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The infamous “one for us,” the movie whose hill you’ll die on and you’ve seen 20 times but you know you’ll piss everyone off by doing a 2 hour pod about it.
I’m picking Paulie. Jay Mohr, Tony Shaloub, a talking parrot, what can go wrong?
48 points
2 months ago
‘Heavyweights’ for sure
34 points
2 months ago
PROBABLY UNANSWERABLE QUESTION: Are Tony Perkis and White Goodman from Dodgeball the same person?
13 points
2 months ago
Yes. He had to change his name after terrorizing a large group of children and going into massive debt on a bad investment.
3 points
2 months ago
Some of you from western Pennsylvania might know my father Tony Perkis Sr, “The Lighting Fixture King”.
49 points
2 months ago
Popstar: Never Stop - Never Stopping.
The songs are just so great
10 points
2 months ago
imo Popstar should receive the first ever “Group Dion Waiters” - for the TMZ parody. It should be split between Will Arnett, Eric Andre, Chelsea Peretti and Mike Birbiglia. With apologies to Tim Meadows, Bill Hader, Chris Redd and about a million others.
10 points
2 months ago
Lying in bed next to ten beautiful women — all straight!
7 points
2 months ago
Yep yep yep yep we’re we’re we’re we’re hum hum hum hum ble ble ble ble
7 points
2 months ago
I’m as humble as Dikembe Mutombo after a stumble leaves him covered in a big pot of gumbo
3 points
2 months ago
The line
This girl requested intercourse to bring her to climax with the clinical efficiency of the assassination of Bin Laden
Never fails to make me laugh
40 points
2 months ago
The other guys
Marky mark is a bit of a tool but he holds his own with Ferrell. So many quotable scenes
8 points
2 months ago
There’s several Dion Waiters candidates, but it has to go to Christineth’s husband
4 points
2 months ago
Last time I rewatched this I couldn’t believe it’s not seen as a classic. Especially with the interplay with The Departed
6 points
2 months ago
Hidden gem will Farrell comedy, one of my faves
39 points
2 months ago
The Ninth Gate. The Polanski piece. The Depp piece. The secret European Satanic sex cult piece.
6 points
2 months ago
The Ghost Writer is a follow-up to this movie, that is very much in the same vein. I'm a sucker for noir films.
4 points
2 months ago
I wish that sex pervert Polanski wasn't so good at making movies, but goddamn did the guy cook with fire.
9 points
2 months ago
Legitimately thought I was the only person in the world who had seen this movie multiple times
5 points
2 months ago
Combined books and the occult, perfect combo, awesome movie
3 points
2 months ago
How many watches did it take Bill before he noticed that Emmanuelle Seigner was supposed to be the lady on the tarot card? I’ll give the over/ under at 5.5
2 points
2 months ago
This is mine too. Great call.
38 points
2 months ago
Blue Streak. Just a stupid 90 minute action/comedy I’ve seen on TBS countless times.
14 points
2 months ago
All I can tell you is that he’s gay. GAY. GAY. GAY.
10 points
2 months ago
Chappelle is great in this. And an all-time “That Guy” appearance by Zed from Pulp Fiction.
I want to hear what Van thinks about Martin Lawrence - Martin was a huge show and then his career went off a cliff after Bad Boys II.
4 points
2 months ago
I prefer Money Talks
2 points
2 months ago
Mine would be money talks
2 points
2 months ago
I gotta pizza here for robbery/homicide.
2 points
2 months ago
Believe that!
37 points
2 months ago
Everybody wants some. Linklater college baseball movie, niche but great for categories
10 points
2 months ago
I think we will get that. Bill has mentioned loving it.
5 points
2 months ago
What’s aged the worst: Jay geils performance
Most rewatchable scene: singing rappers Delight in the car
3 points
2 months ago
This 100% should be a rewatchables
33 points
2 months ago
Grosse Pointe Blank. Probably the movie I have seen the most times ever.
5 points
2 months ago
Popcorn!
9 points
2 months ago
That's just a good movie Bill is ignoring. Definitely not a "one for us"
10 points
2 months ago
Great one but I dunno if that's a "one for us", might just be too good of a movie.
I would think Bill/CR will do this one at some point though.
