Rewatchables Reference

• Winner: Tiffany's 'juju' monologue – rattling off Eagles/Phillies scores correlated to her time with Pat, proving to De Niro she's the good luck charm. She pops a Budweiser after.
• Runner-ups: the dance competition into the final kiss in the Diamond District; the first diner date at Llanarch Diner; throwing A Farewell to Arms out the window; the first running scene where Tiff keeps popping out from behind trees.

• Mapping a movie against a sports season – specifically the 2008 Eagles season, called 'elite.'
• Jennifer Lawrence's performance – 'as unvarnished as you'll ever see stars of this quality.'
• Sneaky awesome Christmas movie – Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas mapped against the Eagles season.
• Shea Whigham as Jake – his scene telling Pat his own life is going great while crying.
• The kid filming Pat's breakdown anticipates WorldStar/smartphone culture.

• The depiction of mental health would be even more scrutinized now. Pat's line about having 'a sixth sense' is questionable.
• The age gap between Cooper (37) and Lawrence (21).
• David O. Russell's reputation – known as a yeller; Amy Adams said he made her cry on American Hustle.
• Society's understanding of gambling – John Ortiz needing a parlay explained feels quaint now.

Winner: The David O. Russell high-speed pullback dolly shot on the final kiss in the Diamond District.

• 'Girl from the North Country' (Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash) during the dance training montage. Andy: 'Very inventive. A really smart subtle coding of we're taking this seriously.'
• Led Zeppelin's 'What Is and What Should Never Be' played at full volume during nervous breakdowns.

Chris Tucker as Danny. CR: 'I don't really know what his character does that John Ortiz's character couldn't do.' Andy pushed back, saying Tucker's constant appearing/disappearing is 'very funny and destabilizing.'

• Zach: 'I kind of hate the garbage bag.' It gave 'Philadelphia' one more thing to be mocked for.
• Andy: Jackie Weaver – 'no one has ever been less from 'Philadelphia' than Robert De Niro' and having an Australian doing an American accent on top was a missed opportunity.
• CR: 'There is a reading of this movie in which Tiff is the Joker' – she deeply manipulates a vulnerable man (the fake letter, convincing everyone to lie about Nikki attending the dance).

• Originally Vince Vaughn and Zooey Deschanel. Mark Wahlberg was attached as Pat.
• Anne Hathaway was up for Tiff. Others who read: Elizabeth Banks, Kirsten Dunst, Angelina Jolie, Blake Lively, Rooney Mara, Rachel McAdams.
• Andy: 'All that is bullsh** – those castings would have made it a manic pixie dream girl movie.'

Robert De Niro. 'You're a loser! You ruined it! You blew it!' Zach: 'It's hard to overact in a David Russell movie.'

• Dash Mihok as Officer Keogh (also in The Day After Tomorrow and Ray Donovan).
• Paul Herman as Randy ('Beansie' from The Sopranos).

Julia Stiles – 'She has like six minutes of screen time... she deeply understands everything about this movie.' Her hanging out the window and being 'truly evil' at the dance competition.

Amy Adams as Nikki to create more tension about who Pat chooses.

• Jackie Weaver/De Niro/Russell developed backstories; Pat Sr. and Dolores 'still made love twice a week.'
• In the novel, Pat is institutionalized for ~4 years and it covers the 2006 Eagles season.
• David O. Russell did ~20 drafts of the script.

• Jennifer Lawrence: Yes – wins Oscar + Hunger Games in the same year.
• Bradley Cooper: Yes – 'you're watching his life change in this moment in real time.'
• David O. Russell: Yes – 'pretty much as good as he gets.'
• Sports fandom in movies: Yes – 'Has the depiction of the way a team can govern your emotional stability ever been done this well? No.'

• The Phillies World Series erasure: 'Almost unforgivable' that no one acknowledges the 2008 championship.
• Pat doesn't actually watch the games – he's standing next to the TV, not looking at the screen.
• The 2008 election of Barack Obama goes completely unmentioned.
• No 'Philadelphia' accents despite the deeply Philly psyche.
• Tommy's death driving to King of Prussia Mall when Victoria's Secret was probably at a closer mall.

Untouchable – can't be remade. Craig notes it would 'definitely be a TV show if made today, stretched out and darker.'

• What did Pat whisper to Nikki? (compared to 'Lost in Translation').
• Is Pat consistently taking his meds?
• Do Tiff and Pat make it past Andy Reid's last season?
• What does Tiff do for work?

• Zach: The copy of A Farewell to Arms that Pat throws out the window.
• CR: The DeSean Jackson jersey.

• 'You can play Ride the Lightning for a baby.'
• 'Always stick up for your brother.'

Jennifer Lawrence, though Bradley Cooper is 'the soul of the movie.' Zach: 'It did the most for Bradley... you're watching his life change in real time.'

Craig loved it on first viewing. Noted the East Coast sports insanity is foreign to his Bay Area upbringing. Said it would 'definitely be a TV show today.' Compared the ending to 'When Harry Met Sally'.