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Frank Vincent
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 3
- Movies in this archive
- 4
Rewatchables episodes featuring Frank Vincent’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
Catherine Tramell Award: Would You Throw Your Life Away for This Obvious Stay-Away?
Yes for several characters; Jennifer Aniston’s character is exempted.
In the discussion (5)
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- The answer is yes for several obvious stay-away characters. — Bill Simmons
- Jennifer Aniston’s character is exempted as grounded and likable. — Sean Fennessey
- Frank Vincent as her father is identified as the associated danger.
- Cameron Diaz’s character is accepted despite the risk. — Wesley Morris
- Amanda Peet’s character is proposed as the more interesting affair for Francis. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:51:00Read transcript
- Amanda Peet receives repeated final choices.
- Frank Vincent is proposed and praised for redirecting his threatening energy toward his daughter’s marriage.
Most Rewatchable Scene
Heather entering Mickey’s cab; the brothers’ silent sizing-up; the gay-question montage; the final confrontation.
In the discussion (18)
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- The first Fighting Fitzpatrick family scene is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The cab ride with Aniston and McGlone arguing about sex is proposed.
- Mickey arriving with his new bride is proposed as a separate beat.
- Mickey picking up Heather and retrieving his television is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Heather entering Mickey’s cab elevates the movie and is a leading choice.
- Mike McGlone repeatedly calling disliked people animals is proposed as a running bit.
- Francis and Renee arguing about a sexual down cycle is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Mickey, Renee, and Francis together are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The parents interrogating Francis are proposed, with Frank Vincent praised. — Bill Simmons
- Mickey and Heather considering whether they made a mistake is proposed and treated as dangerous for him. — Bill Simmons
- The montage asking whether Francis is gay is selected.
- Mickey discovering Francis’s affair and the boxing-glove confrontation are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The final apartment argument is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Heather is interpreted as deliberately manipulating both men and giving Francis the watch to provoke them.
- The competing interpretation says the film gives Heather unusual agency and happiness instead of punishing her. — Sean Fennessey
- Heather getting what she wants is defended even though both brothers insult her.
- Heather and Mickey silently sizing each other up is a final choice.
- Heather telling Francis she is engaged and his “ruined my life” response are proposed. — Sean Fennessey
Is This Movie Better With…?
Frank Vincent; Wayne Jenkins as the fruit seller
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Approx. transcript time · 01:39:22Read transcript
- Frank Vincent is explicitly added to the recurring casting-addition roster for Italian movies; Wayne Jenkins is proposed as the fruit seller. — Bill Simmons
- The Wayne Jenkins fruit-cart impression is developed into a joke about fresh produce and a horse-drawn cart.
Casting What-Ifs
Narducci’s audition; unfilmed Frank Vincent scene; killer’s audition
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Approx. transcript time · 01:24:18Read transcript
- Narducci reportedly arrived with her son at the open casting call and was discovered herself.
- Frank Vincent’s planned mafia-boss scene was never filmed. — Bill Simmons
- The actor playing Sonny’s killer reportedly lost the older-C audition to Brancato. — Bill Simmons
The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
McEnroe/Connors reply; “Isn’t he adopted?”; Figgsy’s allergies
In the discussion (3)
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- The tennis-player response and Frank Vincent’s adoption question have grown funnier over time. — Bill Simmons
- Figgsy blaming cocaine symptoms on allergies is newly appreciated.
- The fires-versus-mother’s-titty insult and Figgsy calling himself Gandhi are additional remembered lines.
Probably Unanswerable Questions
The pen victim, car bomb, and Frank Vincent’s alignment
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:53:53Read transcript
- Did the man stabbed repeatedly with the pen die? — Bill Simmons
- Who planted the bomb in Ace’s car? — Sean Fennessey
- Why does Frank Vincent’s character turn on Nicky?
What’s Aged the Best?
Sharon Stone, old Las Vegas, casino systems, music, costumes, and supporting performances
In the discussion (23)
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- Sharon Stone’s performance is praised.
- De Niro and Pesci’s improvisation is praised.
- Pesci becoming violent in bars is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Ginger tipping service workers is praised.