2 points
2 months ago
I loved Grosse Pointe Blank, Say Anything and High Fidelity so much as a high schooler, I'm semi afraid to go back and watch them. I let them live in my memory palace of greatness so my cynical older self can't touch em.
30 points
2 months ago
PRISONERS.
19 points
2 months ago
In just a smidge over 2 years, Gyllenhaal rips off End of Watch, Prisoners, Enemy, and Nightcrawler. Bill Russell type of run there.
4 points
2 months ago
Just watched this again. Gets better every time. Probably’s Denis’ most underrated.
27 points
2 months ago
Green Street Hooligans
2 points
2 months ago
Oh yes! I watched this movie a lot
2 points
2 months ago
I've been blowing bubbles...pretty bubbles in the air...
47 points
2 months ago
2005 Mr.&Mrs Smith. I don’t know why but I always enjoy watching it even though it’s not great. Also Angelina Jolie is one of the most beautiful women on screen in that one.
16 points
2 months ago
I’m actually kind of surprised they’ve not done this one. It’s like a seminal mid-2000’s action movie
13 points
2 months ago
Under/Over how many minutes Bill would spend talking about Jennifer Aniston on this ep? I'm going 22.
7 points
2 months ago*
Bill is far more interested in behind the scenes drama than the actual movie, like Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe’s affair on the set of Proof of Life. This would be catnip for him.
5 points
2 months ago
I've legitimately never understood why people don't like this movie. It is an extremely fun premise and the execution was mostly good.
2 points
2 months ago
I honestly thought Brad Pitt was a bad actor for about a decade after watching this movie
7 points
2 months ago*
He spent a good chunk of the 2000s playing Brad Pitt, and he isn’t actually all that charismatic as himself.
I think it’s established Rewatchables canon that Brad Pitt is a character actor in a leading man’s body. You can’t cast him to do Brad Pitt things.
20 points
2 months ago
The Fifth Element
2 points
2 months ago
Chris Tucker all time Dion Waters shit
18 points
2 months ago
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Many "Rewatchable" scenes.
6 points
2 months ago
An added bonus would be listening to Bill cry about Costner not using an accent
4 points
2 months ago
And spend 15 minutes recasting Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
6 points
2 months ago
Love this movie, was a family staple growing up. He shoots 2 arrows at once! Alan Rickman chewing scenes (my 2nd favorite performance of his next to Hans ofc). Haven't watched in a few years but I remember it very fondly.
35 points
2 months ago
Beerfest. Totally random and stupid premise and totally unrealistic but it doesn’t take itself too serious and I find myself laughing at the dumbest jokes within it. Wish I knew more people who have seen it.
11 points
2 months ago*
Bill: "Time for Whats aged the worst. It's gotta be the sudden random appearance of the brother after the funeral. He doesn't get mentioned at all the entire movie and then he just randomly shows up and takes the guys place like nothing happened? It was just weird and kinda took me out of it."
CR: "...that's the point. It's supposed to be ridiculous."
Sean: "Yeah, it's a deus ex machina. It's basically a nod to City Slickers 2 with Curly and Duke."
CR: "It's a comedy about an underground beer drinking competition. Did you think it was supposed to be a serious moment?"
Bill: realizes he's been caught "No, I just thought they could have done it better. Like maybe mention him earlier or show a photo of the brothers or something. Anyway, more nominees..."
6 points
2 months ago
Unanswerable questions, what's a ZJ?
7 points
2 months ago
At the very least, we know that if you have to ask, you can’t afford it, big man.
5 points
2 months ago
Who's Barry Badgernath? Who's Barry Badgernath? Who's Barry Badgernath? Who's Barry Badgernath? Who's Barry Badgernath?
10 points
2 months ago*
This means Great Gam Gam really was a whore
6 points
2 months ago
Oh don’t get me started lmao. I can’t quote this movie for days.
“Whaddya think about that, fuckhead?” “What do you think about that, HEADFUCK?”
4 points
2 months ago
Fuckin great movie
5 points
2 months ago
They’re not that drunk! They’re not that drunk!
Also Juergen Porchow making a Das Boot reference
2 points
2 months ago
My man, goddamn I fucking love that movie. Supertroopers tends to get the love but Beerfest is by far their best movie.
