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Rewatchables episodes featuring Richard Gere’s films
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982 film
Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey
Aired November 14, 2023
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The Dennis Peck Relationship Test
Fails: Graysmith’s obsession would quickly break his marriage to Melanie
The panel proposes a new category here.
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:34:21Read transcript
- The panel explicitly proposes The Dennis Peck Relationship Test, named for Richard Gere’s Internal Affairs character. — Bill Simmons
- The test asks whether the featured relationship would survive. — Bill Simmons
- Graysmith’s fixation is judged likely to destroy the relationship.
Recasting Couch
Directors: De Palma, Fincher, or Lyne. Norman: Richard Gere. Cellist: unresolved.
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:13:14Read transcript
- Laura Sangiacomo is proposed for Jody. — Chris Ryan
- The director rendered as BDP is proposed for a more sexual version with longer camera moves.
- David Fincher is proposed, with Panic Room cited as a nearby version of the material. — Mallory Rubin
- The director rendered as Adrian Line is proposed for a hornier supernatural version. — Mallory Rubin
- The actor rendered as Richard Gear is proposed as Norman. — Mallory Rubin
- Kelly Preston is considered and rejected; the discussion cannot settle on a replacement cellist.
Recasting Couch
Keep the director; consider John Cazale, James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Chadwick Boseman
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:34:12Read transcript
- The panel initially finds no director replacement and briefly proposes John Cazale, James Brolin, or O.J. Simpson for Larry Butler. — Bill Simmons
- Tom Hanks is proposed as Roy in a 1987 version. — Bill Simmons
- Will Smith is proposed for a 1997 version and questioned as too handsome or heroic. — Bill Simmons
- Nicolas Cage is proposed as another 1997 Roy. — Bill Simmons
- Richard Gere is considered and rejected as too attractive or too old for the 1997 role.
- Bruce Willis is considered and rejected as too old for the 1997 role. — Sean Fennessey
- Philip Seymour Hoffman is proposed for a 2007 version.
- Chadwick Boseman is proposed for a 2017 version.
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:35:36Read transcript
- Richard Gere is the agreed winner. — Bill Simmons
Podcast choices
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:31:27Read transcript
- Richard Gere, unanimously. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Richard Gere and Andy Garcia in 1990; cops sleeping with partners’ wives; slapping.
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:17:32Read transcript
- Gere is affirmed for the 1990 combination with Pretty Woman, and Garcia for the same year's Godfather Part III combination.
- Billy Baldwin is rejected in favor of Backdraft or the film described as Thief of Hearts in the transcript.
- The Valley receives a suggested case for looking cool and wild, contrasted with Boogie Nights and Magnolia.
- Dirty Los Angeles cops is debated against Colors, The Onion Field and L.A. Confidential. Internal affairs and cops moonlighting as hitmen are floated without a clear final declaration.
- Nancy Travis loses to So I Married an Axe Murderer; Metcalf and Sciorra are rejected; Faye Grant gets only a probable yes. — Bill Simmons
- Imagining one's wife with another man loses to Indecent Proposal after comparisons with The Best Man, The Big Picture and Unfaithful. — Van Lathan
- Cops sleeping with partners' wives and slapping in movies receive affirmative answers.
- Gere is tentatively proposed as the apex of an attractive villain, without a firm conclusion.
The Rick Dalton Award for the Greatest Fucking Acting I’ve Ever Seen
Richard Gere at the taco stand.
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 00:32:29Read transcript
- A new Rick Dalton acting award is proposed for Gere's taco-stand performance, especially his small gestures, coffee drinking and intimate manipulation.
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:31:37Read transcript
- Final winner ballots are Gere, Winger and Gere, giving Gere two choices to Winger's one. — Craig Horlbeck
Podcast choices
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:24:44Read transcript
- Winger is the first Just One Oscar choice. — Sean Fennessey
- Gere is the competing Just One Oscar choice because he holds the film together. — Sean Fennessey
- Another choice agrees with Winger; supporting eligibility is debated but rejected because of the role’s scale. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:14:47Read transcript
- Gere is affirmed for Apex through American Gigolo and this huge success. — Bill Simmons
- Winger’s Apex is assigned to Terms of Endearment. — Bill Simmons
- David Keith is affirmed for Apex here. — Bill Simmons
- Louis Gossett Jr. is affirmed for Apex here. — Bill Simmons
- Military-training movies prompt a dispute between Private Benjamin and Full Metal Jacket, ending with agreement on Full Metal Jacket rather than this film.
- Puget Sound is unequivocally affirmed for Apex.
- The Triumph Bonneville is proposed for Apex as a particularly impressive movie motorcycle, but other motorcycle peaks are offered without a settled affirmative result. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:56Read transcript
- Gere's I got nowhere else to go breakdown is the overacting choice, celebrated as both excessive and iconic; Lynette's final cheer is a secondary possibility.
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Gere; Gage’s morality; TV format; contract boundaries; dogs; Shackleford; business card
In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 01:26:52Read transcript
- Richard Gere as Gage is rejected because he has already played adjacent roles; Redford’s unexpected casting provides useful disorientation. — Bill Simmons
- Gage’s morality remains disputed: one view calls the proposition unequivocally bad despite complexity and consent, while the other sees a flawed man whose willingness to let Diana leave mitigates the judgment. — Mallory Rubin
- The Million Dollar Club is proposed as an anthology or reality show, potentially an extreme evolution of The Bachelor. — Bill Simmons
- The contract should specify permitted sexual conduct and boundaries, rather than only payment and death contingencies; freeze-framing reveals little beyond the capitalized term Act. — Mallory Rubin
- Specific unanswered contractual boundaries include positions, kissing and oral sex, with possible extended activity reinforcing the desire for flashbacks. — Mallory Rubin
- A counterargument says withholding the sex scene lets viewers imagine something more extreme than the film could show. — Mallory Rubin
- The fate of the two dogs Gage acquired to create a welcoming home is raised as a question. — Mallory Rubin
- Whether Gage keeps and cares for the dogs after Diana leaves remains unanswered; their disposal is dark speculation, not a plot fact. — Mallory Rubin
- Whether Shackleford has actually killed someone is debated, including possible indirect responsibility rather than a deliberate murder. — Mallory Rubin
- Diana is thought to have kept Gage’s business card willingly after enjoying the night, rather than Shackleford secretly planting it; the alternative remains the question’s premise. — Mallory Rubin
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Films in the archive
American Gigolo
1980
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
Internal Affairs
1990
Pretty Woman
1990
Primal Fear
1996
Unfaithful
2002