‘Risky Business’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan
March 12, 2024 · Risky Business (1983) · Comedy · Crime · Drama · 1:48:29 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
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Half-Assed Internet Research
Bill SimmonsRebecca De Mornay had never been in a movie before this but got the role because she was Harry Dean Stanton's girlfriend▶ 17:37
Chris RyanThis trivia about Rebecca De Mornay and Harry Dean Stanton is the only piece of half-assed internet research you ever need to know▶ 17:43
Most Rewatchable Scene
Bill SimmonsThe poker game and first 10 minutes including the 'what the fuck' speech between Miles and Joel outside▶ 33:57
Den of Thieves Benihana Award
Bill SimmonsThe Drake hotel in Chicago, specifically the scene where they get hot chocolate▶ 1:01:39
Great Shot Gordo Award
Bill SimmonsThe shot from Joel's perspective when he's about to drop his parents off at the airport and realizes something's wrong with too much space▶ 1:02:02
Chris RyanJoel calling Lana for the first time while putting on the catcher's mask with cash register checks flashing in the background▶ 1:02:16
Butch's Girlfriend Award
Bill SimmonsThe scene where they move all the furniture back in the house too quickly before the parents return▶ 1:04:07
Chris RyanThe scene where they move all the furniture back in the house too quickly before the parents return▶ 1:04:26
What's Aged the Worst
Bill SimmonsFuture enterprisers - the goal of getting rich that the movie promotes, which has become what society values through Instagram and social media▶ 1:07:08
Is There a Better Title?
Bill SimmonsWhite Boys Off the Lake (the original script title) is a better title 40 years later▶ 1:08:38
Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Bill SimmonsJoel Goodson is the second best Tom Cruise role ever, after Jerry Maguire but ahead of Top Gun's Pete Mitchell and Ethan Hunt▶ 1:10:39
Chris RyanRisky Business is the prequel to Eyes Wide Shut - the character Joel could have grown up to be Tom Cruise's character in Eyes Wide Shut▶ 1:09:29
Apex Mountain
Bill SimmonsPaul Brickman — Discusses multiple apex mountains including Cruise (not apex), Brickman (high for 80s teen movies, picks this over Fast Times), Porsche marketing influence, and various other topics▶ 1:21:17
Chris RyanSay Anything — Suggests Say Anything as potential apex mountain for teen movies, discusses Chicago suburb movies, Rebecca De Mornay (notes The Hand That Rocks the Cradle was bigger), and various other apex mountain topics▶ 1:21:21
Probably Unanswerable Questions
Bill SimmonsJoel is a virgin at the beginning of the movie and might have prepared by masturbating before Lana arrived▶ 1:26:14
Chris RyanA mechanic getting a car out of Lake Michigan and fully repairing it within the timeframe of parents being gone is highly unlikely▶ 1:27:18
Picking Nits
Bill SimmonsMultiple nits: Guido couldn't catch Joel in car chase, Miles' confusing party scene dialogue, neighbors would definitely tell Joel's parents about the party and yard sale, Joel's Princeton scores (1090 SAT, 3.1 GPA) are inconceivably low for admission, and the party math doesn't add up - 80 transactions with 12 workers means 6+ encounters each▶ 1:27:57
Chris RyanAgrees with Bill's nits and adds that Joel has no extracurriculars like sports, the party numbers seem high like 'farmer's market' busy, and suggests Lana might be skimming money from the operation▶ 1:28:34
Sequel/Prequel/Limited Series/Remake
Bill SimmonsRisky Business sequel with Joel now in his 60s retiring at a party where Lana shows up, or Joel's son living out 21st century version with Ben Simmons remaking it▶ 1:35:03
Chris RyanPrequel showing Joel in college at Princeton where Lana shows up, or sequel with Joel's son (possibly Lana's kid) living out the 21st century version of Risky Business▶ 1:34:49
Is This Movie Better With
Bill SimmonsLoved Wayne Jenkins and thought Byron Mayo would have been great in a scene with Joel and Jackie▶ 1:36:23
Chris RyanPhilip Baker Hall — Philip Baker Hall as the Princeton admissions interviewer/Rutherford, and Wayne Jenkins with extensive impersonation dialogue▶ 1:35:48
Just One Oscar
Bill SimmonsPaul Brickman — Brickman for the screenplay, with Tangerine Dream for soundtrack as alternative▶ 1:36:58
Best Double Feature
Bill SimmonsAll the Right Moves — Eyes Wide Shut as a fun pairing, but prefers All the Right Moves to see early Cruise in 1983▶ 1:39:23
Chris RyanFerris Bueller's Day Off — Ferris Bueller's Day Off - contrasts Joel's obsession with money/success against Bueller's rejection of that system▶ 1:39:42
Movies Referenced (33)
| Title (year) | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Killer (2023) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 6 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 18:20 |
