidates.
- The untrusted candidate list includes Alec Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Willem Dafoe, De Niro, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Jeff Goldblum, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Don Johnson, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Keaton, Nolte, Pacino, Christopher Reeve, Kurt Russell and Schwarzenegger. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:57:39Read transcript
- Kasdan is the immediate choice because the movie is personal and generational. — Sean Fennessey
- The directly addressed first-time viewer calls it an immediate top-five movie among Rewatchables episodes about films he had not seen.
- The film’s realism, friendship, and people-in-rooms storytelling are praised as scarce in 2023.
- Michael’s late-sleeping outsider role and Berenger’s charisma receive final appreciation.
- The birthday-movie choice is judged successful and placed alongside prior birthday episodes.
- A present-day reunion soundtrack of college-era dance music is jokingly compared unfavorably with Motown, whose appeal is defended as more than nostalgia.
Podcast choices
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- Lawrence Kasdan
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- Lawrence Kasdan
Apex Mountain
Kasdan; Tilly’s Big Chill–Psycho II year; Mary Kay Place; JoBeth Williams’s Poltergeist–Big Chill period (qualified); the sperm-donor arrangement; “hog is broken” jokingly
In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 01:33:27Read transcript
- Glenn Close and Kevin Kline are rejected as being at their apex. — Bill Simmons
- Meg Tilly is debated between this film and Masquerade before the shared Big Chill–Psycho II year is endorsed. — Bill Simmons
- Mary Kay Place is placed at her apex here.
- Berenger is placed at Platoon and Hurt at Broadcast News.
- JoBeth Williams receives a yes qualified as the period spanning Poltergeist and The Big Chill. — Chris Ryan
- The Santini house is placed at its Great Santini peak. — Bill Simmons
- The Porsche remains unresolved for lack of comparative research. — Bill Simmons
- The arrangement of sleeping with one’s wife’s ovulating friend is jokingly endorsed.
- Saying “hog is broken” receives a joking apex nomination.
- Kasdan receives the final apex for writing and directing the movie immediately after his Star Wars work.
- Backyard football is considered against Wedding Crashers without a resolution. — Bill Simmons
Recasting Couch
James Caan as Dallas
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:23:01Read transcript
- James Caan is the favored hypothetical Dallas replacement, imagined as a larger 1970s star in the role. — Sean Fennessey
- Tom Berenger is proposed for Dallas but may have been too young. — Sean Fennessey
- Burt Reynolds is considered too big a star for the Dallas replacement. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:25:59Read transcript
- A young Tom Berenger is imagined as a strong alternative, recalling Looking for Mr. Goodbar, though perhaps not a large enough star. — Wesley Morris
- Adam Driver is the initial remake choice, followed by enthusiastic support for Bernthal.
- Matt Damon and Affleck are added as remake possibilities; the final preference ranks Bernthal first and Affleck second. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Kim Basinger and other stars for Catherine; Tom Berenger and other leading men for Nick; Milos Forman as director
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:21:48Read transcript
- Douglas wanted an established star; Kim Basinger declined, which is welcomed because she lacked playfulness. — Bill Simmons
- The hosts list other actresses who declined, including Julia Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Meg Ryan, Michelle Pfeiffer and Geena Davis; Meg Ryan would have been terrible and Pfeiffer would not have done the nudity. — Bill Simmons
- The hosts say Verhoeven went for Demi Moore, Amanda Donohoe was considered, and Douglas was talked into Sharon Stone, who made $500,000. — Bill Simmons
- The Nick Curran role was said to be originally a lesbian cop written with Kathleen Turner in mind. — Bill Simmons
- The hosts say Verhoeven was slated to direct Black Rain but left for Total Recall, and that he wanted Tom Berenger for RoboCop and for Nick and was turned down. — Bill Simmons
- Per the hosts, Milos Forman was the first choice to direct and many leading men were allegedly considered, including Swayze, Costner, De Niro, Willis, Gibson and Harrison Ford, but the role is iconic Douglas. — Bill Simmons
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Films in the archive
Eddie and the Cruisers
1983
Major League
1989
Platoon
1986
Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
The Big Chill
1983
Training Day
2001