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Private Hudson Game Over Man category
Private Hudson — proposed full-film scene-stealer award
The panel proposes a new category here.
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:41:14Read transcript
- Bill Paxton’s Hudson is too prominent to qualify as a short heat-check performance
- The proposed award recognizes a supporting performer who takes over much of the film
- About Last Night’s Jim Belushi performance is offered as a comparison
- The name is not finalized during this discussion
Who Won the Movie?
Jim Belushi; a possible Demi Moore choice remains unclear.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:44:15Read transcript
- Two machine-transcript choices select Jim Belushi. — Mallory Rubin
- The answer following “Who won the movie?” is unclear in the machine transcript; possible candidate Demi Moore is not counted.
Podcast choices
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Apex Mountain
Rob Lowe near this period; several subject-specific debates.
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:30:26Read transcript
- Rob Lowe is supported near this period, while peak West Wing is raised as the alternative. — Bill Simmons
- Demi Moore is rejected for this film. — Bill Simmons
- Jim Belushi is placed around the later run of According to Jim. — Bill Simmons
- Before Midnight is selected as the peak breakup scene. — Bill Simmons
- Elizabeth Perkins is placed at Big or shortly afterward. — Bill Simmons
- When Harry Met Sally is favored for New Year’s Eve romantic-comedy scenes. — Bill Simmons
- Mothers is placed high among movie bars.
- Chicago softball and Chicago around 1986 are supported, while Chicago movies as a whole are rejected. — Bill Simmons
The Sean Penn “I Brought My Own Pack” Award for Excellence in On-Screen Smoking
Rob Lowe in the breakup scene.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:07:59Read transcript
- The category narrows the candidates to Jim Belushi and Rob Lowe. — Bill Simmons
- Rob Lowe in the breakup scene is the stated choice because of the dangling cigarette. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Dice Clay; Belushi, uncorroborated; Bracco; Davis; Will Smith
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:01:49Read transcript
- Andrew Dice Clay was reportedly the studio’s original preference until an offensive exchange with an executive removed him from consideration; the group doubts the film would work as well with him. — Bill Simmons
- Jim Belushi reportedly regretted turning down Vinny, though the discussion questions whether anyone else corroborated an offer. — Bill Simmons
- Lorraine Bracco reportedly passed on Mona Lisa. — Bill Simmons
- Carol Davis reportedly passed on Mona Lisa; the name remains as transcribed. — Bill Simmons
- Will Smith auditioned for Stan, prompting astonishment and initial enthusiasm about improving the performance.
- A dissent argues that a Black man’s wrongful arrest in Alabama would fundamentally alter the film’s unusually gentle racial setting; colorblind casting as the Jewish character is jokingly proposed and rejected. — Wesley Morris
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Bo Diddley; Franken; Penelope, Belushi, Davis and judge’s girlfriend also nominated
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:39:20Read transcript
- The judge’s girlfriend is an early candidate. — Bill Simmons
- Penelope/Muffy is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Jim Belushi is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Franken and Davis are nominated, with a later final preference for Franken.
- Bo Diddley receives an explicit final choice for the pawnshop exchange. — Chris Ryan
What’s Aged the Best?
Dialogue; Tangerine Dream; Frank's collage; "I want a boy" exchange; film debuts; 1980 Caan and John Belushi in Chicago; Belushi's sideburns; Tuesday Weld; Mann's nihilistic ending
In the discussion (12)
Approx. transcript time · 00:47:10Read transcript
- The dialogue: Mamet-influenced; per a Belushi video interview, Mann insisted the characters never speak in contractions because they are so precise; it never dumbs down the Chicago underworld lingo for criminals or cops, including the beating speech. — Chris Ryan
- Tangerine Dream, fresh off Sorcerer and before Risky Business; with Vangelis and Faltermeyer they were the cool music of the early 80s. — Bill Simmons
- Frank's collage of children, a car and a house he doesn't have, his jailed mentor Willie Nelson and 12 skulls; jokes about a personal collage of Sean that is now an NFT, and Mann inventing Pinterest. — Bill Simmons
- Caan saying "I want a boy" and Prosky answering "Done"; the second meeting in the bar is a favorite conversation ("Wham-Bam Magic Sam"). — Sean Fennessey
- The film debuts of Jim Belushi, William Petersen, Dennis Farina, John Kapelos and Prosky; Farina was a Chicago policeman during filming, and Belushi was inspired casting. — Bill Simmons
- A participant saw it in a Boston theater in 1981 at 11 or 12 with his dad and was puzzled by Jim Belushi, who looked like John Belushi, then still alive. — Bill Simmons
- John Belushi visited the set, and the cast and crew hung out free all night at his Blues Brothers bar in Chicago; 1980 Caan and Belushi together must have produced stories. — Bill Simmons
- Belushi's sideburns were fantastic. — Bill Simmons
- Tuesday Weld: Wesley approved the take that Jessica Lange market-corrected her; she is terrific and perfect here, an Oscar nominee famous from Dobie Gillis who hasn't acted in 20 years, and, with a weak Best Supporting Actress category that year, could probably have nailed that down.
- These films shortchange wife and girlfriend roles, but this one gives her a big scene to come off the bench and score 22. — Chris Ryan
- Mann on the final decision, from the Ringer piece: having something makes Frank vulnerable, so the nihilistic act of destroying it returns his power. — Chris Ryan
- A joke about deleting the feed after the last Mann movie, with Heat as the 500th episode alongside Tom Sizemore.
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