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Film credit
Clint Howard
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 4
- Movies in this archive
- 8
Rewatchables episodes featuring Clint Howard’s films
Displaying all 4 episodes
Mentioned in discussions
In the discussion (3)
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- Clint Howard and Jim’s mother are shortlisted — Bill Simmons
- Cronkite is accepted as eligible and chosen — Bill Simmons
- The panel discusses the authority of television science explainers — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (6)
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- Todd Louiso is remembered from Jerry Maguire — Bill Simmons
- Loren Dean is recognized from Gattaca — Bill Simmons
- Joe Spano is remembered from Hill Street Blues — Bill Simmons
- Clint Howard is treated as too well known — Bill Simmons
- Several other mission-control actors are recognized without names — Bill Simmons
- Todd Louiso is the stated answer — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Houston, we have a problem; the score; and collective problem-solving
In the discussion (13)
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- The famous line’s cleaned-up wording and lasting use in sports are discussed
- The film’s use of the number thirteen leads to a superstition debate
- Paxton’s rhinoceros line is enjoyed and its Busey/Point Break connection is reported
- James Horner’s score and Annie Lennox’s vocals are praised
- Supportive spouses are discussed
- Harris’s hairpiece and military haircuts are enjoyed
- The Hanks–Sinise reunion and Clint Howard’s role are praised
- Walter Cronkite’s archival reactions give history emotional weight
- Astronaut longevity is discussed with reported fitness and continuing medical monitoring, not verified health conclusions
- Slingshotting around the moon is admired as comprehensible science
- Lovell’s polo shirts are praised
- Switching equipment on in the right order remains relatable
- Gathering to watch a non-sports world event is missed
Most Rewatchable Scene
Reentry and the CO2-filter solution divide favorite and most-rewatchable choices
In the discussion (15)
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- Hanks watching Armstrong land is nominated
- Jim’s explanation of the Apollo 1 fire to his son pays off later
- Mattingly being removed from the mission is nominated
- Swigert’s failed simulator attempt and retry are nominated
- The launch and Harris’s introduction build excitement
- Docking gives the rookie a success
- The oxygen leak and sudden silence establish the crisis
- Clint Howard’s explanation sets the stakes
- The loss of the moon and the astronauts’ argument are discussed
- The improvised CO2 filter initially gets broad agreement
- The manual burn with Earth in the window is nominated
- Mattingly restoring power is nominated
- Reentry’s extended wait and the control-room celebration are praised
- Final choices distinguish a favorite CO2 sequence from the most-rewatchable reentry
- Lovell giving Swigert the pilot seat completes his confidence arc
In the discussion (1)
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- Clint Howard wins the newly named category for a director repeatedly casting a favored collaborator. — Bill Simmons
Most Rewatchable Scene
Prostitution chalkboard pitch
In the discussion (9)
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- Billy's first scene, tape-recorded ideas, edible paper, office tour, and morgue introduction are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Billy's card-counting story, tuna-mayonnaise idea, Clint Howard encounter, and unauthorized limo use are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The second encounter with the boss's son, his Flintstones viewing, Billy's Atlantic City story, and Chuck's recorded rebuke are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- The subway Love Brokers pitch and breakfast with Belinda are proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Billy's chalkboard pitch to the women is selected as the leading rewatchable scene. — Bill Simmons
- The clothing montage is proposed as a characteristic 1980s sequence. — Bill Simmons
- The fraternity party is proposed chiefly for Kevin Costner's uncredited appearance and Clint Howard's freezer encounter. — Bill Simmons
- Billy's car, Operation Chuck, the Christmas party, Chuck's confession, Belinda returning to work, and the prison and lawyer-office confrontations are additional choices. — Bill Simmons
- The final ranked preference is Billy's car reveal first, the Flintstones-watching boss's son second, and the chalkboard pitch third. — Bill Simmons
Is This Movie Better With…?
Young Steve Buscemi could enhance the film.
