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Rollerball
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John Houseman
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- Episodes featuring their films
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Rewatchables episodes featuring John Houseman’s films
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 film
Bill Simmons · Kyle Brandt
Aired July 2, 2024
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Apex Mountain
Caan near his apex; invented fictional sports, burning pine trees, and making roller skating look cool: yes
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:20Read transcript
- James Caan is placed near his career apex because of his recent run, star status, and the film's commercial performance. — Bill Simmons
- Rollerball wins the apex for invented fictional sports over Dodgeball. — Bill Simmons
- Dick Enberg's film apex is rejected in favor of Heaven Can Wait. — Bill Simmons
- Maud Adams is tentatively placed at her apex here because she was also a major model. — Bill Simmons
- Norman Jewison's apex is debated among In the Heat of the Night, Moonstruck, and his late-1960s run. — Bill Simmons
- Houston's sports-city apex is debated against the Hakeem Olajuwon Rockets and the Dan Pastorini-Earl Campbell era. — Bill Simmons
- John Beck's apex is assigned to his sixty episodes of Dallas, and John Houseman's to The Paper Chase. — Bill Simmons
- The film wins apexes for burning pine trees and for making roller skating look cool. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
The invented sport, corporate critique, production design, pills, violence, and Enberg's call
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:56:58Read transcript
- The convincing design of Rollerball as a playable sport is the first Aged Best choice. — Bill Simmons
- John Houseman's villain, the bright interiors, enormous televisions, pills, empty cityscape, and tracksuits are praised as durable parts of the imagined future. — Bill Simmons
- The film's corporate-control metaphor and prediction of corporate branding are judged more resonant over time. — Brian Koppelman
- Book censorship and erased history are singled out as ideas that have aged well. — Bill Simmons
- The film's anticipation of football violence is identified as another element that aged well. — Bill Simmons
- Dick Enberg's game commentary is praised as an enduring strength. — Bill Simmons
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