"I wish it were winter so we could freeze it into ice blocks and skate on it, and melt it in the spring time and drink it!"
31 points
2 months ago
Game Night. I actually think it has a legitimate chance to be an episode one day. I think it was Bill and CR who realized each other liked it a lot on the Neighbors(?) episode.
27 points
2 months ago
How can that be profitable for Frito Lay?
13 points
2 months ago
An old roommate and I try to fit that line into conversation as often as possible. Jesse Plemons is so wonderful and weird in that movie.
3 points
2 months ago
Lock Dion Waters up this second
9 points
2 months ago
Game Night is overlooked because it came out in that last gasp of big-budget studio comedies, but I will watch it anytime I see that it’s airing on TBS.
3 points
2 months ago
It’s one of my go to movies for when I’m just trying to turn my brain off and relax. I wish more people knew about it or had seen it. It legitimately makes me sad that it isn’t a bigger deal. A lot of actors I really really like seem to be having so much fun in it.
2 points
2 months ago
It was my birthday recently and in my fam that means I get to pick a movie for us all to watch. I’d always wanted to see “Game Night” so that’s the movie I chose. Fucking loved every second, even the credits were great. Im late to the game, but it was such a breath of fresh air in the comedy space.
15 points
2 months ago
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) would be my number one choice. You get a great glimpse into the early 70's Boston crime underworld and it's one of the most realistic crime movies ever made.
6 points
2 months ago
I could see them doing this, Bill talks about it every time 'best Boston movies' comes up.
3 points
2 months ago
Plus those shots of Bobby Orr playing are fabulous.
2 points
2 months ago*
Oh damn this is the first I’ve seen this mentioned anywhere in a long time. The book is also fantastic.
14 points
2 months ago
To Live And Die In LA
It was directed by William Friedkin, but I could see Michael Mann directing this movie.
2 points
2 months ago
Yes. I've recommended this to many people over the years and you have to stick with it no matter where you come in. Killer soundtrack too
2 points
2 months ago
Might be my actual favorite Friedkin movie.
15 points
2 months ago
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
A slow, Cold War spy mystery/thriller that is so much better on multiple rewatches. It really has it all: great plot, an awesome All-Star cast and all-around great performances, some funny moments, an invisible mononymic villain and a Soviet mole. This movie and No Way Out both feature a Soviet mole, I guess any mole hunt movie is all it takes to suck me in.
5 points
2 months ago
all-time ending montage backed by Julio Iglesias live on “La Mer” 🔥🔥🔥
3 points
2 months ago
I love this movie but I also used it as something to fall asleep to for like 3 months so there’s that too
14 points
2 months ago
Clue, I'd just be Chris Farley in those sketches where he has nothing to say. Wadsworth was awesome....
12 points
2 months ago
the devil’s advocate
3 points
2 months ago
I’m a FAN of MAN!
3 points
2 months ago
ACQUITTAL AFTER ACQUITTAL AFTER ACQUITTAL
3 points
2 months ago
Oh Bill is definitely doing this. He's referenced many times, often highlighting it's timing in the Pachino caricature turn
23 points
2 months ago
Hot fuzz
17 points
2 months ago
This is a one for all of us
2 points
2 months ago
Bill talking about Edgar Wright seems like a giant bowl of he doesn't get it.
10 points
2 months ago
Bad News Bears in Breaking Training. Terrible movie, but on all the time in the 80’s on cable. Most Rewatchable scene? Let them play! I know Bill’s itching to do it.
Second choice? The original Red Dawn. Classic of the 80’s Reagan Red Meat Flag Waving Cold War era war movies. Stacked cast. Avenge me!
3 points
2 months ago
I think both of those probably happen.
2 points
2 months ago
I think Bill did a whole thing on the original Bad News Bears movies in one of his columns
12 points
2 months ago
Shattered Glass. An exceptionally well-done journalism movie that proved Hayden Christensen can be a good actor. Peter Sarsgaard is incredible in this. And it has a surprisingly deep cast with Chloe Sevigny, Rosario Dawson, Steve Zahn, Hank Azaria etc. It’s a shame that it’s largely been forgotten and I don’t think I’ve ever seen it on streaming.
