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‘A Few Good Men’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan and Amanda Dobbins

August 10, 2017 · A Few Good Men (1992) · Drama · Thriller · 1:02:35 · ▶ Listen on Spotify

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Most Rewatchable Scene

Amanda Dobbins▶ 6:56Acknowledges the ending is the best last scene ever but praises the lunch in Guantanamo Bay as pretty great
Bill Simmons▶ 8:05The ending - agrees it's the most rewatchable but also highlights the Guantanamo Bay lunch scene
Chris Ryan▶ 7:21Jack and Caffey getting a beer scene - 'you're a lousy fucking softball player'

What's Aged the Worst

Bill Simmons▶ 17:02Joe Galloway

Apex Mountain

Amanda Dobbins▶ 21:55No clear response for most actors, but specifically No for Aaron Sorkin (close but not apex) and No for Kevin Bacon (bad haircut was intentional to not distract from Tom Cruise)
Bill Simmons▶ 21:24J.T. Walsh — Yes for J.T. Walsh, No for Aaron Sorkin (first season West Wing is apex), No for Kevin Pollack (Usual Suspects), Yes for Kevin Bacon, Yes for Wolfgang Bodison, No for Jack Nicholson overall but Yes for late Jack Nicholson, Yes for Tom Cruise
Chris Ryan▶ 21:27J.T. Walsh — Yes for J.T. Walsh, No for Aaron Sorkin (agrees with first season West Wing and Social Network), No for Kevin Pollack, No for Kevin Bacon (too many other good performances), agrees on Wolfgang Bodison and discusses Tom Cruise casting challenges

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Amanda Dobbins▶ 32:59Sam Weinberg definitely mailed it in - failed to prepare Downey properly as a witness, which was his main job. Cruise and Moore had zero chemistry and shouldn't have ended up together
Bill Simmons▶ 31:11Multiple questions including Nicholson vs Hopkins impact, Cruise's softball position (shortstop), Sam Weinberg mailed it in (yes), can you make a flight disappear (skeptical), Cruise/Moore didn't hook up, Daniel Caffey's sexuality (ambiguous), and casting alternatives
Chris Ryan▶ 31:27Jessup over Lecter for impact, Caffey plays shortstop in softball, Sam Weinberg mailed it in and got dunked on hardest, flight records could be erased pre-internet, Cuba Gooding Jr. could have played Harold

Who Won the Movie

Amanda Dobbins▶ 57:02Tom Cruise
Bill Simmons▶ 55:25Tom Cruise
Chris Ryan▶ 55:29Tom Cruise

Movies Referenced (21)

The Departed (2006)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 25:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗

As Good as It Gets (1997)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 25:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Heat (1995)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 18:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Miami Vice (2006)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 18:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Presumed Innocent (1990)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 6:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Risky Business (1983)

2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Bill Simmons▶ 40:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Firm (1993)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 5:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Top Gun (1986)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins▶ 29:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗

All the Right Moves (1983)

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 29:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Chinatown (1974)

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 59:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Contact (1997)

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 50:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Crimson Tide (1995)

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 14:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (3)

Rob Reiner

7 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for This Is Spinal Tap, The Wolf of Wall Street▶ 0:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jack Daniels

1 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 16:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Oliver Stone

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, JFK▶ 19:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (38)

Tom Cruise

44 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, Minority Report▶ 0:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Kevin Bacon

16 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Footloose, Hollow Man▶ 5:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Demi Moore

12 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Striptease, Indecent Proposal▶ 0:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Charlotte Caffey

11 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Spider-Man: Far from Home, Fast Times at Ridgemont High▶ 7:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jack Nicholson

8 mentions · Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Chinatown, As Good as It Gets, The Departed▶ 0:36IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Kiefer Sutherland

7 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Phone Booth▶ 8:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Julia Roberts

5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons · Known for Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding▶ 48:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Christopher Guest

4 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind▶ 20:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Cuba Gooding Jr.

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Jerry Maguire▶ 9:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jodie Foster

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for The Silence of the Lambs, Taxi Driver▶ 50:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Matt Damon

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Good Will Hunting, The Martian, The Departed▶ 5:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Wolfgang Bodison

4 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for A Few Good Men▶ 24:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (5)

Aaron Sorkin

17 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for A Few Good Men, The Trial of the Chicago 7▶ 2:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ted Jessup

16 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Ted 2, The Girlfriend Experience▶ 11:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Roger Ebert

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 17:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Malcolm X

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Malcolm X, V for Vendetta▶ 45:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Scott Turow

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Presumed Innocent▶ 6:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