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The Big Chill
The Big Chill
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Kevin Kline
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Apex Mountain
Kasdan; Tilly’s Big Chill–Psycho II year; Mary Kay Place; JoBeth Williams’s Poltergeist–Big Chill period (qualified); the sperm-donor arrangement; “hog is broken” jokingly
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Approx. transcript time · 01:33:27Read transcript
- Glenn Close and Kevin Kline are rejected as being at their apex.
- Meg Tilly is debated between this film and Masquerade before the shared Big Chill–Psycho II year is endorsed.
- Mary Kay Place is placed at her apex here.
- Berenger is placed at Platoon and Hurt at Broadcast News.
- JoBeth Williams receives a yes qualified as the period spanning Poltergeist and The Big Chill.
- The Santini house is placed at its Great Santini peak.
- The Porsche remains unresolved for lack of comparative research.
- The arrangement of sleeping with one’s wife’s ovulating friend is jokingly endorsed.
- Saying “hog is broken” receives a joking apex nomination.
- Kasdan receives the final apex for writing and directing the movie immediately after his Star Wars work.
- Backyard football is considered against Wedding Crashers without a resolution.
Casting What-Ifs
Hurt’s tailored role; Williams and Close as Meg; Cates as Chloe; Kline wanting Michael; disputed Penn rumor
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:25:41Read transcript
- Nick was reportedly the only role written for a particular actor, William Hurt.
- JoBeth Williams and Glenn Close both wanted Meg.
- Phoebe Cates auditioned for Chloe and met Kevin Kline, but Meg Tilly’s ethereal quality is preferred.
- Kline wanted Goldblum’s funnier role before being pushed to Harold.
- Sean Penn as Alex is treated as an unverified and age-inconsistent rumor.
What’s Aged the Best?
J.T. Lancer; Kline’s comic timing; marriage and parenting exchanges; Nick’s Porsche; funeral and happiness quotes; soundtrack; getaway-weekend arc; serious comedy; Nick’s injury and Alex parallels; Santini house; watching TV; male ensemble
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Approx. transcript time · 00:57:48Read transcript
- J.T. Lancer is praised as a fully convincing spoof of early-1980s television.
- Kevin Kline’s dry timing is called elite, and the hosts argue he could have pursued a Tom Hanks-scale career.
- Richard and Karen’s marriage exchanges and Sarah’s changed voice with her children feel recognizable.
- Nick’s worn Porsche and its diagonal funeral parking are appreciated.
- The funeral-party quote and the question about how happy people act are praised.
- The awkward-to-euphoric-to-fighting-to-departure arc of a friend getaway is called perfectly observed.
- The film is placed among 1980s serious comedies that combine humor with existential stakes.
- Nick’s Vietnam injury is conveyed without turning the movie into an issue statement.
- Nick functions as Alex’s ghost, embodying what Alex believed and questioning how well the others knew him.
- The use of the Great Santini house is praised.
- Nick and Sam simply watching television together is appreciated.
- The four male leads, plus the unseen Costner, are praised as an unusually charismatic group.
- The soundtrack is already treated as an Aged Best answer when the prompt asks for answers “other than the soundtrack.”
Casting What-Ifs
Many actors declined Annie Wilkes and Paul Sheldon; several alternative Paul Sheldons are debated
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Approx. transcript time · 00:29:38Read transcript
- Anjelica Huston and Bette Midler are identified as actors offered Annie Wilkes
- Richard Dreyfuss is proposed as a believable writer but possibly insufficiently physical
- Robin Williams is proposed for his sympathy, physicality, and caged energy
- Robert Duvall and Michael Douglas are proposed as strong alternatives
- Donald Sutherland is proposed as another alternative
- William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Richard Dreyfuss, Gene Hackman, and Robert Redford are listed as having declined Paul Sheldon
- Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler are said to have later expressed regret
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