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The Pelican Brief 1993

With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins · 12 December 2023 · 21,671 feet

The claim

78:58 – 81:45

… about his career it's really good even Goldman loved him Goldman was pretty straight shooter on who he worked with he was like that guy was fucking amazing Apex Mountain Tulane I mean does Tulane have like a bowl game that I don't know about the John Hot Rod Williams gambling scandal in the early 80s honestly like prove me wrong I like it how about how about Grisham Firm Pelican Breast he's selling ideas as movies he hasn't written yet conspiracy movies no no how about the saying goodbye off the plane reconsider run back for the second hug still the bodyguard still the bodyguard Edwin Newman yeah he did host …

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talks about what a genius he was so just for that where it's like Redford Harrison Ford Julia Roberts everyone sat for it and if you want to learn more about his career it's really good even Goldman loved him Goldman was pretty straight shooter on who he worked with he was like that guy was fucking amazing Apex Mountain Tulane I mean does Tulane have like a bowl game that I don't know about the John Hot Rod Williams gambling scandal in the early 80s honestly like prove me wrong I like it how about how about Grisham Firm Pelican Breast he's selling ideas as movies he hasn't written yet conspiracy movies no no how about the saying goodbye off the plane reconsider run back for the second hug still the bodyguard still the bodyguard Edwin Newman yeah he did host SNL once do you think it's that was a bigger bigger like audience share than this hosted SNL did sketches with Eddie Murphy when Eddie Murphy was the biggest star in the world okay Denzel Washington is this filled up in the same month but I'm still gonna say no I think it's I think it's trained I think it's yeah I think he's at that point a major box office draw he's not quite a huge box office draw at this point by himself Julia is still pretty woman yeah she could have well she could have made any movie she wanted for the next five years I think that's true also Notting Hill into Aaron Brockovich and winning the Oscar and this has adult movie theaters until Nicholson waves the dildo what about John Hurd I would have said big it's huge and big I'd probably say Home Alone it's Home Alone it's Home Alone what are we gonna do this again it's that time of year yeah Home Alone is yeah it's probably Home Alone to me he's Kevin's dad in Home Alone to me he's a bartender after hours last night during the football game Mike Tirico and Collinsworth were talking about Home Alone they had a you watch you like Home Alone right and he's like and Tirico goes I watch it every year and I'm like there's just no way Mike Tirico watches Home Alone every year he's like oh it's December 15th time to crank up Home Alone you don't think Tirico's on the road Bengals game but it's Jake Browning Craig what do you think does Mike Tirico watch Home Alone every year does he have children I have no idea I don't have children I watch Home Alone a lot every year it's so quick you and Mike you should watch it with Mike me and Tirico I just don't believe it it seems so like yeah I watch it every year it's like alright I would have loved to have been like alright

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What the board says

Their apex is elsewhere
Julia Roberts26,360 ftPretty Woman, 1990, by 6,724 feet.
Denzel Washington25,100 ftTraining Day, 2001, by 5,522 feet.
Tony Goldwyn19,180 ftTarzan, 1999, by 1,393 feet.
John Lithgow22,300 ftRaising Cain, 1992, by 4,656 feet.
Stanley Tucci21,270 ftThe Lovely Bones, 2009, by 3,630 feet.

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