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The Devil’s Advocate
Film credit
Al Pacino
Also referred to as Pacino
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 16
- Movies in this archive
- 17
Rewatchables episodes featuring Al Pacino’s films
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2019 film
Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan
Aired February 6, 2020
Displaying episodes 1 - 12 of 16 in total
Mentioned in discussions
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:56Read transcript
What’s Aged the Worst?
Racial blame; dated ads, disputed; clothes and decor; stepfather introduction; teeth; suspect description; fake Rizzuto; shaming; deleted Bracco scene
In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 00:55:12Read transcript
- The killer’s racist blame-shifting is a negative candidate despite its continuing plausibility.
- Newspaper dating ads are dated technologically, but their social mechanics are defended as enduring.
- The men’s stretched-out white sleeping shirts look unpleasant. — Chris Ryan
- Frank’s cartoon-alligator shower curtain exemplifies poor divorced-man decor. — Chris Ryan
- Helen’s premature introduction of Frank as the child’s new stepfather is criticized. — Bill Simmons
- Pacino’s yellow teeth and the unbrushed morning kissing are unappealing. — Bill Simmons
- Frank’s description of a Black suspect’s hair is dated and uncomfortable.
- Modern image searches would expose the fake Phil Rizzuto in the Yankees sting.
- Frank shaming Helen for dating is hypocritical, even if the behavior persists today. — Wosny Lambre
- Deleting the ex-wife scene loses useful emotional depth; its defense may partly reflect affection for Lorraine Bracco. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Yankees fans; cameos; drunken cops; Jenkins; Spencer; karate; loafers; records; Price dialogue; racist blame-shifting, bitterly qualified
In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 00:52:30Read transcript
- The late-1980s Yankees fans and Dave Winfield reference remain entertaining. — Bill Simmons
- Samuel L. Jackson’s early cameo run is fondly recalled. — Bill Simmons
- Drunken cops calling former partners remain an effective movie trope. — Bill Simmons
- Richard Jenkins seems unchanged across decades. — Bill Simmons
- John Spencer’s lieutenant and his blunt matchmaking dialogue are highlights. — Bill Simmons
- Pacino doing karate during the detectives’ party remains funny. — Chris Ryan
- Frank proudly displays the loafers Helen gave him. — Wosny Lambre
- The prediction that records could become valuable collectibles proves prescient. — Wosny Lambre
- The killer blaming Black people is framed as a bitterly persistent tactic, also nominated as aged worst.
- Richard Price’s New York dialogue holds up. — Bill Simmons
Most Rewatchable Scene
First sex scene (two choices); late-night convenience-store rendezvous
In the discussion (18)
Approx. transcript time · 00:37:43Read transcript
- The fake Yankees event traps wanted fans. — Wosny Lambre
- The cops devise the rhyming personal-ad and fingerprint scheme.
- The unsuccessful dates include a disappointed woman in a wig and another who identifies Frank’s cop eyes.
- Helen’s red-jacket introduction and blunt rejection unsettle Frank.
- Frank runs into Helen while awkwardly selecting fruit and arranges another date despite his partner’s warning. — Bill Simmons
- Frank and Helen’s late-night bar conversation establishes their attraction.
- The sex scene begins with suspicion over a starter pistol and Helen being shut in the closet. — Bill Simmons
- Helen’s physical dominance and Frank’s exhausted morning make the first sex scene especially funny; it receives two final choices.
- The shoe-store confrontation with two aggressive customers leads to Frank’s angry speech.
- Frank apologizes in the kitchen, then notices the personal ads on the refrigerator. — Bill Simmons
- Helen playing Sea of Love renews suspicion that she is the killer. — Wosny Lambre
- The fight with Rooker culminates in the villain falling from the window. — Bill Simmons
- The final street reconciliation benefits from Pacino being bumped and recovering naturally. — Bill Simmons
- Drunk Frank calls his ex-wife from bed claiming appendicitis. — Wosny Lambre
- Frank complains about his ex-wife within earshot of her new partner, culminating in a detectives’ party fight. — Wosny Lambre
- The Long Island wedding is an additional candidate.
