Rewatchables Reference

• Bill: Opening credits / first 20 minutes (bathtub, Marvin Gaye, meeting every character, funeral) – 'unassailable'.
• Chris: The opening 20 minutes, 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' and Hurt arriving late.
• Also: Richard's kitchen scene at 3 AM, J.T. Lancer screening/dinner, the Alex reckoning/big argument scene, Michigan football game.

• J.T. Lancer concept (brilliant parody of 80s TV like Magnum P.I.)
• Richard and Karen's marriage dynamics.
• Sarah talking to her kids in 'mom voice' then saying 'sometimes I don't believe what I hear myself saying'.
• Nick's Porsche 911 (1972 Targa).
• The arc of a friend's getaway weekend perfectly captured.
• The Santini house location.

• Glenn Close's haircut ('absolute affront').
• 'I'm opening a club like Lanes, but hipper'.
• Return of the Secaucus Seven hanging over the movie as a way to ding it.
• The amount of smoking (especially Meg).

• Kevin Costner's body in the bathtub.
• John Bailey's cinematography referencing Ozu (triads of objects telling character stories).
• The dissolve from Alex's wrist stitches matching the rows of farmland outside the church.

• Best: Rolling Stones' 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' (the funeral scene).
• Bill: 'The Weight' by The Band.
• Sean: 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg' (doing dishes/cleaning up).
• Chris: Stones' 'Shattered' with Meg smoking at the table.
• The entire soundtrack curated by Meg Kasdan (Lawrence Kasdan's wife).

• Karen going back to Richard at the end after sleeping with Sam in the field – 'never sat right with me' (Bill).
• Sean and Chris provide justification (parallels her conversation with Sarah about the Alex affair).

• Bill: Why not a sequel instead of Grand Canyon? Bring them back for the 25th college reunion.
• Chris: Sarah offering up Harold to impregnate Meg is 'loser behavior' born of guilt over her affair with Alex.
• Sean: The first five years of Kasdan's career is the greatest screenwriting run in movie history.

• Kasdan wrote Nick specifically for William Hurt (the only part written for a specific actor).
• Kevin Kline wanted Goldblum's part; they pushed him to Harold.
• Phoebe Cates auditioned for Chloe; Kevin Kline met Cates through this audition and they ended up together.
• JoBeth Williams and Glenn Close both wanted to play Meg.
• Sean Penn was considered for Alex but deemed too young.

Nobody except the preacher/pastor ('Where did Alex's hope go?' – 'really gunning for it').

• Don Galloway as Richard (was on Ironside; apparently a big libertarian).
• Also discussed: the preacher, and the cop (Mary Kay Place's real-life brother).

• Bill: Glenn Close moves to Mary Kay Place's role (Meg), Meryl Streep takes the Sarah role.
• Sean says 'it's a better movie'.

• The Santini house: Kasdan loved The Great Santini so much he reused the same house (Beaufort, SC).
• Supernatural event during filming: a sound technician recorded a ghost sound in the house.
• Michigan football scenes from a 1980 Michigan vs. Michigan State game (Michigan won 27-23).
• Nobody wanted to make the film despite Kasdan being scorching hot – pitched it 17 times.
• Kevin Costner's scenes were cut; Kasdan gave him the lead in Silverado as compensation.

• Meg Tilly: Yes, this is her apex mountain.
• Mary Kay Place: Yes, definitely.
• Tom Berenger: No – Platoon.
• JoBeth Williams: Yes (this or 'Poltergeist', the 1981-83 run).
• Lawrence Kasdan: Yes (coming off all the 'Star Wars').
• Backyard/touch football: This vs. 'Wedding Crashers' (left unresolved).

• Kevin Kline's South Carolina accent ('not awesome').
• How does Harold's small running shoe company have publicly traded stock?
• Harold telling everyone about the stock deal (SEC violation).
• Touch football scene: 2-on-2 with no Mississippi count, unrealistic.
• Harold's house seemingly has an impossible number of bedrooms.

'Sequel, prequel, prestige TV, all-black cast are all untouchable. I would watch all the versions of this.'

• Did Meg get pregnant?
• How long do Nick and Chloe last? ('A week and a half').
• Are Harold and Sarah still together? ('No way').
• What does Nick get arrested for first?
• How long did J.T. Lancer last on the air?

Grand Canyon (also directed by Kasdan, similar themes a decade later).

• Chris: Michael's Village Voice t-shirt.
• Bill: Running Dog game-worn sneakers; the record collection.
• Sean: The coffee maker; 'Richard's sandwich'.

• 'Everyone sells out.'
• Meg's line: 'It's a cold world out there and sometimes I'm worried I'm getting cold too.'

Lawrence Kasdan – he made the generational movie.

Kasdan for Original Screenplay – he lost to Horton Foote for Tender Mercies, which they disagree with.