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- Edward Burns is placed at his apex.
- Maxine Bahns and Mike McGlone are placed at their apexes.
- Amanda Peet and Cameron Diaz are rejected as pre-apex.
- John Mahoney is judged already established through Frasier and earlier films.
- Long Island’s apex is debated through the Islanders, Amityville, Nancy Meyers, and geography.
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- The first winner response is Steve Martin.
- The second participant agrees that it has to be Steve Martin.
- Nancy Meyers receives an alternate case because this film helped her later career cohere, but the panel says her apex came later.
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Apex Mountain
Mainstream Steve Martin, Kimberly Williams, San Marino, father-daughter movies, and wedding movies
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Approx. transcript time · 01:04:35Read transcript
- Steve Martin's late-1970s comedy peak is distinguished from a possible mainstream-dad peak beginning with this film.
- The movie is argued to enable Martin's later Oscars-host and America's-dad roles.
- Diane Keaton is rejected because Annie Hall and Something's Gotta Give offer stronger career peaks.
- Kimberly Williams receives a yes based on her defining role.
- Father-daughter movies receive an unqualified apex verdict.
- San Marino receives an emphatic yes.
- Dads receive a tentative but explicit probably-not verdict.
- Wedding movies receive an apex case because this film builds an entire happy story around the wedding.
- The film is credited with helping start a 1990s wave including Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Wedding Planner, and The Wedding Singer.
Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake
No present-day ten-episode remake; a period version or carefully written late-life sequel remains imaginable
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Approx. transcript time · 01:22:45Read transcript
- A present-day series built around direct messages and texting is judged inert.
- A 1990s period treatment or two people forced together abroad is proposed as the only workable long-form remake.
- A sequel could make Harry and Sally an older interview couple, explore their 35th anniversary, or center their adult children, but the panel fears an unwanted reboot.
- Nancy Meyers, Meg Ryan as screenwriter, political-pundit Harry, and a Brentwood/Palisades relocation are proposed and repeatedly challenged because New York is essential.
- A divorce-and-reunion sequel is rejected because the characters already resolved their avoidable mistakes.
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