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The Player
The Player
The Player
48 Hrs.
Film credit
Brion James
Also referred to as Brian James
Stats
- Episodes featuring their films
- 4
- Movies in this archive
- 4
Rewatchables episodes featuring Brion James’s films
Displaying all 4 episodes
Mentioned in discussions
Apex Mountain
Brion James qualified; handgun window flights
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:28:17Read transcript
- Murphy is not at his peak; Nolte is approaching a later run. — Bill Simmons
- Brion James receives a tentative yes; a Shocker recollection follows without establishing that credit.
- Predator2 challenges this film for the most frustrating but lovable action sequel.
- Hill’s peak is placed at The Warriors or the original48 Hours. — Bill Simmons
- People flying through windows after handgun shots receive an affirmative. — Chris Ryan
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:25:11Read transcript
- Brent Jennings is chosen; Brion James is considered beyond the category, and the actor playing the other police associate is also considered. — Bill Simmons
- A street interview with Jennings about a youth-football scoring restriction is recalled as an early career success. — Van Lathan
Apex Mountain
Cynthia Stevenson, double-breasted suits, Leeza Gibbons in 1992, and Randall Batinkoff’s early-1990s run: yes
In the discussion (15)
Approx. transcript time · 01:22:51Read transcript
- Tim Robbins is judged short of an overall career apex.
- Vincent D’Onofrio’s Law & Order work is suggested as his apex.
- Robert Altman’s Nashville and immediate post-MASH power are weighed. — Sean Fennessey
- Cynthia Stevenson is explicitly judged at her apex. — Sean Fennessey
- The Player competes with other Hollywood-industry satires. — Wesley Morris
- Peter Gallagher is judged not at his apex. — Wesley Morris
- Double-breasted suits are called a period apex, with hope that the style stays buried.
- Leeza Gibbons is judged at her apex in 1992. — Bill Simmons
- Fred Ward is judged not at his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Brion James is judged probably not at his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Whoopi Goldberg’s Ghost and Sister Act period is identified as the apex context. — Bill Simmons
- Greta Scacchi’s Presumed Innocent period is compared. — Bill Simmons
- Outdoor Los Angeles meals and drinks are placed at a 2020–2022 apex. — Bill Simmons
- Randall Batinkoff’s School Ties, Buffy, and The Player run is judged his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Murdering a screenwriter is rejected as an apex-worthy behavior. — Bill Simmons
Best Former That Guy / Former Joey Pants Award
Fred Ward; possibly Brion James
The panel proposes a new category here.
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:14:26Read transcript
- The panel explicitly proposes Best Former That Guy, also called the Former Joey Pants Award, for movies at least 30 years old. — Bill Simmons
- Fred Ward is discussed as a performer who changed from an unnamed familiar face into a recognized actor by Tremors. — Bill Simmons
- Brion James is offered as someone who may still qualify as a That Guy. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Early-1990s Los Angeles, the no-stars pitch, cameos, Randall Batinkoff, anonymous threats, and Hollywood-insider jokes
In the discussion (14)
Approx. transcript time · 00:49:37Read transcript
- The pre-internet early-1990s Los Angeles movie world is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Executives recoiling from a movie with no stars is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Jeremy Piven’s pre-hairpiece appearance is highlighted. — Bill Simmons
- Anjelica Huston and John Cusack visibly disliking Griffin is a favorite cameo moment.
- Randall Batinkoff’s funny supporting role and failed star trajectory are highlighted. — Bill Simmons
- The mystery-person postcard device is praised as reliably effective. — Bill Simmons
- Brion James’s studio-chief presence is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Larry Levy attending AA meetings to make deals despite not drinking is praised. — Bill Simmons
- Malcolm McDowell’s cameo is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The movie marks Sidney Pollack’s return to acting before a later run.
- The running assumption that Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis fit every movie is praised. — Bill Simmons
- The Pasadena insult is highlighted. — Bill Simmons
- Griffin being served a different bottled-water brand in each venue is highlighted. — Bill Simmons
- The movie’s insider view of powerful institutions is connected to later storytelling. — Bill Simmons
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
James Remar as Gans; Frank McRae as Captain Hayden
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:44:37Read transcript
- Not since the Heat episode have there been this many nominees: James Remar as Gans; Sonny Landham as Billy Bear, whose box score is likened to Ben Wallace in 2006, seventeen rebounds and five blocks in nine minutes, plus forty; and Jonathan Banks as the cop who gets shot, with the plea not to give Gans the gun.
- Brian James as Kehoe (transcribed 'Keough') is hated because he becomes the bad guy in Another 48 Hours; Olivia Brown, future Miami Vice star, plays the girl who falls for Reggie Hammond in a minute.
- One host names James Remar the winner; the other disputes it and goes with Frank McRae as Captain Hayden, quoting his suspension-and-review-board tirade; a tangent on great angry captains includes Cobb in Beverly Hills Cop; McRae is a great eighties cop captain who played the cop in about five movies and surprisingly never demands Jack's gun and badge here.
- The Remar pick stands and the choice is respected as what makes the category great; the objection is that Gans is so evil, though believably and never-not evil, killing something like nine cops over five hundred thousand dollars because he likes it.
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