| All the Right Moves (1983) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 5 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 6:26 |
| Frozen (2013) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 37:22 |
| Miami Vice (2006) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 8:35 |
| Eyes Wide Shut (1999) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 1:09:32 |
| Neighbors (2014) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 1:18:56 |
| Say Anything (1989) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 29:05 |
| Top Gun (1986) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 14:51 |
| Trading Places (1983) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | ▶ 10:56 |
| Born on the Fourth of July (1989) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 1:11:27 |
| Creed (2015) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 1:13:06 |
| Hancock (2008) | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 28:22 |
Directors Referenced (11)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Penn | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 12 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Mystic River, 21 Grams, Dead Man Walking | ▶ 0:22 |
| Alexander Payne | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | The Descendants | ▶ 26:04 |
| Cameron Crowe | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons | Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire, Vanilla Sky | ▶ 29:00 |
| Michael Mann | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans | ▶ 5:10 |
| John Hughes | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 2 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, The Breakfast Club | ▶ 7:50 |
| Ben Stouffer | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | The Haunting in Connecticut | ▶ 37:36 |
| Clint Eastwood | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Unforgiven | ▶ 9:15 |
| Jonathan Demme | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married | ▶ 46:29 |
| Sidney Lumet | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | 12 Angry Men | ▶ 1:11:46 |
| Stanley Kubrick | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon | ▶ 1:10:08 |
| Tom Brady | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | The Hot Chick | ▶ 15:08 |
Actors Referenced (51)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cruise | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 21 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Top Gun, Minority Report | ▶ 2:18 |
| Curtis Armstrong | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 9 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Better Off Dead, Risky Business, Revenge of the Nerds | ▶ 3:28 |
| David Geffen | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 8 | Bill Simmons | Little Shop of Horrors, Interview with the Vampire | ▶ 3:47 |
| Rebecca De Mornay | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 7 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Risky Business | ▶ 7:23 |
| Harry Dean Stanton | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 5 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Alien, The Green Mile | ▶ 17:40 |
| Bronson Pinchot | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Beverly Hills Cop, True Romance, Risky Business | ▶ 3:25 |
| Frank Sinatra | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | From Here to Eternity | ▶ 1:13:34 |
| Joe Biden | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 1:59 | |
| Ron Dean | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | The Fugitive, The Breakfast Club, The Dark Knight | ▶ 40:42 |
| Timothy Hutton | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 4 | Bill Simmons | Ordinary People, Beautiful Girls | ▶ 16:07 |
| Bruce Young | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | ▶ 1:09:02 | |
| Charlie Sheen | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Wall Street | ▶ 16:48 |
Writers Referenced (6)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Brickman | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 15 | Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan | Risky Business | ▶ 5:38 |
| Bruce Springsteen | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons | The Wrestler, Philadelphia | ▶ 9:53 |
| Stephen King | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 3 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 12:31 | |
| Joel Cohen | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Chris Ryan | Toy Story | ▶ 26:25 |
| Roger Ebert | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | ▶ 31:59 | |
| Tom Holland | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | Child's Play | ▶ 1:13:22 |
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
| Name | Links | Mentions | Mentioned by | Known For | First |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Grantland | IMDb ↗Lb ↗ | 1 | Bill Simmons | The Other Guys | ▶ 34:49 |