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Film credit
Kiefer Sutherland
Also referred to as Kiefer
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 5
- Movies in this archive
- 5
Rewatchables episodes featuring Kiefer Sutherland’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
A 1974-set sequel with Chadwick Boseman, Crowe and Pearce reportedly failed to happen.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 02:07:18Read transcript
- A 1974-set sequel with Chadwick Boseman, Crowe and Pearce reportedly failed to happen. — Bill Simmons
- The 2003 Kiefer Sutherland pilot and Jordan Harper’s later CBS pilot are recalled; the latter had Walton Goggins and the actor transcribed as Shea Wiggum and delayed Night Owl until season two. — Andy Greenwald
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:16:31Read transcript
- Nicholson is explicitly ruled ineligible because he has too much screen time.
- With Nicholson ineligible, Kendrick is the proposed choice, albeit with unease about the character. — Bill Simmons
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Kiefer’s villain versus antihero roles; Kurtwood Smith’s worst character
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:34:39Read transcript
- Kiefer is preferred as an antihero over a villain by one response, while his bratty menace as Kendrick remains a favorite for the other. — Bill Simmons
- Kurtwood Smith’s most loathsome character is debated among the Klan leader, Neil’s father in Dead Poets Society and RoboCop; the father is judged worse than the Klan role by one response. — Wesley Morris
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:50Read transcript
- Chris Cooper is the emphatic choice for roughly three scenes; Jackson and Kiefer are explicitly ineligible. — Wesley Morris
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:20Read transcript
- Donald Sutherland receives one choice. — Bill Simmons
- Kiefer Sutherland receives the other choice, combined into an award for the Sutherland family. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Mississippi atmosphere; cast presence; surnames; familiar character actors; lawyer’s office
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 00:45:56Read transcript
- The sweaty Mississippi atmosphere makes the setting physically palpable. — Bill Simmons
- Bullock and Judd’s screen presence and Kiefer’s committed villainy remain strengths. — Bill Simmons
- Platt’s prepared but spontaneous presence and playful chemistry with Bullock are praised. — Wesley Morris
- Attractive female characters addressed by surname, such as Roark, are nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Anthony Heald’s familiar smarmy-doctor persona makes his unreliability instantly recognizable from The Silence of the Lambs. — Wesley Morris
- John Diehl’s sympathetic Klansman role is recalled, while the idea that a Klansman can be a good guy is explicitly challenged. — Bill Simmons
- Research reportedly claims McConaughey began filming while dating Judd and subsequently dated Bullock for two years; the claim surprises the other participant and is not independently established. — Bill Simmons
- The old-fashioned lawyer’s office with a secretary announcing visitors and managing the day is a timeless movie device. — Wesley Morris
Most Rewatchable Scene
Carl Lee’s jail speech and Jake’s closing summation, combined
In the discussion (13)
Approx. transcript time · 00:37:35Read transcript
- Dutton arresting the two attackers in a Southern bar, followed by Jake learning what happened from Cooper, is praised as an effective setup. — Bill Simmons
- Carl Lee’s courthouse shooting is nominated as an effective, shameless action sequence, including his preparation the night before. — Bill Simmons
- The early hearing with Bullock’s motion and Kiefer’s hostile sideways look is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Carl Lee visiting Cooper after shooting him is an emotional favorite. — Bill Simmons
- Carl Lee turning the tables on the reverend and civil-rights organization is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Jake and Ellen’s flirty lunch while recruiting her to the case is praised for the actors’ chemistry, distinct from the later hotel sequence. — Bill Simmons
- The jury-selection sequence is nominated. — Wesley Morris
- Deputy Looney’s insistence that Carl Lee is a hero who should be freed is a major witness-stand highlight. — Bill Simmons
- Carl Lee’s declaration that the attackers deserved to die and should burn in hell is another explosive courtroom highlight. — Bill Simmons
- Carl Lee’s jail speech identifies Jake as his secret weapon precisely because he shares the white jury’s perspective. — Wesley Morris
- Jake’s final summation is one participant’s first choice and proposed as McConaughey’s greatest career moment. — Bill Simmons
