Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
73:27 – 77:42… and what's real. And I, but I, I think that would have been another way. Then they could have went off on their trip. You know, it's like, yeah, let's go to apex mountain. Jim Brooks. Yes. I say yes to yes. So, because he is now fully established himself as a, a list movie director, but he's also already in the hall of fame for TV. And he's like a year away from taking a Simpsons meeting. And this is like the perfect point of his career. It is. I mean, cause you're saying this, the point in the person's career when they have the most, the most everything, most leverage, most power, the most juice. Cause the …
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Well, or that ultimately it would almost, almost be seen like nihilistically, like ultimately she doesn't really care. If things are fake or real, because what's fake and what's real. And I, but I, I think that would have been another way. Then they could have went off on their trip. You know, it's like, yeah, let's go to apex mountain. Jim Brooks. Yes. I say yes to yes. So, because he is now fully established himself as a, a list movie director, but he's also already in the hall of fame for TV. And he's like a year away from taking a Simpsons meeting. And this is like the perfect point of his career. It is. I mean, cause you're saying this, the point in the person's career when they have the most, the most everything, most leverage, most power, the most juice. Cause the Simpsons thing is interesting. Fastest fastball. There are little parts of this movie where you can definitely see, like, this is the person who does the Simpsons. Like there's elements of humor that come through. I suppose it would have to be him. Yeah. Though. I mean, William Hurt. Indisputably. Yeah. It has to be. I think it has to be. The third consecutive Oscar nomination. More than. More than winning the Oscar, I guess. More than Brooks. Oh. Well, it's not an either or for this movie. We can make it a multiple apexes. Oh, really? It can be. We can spread this movie's ashes over the apex. Well, this would be everyone then, right? For all the main players. It's definitely Holly Hunter. My answer would have been yes for everybody. Yeah. I think that's the answer. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's. Holly Hunter for the piano. I just don't feel like that movie had the same impact or lasting impact that this movie. This movie, and raising Arizona are her two best movies. Yeah. Boy, it sure feels like raising Arizona is closer to now than broadcast news is. Yeah. But it was the same year. Yeah. I, that blows my mind. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that was easy. Apex mountain. Joan Cusack. No. Uh, well, when say anything. 88. No, 89. 89. That would probably be for her, I guess. Well, she doesn't say anything, right? How about Bob Prosky? Well, she's a, she's actually, you know, I knew you were going to bring him up. She's really good in the high fidelity film. Yes. That's what she's, I don't know what her apex would be. I guess this. Sure. Yeah. The Joey Pants award for the best that guy. William Hurt's dad. I didn't even know what his name is. So he's a candidate. He's great. The, the, uh, you getting to Prosky. Yeah, it's time. Prosky. It's Prosky time, Chris. Prosky. We didn't, we didn't play in the set of time. One of the great mammoth actors. He is amazing. He's not thief is his best. In my opinion. He is unbelievable in thief. I love all Prosky. So I don't, I don't pick Prosky. Prosky had this interesting transition through his career where he was like kind of sinister in the late seventies, early eighties. He was basically Wilford Brimley in the firm for like a whole decade. But then he turned into good grandpa. You know, he's basically a good grandpa in this movie and he has a couple of really good moments. You know, when he takes Aaron out and he tells him that he's going to get laid off. And then he's like, I need to go be alone. And he's like, okay, I'll join you. You know, I love that part. And he also has the moment where he had, uh, sits down with Jane and he's like, I know you're not as good as me, but I need you to take this job because I'm leaving no matter what. Yeah. You know, both of those moments are so good. Those, those kinds of actors are like my favorite thing about movies. What if evil Brimley had had this role, Chris? Jane, there's going to be some layoffs. You're going to go down to the mailbox, get your news week, your U S news and world report. I don't know who this person is, but there's that one character who's like, he works in the control room and he is really, he really likes when William Hurt compliments him. Cause he never gets again. That guy looks so much like Philip Seymour Hoffman. Yes, he does. So that's, that guy was from bad influence with James Spader and a couple other things. And then was, I don't know what else. Can I just, Christian Clemenson. Can I briefly just say, we kind of undersold Joan Cusack there for a second. I just looked at her IMDB, uh, 85, 86 SNL broadcast news in 87 married to the mob in 88 working girl in 88. And she's good in working girl. Say anything 89. And then men don't leave my blue heaven in, in 90. That's pretty, that's a pretty great five-year run. Joan Cusack. Uh, I'm going with Prasky. Uh, Saul Rubinick. They knew. What do you got, Chris? Man,
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