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In the Line of Fire The Rewatchables
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In the Line of Fire

Apex Mountain

Bonaventure hotel; early 1990s adult thrillers

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Approx. transcript time · 01:15:58Read transcript
  • Eastwood is rejected as an Apex choice.
  • Malkovich’s competing peaks are discussed; Being John Malkovich is preferred, with Rounders’s later growth and this film’s constant cable presence contributing context.
  • Russo is rejected here in favor of Tin Cup, while Two for the Money is recalled as a weaker role.
  • Tobin Bell is rejected as an Apex choice.
  • The rooftop chase is strongly praised, but a definitive Apex is left open to audience alternatives including Bourne, Skyfall and The Matrix.
  • Assassination movies are rejected here in favor of JFK.
  • Petersen’s peak is placed at Das Boot rather than this film.
  • The Bonaventure hotel is an unequivocal Apex choice.
  • The early 1990s adult-thriller era is affirmed as a peak, especially 1992–1994.
  • Washington as a movie location is rejected here in favor of All the President’s Men and the 1970s paranoid-thriller period.
In the Line of Fire The Rewatchables
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In the Line of Fire

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Railsback

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Approx. transcript time · 01:09:37Read transcript
  • The wheelchair gun expert is also a heat-check candidate.
  • The suspicious bank clerk is a heat-check candidate.
  • Fred Thompson is a heat-check candidate.
  • Tobin Bell is a heat-check candidate for a single scene.
  • The choice is transcribed Railsback; The Stunt Man and a Manson performance are recalled. No first name is supplied.
  • John Heard is praised but considered underused; more scenes with him are desired.
In the Line of Fire The Rewatchables
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In the Line of Fire

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Wheelchair gun expert (Professor Finley actor)

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  • Fred Thompson is described as a former that-guy who became recognizable by name.
  • Tobin Bell is another former that-guy.
  • Gary Cole is a former that-guy, though he still qualified in 1993.
  • John Mahoney is described as having graduated from that-guy status around Say Anything.
  • Brian Libby is a that-guy candidate, with Silent Rage and Shawshank roles recalled.
  • Joshua Malina is another former that-guy.
  • Clyde Kusatsu is a that-guy candidate among the investigators.
  • Steve Hytner is another investigator that-guy candidate.
  • Anthony Peck is another that-guy candidate, with his Die Hard with a Vengeance role recalled.
  • Kusatsu and the actor playing Seinfeld’s Kenny Banya are runners-up.
  • The wheelchair gun expert, recognized as Professor Finley from 90210, is the final that-guy choice; the actor’s name is not recalled.
In the Line of Fire The Rewatchables
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Most Rewatchable Scene

Final phone call and rooftop chase

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Approx. transcript time · 00:32:17Read transcript
  • The opening boat scene is praised, including Tobin Bell and McDermott with a bag over his head.
  • Whether Frank can identify an unloaded gun by weight is debated; a magician’s card-counting-by-weight demonstration makes the premise seem plausible.
  • Frank meeting Lily and trading chauvinist jokes is a scene candidate; her amused pushback is praised.
  • Frank’s introductory insults and overt flirting would be unacceptable in a modern workplace.
  • The second phone call’s Kennedy discussion is praised, especially Frank’s pause before conceding his critics may have been right.
  • The villain’s dismissive judgment of Kennedy’s favorite poem is enjoyed.
  • The bank visit is a scene candidate, especially the instant the invented Minneapolis high school exposes Mitch and he decides to kill the clerk.
  • The ice-cream walk and window-dressing argument are scene candidates, despite Frank’s objectionable manner.
  • Lily looking back as Frank hopes she will is a praised romantic beat.
  • Frank’s demographic joke and regretful address to Lincoln are enjoyed.
  • Frank’s bronchitis-related breakdown while protecting the president is a scene candidate.
  • The phone call framing the contest as offense versus defense is a scene candidate.
  • Frank’s encounter with the CIA and the description of Mitch as a wet boy are scene candidates.
  • Mitch killing the hunters with his homemade gun is a scene candidate.
  • The furious phone confrontation flowing into the chase is agreed as the most rewatchable scene.
  • Treating all the phone calls as a single scene is suggested as a possible cheat.
  • The rooftop pursuit is praised, while McDermott’s inability to keep up is mocked.
  • Mitch saving Frank and the reportedly improvised gun-in-mouth gesture are praised.
  • Frank identifying the assassin and the final gun confrontation are scene candidates.
  • The elevator climax is praised, especially breaking the light bulbs and using the walkie-talkie to direct Lily to aim high.
  • The last phone call followed by the chase is reaffirmed as the shared scene choice.
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In the Line of Fire

1993