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Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables

Scent of a Woman 1992

With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 22 August 2022 · 25,024 feet

The claim

69:03 – 71:50

… was some sort of interaction it got cut do you think that Frank Slade voted for Trump I think he loved a lot of the stuff Trump stood for would be my guess Apex Mountain Pacino no no movies built around a blind character let's say yes sure Chris O'Donnell yeah I think so it felt like he was the biggest young actor in the world after this movie Rebhorn it's hard whether that guy liked that because I feel like they're always at like the same level you know but yeah this is a pretty big scene for Rebhorn pretty big movie this is probably his biggest part in a big movie I personally liked him in Talented Mr. …

The whole segment, as transcribed

that when the limo dropped them off at the hotel Trump and Marla Maples were behind them there was some sort of interaction it got cut do you think that Frank Slade voted for Trump I think he loved a lot of the stuff Trump stood for would be my guess Apex Mountain Pacino no no movies built around a blind character let's say yes sure Chris O'Donnell yeah I think so it felt like he was the biggest young actor in the world after this movie Rebhorn it's hard whether that guy liked that because I feel like they're always at like the same level you know but yeah this is a pretty big scene for Rebhorn pretty big movie this is probably his biggest part in a big movie I personally liked him in Talented Mr. Ripley the most as the dad yeah thought he was really good as the dad that's like a perfect Rebhorn part shout out to Rebhorn how about guys named Manny in Pacino films probably still Scarface there's gotta be a Manny in Carlitos yeah blind movie characters I feel like we're doing a disservice to blind movie characters but I can't think of any off the top of my head yeah that's why I think this is the answer the 1989 Ferrari Mondial T Cabrile definitely Apex oh my god see that Ferrari shop scene all those cars Jesus horrible thanksgivings in a movie definitely I was trying to think of what was a more dysfunctional holiday scene you know like Rachel getting married is the most dysfunctional wedding this would be a fun like side project to figure out the most dysfunctional family things just this for fucked up family February next year where we could have just dissected just the one scene what's the most horrible Christmas scene I mean what about from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and just like the sewage tank backing up apex mountain for the ranger chokehold definitely definitely did you want to try that on fantasy at some point in the office how about 90s hunk actors crying no it's McConaughey right in a time to kill yeah yeah that made that him crying in that courtroom scene made him an A plus lister I actually scouted a time to kill because I wanted to do it on rewatchables I was like eh tough one not there's rewatchable scenes but ultimately not I'd sooner do Pelican Brief than time to kill yeah yeah any other apex mountains for you no I don't I mean I don't think it's an apex mountain for Hoffman it's not for prep schools boarding school movies maybe

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What the board says

Their apex is elsewhere
Al Pacino26,470 ftThe Godfather Part II, 1974, by 6,042 feet.
Philip Seymour Hoffman24,070 ftCapote, 2005, by 6,160 feet.
June Squibb19,600 ftEleanor the Great, 2025, by 1,962 feet.

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