In the discussion (1)
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- Buscemi is proposed as Face’s sidekick or Clint Howard’s prisoner role with more lines. — Bill Simmons
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
The sweating Total Recall actor and the biker-clothes actor
In the discussion (3)
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- Brion [transcribed Brian] James, James Hong and Clint Howard are said to have graduated from that-guy status; Face is recognized from Maniac Cop. — Bill Simmons
- The sweating actor from Total Recall is one winner, with identity not supplied in this span. — Bill Simmons
- Adolfo [transcribed Kignonis], the biker whose clothes are taken and a performer from the Breakin’ films, is the other choice. — Shea Serrano
In the discussion (3)
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- Keanu may be ineligible for having too many scenes; Clint Howard and the grandmother are nominees until Dennis Dugan as Gil’s boss is nominated and called the winner.
- Dugan’s boss exercises in business clothes during work hours, talks down to Gil, and lights a cigarette as soon as he steps off the machine.
- The research segment later says Helen Shaw’s grandmother lost the award to Dennis Dugan. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
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- Clint Howard’s Little League parent is nominated for complaining after the first game as if calling sports radio.
Most Rewatchable Scene
Robards’s end-zone speech into the Little League catch and dance
In the discussion (14)
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- The opening minivan chaos, with children piling out, a small naked boy wearing a holster and a daughter throwing up, is nominated as capturing life with young kids. — Bill Simmons
- Larry’s dinner pitch for hydroponics is nominated as the kind of sales pitch one host loves in movies. — Bill Simmons
- The principal telling Gil and his wife that Kevin needs a special school is praised as well written, though not the most rewatchable. — Bill Simmons
- The birthday party sequence is favored for Cowboy Gil, the boy banging his pail-covered head into the wall, the grandmother on helium, and the stripper mix-up at the lodge.
- Helen discovering Garry’s tape, Keanu Reeves’s character explaining Garry’s masturbation, and the grandmother asking what channel it is are nominated. — Bill Simmons
- Gil and his wife searching the garbage for a retainer, with Gil reflecting that children are perfect until they grow up to be like him, is a smaller nomination. — Bill Simmons
- Robards’s father character seeking Gil’s advice with the no-end-zone speech leads into the Little League game; that stretch is declared a winner and favorite part of the movie.
- The Little League dance is called perhaps the best moment of Steve Martin’s career for his physical comedy; he first taunts Clint Howard’s character, and his wife’s perspective contrasts his intensity.
- The grandmother’s roller-coaster speech works because it is corny and the characters are dismissive before its meaning lands. — Bill Simmons
- The closing hospital montage is called heartwarming despite a risk of corniness. — Bill Simmons
- The first choice is Dianne Wiest reviewing the photographs Julie and her boyfriend took, balancing concern, fury and admiration, with favorite lines about the vibrator and Garry. — Van Lathan
- Two more choices follow: Larry’s confrontation with his father, where their father favors Larry because Larry absorbed his philosophy while Gil rejected it, and the vibrator scene. — Van Lathan
- Given the choice between the photographs and the Little League game, the second baseball game is chosen because of Robards and Martin. — Chris Ryan
- Another participant says the second baseball game is also their choice. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (3)
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- A new conditional award, from an idea Bill Lawrence raised on the Out of Sight podcast, honors people famous figures bring along into their movies, such as a director casting Eric Stoltz. — Bill Simmons
- Clint Smith wins: he was in 48 Hours in the jail cell, in Trading Places, on SNL with Eddie, and here the third barbershop guy under hours of Rick Baker makeup. — Bill Simmons
- It could be the Clint Smith or the Clint Howard Award, so it becomes the Clint Award. — Bill Simmons
Displaying all 12 discussions
Films in the archive
Apollo 13
1995
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
Frost/Nixon
2008
Night Shift
1982
Parenthood
1989
That Thing You Do!
1996
The Paper
1994
The Waterboy
1998