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Cliffhanger

1993 film

Bill Simmons · Kyle Brandt

Aired January 3, 2023

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Above the Rim

1994 film

Bill Simmons · Van Lathan · Wosny Lambre

Aired July 19, 2022

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American Pie The Rewatchables
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American Pie

Who Won the Movie?

No consensus: Scott, Levy, and the Weitz brothers; Affleck also advocated

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:17:30Read transcript
  • Casey Affleck preference defended for brief sushi cameo; MILFs worldwide joking collective suggestion.
  • White’s brothers proposed based on subsequent career; Hannigan / Leon career praise but Bill explicitly rejects Leon winner/performance.
  • Scott short-term and Levy long-term proposed, Levy and White’s brothers another combined formulation; Biggs newly bankable visibility considered.
  • Final Scott short-term / Levy long-term reiterated with agreement, another sticks with White’s brothers; no single unanimous winner.
American Pie The Rewatchables
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American Pie

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

No single selection: Sherman’s introduction, the band-camp reveal, the computer metaphor, and Stifler lines

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:13:37Read transcript
  • Sherman boy-to-man introduction praised.
  • Bandcamp reveal line praised for surprise, retained here as non-graphic description.
  • Computer-mouse euphemism praised and retrospectively most 1999 candidate; Leon delivery noted.
  • Stifler introductory exhortation and abrupt insult recalled; homophobic material condemned as dated.
Cliffhanger The Rewatchables
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Cliffhanger

Apex Mountain

Stalactite death; Turner; botched plane transfers; Delmar’s actor

In the discussion (14)
Approx. transcript time · 00:38:32Read transcript
  • Stallone is rejected for Apex.
  • Turner receives affirmative Apex for Northern Exposure alongside this hit.
  • Rooker loses to later Marvel fame, or Days of Thunder within this earlier era.
  • Climbing films lose to Free Solo.
  • Harlin remains unresolved, with this hit contrasted against Cutthroat Island and a marriage joke.
  • Botched plane transfers receive affirmative Apex, though the five-minute timer is questioned.
  • The greatest No remains unsettled, comparing RockyIV, Elijah Wood after Gandalf falls and this film.
  • Leon’s peak is placed in Above the Rim.
  • Delmar’s actor receives an affirmative choice.
  • Stallone’s cliff jump loses to First Blood.
  • Stallone climbing mountains loses to RockyIV.
  • Lithgow loses to Third Rock from the Sun.
  • The Leon fight’s stalactite death is explicitly proposed as an Apex.
  • Ill-fitting gloves receive a joking Apex proposal.
Cliffhanger The Rewatchables
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Cliffhanger

Recasting Couch

Bullock; Snipes; Gibson; Newman; Tommy Lee Jones

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:00Read transcript
  • Bullock is proposed as the romantic lead.
  • Snipes is proposed instead of Leon.
  • Gibson replacing Rooker would create two huge male leads, though it provokes objection and guilt.
  • Newman is proposed as Frank.
  • Tommy Lee Jones is proposed as Travers, with more background and material required.
  • Jones could also replace Lithgow.
Cliffhanger The Rewatchables
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Cliffhanger

Most Rewatchable Scene

Opening rescue and Sarah’s fall

In the discussion (23)
Approx. transcript time · 00:26:25Read transcript
  • The rescue opening is a contender for the greatest opening scene, though the novice's ability to reach the summit and Hal's injured knee create obvious questions.
  • The opening's rescue plan is criticized as needlessly dangerous compared with lifting people directly by helicopter; the failed buckle lacks redundancy, and Gabe using one arm rather than both is questioned. Despite this, the scene is cinematic.
  • Hal's immediate hostile stare at Gabe after the fall seems to promise revenge that never comes and remains unfair given his own inaction.
  • Frank appears to smile in the background during the death; wind-induced squinting is a possible explanation, but the effect is unintentionally comic.
  • Gabe returning to Jesse eight months later is a favorite bad-acting scene: mumbling, overwrought dialogue and his greater trauma than Hal resemble a soap opera. Brandt recognizes lines from his own Days of Our Lives experience.
  • The midair transfer is an admired scene candidate.
  • The plane-to-plane stunt reportedly cost a million dollars and was performed for real.
  • Travers failing to ensure all his victims are dead is a major planning mistake.
  • The first suitcase and avalanche sequence is a favorite absurd scene.
  • The villain firing at the avalanche is baffling, while Gabe survives beneath a suitcase.
  • Forcing Gabe to remove his coat exposes his physique, while Hal suddenly worries about the man he blamed.
  • The nighttime sliding fight is a fun scene, ending with the climbing stake stopping the descent and an unconvincingly made-up scraped face.
  • The Leon fight is admired because Stallone takes an unusually one-sided beating before the obvious sharp cave formations pay off; stalactite death is proposed as an Apex.
  • Saving Jesse with another glove pull calls back to the opening, jokingly suggesting Gabe tries harder because he loves her and has no distracting shouting.
  • Frank's death brings another Rooker No and the emotional never-hurt-anybody line, punctured by Lithgow's Touching; the excess is enjoyed.
  • Delmar beating Hal while narrating soccer is the strongest alternative to the opening.
  • His soccer enthusiasm and racism are interpreted as 1993 villain coding before the 1994 World Cup changed American interest.
  • Season’s over, asshole supplies a celebrated payoff to the fight.
  • Stallone killing Travers is another scene candidate.
  • The dangling-helicopter finale is another favorite.
  • The dangling helicopter helps even the Stallone/Lithgow mismatch; a broken arm might have further helped.
  • The opening wins both final scene choices.
  • Hal confronting Gabe on the cliff is the runner-up, compared with Heat’s two-star confrontation.
American Gigolo The Rewatchables
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American Gigolo

The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?

Rearrest; return to the Probe; disputed senator’s future

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:44:56Read transcript
  • The relationship lasts mere hours before the maid recants and police arrest Julian again for pushing Leon off the balcony.
  • Julian returns to Malibu but wants to revisit the Probe and explore his sexuality.
  • The senator’s campaign is imagined faltering; the counterproposal makes him president within eight years because he is cunning.
American Gigolo The Rewatchables
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American Gigolo

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

“I don’t like playing the same numbers too often. They get possessive”; “Giving pleasure to women. I’m supposed to feel guilty about that”; “I do know a whore when I see one”

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:16:42Read transcript
  • Not playing the same numbers too often because they get possessive is one preferred quote; the line about a client’s period is raised as an alternative.
  • The defense of giving women pleasure without guilt is another preferred quote.
  • The senator recognizing a whore and Leon’s brutal accusations of being framable, disliked and stepping on toes are further favorites.
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Films in the archive

Above the Rim

1994

Cliffhanger

1993