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Dennis Hopper
Also referred to as Hopper
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 4
- Movies in this archive
- 5
Rewatchables episodes featuring Dennis Hopper’s films
Speed
1994 film
Bill Simmons · Jason Concepcion · Shea Serrano · Donnie Kwak
Aired September 21, 2017
Displaying all 4 episodes
Mentioned in discussions
The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?
Sally in a coma from trauma while her uncle goes looking for the family
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:28:43Read transcript
- Canonically Sally is basically in a coma from trauma, which is the setup of Texas 2, where her uncle, played by Dennis Hopper, goes looking for the family.
- A joke has Sally dead of a cocaine overdose by 1976 after doing cocaine with Jenny Gump in San Francisco.
Just One Oscar
Jan de Bont for directing, with awards competition acknowledged
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:58:12Read transcript
- The existing sound win is mentioned — Bill Simmons
- De Bont is proposed for direction — Bill Simmons
- Hopper’s lack of a competitive Oscar is discussed as a panel claim — Bill Simmons
- The hosts agree Samuel L. Jackson deserved the supporting-actor Oscar that year — Bill Simmons
Is This Movie Better With…?
Frank Booth tending bar and Barney riding the bus
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:57:01Read transcript
- Hopper’s Blue Velvet character tends the celebration bar
- Barney from The Vanishing joins the bus passengers
- The panel proposes a draft of movie characters to put on the bus
Apex Mountain
Die Hard successors and L.A. buses: yes
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:41:45Read transcript
- Reeves, Bullock and Hopper are rejected as being at their apex here — Bill Simmons
- Die Hard successors receive support — Bill Simmons
- LA freeways are compared with the OJ chase and The Chase — Bill Simmons
- Cops with grudges are debated without a conclusion — Bill Simmons
- LA buses are accepted — Bill Simmons
- Los Angeles’s cultural visibility in 1994 is discussed with the post-riots LAPD depiction noted — Bill Simmons
- Daniels’s Speed–Dumb and Dumber year is compared with The Newsroom — Bill Simmons
- Characters named Annie are debated against Annie Hall, Misery and the musical — Bill Simmons
Half-Assed Internet Research
Runaway Train, Die Hard, Silver Streak and production connections
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 00:27:55Read transcript
- The cited inspirations are Runaway Train, Die Hard and Silver Streak
- The train ending is compared with Silver Streak
- The Goodhew ambulance is connected with Heat
- Hopper’s dummy head reportedly required a less graphic angle
- Reeves and Bullock’s later public accounts of mutual crushes are discussed
- The hosts speculate beyond those accounts; that speculation is not treated as fact
- Earlier production discussion describes the two bus-jump attempts and lost camera
- The practical elevator models, de Bont’s additions and Whedon’s rewrites are discussed
Jesse Eisenberg “That’s good. You should be proud of that right there. Don’t worry if you don’t make it any further” Award for Best Line Reading
A bomb that does not explode is a cheap gold watch
Flex pick · Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:25:13Read transcript
- A second flex picker chooses Hopper’s gold-watch line — Sean Fennessey
- The picker links it to Chris’s earlier quote choice but their own identity is not explicit in this text — Sean Fennessey
What’s Aged the Worst?
Speed 2, stereotyped passengers and continuity problems
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:20:34Read transcript
- Hopper’s running is criticized
- College football on a weekday morning seems implausible
- Harry’s limp changes and disappears
- The stereotyped passenger ensemble is criticized, citing Janeane Garofalo’s routine
- Speed 2 and its explanation for Annie leaving Jack are rejected
- The early screenplay’s paramedic description leads to a discussion of Halle Berry’s reported involvement
- The panel distinguishes a useful driving qualification from unnecessary racial framing
The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
Poor people are crazy; Howard calls himself eccentric
Flex pick · Chris Ryan
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:15Read transcript
- The distinction between crazy poor people and eccentric wealthy people is selected
- The panel enjoys Hopper’s delivery and the villain’s class consciousness
Top Ten List
Action-villain scale against Hans Gruber (1 = worst, 10 = Gruber)
- 1 The Toy Soldiers villain (Luis Cali)
- 3 Powers Boothe, Sudden Death
- 4 Willem Dafoe, Speed 2
- 5 Dennis Hopper, Speed
- 6 John Lithgow, Cliffhanger
- 7 Tommy Lee Jones, Under Siege
- 8 Ed Harris as General Hummel, The Rock
- 9 Gary Oldman, Air Force One
- 10 Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:14:46Read transcript
- A separate revised scale puts Powers Boothe at one, the Passenger 57 villain at two and the Toy Soldiers villain at three, reversing an earlier preference between Boothe and Toy Soldiers. — Bill Simmons
- The villain scale initially puts the Toy Soldiers villain at one, criticizing his intimidation speech despite strong entrance, pivot and final-fight stages; a later utterance calls him two. — Bill Simmons
- The stated ascending scale continues with Powers Boothe in Sudden Death at three, Willem Dafoe in Speed 2 at four, Dennis Hopper in Speed at five, John Lithgow in Cliffhanger at six, Tommy Lee Jones in Under Siege at seven, Ed Harris in The Rock at eight, Gary Oldman in Air Force One at nine and Alan Rickman’s Gruber at ten. — Kyle Brandt
- An alternate opinion places Jones at nine and would rank Lithgow and Hopper higher; Toy Soldiers is again called the worst while Boothe is another participant’s least favorite. — Bill Simmons
Recasting Couch
John Cazale as Drew; Dennis Hopper as a mountain man
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:09:10Read transcript
- John Cazale is suggested for Drew and Dennis Hopper for a mountain man; unfamiliar attackers are defended as more effective.
Casting What-Ifs
Bronson Pinchot unavailable; Dennis Hopper for Dean Stockwell’s part
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:47:40Read transcript
- Bronson Pinchot could not return because he was filming Perfect Strangers. — Bill Simmons
- Dennis Hopper was reportedly wanted for Dean Stockwell’s part but could not do it.
Apex Mountain
All the basketball guys; sports movies
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:13:26Read transcript
- Hackman, no; Hopper, no. — Bill Simmons
- All the basketball guys in the cast, yes; basketball itself, no. — Bill Simmons
- Sports movies: it's close, but a case is made that the genre peaks here after 12 years of bangers; afterward come rip-offs or movies merely rooted in sports. — Bill Simmons
- It also set a template for later Disney sports movies. — Ryen Russillo
- Mid-80s Cold War fear made feel-good movies an escape, and The Day After was emotionally scarring. — Ryen Russillo
- Indiana's apex is Keith Smart. — Bill Simmons
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