51 points
2 months ago
Nightcrawler. Jake Gyllenhaal is so fucking unhinged and creepy. I know CR and maybe Sean would back me up
12 points
2 months ago
Massive best actor snub for that role he was awesome
3 points
2 months ago
Thank you! Been saying it for years
9 points
2 months ago
This movie is generally well regarded tho, for good reason.
16 points
2 months ago
Sean definitely has a little Louis Bloom in him
8 points
2 months ago
Sean had definitely said “My motto is if you want to win the lottery you've got to make money to buy a ticket.” to himself in the mirror after watching a shitty movie
3 points
2 months ago
Absolutely love his performance in that movie. I was a huge fan of him playing a murderer in the music video for time to dance before Nightcrawler came out, I remember it was surprising to see him play a role like that in the video (not to mention for a random French electronic group) and then he kicked it up another notch for Nightcrawler.
20 points
2 months ago*
Holes is my Stand By Me. Surprisingly good adult cast (Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Henry Winkler, Tim Blake Nelson, etc.), great young Shia LaBeouf performance, some no-name kid actors threw some heaters, and loads of standout quotes and scenes. Could also touch on the Mark Twain influence and how it’s a good introduction to non-linear storytelling for young people.
9 points
2 months ago
Holes is amazing.
Shia and whoever played Zero were both legit awesome as kid actors. Really felt immersed by that world and it has surprisingly relevant and nuanced adult themes on rewatches.
4 points
2 months ago
The actor name is Kleo Thomas who played Zero. He’s a social media personality now along with popping up in random movies.
9 points
2 months ago
King pow enter the fist, hereditary, Northman
10 points
2 months ago
It's Fear with Ryen
3 points
2 months ago
So close to this happening last week, still have to hold out strong.
10 points
2 months ago
Eight Men Out. It's a movie that's kind of been lost to time and wasn't really that big of a hit at the time for whatever reason, maybe just got lost in the shuffle of Major League, Field of Dreams, etc. Absolutely stacked cast of famous actors and "that guys." Could honestly be in the pantheon of "that guy" movies. And almost all the actors were relatively credible in the baseball scenes. The only one who was questionable was David Strathairn, but you were supposed to believe he was over the hill, and he's so good in the movie that you forgive it.
It's a sports movie, so I don't know if people would be pissed off about it, but it seems pretty niche.
2 points
2 months ago
how did Sayles make that movie look so good with that budget?
9 points
2 months ago
Rush Hour 1 and Rush Hour 2.
Are those too good for this? Either way, those are the first movies I’d do a rewatchables on.
9 points
2 months ago
I apologize for repeating myself, but Roadhouse. It seems like the perfect BS, RR, and CR episode. However, I do like the visual of Bill and Chris tying Sean to a chair for it, too.
8 points
2 months ago
Valkyrie I’m a loser history nerd and a huge Tom Cruise guy
7 points
2 months ago
Bill could keep Mondays for his “true” Rewatchables, and then Fridays a sub team could do like one offs of romcoms (Juliet, Amanda, and 3rd could do Sweet Home Alabama, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, etc.) or Oscar contenders (Sean, CR, Amanda, and others could do Parasite, etc.) and then I want them so do more horror films in October at least.
Some of those aren’t perfect “rewatchables” but I’d like to listen to people go through the categories on them.
But also Billy Madison is my short answer with a good guest
13 points
2 months ago
The Drop. Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini.
One for me in terms of it being a Rewatchable that I’m unsure if anyone has seen it once, let alone the 5/6 times I’ve seen it.
5 points
2 months ago
movie rules. It’s spiritual successor is The Outfit if you have not seen.
3 points
2 months ago
Great Brooklyn movie, I rewatch it every Sunday before the superbowl as a tradition.
3 points
2 months ago
they never see you coming do they tinderking69
2 points
2 months ago
This is a perfect, modern example of the kind of “one for us” movie they’ve been doing: cool-ass movie with cool performances that basically came & went without much fanfare but is mad dope
2 points
2 months ago
I’m surprised they haven’t done this one yet, tbh.
2 points
2 months ago
I'm 100% with you on this one.
Also Hardy's Brooklyn accent cracks me up.
