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‘Running Scared’ (1986) With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

November 26, 2024 · Action · Comedy · Crime · 1:33:14

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What's Aged the Worst

Bill Simmons▶ 13:54The lack of enough parts for black actors in Hollywood that prevented Gregory Hines from having a bigger career
Chris Ryan▶ 13:57The lack of enough parts for black actors in Hollywood that prevented Gregory Hines from having a bigger career

Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Bill Simmons▶ 15:44They left so much money on the table with this - there should have been four Running Scared movies

Joey Pants Award

Bill Simmons▶ 25:41Joe Pantoliano — Joe Pantoliano as Guido the Killer Pimp/Snake
Chris Ryan▶ 26:10Joe Pantoliano — Joe Pantoliano - described him as 'the all-time 80s hood'

Most Rewatchable Scene

Bill Simmons▶ 34:32The opening pickup basketball scene where people get punched and then there's a chase, followed by the scene where Crystal tells the neighborhood that Snake has $50,000 in small bills
Chris Ryan▶ 35:12The scene where Crystal designates the block as a neighborhood and tells everyone about Snake having $50,000 in small bills in a briefcase

Apex Mountain

Bill Simmons▶ 36:42Chicago

Great Shot Gordo Award

Bill Simmons▶ 37:31The Sunset
Chris Ryan▶ 37:36the Matching Tits t-shirts

Den of Thieves Benihana Award

Bill Simmons▶ 37:44Key West

What's Aged the Best

Bill Simmons▶ 43:59Ray Hughes and Danny Costanzo (the archetypal cop names), buddy cop movies with rival buddy cops, mid-80s Stephen Bauer, unannounced stop-bys in the 80s, dead bad guy coming down an escalator, the movie poster, and American hatred for the French in the 80s
Chris Ryan▶ 44:02Ray Hughes and Danny Costanzo (archetypal cop names), Dan Hedaya's Angry Lieutenant character, everything Stephen Bauer wears and does in the movie, characters barging into houses uninvited, company car pools, and 1980s derision for croissants

Big Kahuna Burger Award

Bill Simmons▶ 50:51The lunch that the girls serve on the boat with margaritas
Chris Ryan▶ 51:07The lunch that the girls serve on the boat with margaritas

Butch's Girlfriend Award

Bill Simmons▶ 53:18Billy Crystal playing an Italian Chicago cop named Danny Costanzo when he's so obviously Jewish
Chris Ryan▶ 52:25Danny and Anna's lack of magnetic chemistry that would explain her loving him so much she'd leave her dentist fiancé to go back with him

Is There a Better Title?

Bill Simmons▶ 1:04:36Suggests multiple alternatives including 'One Last Job', 'Short Time', 'Chicago Heat', and jokes about 'Bisexual Buddies' and 'Homoerotic Chicago Cops'
Chris Ryan▶ 1:04:47Agrees the original title doesn't work, suggests something related to their 30 days left before going to Florida but doesn't offer a specific alternative

Casting What-Ifs

Bill Simmons▶ 1:05:41Tom Selleck — Originally supposed to be Hackman and Newman as two old NYC cops, but they were never approached. Tom Selleck and John Travolta were going to be the cops - Selleck couldn't due to Magnum PI, Travolta's agent Mike Ovitz turned it down. Also mentions Peter Hyams wanted Darlene Flugel from To Live and Die in LA.

Half-Assed Internet Research

Bill Simmons▶ 1:14:38Multiple trivia facts: Billy Crystal accidentally hit himself with a pistol needing plastic surgery, wrote a 1986 book 'Absolutely Marvelous', said he watches the movie to visit with Gregory Hines, and the finale was shot at the State of Illinois Center
Chris Ryan▶ 1:15:51The State of Illinois Center was sold to Google

Hanks or Cruise

Bill Simmons▶ 1:19:51Tom Hanks — Hanks - thinks Hanks could easily play Danny and should have made a movie like this in the 80s
Chris Ryan▶ 1:20:30Tom Hanks — Suggests Michael Keaton as a third option who would have been great as Danny after Night Shift

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Bill Simmons▶ 1:22:56Why Danny suddenly wants to stay a cop after everything that happened - he should want to go to Key West since he already paid for the bar
Chris Ryan▶ 1:23:08When Danny gets shot in the chest by a fellow police officer, there's no accountability - they just tell him he should have watched where he was standing

Is This Movie Better With

Bill Simmons▶ 1:24:19Danny Trejo — Danny Trejo as Jimmy Smith's lead henchman
Chris Ryan▶ 1:23:55Samuel L. Jackson — Ramon Raymond as one of Julio's lieutenants or Sam Jackson in the Joey Pants role

Just One Oscar

Bill Simmons▶ 1:25:09Michael McDonald — Michael McDonald for 'Sweet Freedom' - Best Song

Best Double Feature

Bill Simmons▶ 1:26:50Stakeout
Chris Ryan▶ 1:26:53Busting — Busting (because of Hyams connection)

Coach Finstock Life Lesson

Bill Simmons▶ 1:28:15You can't go from marrying a cop to marrying a dentist
Chris Ryan▶ 1:28:20If you think you want to move to Key West, you should go and stay, don't go back to Chicago

Who Won the Movie

Bill Simmons▶ 1:28:59Billy Crystal
Chris Ryan▶ 1:29:03Billy Crystal — Agrees it's close between Crystal and Hines, acknowledging Crystal's career benefit

Movies Referenced (51)

Running Scared (2006)

44 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 3:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Lethal Weapon (1987)

11 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 7:13IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Midnight Run (1988)

8 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 8:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bad Boys (1995)

7 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 7:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

City Slickers (1991)

6 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 15:06IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Heat (1995)

6 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 55:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Heat (2013)

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 7:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

The Nice Guys (2016)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan▶ 9:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗

21 Jump Street (2012)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 7:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Body Double (1984)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 32:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Fargo (1996)

2 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 21:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Miami Vice (2006)

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons▶ 8:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (6)

Iyi Tubi

4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons · Known for Ex Machina, World War Z▶ 1:06:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Peter Hyams

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 29:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Mel Gibson

2 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Braveheart, Conspiracy Theory▶ 8:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Mann

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Bill Simmons · Known for The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans▶ 8:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Mitch Gaylord

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Batman Forever▶ 31:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Robert Altman

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Gosford Park▶ 1:19:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (57)

Billy Crystal

39 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Forget Paris, City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally...▶ 5:12IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Gregory Hines

21 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Renaissance Man▶ 12:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Joseph Van De Yacht

20 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan▶ 4:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael McDonald

13 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for The 40-Year-Old Virgin, No Way Out, Twister▶ 4:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Tom Hanks

10 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Cast Away, Big, Forrest Gump▶ 14:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dan Hedaya

7 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for The Usual Suspects, Commando, Mulholland Drive▶ 44:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jimmy Smits

6 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for In the Heights▶ 41:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ben Stiller

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Tropic Thunder, Zoolander▶ 16:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Jordan

5 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Space Jam, He Got Game▶ 36:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Tom Cruise

5 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Top Gun, Minority Report▶ 31:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

John Travolta

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Saturday Night Fever▶ 56:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Kid Cudi

4 mentions · Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan · Known for The Harder They Fall, Don't Look Up, Need for Speed▶ 30:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (4)

Gary DeVore

1 mentions · Bill Simmons · Known for Raw Deal▶ 29:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jimmy Huston

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 29:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Roger Ebert

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 32:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Taylor Worst

1 mentions · Bill Simmons▶ 13:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Cinematographers Referenced (1)

Christophe Legal

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for The Pink Panther▶ 30:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