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Film credit
Jack Warden
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 8
- Movies in this archive
- 9
Rewatchables episodes featuring Jack Warden’s films
Displaying all 8 episodes
Mentioned in discussions
What’s Aged the Best?
Hollywood self-reference, the hairdresser dynamic, cinematography, performances, real estate, and soundtrack licensing
In the discussion (7)
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- Hollywood self-reference is praised, including Carrie Fisher’s casting as a younger generation of sexual frankness. — Sean Fennessey
- The intimacy between hairdressers and clients is praised as a way the film links physical presentation, secrets, and access to power. — Sean Fennessey
- The cinematography is praised for texture and for holding on the desire immediately before kisses. — Cameron Crowe
- Warren Beatty and Jack Warden’s scenes together are praised. — Bill Simmons
- Lester’s house is praised separately as real estate. — Bill Simmons
- Carrie Fisher’s bold first-film performance is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The ability to license two Beatles songs and the rest of the soundtrack is praised.
Most Rewatchable Scene
The bistro stare-down; Lester and George’s late conversation; the opening sex scene
In the discussion (15)
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- George arriving at Jill’s after sleeping with Felicia is nominated for Jill’s dawning realization that something happened. — Bill Simmons
- George’s brief tantrum and immediate reconsideration after throwing away his jacket are nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The chaotic salon entrances and exits are nominated. — Bill Simmons
- George and Jackie’s parking-lot confrontation is nominated for her blunt rejection of the idea that she has sex for money. — Bill Simmons
- George styling Jackie’s hair in the bathroom is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Carrie Fisher’s bedroom scene is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- The prolonged stare-down between Felicia and Jackie at the party is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Lester moving awkwardly through the party is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- George’s attempted declaration of love during “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- George admitting that he slept with all of the women is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- George making peace with Lester is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Jackie ending the relationship with George on the overlook is nominated.
- The dark opening sex scene set to “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” is nominated.
- The bistro stare-down is selected for its interlocking relationships, Nixon backdrop, and Jackie’s drunken behavior. — Cameron Crowe
- Lester and George’s late-night conversation is selected for the men’s camaraderie, cruelty, and Jack Warden’s comic concern with housekeeping.
The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
Jack Warden’s murder-confession scene
In the discussion (2)
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- Jack Warden dials up the shouting during the murder-confession scene; his prolonged screaming is the overacting choice. — Bill Simmons
- Less murder-mystery time and five more Super Bowl plays are preferred; a Stevie Nicks/Eagles halftime scene is an imagined alternative.
Apex Mountain
Underwater trophy football; movies celebrating strikebreakers
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:24:26Read transcript
- Reeves, Brooke Langton, Madden and Summerall, and Jack Warden are rejected for Apex; Melrose Place is preferred for Langton. — Bill Simmons
- Throwing a trophy football underwater is an affirmative Apex choice. — Bill Simmons
- Movies celebrating strikebreakers are an affirmative Apex choice. — Van Lathan
- Twenty-first-century football films lose to Friday Night Lights or Remember the Titans. — Bill Simmons
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Madden and Summerall; two stripper cheerleaders
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:21:46Read transcript
- Jack Warden is a heat-check nominee. — Bill Simmons
- The stripper cheerleaders are initially selected, then Madden and Summerall are argued as clear winners; the final answer makes them co-winners. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
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- Farley wins for reaching an almost category-renaming level of commitment during the skunk sequence. — Bill Simmons
- Jack Warden is the louder alternate. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Howard Stern declined Satan, while Rodney Dangerfield was considered before Don Rickles.
This discussion recalls a choice from an earlier episode.