- The head-vice sequence and its ratings history are discussed. — Bill Simmons
- The old Strip and real locations are praised. — Bill Simmons
- James Woods is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Ginger’s scenes with her daughter are discussed. — Bill Simmons
- Nicky’s recurring oral-sex behavior is treated as a darkly comic character detail. — Bill Simmons
- Frank Vincent and Pesci reversing power from Goodfellas is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Ginger’s beehive and diamonds are praised. — Bill Simmons
- The golf-course airplane landing is praised. — Sean Fennessey
- The casting of old-Vegas personalities is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Aces High is praised.
- The music choices are praised.
- The count room is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The blueberry-muffin complaint is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The explosive opening is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The Rain Man dealer is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Scorsese’s inventive cocaine imagery is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The aged hitmen are praised.
- Ace’s house is praised. — Bill Simmons
- James Woods’s Lester is ultimately offered as another leading aged-best answer. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:58:10Read transcript
- Frank Vincent is selected for Billy Batts.
- Debi Mazar is nominated. — Sean Fennessey
- Chuck Low is nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Paul Sorvino is nominated.
- Michael Imperioli is nominated. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:20:20Read transcript
- Frank Vincent is one of the all-time that guys, and it could always be him. — Sean Fennessey
- Other candidates: Frankie Faison, known from The Wire, Roger Guenveur Smith and Miguel Sandoval as a cop. — Sean Fennessey
- Giancarlo Esposito used to win this category until Breaking Bad. — Sean Fennessey
- Faison is suggested, then Frank Vincent 'because it's always Frank Vincent', met with agreement; he has not moved beyond that-guy status. — Wesley Morris
Most Rewatchable Scene
Rosie Perez opening dance; final sequence
In the discussion (17)
Approx. transcript time · 00:34:12Read transcript
- The opening sequence of Rosie Perez dancing to Public Enemy is the first scene on the list. — Sean Fennessey
- Perez was choreographing the Fly Girls at the time, and five years of dance are visible in the sequence. — Wesley Morris
- Lee reportedly met Perez in a Brooklyn club and told her she was in his movie even though she said she was not an actress; the film is described as full of accidents like this. — Wesley Morris
- Jennifer Lopez was one of the Fly Girls Perez worked with and was not yet famous. — Sean Fennessey
- Buggin' Out's Wall of Fame argument with Sal is a complicated scene; Lee has said both sides have good points: it is Sal's shop, but only black people eat there.
- The Wall of Fame argument is called a proto-internet conversation with no subtlety or compromise about how many and which black figures go up. — Wesley Morris
- Buggin' Out represents an emotional, ahistorical form of activism whose confrontation can only make Sal feel aggrieved. — Wesley Morris
- Frank Vincent driving through the open fire hydrant is one of the funniest parts of the movie and recognizable to anyone who played in hydrants as a city kid. — Wesley Morris
- A childhood memory: opening the corner hydrant and using a can with no top or bottom to spray passing cars, because there was no pool to go to. — Wesley Morris
- Pino and Sal's debate about selling the pizzeria plays in one long shot interrupted by Smiley.
- That conversation is necessary but not essential and creates a false sense of trust in Sal, coming right after his moment with Jade, as he says he is proud to have fed the neighborhood. — Sean Fennessey
- Sal also hates rap and being confronted and smashes the boombox; like the Martin and Malcolm pairing, Sal and everyone in the film carry both love and hate, with Jade possibly the only purely good character. — Wesley Morris
- The final extended sequence is the last pick, painful and hard to watch rather than comforting, with the camera tumbling in and out of the pizzeria and the trash-can jump cut repeated three times. — Sean Fennessey
- That final sequence is thought possibly to be the only one Lee ever storyboarded, with Ernest Dickerson, from the moment Smiley, Buggin' Out and Radio Raheem enter the pizzeria. — Sean Fennessey
- The racial slur montage is added to the list; later Lee versions such as the 25th Hour mirror speech have made the device less effective, but here it establishes the factions. — Wesley Morris
- A Turturro story: after watching dailies of his rant he asked Lee to get on the cover of Ebony with his arm around him so he would be safe on the subway; his rant is called the best of the sequence and extremely rewatchable. — Wesley Morris
- After the list is recapped, one participant goes with Rosie Perez; the ending is chosen by a participant who calls Rosie a close second. — Sean Fennessey
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