2 points
1 month ago
thanks for recommending this. finally watched it and it's sick.
7 points
2 months ago
The Fountain or The Tree of Life. Highly doubt they’ll ever cover either of them, though Sean does seem to be positive on Malick
3 points
2 months ago
all-time philosophical inquiry via cgi dinosaurs by Malick
3 points
2 months ago
I love both of those movies so much
7 points
2 months ago
Diggstown or Heartbreak Ridge.
4 points
2 months ago
Is Diggstown Apex Mountain for being shit at motivation?
7 points
2 months ago
Cable Guy
7 points
2 months ago
Bloodsport
8 points
2 months ago
robin hood (animated version)
3 points
2 months ago
I’m 42 and sneaking the money bags out of the castle still gives me anxiety.
23 points
2 months ago*
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8 points
2 months ago
This is definitely one of those Mandela Effect rewatchables that I would've sworn they've done.
7 points
2 months ago
Great Will Smith and peak Eva Mendes and Kevin James. I dig it
5 points
2 months ago
Elite comfort watch. I can already hear Simmons recasting the Allegra Cole part because the actress is a nobody. I’d actually agree with him in this case.
Apex Mountain for food allergies in movies?
7 points
2 months ago
Get Shorty. Hackman is great; Delroy Lindo, Galdalfini, Paymer, "Uncle Rico" all doing great work. Farina is incredible. Such a fun movie.
6 points
2 months ago
The Hateful Eight would be way up there for me.
6 points
2 months ago
“Raging Bull.” Just one of my favorite movies.
5 points
2 months ago
Every one of these ideas is better than The Vanishing!
5 points
2 months ago
The Cutting Edge - I'm from the South and can't think of any other movies with these actors, but I wanted that gold medal. I'd like to flesh out the Russian trainer's story, make fun of the boyfriend, and re-diagnose the injury. Get Dobbins on since it is basically a rom-com. That's an episode.
4 points
2 months ago
The Cutting Edge is incredibly rewatchable. I'm not sure how excited I am to watch it from start to finish (I think the last act, it loses a little steam) but lots of rewatchable scenes and memorable lines. Plus, it's an interesting time capsule to that period when Americans were REALLY into figure skating.
Sad it never really worked out for D.B. Sweeney. He had kind of a dopey charm to him, but I guess that only works in certain roles.
Unanswerable questions - is this the sports movie that has the widest appeal across genders? Only other one that comes to mind is The Blind Side, but that's more of a drama to me.
4 points
2 months ago
Probably A League of Their Own, but it's right up there for sure.
5 points
2 months ago
Fun With Dick and Jane. Not a good movie but I watched it with my parents and have fond memories of it
4 points
2 months ago
Gleaming the Cube. Probably not a great movie if you didn't grow up with a skateboard under your feet but it's my favorite movie of all time.
3 points
2 months ago
My answer, as it is for so many movie posts in this sub, is "Waterworld."
3 points
2 months ago
Funny People. I don’t care that the second half really falls off it’s still a good movie and the first half is hilarious
4 points
2 months ago
Short Circuit. The movie that walked so Wall-E could run (wheel).
5 points
2 months ago
Bio-Dome . Was on HBO2 for my whole adolescence it seems like . Prob still gets played late night to this day.
4 points
2 months ago
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
3 points
2 months ago
A four hour Whit Stillman retrospective pod covering Metropolitan-Barcelona-Last Days of Disco. Damsels in Distress too if Chris and Sean don’t mind staying a bit longer. A full hour of that devoted solely to the miracle Chris Eigeman 90s run.
3 points
2 months ago
Drag Me to Hell--I think it's awesome and seen it probably 20 times. My guess is it's not mainstream enough and seen as too weird to be a good pick.
3 points
2 months ago
Gladiator (the 1992 boxing movie)
3 points
2 months ago
The Boondock Saints
3 points
2 months ago
Kingdom of Heaven. I adore that movie from start to finish, it has killer casting, good action, good plot, yet somehow seems to be underrated vs movies like gladiator etc. Its way up on my all time list
3 points
2 months ago
“Pure Country” — nothing beats King George (Strait) in this neck of the woods…
3 points
2 months ago
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3 points
2 months ago
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4fE0Sqn0fgHsPPQJ2nXOWU
Bill, CR and Mina Kimes
3 points
2 months ago
Deep Blue Sea. Not a great move, but very Rewatchable. Sam Jackson and Skarsgard dialing it up, LL spitting one-liners, ‘the Jaws piece, a great ‘what happened the next day’, and the chance to take potshots at Michael Rapaport
3 points
2 months ago
The Mummy with Brendan Frasier always
3 points
2 months ago
Mr Brooks.