- The verdict itself is also nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The final preference combines the jail speech and summation because Carl Lee’s challenge supplies the emotional and moral foundation for Jake’s closing. — Wesley Morris
Apex Mountain
Nancy Travis, characters named Barney or Cousins, full-service gas stations, and Seattle
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 00:52:12Read transcript
- Nancy Travis is placed near an early-1990s peak, though Internal Affairs and So I Married an Axe Murderer compete. — Bill Simmons
- Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Sandra Bullock, and director George Sluzer receive no verdicts. — Bill Simmons
- The Infinity bracelet is rejected. — Bill Simmons
- Barney Cousins ranks at least third among characters named Barney and perhaps higher among characters surnamed Cousins. — Bill Simmons
- Coffee is rejected for Apex Mountain. — Bill Simmons
- Full-service spacious gas stations receive a plausible apex case. — Bill Simmons
- Seattle receives a case based on a run near Singles and Say Anything. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Barney’s setup, the anagram, Jeff’s pathetic obsession, smoking as instant trauma shorthand, the villain name, early Bullock and Sutherland, and odd relationship lines
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 00:36:56Read transcript
- Barney’s craziness is established before the movie shifts into Diane and Jeff’s story. — Bill Simmons
- Diane Shaver is identified as an anagram of “she vanished.” — Bill Simmons
- Jeff’s attack on Rita for leaving makes his pathetic obsession unusually vivid. — Bill Simmons
- Kiefer lighting a cigarette as soon as Diane disappears is praised as compact trauma shorthand. — Bill Simmons
- Barney Cousins is called an excellent villain name. — Bill Simmons
- The film captures Sandra Bullock immediately before Speed and Kiefer Sutherland before his later action-star identity. — Bill Simmons
- Nancy Travis’s line about no secrets “in the heart or on the lips” is preserved as memorably strange. — Bill Simmons
Recasting Couch
River or Joaquin Phoenix; DiCaprio; young Cruise; tentative Gooding or Wahlberg
In the discussion (13)
Approx. transcript time · 00:32:27Read transcript
- The Kid’s cowardice and lack of heroic scenes are defended as difficult material for a young star. — Chris Ryan
- The Kid’s admission of never killing anyone is singled out as a major performance opportunity. — Sean Fennessey
- River Phoenix is proposed as the Schofield Kid. — Sean Fennessey
- Leonardo DiCaprio is another possibility, compared with his later Quick and the Dead appearance. — Sean Fennessey
- An early1980s Tom Cruise is imagined as a strong Kid. — Bill Simmons
- River Phoenix is reaffirmed as a Schofield Kid alternative. — Bill Simmons
- Joaquin Phoenix is a Schofield Kid alternative. — Bill Simmons
- DiCaprio is reaffirmed as a Schofield Kid alternative. — Bill Simmons
- Keanu Reeves is considered a poor fit despite affection for him. — Bill Simmons
- Cuba Gooding Jr. is proposed, with concern the timing may be early. — Bill Simmons
- Kiefer Sutherland is rejected as too old. — Bill Simmons
- Mark Wahlberg is proposed for the brash, dishonest energy, though perhaps two years early. — Sean Fennessey
- Sam Rockwell is considered too young. — Sean Fennessey
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Offensive lineman later on ER; Joe Kane's father; urine-swap guy
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:29:26Read transcript
- One of the offensive linemen later became the big medical-assistant character on ER. — Bill Simmons
- Joe Kane's father, Elmo the chef from Vision Quest, outshines the room in bit parts, including the Christmas beer-can decorations scene, with talent near Duvall-level actors. — Bill Simmons
- The urine-swap guy is added as a That Guy; the actor played one of Kiefer Sutherland's Klan brothers in A Time to Kill. — Kyle Brandt
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:29Read transcript
- The category is loaded: Kiefer is eligible and Lard-Ass has five minutes, but the pick is Cusack. — Bill Simmons
- Cusack's appearances as Denny are a cheap thrill that explains his shadow over Gordy; even Ace likes Denny, and Cusack is not too sentimental, a believable quarterback but not a super jock. — Chris Ryan
- It is a nice Cusack run between The Sure Thing, Better Off Dead and Eight Men Out. — Bill Simmons
- The other participant agrees it's Cusack; with two fewer scenes Kiefer would win, but he feels like the fifth star. — Bill Simmons
- Kiefer is almost too good, crossing the line like a bully who scares his own friends. — Bill Simmons
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