Rewatchables Reference

• Bill: everything from when Jake sees the porn video through to the first date with Holly Body.
• Chris: the casting of Jake into the porn film and the Frankie Goes to Hollywood / 'Relax' sequence.
• Sean: the 'Relax' sequence (most rewatched), but his favorite scene is 'The Follow' – Jake trailing Gloria through the Rodeo Collection mall.

• Chris: porn video stores / Power Records.
• Sean: the adult section of those video stores.
• Bill: putting a music video inside the movie.

• Young Melanie Griffith – fun to see her before she became a massive star (Bill).
• The movie itself – a flop that became 'literally one of the most influential movies of the 1980s' on filmmakers like Soderbergh, Fincher, Tarantino, PTA (Sean).
• Craig Wasson looks like 'Bill Maher crossed with Breckin Meyer' (Bill).

• Calling the killer 'the Indian' throughout the movie.
• Jake not having sex with Holly and instead spilling the beans about the murder.
• Sam's absurdly elaborate murder conspiracy/plan (Chris).

• Chris: the diopter shot of Jake and Gloria at the pay phone from the valet area.
• Also: the entire follow/mall sequence, the tunnel, the reservoir staging, the 360-degree kiss on the beach.

• 'Relax' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood – unanimous pick. Bill: first time he'd seen an MTV-style video correctly integrated into a movie.
• Pino Donaggio's score praised by Chris: 'Beautiful.'

The reservoir ending – Bill: 'just ridiculous, they kind of ran out of time.' Chris: someone needed to tell De Palma 'this is going to look cool but makes no sense.'

• Chris: Jake should have stayed in porn – 'He's doing on-camera feature work after one audition.'
• Sean: 'We should be having unsimulated sex in movies.'
• Bill: this is the best integration of the porn world into a mainstream movie ever.

• Linda Hamilton turned down Holly Body to do 'The Terminator' (same release date).
• Jamie Lee Curtis was rumored/considered; Griffith introduced De Palma to Curtis, who said no.
• Annette Haven (real porn star) was seriously considered for Holly Body; De Palma spent extensive time with her.
• For Jake: Tom Hanks discussed as potentially perfect (the Jimmy Stewart 'ordinary man').

• Saul Rubinek as the director: 'I treated you like a son, you fucking stab me in the heart.'
• The police detective who interrogates Jake after the murder (Bill).

• Bill's pick: Sid Goldberg (the porn TV show host).
• Also: Larry Flash Jenkins, Dennis Franz, Barbara Crampton.

• Craig Wasson: definitively 'Body Double' – 'first line of his obituary' (Chris).
• Melanie Griffith: 'Working Girl'.
• Brian De Palma: Scarface (Sean).
• Gregg Henry: this movie.
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood: definitely this / 'Relax' era.

• Sam's plan is absurdly overcomplicated (multiple cars, costumes, 3.5 hours of makeup, the house, the body double dancer).
• Why did Sam pick the most famous porn star (Holly Body) as the decoy dancer instead of someone less recognizable?
• Jake kept Gloria's underpants in his pocket for 10 hours.
• Getting into porn in 1984 – was it really that easy to become the lead actor with one audition?

• Bill: Melanie Griffith, Best Supporting Actress.
• Chris: Stephen Burum (cinematography).
• Sean: Brian De Palma (director).

Is it possible Jake imagined the whole movie? All three hosts think it's plausible.

Sean: the drill. Chris: the Indian prosthetic mask. Bill: a Holly Does Hollywood video cassette.

• Don't trust anyone you barely know who offers you a house-sitting gig (Bill).
• If it's too good to be true, it probably is (Chris).
• Don't follow strangers for long periods of time to Long Beach (Sean).

• Sean: Vertigo (Hitchcock) – 'they're very similar.'
• Bill: 'Working Girl' (Melanie Griffith before-and-after double feature) or Dressed to Kill.

• Melanie Griffith wins (Sean and Bill agree). She becomes a major star after this – Something Wild, 'Working Girl'.
• Chris: De Palma.