Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
115:25 – 120:37… I'm five minutes away from being that guy, so I'm not going to make a lot of him. But I'm 53. How far is 75? You know what I mean? But, yeah. We got to go to Apex Mountain. Go. Coppola, yes. I mean, he literally had never had more power than this. He's telling people, I get to do the San Francisco Opera. All this stuff. Like, this definition of Apex Mountain. Can you believe it? They're letting me do the San Francisco Opera. Apex Mountain, here I go. And I'm writing the Great Gatsby script. They're like, oh, okay, dude. Just make Godfather 2, please. And De Niro. Pacino? I'm going to say yes. Let's take a look …
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He's been in two of my favorite movies of all time, and he's incredible. Just because his Instagram is entertaining to another generation of people. I'm five minutes away from being that guy, so I'm not going to make a lot of him. But I'm 53. How far is 75? You know what I mean? But, yeah. We got to go to Apex Mountain. Go. Coppola, yes. I mean, he literally had never had more power than this. He's telling people, I get to do the San Francisco Opera. All this stuff. Like, this definition of Apex Mountain. Can you believe it? They're letting me do the San Francisco Opera. Apex Mountain, here I go. And I'm writing the Great Gatsby script. They're like, oh, okay, dude. Just make Godfather 2, please. And De Niro. Pacino? I'm going to say yes. Let's take a look at the run. It's an amazing run. I just think coming out of this movie. We didn't give it to him for the last movie, right? No. I think we said it was this movie for him. Best performance. But biggest ability to do whatever he wants after this movie. It's Coppola and Gordon. I'm not to be. And Gordon Willis. Although, actually, Gordon Willis in some of those Woody Allen movies did work just as good. I would give it to him for this. Cazale? Yes. Sure. I vote yes. Yeah. Sure. Lake Tahoe? No. You've got to talk to Stormy Daniels about that. I've driven by that house. You can drive a boat right by the Pacino house. Most romantic time to talk about Lake Tahoe when this movie comes out or now? Lake Tahoe is kind of on a comeback, right? I don't know. I don't know the answer. Merle? Nobody's taking my bait on Stormy and Donald Trump. That's right. That's where it all went down. That's funny. Merle what? Dion Waiters? Apex Mountain. Apex Mountain for Troy Donahue or whatever this guy's name is? Yeah. Merle. Yeah. Yeah. My favorite fact about Troy Donahue is that his real name is Merle Johnson. He named him his real name. But also Spradlin, right? Even though he was amazing. Apex Mountain for Spradlin. I think Gary is, that's Apex Mountain. Paramount? Whew. Yeah. They made the best movie of all time. Yeah. Sure. During the heyday of not that many studios. They're in charge of most of the cool stuff. Did they own the Knicks during the championships? No. Horrific Oscar results? This is Apex Mountain. Paramount put out Top Gun, Bill. Yeah. Paramount also put out the Transformers movies, Bill. It doesn't have to be the Apex Mountain. Horrific Oscar results. Yes. Any other Apex Mounds? Yes. Hmm. Mafia movies? Movies? All acting? Apex Mountain for movies? Apex Mountain for movies. I love that. That's good. Let's give it to movies. Thank you. All right, movies. I mean, this is an amazing time for movies. Oh, for mob movies, though. Apex Mountain for Mafia movies. The Joey Pants That Guy Award. We mentioned Willie Chi-Chi. We mentioned Merle. Rocco, I have no idea what his real name is. Al Neri. And Janko. There's 25 that guys. Harry Dean. Dominic Cheney's. Yeah. I have to go with Merle just because I just see, if I saw him in anything else, I'd be like, Merle! He was in a lot of stuff in the 50s and 60s. Yeah, he was like a famous dude. Yeah. I just like it when Harry Dean Stanton's like, Frankie, let's play hearts. That's true. That's true. That's true. Troy Donahue? Troy Donahue, yeah. Yeah, I mean, he gets the huge name check in Greece. Yeah. Troy Donahue. As for you, Troy Donahue, I know what you want to do. My mom claims that he was a huge heartthrob. He was a heartthrob. He was a giant. He was a super important figure. He was like a Tiger Beat kind of guy. Hey, let's talk about Luminary, a podcast subscription service with some of the best content around. It's the only place you can listen to The Ringer's amazing podcast, Sonic Boom, How Seattle Lost Its Team, hosted by our very own Jordan Ritter-Kahn. 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