- The late-night convenience-store meeting after Frank’s request that Helen omit underwear is the other final favorite. — Wosny Lambre
- Pacino and Goodman confronting the personal-ad writer in front of his family is an additional remembered scene. — Chris Ryan
Half-Assed Internet Research
Budget and gross; spontaneous ending; deleted scenes; Price’s source; director change; Toronto interiors
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:36:22Read transcript
- The stated budget is $19 million and gross $110.9 million; possible inclusion in a future box-office theme is discussed rather than established. — Bill Simmons
- A director-commentary account confirms the passerby bump in the final scene was retained for Pacino’s spontaneous recovery. — Bill Simmons
- Deleted scenes include a mistaken confrontation with a child’s bodyguard and a visit from Frank’s pregnant ex-wife, played by Bracco. — Bill Simmons
- Harold Becker replaced Gregory Hoblit as director. — Chris Ryan
- Price adapted ideas from The Ladies’ Man, which grew out of a Penthouse assignment investigating public sexual venues. — Chris Ryan
- The interiors were filmed in Toronto, consistent with the apartments’ unusually large size. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:21:01Read transcript
- Ebert welcomes Pacino’s sharp, complicated return to the street-role presence of his 1970s work. — Bill Simmons
- Ebert awards three stars and singles out the leads’ chemistry and Barkin’s forceful sexuality. — Bill Simmons
- Ebert objects that the late killer reveal violates fair whodunit expectations. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:46:58Read transcript
- Three consecutive final choices name Pacino, with a joke excluding his teeth. — Bill Simmons
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Trump’s alternate acting career; Gator fans; the Antichrist’s lineage; Pacino’s apparent aging
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:39:14Read transcript
- Casting Trump as Cullen prompts speculation about whether an acting career would change his later political trajectory.
- The film’s implications for Florida Gator fans are jokingly questioned.
- The hosts debate whether the Antichrist requires incest, specific parentage or markings, compare other films and imagine a reluctant Antichrist comedy.
- Pacino appears much older than in Heat despite a two-year gap; smoking, cinematography and styling are possible explanations. — Bill Simmons
- Oversized suits are criticized, with debate about Michael Jordan’s influence on mid-1990s fashion. — Bill Simmons
Just One Oscar
Al Pacino; screenplay
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:38:34Read transcript
- Pacino is proposed, but the script receives support; direction is considered well paced without earning an Oscar choice.
Apex Mountain
Satan on film; Roy Jones Jr.; Cullen’s sexual alibi; Charlize Theron eating chicken
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:24:38Read transcript
- No actor is considered at career Apex; Pacino’s Satan is favored over other screen devils.
- Scary rooftop scenes are considered without a firm affirmative answer; Roy Jones Jr. is endorsed at his peak.
- Roy Jones Jr.’s song is raised as a competing memory; the senator and Don King are not endorsed.
- Joking affirmative subjects are the murder-time sexual alibi and Theron eating fried chicken. — Bill Simmons
Half-Assed Internet Research
Sculpture lawsuit; rooftop construction; real boxing match; Connie Nielsen’s arrival; cleared street; composite makeup
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:22:31Read transcript
- A sculpture copyright dispute reportedly required edits in later releases; the rooftop was on the 50th floor with the stage eight feet from the edge. — Bill Simmons
- The film used a real October 1996 Roy Jones Jr. fight; Kevin’s support for the opponent is criticized as boxing ignorance. — Van Lathan
- Nielsen reportedly had been in America a month before casting; the empty-street shot used a Sunday 7:30 a.m. closure of 57th Street.
- The Lucifer transformation reportedly combined Reeves and Pacino life masks, including a Godfather-era mask, with Rick Baker involved. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:17:42Read transcript
- Craig T. Nelson, the reporter, Reeves and Pacino are offered before Theron receives the emphatic choice. — Bill Simmons
- Her emotionally heightened argument with Kevin is played as illustration. — Isaiah Blakely
Displaying discussions 25 - 36 of 137 in total
Films in the archive
...And Justice for All
1979
Any Given Sunday
1999
Cruising
1980
Donnie Brasco
1997
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
Heat
1995
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2019
Scarface
1983
Scent of a Woman
1992
Sea of Love
1989
The Devil’s Advocate
1997
The Godfather
1972