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Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables

Toy Soldiers 1991

With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 3 October 2023 · 21,341 feet

The claim

75:16 – 81:06

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And I'm not going to start counting. I know the security guard. I'm going to say it's 12. 18. What? Really? Yeah. 18 people in this thing? Body count. Everyone always goes low on body count. Yeah. Damn. That's a lot. All right. We'll take one more break, and then we'll come back for Apex Mountain. We'll be right back. Tremphaya is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease and adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. Serious allergic reactions, increased risk of infections or lower ability to fight them, and liver problems may occur. Before treatment, get checked for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, or need a vaccine. Explore what's possible. Ask your doctor about Tremphaya today. Call 1-800-526-7736 to learn more or visit TremphayaRadio.com. This episode is brought to you by the Hulu original series, Chad Powers, starring our friend, Glenn Powell. This season, the walls are closing in on Chad's biggest secret. And with his future on the field hanging in the balance, he'll have to win back the one coach who wants nothing to do with him. Watch the new season of Chad Powers on September 3rd, streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. For bundle subscribers, terms apply. All right, Apex Mountain. I mean, the great thing about this movie is probably nobody except for the guy who played Louise Kelly. Sean Astin, no. Luke Austin, definitely not. The guy won an Oscar. The iconic officer in a gentleman's performance. Will Wheaton, no. Jerry Auerbach, definitely not. Boarding school hostage movies, I'm going to say yes. Hell yeah. Can't even think of another one. Throwing judges out of helicopters, yes. Boarding school kids bonding in banana hammock underwear, I'm going to say yes. Thumbs up. Whatever, those Sean Astin shirts that he's wearing, are those like cut off Marlboro Man shirts? Like, how would you describe those? I had it earlier as Double Dragon Chic. He looks like he's in an old Nintendo game. It's a look, for sure. Old Nintendo chic. Just punching and kicking and throwing knives. That's what he looks like. So, we're going to run this on Monday. I don't know why you wouldn't dress like the Toy Soldiers guy on Monday to promote the rewatchables that night. I'd be happy to do that. Just wear the cut off Sean Astin. I'm like, Kyle, what's happening? And you're just like, guys, big rewatchables today. I thought I'd dress in character. And why do you have a bottle of mouthwash with you? What is that about? Best racehorse name? I kind of like Joey Trotta as a racehorse name. Joey Trotta sounds fast. Toy Soldier? Toy Soldier works. I have 100 proof vodka. I'm in on that. Bill, I think it's important. I did have one Apex Mountain. Oh, okay. Cool ass teachers or educators in movies. Like, is there anybody cooler than Gossett in this movie? They zag so hard from the dick prep school disciplinarian. Like, every time he catches them, they're spray painting cop cars. They're defacing school property. So, I was like, ah, these kids these days. And then when he catches them with the booze at the end, he's like, you think you're the first one to drink out of mouthwash? I used to get fucked up back in the day, too. Like, no one is that cool. And then even the Denholm Elliott character is like, don't be so hard on them. It's creative. Like, they are so easygoing and so nice and so fun. That never happens in this. And I can't think of, be it, you know, Lean on Me or Dangerous Minds or whatever. I think it's the coolest educators I've ever seen in a movie. I want to go to school there. Great topic. Thank you. I'm going to, unfortunately, probably have my answer seven hours from now. I don't think you can sleep on Mrs. Garrett from Facts of Life, though. I love Mrs. G. And the joy and wisdom she brought to the life of the girls. She did. In that school who somehow stayed in school for three extra years beyond senior year. That's a good one, though. I'm with you. I love Lou Gossett. And I do feel like, you know, he had a good career. But it actually, it was during this era where there probably weren't enough parts for somebody like him. And now I think he would have thrived 30 years later. But his off-center gentleman, that's one of the great supporting roles. Like, he's fucking awesome in that movie. Mayo. No. Pick and nits. Yep. I don't mean to be a dick, but man, moving all that Dean's furniture into the quad with the bookshelves. And it's just, God damn, that's a lot of work. I mean, a lot. And also, you don't have a camera phone to record the order that it's in and the space that it's in. Like, how did they even remember where the pencil holder is and where the end table is? Now we would just take pictures. I'm with you completely. They should have done five hours at the chapel. A lot of books. Yeah. It's like five hours. Mm-hmm. Six hours? I don't know. Mm-hmm. So, the cigarette sets off the fire alarm. Yeah. He puts, Keith Coogan's character puts the cigarette in the matches and puts it under the fire alarm. And the cigarette just burns and burns and burns. I might have smoked a few cigarettes in my day. Understood. I've never seen a cigarette just continue to burn for one third of the cigarette like that. It's impossible. It's never happened, ever. If you put it down lit, it doesn't just burn itself out? I don't know. It will burn itself out almost immediately, but it would not in time to set the matches

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What the board says

Their apex is elsewhere
Sean Astin23,820 ftRudy, 1993, by 4,062 feet.
Louis Gossett Jr.20,800 ftEnemy Mine, 1985, by 3,151 feet.

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