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:53:46Read transcript
- Howard Stern was originally offered the Satan cameo and declined it. — Bill Simmons
- Rodney Dangerfield was the initial choice for the insult-comic role before the director chose Don Rickles for faster attacks. — Bill Simmons
- Dangerfield is separately proposed for a cameo as Jack Warden's hospital friend. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
The note-to-self device, period soundtrack, bloopers, Jack Warden, Jim Downey, Artie Lange, and Chris Farley
In the discussion (10)
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- The note-to-self recorder remains a funny extension of the lead comic persona. — Bill Simmons
- A rapid sequence of three period pop hits fixes the comedy firmly in the late 1990s. — Bill Simmons
- Closing-credit bloopers are praised as a comic tradition associated with the Cannonball Run films. — Bill Simmons
- Jack Warden holding the invented old-men magazine remains a strong visual gag. — Bill Simmons
- Jim Downey's homeless-man routine repeatedly sets up sentimental music and wisdom only to be cut off. — Bill Simmons
- Jack Warden's long supporting career is celebrated through The Replacements, 12 Angry Men, Shampoo, The Verdict, and Heaven Can Wait. — Bill Simmons
- The compact jokes about stopping people and the brothers’ parentage are praised for efficiency. — Bill Simmons
- Artie Lange's casting looks smart because the film helped lead to his later radio career. — Sean Fennessey
- Chris Farley's final film role preserves one of his strongest short comic appearances. — Sean Fennessey
- The catalog of note-to-self lines is praised, with the beer reminder called the most memorable. — Bill Simmons
Picking Nits
Lucy's lie to the family; lax hospital; Jack pursuing his brother's fiancee; murky timeline; rushed printed invitations; hospital wedding
In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:39Read transcript
- Baskin-Robbins is not an ice cream flavor, and no one should carry a passport around at all times. — Amanda Dobbins
- Elsie's heart attack gets attention and is then dropped, and the hospital's visiting rules are very loose. — Juliet Litman
- The family does not know their son is engaged, and Lucy lies to them at length, which a host thinks is attempted fraud. — Amanda Dobbins
- Nurse Wanda never intervenes, which a host believes violates medical-information rules, while unsure whether they existed in 1995. — Amanda Dobbins
- Saul as the lone Jewish neighbor hanging around is called weird (a host assumes they wanted Jack Warden); he never tells the family, which is understandable but not sound. — Juliet Litman
- Feeding the cat is technically trespassing, repeated bedside visits border on stalking, and the hospital verifies nothing beyond the testicle test. — Amanda Dobbins
- Jack immediately hits on his brother's fiancee, making him a bad sibling; neither lead makes sound decisions. — Amanda Dobbins
- The timeline between Christmas and New Year's is murky, and the little sister prompting a mistletoe kiss has the whole family encouraging it. — Amanda Dobbins
- Printed wedding invitations arrive in the week after New Year's; the timeline is called the number one problem. — Amanda Dobbins
- Why hold the wedding in the hospital, and why can Peter not put his arms through his jacket? — Amanda Dobbins
- The hosts are willing to overlook it all, a testament to the movie; don't do this at home. — Amanda Dobbins
In the discussion (6)
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- Monica Kina (as transcribed), who plays Peter and Jack's much younger sister, is one pick because she later turns up as a menacing character on Dawson's Creek. — Amanda Dobbins
- Peter Boyle is a top option for their age group, known more for TV work. — Amanda Dobbins
- Jack Warden is nominated after being seen in about four movies in one week of rewatching; his credits are listed as All the President's Men, Shampoo as his signature role, Being There and The Verdict. — Amanda Dobbins
- The hosts say Warden suffered a Korean War injury that left him in pain when walking, which they believe Peter Gallagher recounted in Vulture. — Amanda Dobbins
- The mother from Mary Poppins has the most defining look; the hosts debate whether the award is for someone known as someone else or someone in many movies, leaning to the latter. — Juliet Litman
- The award goes to Jack Warden, who is more than a that-guy but still prompts an oh-my-God reaction here. — Amanda Dobbins
Most Rewatchable Scene
Wedding-day confession to the family
In the discussion (11)
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- Lucy's early bedside speech to the comatose Peter, about loneliness, is called extremely moving and the center of a movie about loneliness, grief and family; Saul looking over her adds to it.
- Jack and Lucy slipping on the ice as he walks her home after delivering the love seat is a favorite, recalling Cameron Diaz's physical comedy in The Holiday and showing their palpable chemistry. — Juliet Litman
- While You Were Sleeping, The Holiday and Sleepless in Seattle are noted as available on Showtime. — Juliet Litman
- The ice scene is the moment the romance becomes clear, though visible non-iced sidewalks sit on either side; the hosts say Chicago had an unseasonably warm fall during the shoot, so the cold was faked. — Amanda Dobbins
- The one-testicle scene, where Lucy volunteers that Peter lost a testicle in a freak basketball accident with a pencil and the family jokes about who will check, is praised as good writing. — Amanda Dobbins
- The hosts say the writers wrote 20 scripts together and this was the only one ever made. — Juliet Litman
- The wedding that isn't, where Lucy objects at her own wedding, is a favorite rom-com wedding scene; one host calls the ill-fitting sailor-collar dress one of the worst movie wedding dresses, while the other likes it. — Juliet Litman
- The confession to the whole family pairs with the coma speech and is compared to Tom Hanks's final scene in You've Got Mail: a character confessing unforgivable things done for love, which only great actors can sell. — Amanda Dobbins
- The family ensemble is underrated; having everyone in the room makes it the best-scripted scene, and the real fiancee storming in makes it the most rewatchable too. — Juliet Litman
- Saul, played by Jack Warden, telling Peter in the hospital not to be an asshole is another sweet option. — Juliet Litman
- The wedding scene ultimately takes the cake; a host adds that Peter Gallagher is just lying there in a coma through it. — Juliet Litman
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:09:01Read transcript
- The FBI agent is selected as hot-headed for no reason
- Jack Warden and the comic-strip salesman receive honorable mentions
Displaying discussions 1 - 12 of 13 in total
Films in the archive
All the President’s Men
1976
...And Justice for All
1979
Dirty Work
1998
Heaven Can Wait
1978
Shampoo
1975
Sunset Boulevard
1950
The Replacements
2000
The Verdict
1982
While You Were Sleeping
1995