Before Sunset
2004 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey · Mallory Rubin
Aired February 4, 2025
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Approx. transcript time · 01:41:53Read transcript
- Richard Linklater is the first proposed winner, while Ethan Hawke is the initial alternative.
- The case for Linklater is that Hawke already had Reality Bites while this film creates the trilogy central to Linklater's identity.
- The Hawke-Linklater collaboration is compared with De Niro-Scorsese and Paul Newman-George Roy Hill partnerships.
- The trilogy's crowd-pleasing, formally inventive scope supports the final Linklater choice.
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Richard Linklater — direction or shared screenplay
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Approx. transcript time · 01:37:43Read transcript
- Linklater is the initial answer; directing versus a shared screenplay award is left open.
- The screenplay would recognize the shared authorship discussed by the hosts.
- The next two trilogy films are noted as later screenplay nominees.
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