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The Chicago Movie Draft LIVE in Chicago!
The Big Picture
July 22, 2025 · 2:00:12 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Tracy Letts, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · With Chris Ryan
Edition: Chicago
The Chicago Movie Draft
Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Tracy Letts · Commissioner: Jack
Chris Ryan · 6 picks
| #1 | Thief | action/horror/thriller | ▶ 55:00 |
| #8 | The Dark Knight | blockbuster | ▶ 1:19:10 |
| #9 | Primal Fear | Oscar nominee | ▶ 1:22:30 |
| #16 | Eight Men Out | drama | ▶ 1:45:50 |
| #17 | The Sting | comedy | ▶ 1:49:10 |
| #24 | Glengarry Glen Ross | wild card | ▶ 1:19:00 |
Sean Fennessey · 6 picks
| #2 | The Fugitive | Oscar nominee | ▶ 37:04 |
| #7 | The Color of Money | blockbuster | ▶ 1:16:40 |
| #10 | The Front Page | Oscar nominee | ▶ 1:27:30 |
| #15 | Risky Business | drama | ▶ 1:42:30 |
| #18 | House of Games | action/horror/thriller | ▶ 1:51:40 |
| #23 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon | wild card | ▶ 1:17:00 |
Amanda Dobbins · 6 picks
| #3 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | comedy | ▶ 39:02 |
| #6 | My Best Friend's Wedding | blockbuster | ▶ 1:11:40 |
| #11 | Widows | action/horror/thriller | ▶ 1:30:50 |
| #14 | Home Alone | Oscar nominee | ▶ 1:40:00 |
| #19 | A League of Their Own | drama | ▶ 1:55:00 |
| #22 | While You Were Sleeping | wild card | ▶ 1:15:00 |
Tracy Letts · 6 picks
| #4 | Hoop Dreams | Oscar nominee | ▶ 1:05:50 |
| #5 | The Blues Brothers | comedy | ▶ 1:07:30 |
| #12 | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | action/horror/thriller | ▶ 1:33:20 |
| #13 | The Untouchables | blockbuster | ▶ 1:36:40 |
| #20 | Medium Cool | drama | ▶ 1:58:20 |
| #21 | Love Jones | wild card | ▶ 2:01:40 |
Winner: Chris Ryan · Chris 46.5% · Amanda 34.1% · Sean 11.8% · Tracy 7.5% · 1,173 votes · margin 12.4 pts
Decided by audience poll on X · counts read off the ballot
Movies Referenced (74)
9 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Tracy Letts▶ 10:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗
9 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Tracy Letts, Amanda Dobbins▶ 11:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗
9 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Tracy Letts, Amanda Dobbins▶ 9:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗
8 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Tracy Letts▶ 1:17:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Tracy Letts▶ 1:05:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Tracy Letts, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:00:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Tracy Letts, Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:27:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:34:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Directors Referenced (12)
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, The Breakfast Club▶ 24:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Tracy Letts · Known for The Fugitive, Holes, Under Siege▶ 33:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Tracy Letts · Known for The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans▶ 31:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Tracy Letts · Known for Body Double, Dressed to Kill, The Bonfire of the Vanities▶ 23:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Slap Shot▶ 48:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Wild Things, Mad Dog and Glory▶ 1:09:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Armageddon▶ 1:37:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Tenet, Interstellar, Inception▶ 55:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Phantom of the Opera, Batman & Robin, 8MM▶ 1:50:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Tracy Letts · Known for Dances with Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves▶ 1:13:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Taxi Driver, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mean Streets▶ 54:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for 12 Years a Slave, Shame▶ 1:06:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (64)
11 mentions · Tracy Letts, Sean Fennessey · Known for Holes, Poltergeist III, Chain Reaction▶ 33:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for My Best Friend's Wedding, Young Guns▶ 48:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Tracy Letts, Sean Fennessey · Known for Thief, Once Upon a Time in America▶ 30:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Tracy Letts, Sean Fennessey · Known for In the Line of Fire, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading▶ 6:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding▶ 48:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Tracy Letts · Known for Chicago, Pretty Woman, An Officer and a Gentleman▶ 43:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Proposal, Miss Congeniality, Speed▶ 1:34:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Top Gun, Mission: Impossible II, Minority Report▶ 54:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Tracy Letts · Known for The Blues Brothers▶ 44:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (4)
1 mentions · Tracy Letts · Known for His Girl Friday▶ 1:01:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Spanish Prisoner, House of Games, State and Main▶ 1:21:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Orlando▶ 6:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (1)
4 mentions · Tracy Letts, Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Medium Cool, In the Heat of the Night, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?▶ 1:27:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