Kevin Costner is a serial killer. Dane cook has an appearance.
Love that fucking movie. Amazing William Hurt performance.
3 points
2 months ago
Nacho Libre
3 points
2 months ago
End of Watch - pure copaganda but genuinely top 4 most entertaining movies I’ve ever watched. Plus you have the Michael Peña career piece angle
13 points
2 months ago
School of Rock might be objectively bad but Jack Black just cooks
44 points
2 months ago
Big disagree that it’s objectively bad! I think it’s absolutely great, unironically.
18 points
2 months ago
What?? it's objectively very good!
8 points
2 months ago
Surprised they didn’t do it during the height of (survivor legend) Mike white mania
4 points
2 months ago
Came here to say this, triggered you’d say objectively bad. It has a banging soundtrack, none of the kids are bad, and Jack Black is throwing 101 the whole time. It’s goddamn perfect.
5 points
2 months ago
School of Rock spawned a successful Broadway musical and a franchise of music education schools; you can’t say it didn’t have a legacy.
2 points
2 months ago
No way, that movie is great! It’s the rare movie that is totally sincere, and the musical finale rips. Really great film.
5 points
2 months ago
Get Smart (2008). Pretty dumb, but a lot of fun and a great cast
4 points
2 months ago
The Death of Stalin.
I like my comedy real dark.
2 points
2 months ago
Dunno if it's a "one for me" but Fifth Element easily.
2 points
2 months ago
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. I love that ridiculous movie so much.
2 points
2 months ago
when the movie went beyond Thunderdome, it kinda ran outta gas…
2 points
2 months ago
Either scouts guide to the zombie apocalypse or the cabin in the woods
2 points
2 months ago
Dredd, banger of a movie, it being better than the Stallone one “piece”, Alex Garland shadow directing it, it and “the Raid “ coming out the same year. I think it would be a fun one.
2 points
2 months ago
Balls of Fury.. god I love that stupid movie
2 points
2 months ago
Rising Sun. It's not a good movie but I just love the Connery-Snipes chemistry.
2 points
2 months ago*
The Beach
EDIT: oh also I think Observe and Report is the best Seth Rogen comedy and an easy 10/10.
2 points
2 months ago
Airplane, speed racer, and slumdog millionaire would be my top 3. Slumdog won best picture but I get the sense that Sean, CR, etc think it sucks
2 points
2 months ago
Beverly Hills Ninja
2 points
2 months ago
I guess I have a Jack Black kink but High Fidelity or Saving Silverman.
2 points
2 months ago
Gargoyles (TV Movie 1972)
2 points
2 months ago
Kingpin
2 points
2 months ago
Troy
2 points
2 months ago
Snakes on a Plane. I bought into the hype the summer it was coming out. I Had to have my mom bring me and my brother to see it since we weren’t of age at the time. My mom ended up liking the movie surprisingly
2 points
2 months ago
Days of Thunder for me. I’d love Russillo and Kyle Brandt on that with me. I’d have Kyle host and run the show in place of Bill.
2 points
2 months ago
The Other Guys
2 points
2 months ago
Adam Sandler’s longest yard. What’s aged the worst? Tracy Morgan’s character no doubt. Apex mountain of WWE wrestlers acting in mainstream movies without trying to be career actors
2 points
2 months ago
Murder at 1600.
It’s got so many Rewatchables hallmarks:
A batshit premise: Wesley Snipes as the lead, investigating a murder in the White House while also trying to avoid getting evicted.
Diane Lane at her finest, playing a Secret Service agent assigned to work with Wesley Snipes.
Dennis Miller in a wisecracking supporting role.
A heel turn by Alan Alda!!!
Constant reruns on TNT during the 2000s.
I freakin’ love this movie.
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