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‘Out of Sight’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Bill Lawrence

February 2, 2021 · Out of Sight (1998) · Comedy · Crime · Drama · 1:49:16 · ▶ Listen on Spotify

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Most Rewatchable Scene

Bill Lawrence▶ 51:17Highlighted the goldfish-kill scene as the signpost that makes Maurice a real threat and gives the movie stakes (comparing it to Dennis Farina's threat in Midnight Run)
Bill Simmons▶ 48:34The trunk scene — named upfront as the winner ('which is going to win'); he then walks through the other candidates: Snoopy shaking down Ripley ending in the goldfish kill, Michael Keaton's one-scene Jackie Brown crossover (with J-Lo in the Marino jersey), and the hotel bar Gary-and-Celeste scene
Ryen Russillo▶ 49:24Raved about the Snoopy/Ripley shakedown — the meanness of the ending, Clooney's one-minute 'prison education', and the goldfish crush: 'a perfect, perfect scene'

Joey Pants Award

Bill Lawrence▶ 1:13:56Discussed that certain characters can't win Joey Pants because they're too important to the movie, praised father-daughter writing
Bill Simmons▶ 1:15:49Ving Rhames
Ryen Russillo▶ 1:15:00Ving Rhames

Casting What-Ifs

Bill Lawrence▶ 1:21:25Barry Sonnenfeld — Barry Sonnenfeld was offered to direct first but said no, then went on to direct Get Shorty - watching both movies shows how different the tone would have been with Sonnenfeld directing
Bill Simmons▶ 1:20:35Sandra Bullock — Sandra Bullock was supposed to play Karen Sisco but Soderbergh said she and Clooney had great chemistry 'for the wrong movie' - not Elmore Leonard energy, so they landed on J-Lo instead

Dion Waiters Award

Bill Simmons▶ 1:29:50Luis Guzmán — Luis Guzman - specifically for how he gets arrested and his boyfriend in prison storyline
Ryen Russillo▶ 1:29:24Luis Guzman - loves every single line he has, especially the jail scene

Half-Assed Internet Research

Bill Simmons▶ 1:33:46Cast members ad-libbed including Cheadle's 'high potentiality' line; movie was mismarketed in summer instead of fall; Ving Rhames' 'shoot your big mouth off' line foreshadows White Boy Bob's suicide

Apex Mountain

Bill Simmons▶ 1:34:57Elmore Leonard — George Clooney - no, Ocean's Eleven instead; JLo - no, probably her album success 2 years later; Soderbergh - no; Ving Rhames - no, Pulp Fiction; Elmore Leonard - unsure between this and Get Shorty but leans this is cooler; Detroit - mid-80s with Isaiah Thomas, WrestleMania 3
Ryen Russillo▶ 1:35:42Elmore Leonard — Elmore Leonard - Get Shorty over this movie because it was more in the zeitgeist

Picking Nits

Bill Lawrence▶ 1:37:34Jennifer Lopez's bathtub fantasy scene cheats by showing the exact hotel room details she wouldn't know; when did she write the report if she was unconscious after the car crash
Bill Simmons▶ 1:37:00The back and forth chronology is confusing on first viewing; Jack Foley going back to save the maid doesn't align with his character as fundamentally not a good guy
Ryen Russillo▶ 1:41:35Why would Brooks tell these criminals about his diamonds if he's a titan of industry - makes no sense for him to share that information

Who Won the Movie

Bill Lawrence▶ 1:46:47Steven Soderbergh — Soderbergh - because this movie proved he could make commercial films and led to getting Ocean's 11 and other projects
Bill Simmons▶ 1:47:18Steven Soderbergh — Two-tiered answer: J-Lo wins the actual movie performance but Soderbergh wins big picture for career impact, ultimately going with Soderbergh

Movies Referenced (34)

Jackie Brown (1997)

6 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence▶ 43:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Pulp Fiction (1994)

6 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence, Ryen Russillo▶ 46:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Batman (1989)

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence▶ 7:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Get Shorty (1995)

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, Bill Lawrence▶ 5:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Magic Mike (2012)

3 mentions · Ryen Russillo, Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence▶ 37:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

3 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 36:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The World According to Garp (1982)

3 mentions · Bill Lawrence▶ 33:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Boogie Nights (1997)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 1:26:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bottle Rocket (1996)

2 mentions · Ryen Russillo▶ 1:04:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Fargo (1996)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 1:12:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Miami Vice (2006)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 40:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Midnight Run (1988)

2 mentions · Bill Lawrence, Bill Simmons▶ 51:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (7)

George Clooney

55 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence, Ryen Russillo · Known for The Ides of March, Good Night, and Good Luck., Michael Clayton▶ 2:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Steven Soderbergh

24 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence, Ryen Russillo · Known for Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Traffic, Behind the Candelabra▶ 16:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Mike Fox

2 mentions · Bill Lawrence · Known for Superman, Dangerous Liaisons, Shadow of the Vampire▶ 9:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Mike Nichols

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?▶ 1:26:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Paul Thomas Anderson

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Punch-Drunk Love, Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood▶ 39:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Timothy Van Patten

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 58:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Wes Anderson

1 mentions · Ryen Russillo · Known for Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs▶ 1:04:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (57)

Albert Brooks

25 mentions · Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, Bill Lawrence · Known for Drive, Broadcast News, Defending Your Life▶ 2:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Keaton

9 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence, Ryen Russillo · Known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Spotlight, The Founder▶ 22:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Steve Zahn

9 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence, Ryen Russillo · Known for War for the Planet of the Apes, Rescue Dawn, Joy Ride▶ 40:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dennis Farina

8 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence · Known for Get Shorty, Manhunter, Snatch▶ 40:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Don Cheadle

8 mentions · Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, Bill Lawrence · Known for Crash▶ 36:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jennifer Lopez

8 mentions · Bill Lawrence · Known for Hustlers, Second Act, Out of Sight▶ 2:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Catherine Keener

7 mentions · Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo · Known for Being John Malkovich, Capote, The 40-Year-Old Virgin▶ 40:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Eddie Murphy

7 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Harlem Nights, The Nutty Professor▶ 1:22:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Burt Reynolds

6 mentions · Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo · Known for Boogie Nights, Smokey and the Bandit, Striptease▶ 14:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Isaiah Washington

6 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence · Known for Ghost Ship▶ 21:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Laurence Fishburne

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence · Known for The Matrix, Contagion▶ 1:33:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ray Allen

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Bill Lawrence▶ 1:15:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (11)

Elmore Leonard

22 mentions · Ryen Russillo, Bill Lawrence, Bill Simmons · Known for Out of Sight, Get Shorty▶ 5:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Carl Hiaasen

11 mentions · Bill Lawrence · Known for Striptease▶ 14:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗

John Irving

4 mentions · Bill Lawrence, Bill Simmons · Known for The Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp▶ 33:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dan Harmon

3 mentions · Bill Lawrence▶ 55:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

James Jones

2 mentions · Ryen Russillo · Known for The Thin Red Line, From Here to Eternity, The Longest Day▶ 1:32:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Noah Baumbach

2 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story▶ 25:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Andrew Bergman

1 mentions · Bill Lawrence · Known for Striptease, Blazing Saddles, Fletch▶ 44:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bill Callahan

1 mentions · Ryen Russillo▶ 29:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Charlie Kaufman

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Anomalisa, Synecdoche, New York▶ 32:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Roger Ebert

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 48:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Scott Frank

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Logan, Out of Sight▶ 1:33:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Cinematographers Referenced (1)

Kelly Hearns

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The Incredible Hulk▶ 1:36:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