Rewatchables Reference

• Bill: The outdoor roof terrace scene where Keanu meets Pacino – 'I watch every time this movie's on and I know we're around the scene.'
• Van: The opening pedophile trial cross-examination – 'quite a way to start the movie.'
• Chris: The 'Look, but don't touch' speech in the last half hour.
• Also: Pacino speaks Spanish on the subway – 'Invigorating!'; Eddie Barzoon's death during a Pacino monologue; Charlize's suicide scene.

• Charlize Theron's career trajectory – she was 21, turned down Showgirls, went on to become a major star.
• Don King cameo; all the New York cameos.
• The office building and apartments looking amazing.
• Van: DOJ investigations / trading paper stuff – 'every time DOJ is investigating.'
• 90s New York City.

Paint It Black by the Rolling Stones at the ending – 'there's really not another one' and 'there's no real music' otherwise in the film.

Chris: Some of the special effects – 'the face changing hasn't really aged that well.'

• Keanu's Southern accent – Bill: 'I had that number one.' Van: 'He can be from Gainesville and not sound like Elmer Fudd.'
• Jeffrey Jones (Eddie Barzoon) – his real-life criminal offenses make his presence uncomfortable.
• Craig T. Nelson's alibi of having sex for 3.5 hours pre-Viagra.
• Pacino's teeth/veneers.

• Bill: 'Keanu is the greatest bad actor of the last 35 years.' There's a charisma about him – 'I always feel like somebody could have played the part better. But I genuinely love him.'
• Chris: Once Marianne is dead, you're better off just taking the devil's offer – 'chief attorney general for Satan with a hot half sister girlfriend... or you can go back to Gainesville and sling Saturns.'

• Joel Schumacher and Brad Pitt almost made this in 1994. Van: 'If Brad Pitt is in this movie, he gets nominated.'
• Johnny Depp would have been really good at this point.
• Pacino turned the movie down five times.
• Jack Nicholson could have worked as Milton.

• Craig T. Nelson.
• Chris: Charlize – 'She's going nuts.'
• Pacino for the whole movie.

Winner: Chris Bauer ('Machine') – all three agree. Incredible late-90s run: 'Face/Off', Devil's Advocate, 8mm, 'High Fidelity', 61*, 81 episodes of True Blood.

Chris: Delroy Lindo as Philippe Moyez.

• Replace Jeffrey Jones as Eddie Barzoon – Bill suggests William H. Macy.
• Van: Tom Skerritt as Cullen replacing Craig T. Nelson.

• Copyright lawsuit over one of the sculptures in the film – had to be edited out of future releases.
• The outdoor patio was on the 50th floor, actual stage 8 feet from edge.
• The Roy Jones Jr. fight was real – filmed October 4, 1996, IBF super middleweight title.
• The empty street scene was shot on a Sunday at 7:30 AM on 57th Street.
• Connie Nielsen had only been in America for one month when she landed the part.
• Tony Gilroy: Trump would pop by the set every day to 'try to see Charlize' while 'the entire crew was laughing at him.'

• Satan on film – all three agree: 'I think it is for the devil on film.'
• Roy Jones Junior – 'yes, height of his powers.'

• Speed of cases flying by; would have loved more courtroom time.
• Kevin Lomax is a horrible husband.
• The mom has sex with the devil and doesn't change at all.
• Judge allows evidence with no discovery.

• What does the mom know? Does she recognize Pacino/Milton?
• Does the Antichrist really come from half-siblings having sex?
• If they had stunt cast Trump as Cullen, does Trump become president?
• Is the ending on a loop ('Groundhog Day'-style)?

• Van: The box cutter from the subway scene.
• Chris: Roy Jones Junior tickets; the controversial sculpture.

• Free will – 'stop blaming other people, it's all your choice.'
• 'Don't ignore your wife.'

Bill: 'Pretty obvious prestige TV show' but worries it would end up on Showtime. Needs HBO-level treatment.

• Bill: '...And Justice for All' (Pacino courtroom movie).
• Van: Bedazzled (2000, Elizabeth Hurley as the Devil).

Van: The script (Tony Gilroy's screenplay).

Al Pacino – unanimous. Bill: 'Not his teeth, but the rest of Al Pacino.'

Isaiah Blakely: 'It's not my favorite film so far... I don't really do Satan.'