Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
81:36 – 86:41… That got cut. And then mentioned the Red stuff with him on the park. He has a panic attack at the grocery store. They cut all that stuff. So there you go. Apex Mountain. Oh, I have one more half-assed internet research thing. Okay. They recorded Freeman's voiceover before they filmed the movie and they would play it on the set when they were doing scenes. Oh. Really? Yeah. That's in the Vanity Fair article from 14. So they recorded and he did his voiceover beforehand and he would shoot it kind of accordingly. That must have been kind of weird. It was a little ass backwards but it worked. Apex Mountain. This …
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and Red hears it from his cell and he's just like laughing hysterically. That got cut. And then mentioned the Red stuff with him on the park. He has a panic attack at the grocery store. They cut all that stuff. So there you go. Apex Mountain. Oh, I have one more half-assed internet research thing. Okay. They recorded Freeman's voiceover before they filmed the movie and they would play it on the set when they were doing scenes. Oh. Really? Yeah. That's in the Vanity Fair article from 14. So they recorded and he did his voiceover beforehand and he would shoot it kind of accordingly. That must have been kind of weird. It was a little ass backwards but it worked. Apex Mountain. This is where we decided this was the peak of somebody's career. Morgan Freeman. I say yes because this is Unforgiven This and Seven. So Morgan Freeman, late bloomer and he was in a movie called Street Smart which I actually remember seeing when it came out or rented or whatever and he played a pimp. Is it Streets of Fire or Street Smart? Street Smart. Street Smart. He plays a kind of a semi-evil pimp and he was just great and he was a late bloomer who that movie became and I think he might have gotten nominated and then that took his career out but after this it felt like once this movie hit and Seven combo of that he could do anything. Don't you think part of the irony here is what was referenced earlier I don't think Freeman thought this was going to be a successful movie. Right. And obviously Unforgiven was a terrific movie and probably until this movie that was the highlight movie of his career. Glory and Unforgiven. Yeah. My dad loves Unforgiven. Yeah. Unforgiven. Rewatchable? Yeah. Potentially, yeah. Oh, I hope so. Will Money? Now my dad's going to make plane tickets. Tim Robbins, no question. Yeah. Yeah. I don't even know what the other contender would be. Well, blown away. Blown away. Blown away. No, wait. He's in Arlington Road. Arlington Road. Yeah, my bad. I was going to say Top Gun. He gets to ride with Cruz in the final scene. He's Merlin. I think this was the apex for prison movies. So what else is in contention here? So you could go late 70s and you could do like a Escape from Alcatraz. There was a Brewbreaker Escape from Alcatraz combo. Papillon. And Jericho Mile which won the Emmy for TV. All like in the same 12 month span. Not in the same ballpark. I think this probably peaked. Any other Apex Mountain for you? I mean all the that guys in this movie it's Apex Mountain for all of them. I guess it's Darabont's I mean you could make it it's either this or it's when he starts Walking Dead but he's had a lot of stops and starts over the course of his career. I would say this would be for him. Yeah. Anybody else? No, this this would be it. Rita Hayworth? I think she has another Apex. Alright, it's time dad. Let's pick some nits. Let's pick some nits. Actually, let's take one more break and then we'll pick some nits. Hey, let's talk about Luminary, the podcast subscription service with some of the best content around including two Ringer podcasts we did break stuff. The story of Woodstock 99. We're doing Rewatchables 1999. Right now we have For Love of the Game with me and Mally Rubin which is one of the most complicated crazy sports movies probably ever. We broke that down. That's coming later this week on Rewatchables 99. We also have a new podcast called Sonic Boom. The story of how the Sonics were stolen from Seattle and brought to Oklahoma City that is launching in October. Luminary also gives you access to a bunch of other original shows including a narrative series about Ivanka Trump. All kinds of things. Trevor Noah has a podcast there. A whole bunch of great creators. The app is free to download in addition to the Can't Miss Originals. Use it to listen to thousands of podcasts including this one. Music, TV, film, comedy, sports, sex, whatever. Luminary is the right show for you. Get your first two months of access to Luminary's premium content for free when you sign up at luminary.link slash rewatch. After that it is $7.99 per month. Luminary.link slash rewatch. Two months of free access. Cancel any time terms do apply. All right. So these picking nits there's a lot but it's out of love. Absolutely. When you've seen a movie 300 to 400 times you're going to start picking some nits. It's better when there are nits to pick. Yeah. It's out of love. There's not a lot. There's more than you think. I have the biggest one. Go ahead. I'll give you the floor. Okay. So what's the plan if there's not a thunderstorm that night? Presumably Andy read the weather report but we're talking 1960s. It's not exactly AccuWeather time. You don't think he went on the internet and knew for sure there's a newspaper or a farmer's almanac that says it's going to have a thunderstorm that night. And he had made the decision. But he's pot committed. He stole the guy's suit. He's got the shoes. He's switched the books.
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