Rewatchables Reference

• Cruise bartending to 'Addicted to Love' – called one of the five most 80s things ever captured on film.
• The entire Cell Block scene – the Yuppie Poet, Gina Gershon ordering 'the orgasm,' Coughlin and Flanagan making drinks to 'All Shook Up.' Sean's personal pick.
• Late night for Cruise and Coughlin – falling down steps, ripping off Coughlin's Laws, doing the Hippy Hippy Shake.
• Jamaica: Elisabeth Shue at the bar, then Coughlin shows back up.
• The first Bonnie scene – Elisabeth Shue's 'Do I have fuck me written on my forehead?'
• The showdown with Elisabeth Shue's dad – Sean calls it the funniest scene in the movie.
• The last Flanagan/Coughlin scene – 'The luck is gone, the brain is shot, but the liquor we still got.'

• Cruise and Coughlin bartending together – Cruise throwing himself completely into learning bottle-flipping.
• Uncle Pat's philosophy – 'If you own a bar, never buy anyone a drink.'
• Elisabeth Shue – transition from Karate Kid / Adventures in Babysitting teen to more adult role; called a 'goddess.'
• The soundtrack – 'Addicted to Love,' 'Kokomo,' 'Hippy Hippy Shake.'
• Cruise playing basketball – ridiculous but entertaining.

• A young person obsessed with being rich as a theme feels weird now.
• Coughlin losing $50 on a George Foreman vs. Ken Norton fight that happened in 1973 – worst gambler of all time.
• The aerobics scene – woman doing aerobics in a leotard in front of a tiny TV while someone sleeps.
• Uncle Pat's advice when Cruise finds out his fling is pregnant: 'She's not trying to shake you down... walk away from the whole thing.'
• Both main female characters being rich girls with disapproving dads – essentially the same character twice.
• The ridiculous climax – Cruise punches out the doorman and the butler, says 'It didn't have to be this way' to the dad.

• Charlie Sheen was considered for Brian Flanagan.
• Robin Williams was also considered (felt weird; possibly when the character was written older).
• Heather Graham was offered Jordan Mooney but declined because she was committed to License to Drive with Corey Haim.
• Molly Ringwald also turned down Jordan Mooney.

Tom Cruise wins – 'this is going to be the first time the star of the movie wins' the overacting award. His entire performance, especially the 'Addicted to Love' bartending scene and the Cell Block poetry recital.

• Bill says the movie is 'perfect, I wouldn't touch it.'
• Chris suggests Mel Gibson instead of Bryan Brown as Coughlin – 'Tom Cruise is gonna get glassed at some point.'

• Tom Cruise: Case made for 1988 ('Rain Man' + 'Cocktail' both huge hits), but consensus apex is 1996 / 'Jerry Maguire'.
• Bryan Brown: He would say no/please no. Probably FX (1986).
• Bartending: Yes – this is Apex Mountain for bartending. Adds 'athletic achievement' that Sam Malone didn't have.
• Coughlin's Laws: Yes, Apex Mountain of people just saying weird things and claiming they were laws.

• Coughlin claims bartenders save bars money with less liquor and bottle-flipping, but they spill liquor everywhere.
• Flanagan spent ~3 years in Jamaica; should have had ~$70K by his own math – enough to open a bar. Why did he need Bonnie's money?
• Jordan's dad tries to buy Cruise off with $10K – too low. Probably needed $75K.
• Biggest nit: Coughlin's death. He passes out drunk on the boat, Flanagan leaves for an hour, comes back to find Coughlin dead with a perfectly lucid, thoughtful suicide note. How?

'Yes please.' Unanimous enthusiasm from all three hosts.

• Did Coughlin seek out where Flanagan was honeymooning in Jamaica? There was no internet.
• Was the first time Tom Cruise heard 'Addicted to Love' on set?
• How much time exactly passes in this movie? Bill says ~5 years but it feels like two days.
• Did someone murder Coughlin? The suicide note doesn't add up.
• Did the Cell Block work as a business?

Tom Cruise, no question. 'Got to be Cruise.' Apologies to Coughlin for an incredible performance. Roger Donaldson does not get credit because he disowned the movie quickly.

• Kokomo was nominated for a Grammy and a Golden Globe.
• Andrew Shue has a cameo in the wedding scene at the end.
• The Louis XIII brandy bottle from the $500 bet is worth ~$5,000-$6,000 in 2020.
• In the theatrical trailer, there's an extended version of the final Coughlin/Flanagan meeting where Coughlin claims he made a move on Jordan – it was cut from the film.