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‘In the Line of Fire’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan
October 24, 2023 · In the Line of Fire (1993) · Action · Crime · Drama · 1:32:59 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
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Most Rewatchable Scene
Bill SimmonsThe boat scene in the beginning, Clint meets everyone scene (including Super Bowl bet joke and meeting Lily Raines), the second Booth phone call with JFK recap, and Malkovich goes to the bank scene▶ 32:10
Chris RyanAgreed with Bill's picks and particularly highlighted the JFK phone call scene as containing some of Eastwood's best acting in the movie▶ 35:52
What's Aged the Best
Bill SimmonsMultiple picks: 'You're too old for this shit' catchphrase, 1990s Castle Rock production company, Secret Service cooperation with the film, Horny Clint flirting with Rene Russo's character, tiny assassination binoculars, and homemade wooden guns▶ 49:07
Big Kahuna Burger Award
Bill SimmonsCalls it 'worst use of food or drink' rather than best - refers to Mitch Leary's diet as grossest use of food▶ 54:12
Great Shot Gordo Award
Chris RyanWhen Leary's talking about God and country and walks into the shadow of his apartment with a beam of light at the top of his head but the rest of his body in shadow▶ 54:25
Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Bill SimmonsAgrees with Chris's take about Dylan McDermott being completely overwhelmed and incompetent as a Secret Service agent, calling him a doofus who can't problem solve and is too fearful▶ 55:53
Chris RyanAre we sure a tackling dummy wouldn't have been a better Secret Service agent than Dylan McDermott?▶ 55:45
Is There a Better Title?
Chris RyanAllows 'Line of Fire' as an alternative but doesn't think it's better than the original▶ 1:02:29
Movies Referenced (50)
| Title (year) | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unforgiven (1992) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 5 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 12:38 |
| Das Boot (1981) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | ▶ 26:15 |
| Die Hard (1988) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Chris Ryan | ▶ 4:36 |
| Halloween (1978) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 31:38 |
| Pretty Woman (1990) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 1:03:41 |
| Empire of the Sun (1987) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 5:19 |
| Jurassic Park (1993) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 2:51 |
| Philadelphia (1993) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | ▶ 38:21 |
| Dirty Harry (1971) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 30:03 |
| I See You (2019) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 2:21 |
| Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 20:07 |
| Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 20:07 |
Directors Referenced (6)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Eastwood | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 5 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Unforgiven | ▶ 11:19 |
| Bill Watts | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | ▶ 34:16 | ||
| Kevin Costner | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | ▶ 20:15 |
| Mel Gibson | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | Braveheart, Lethal Weapon 3, Conspiracy Theory | ▶ 20:15 |
| Michael Mann | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans | ▶ 8:36 |
| Oliver Stone | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, JFK | ▶ 12:58 |
Actors Referenced (49)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Malkovich | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 29 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | In the Line of Fire, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading | ▶ 4:21 |
| Rene Russo | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 13 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Nightcrawler, The Thomas Crown Affair, Ransom | ▶ 18:05 |
| Secret Service | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 10 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 49:41 | |
| Dylan McDermott | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 8 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Olympus Has Fallen | ▶ 33:41 |
| Julia Roberts | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 5 | Bill Simmons | Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding | ▶ 1:03:10 |
| Castle Rock | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | ▶ 4:43 | |
| Killing Joke | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Weird Science | ▶ 5:21 |
| Tommy Lee Jones | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | The Fugitive, No Country for Old Men | ▶ 4:27 |
| Ennio Morricone | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | The Hateful Eight, The Untouchables | ▶ 4:01 |
| John Mahoney | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Moonstruck, Barton Fink | ▶ 54:44 |
| Stephen A. Smith | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | I Think I Love My Wife, Creed III, Happy Gilmore 2 | ▶ 55:45 |
| Alan Rickman | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Chris Ryan | Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | ▶ 4:36 |
Writers Referenced (7)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Maguire | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | In the Line of Fire | ▶ 27:11 |
| Dan Gilroy | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | Nightcrawler | ▶ 20:29 |
| Hunter S. Thompson | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | ▶ 53:53 | |
| Julie Siege | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 4:31 | |
| Lawrence Kasdan | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | The Big Chill | ▶ 3:58 |
| Roger Ebert | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 29:50 | |
| Sara Gran | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 15:08 |
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bailey | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Chris Ryan | In the Line of Fire, American Gigolo | ▶ 3:53 |