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The Rewatchables, a film podcast from the Ringer Podcast Network, features The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and a roundtable of movie lovers from the Ringer universe discussing movies they can’t seem to stop watching. Listen to the complete archives of over 300 movies, including Pulp Fiction, Silence of th...
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West of Eden
The panel highlighted this nonfiction work as a detailed oral history of LosAngeles's development of power in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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There's a great book called West of Eden about basically the development of power in Los Angeles in the 19th and 20th century by Gene Stein.
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The panel highlighted this nonfiction work as a detailed oral history of LosAngeles's development of power in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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There's a great book called West of Eden about basically the development of power in Los Angeles in the 19th and 20th century by Gene Stein.
The City Game
Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team
The hosts said the NewYork streetball culture survived through books like TheCityGame, highlighting it as a key source on that era.
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they really lived on through books, stuff like The City Game by Pete Axelbom.
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The hosts said the NewYork streetball culture survived through books like TheCityGame, highlighting it as a key source on that era.
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they really lived on through books, stuff like The City Game by Pete Axelbom.
Night Shift
They recommended the shortstory collection as a good entry point for listeners who don't read novels, describing it as horrifying yet relatable.
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Even his short story book, I would say Night Shift, which was his first collection of short stories, which is just every short story in it is fucking horrifying, but super relatable.
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Episode: ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman
They recommended the shortstory collection as a good entry point for listeners who don't read novels, describing it as horrifying yet relatable.
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Even his short story book, I would say Night Shift, which was his first collection of short stories, which is just every short story in it is fucking horrifying, but super relatable.
Go get this book Night Shift, which is just every short story in it is fucking horrifying, but super relatable.
The Talisman
They referenced The Talisman as another of King's collaborative works that many readers have encountered.
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I don't know how many people have read The Gunslinger or how many people have read The Talisman, which you wrote with Peter Straub.
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They referenced The Talisman as another of King's collaborative works that many readers have encountered.
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I don't know how many people have read The Gunslinger or how many people have read The Talisman, which you wrote with Peter Straub.
58 Minutes (Basis for the Film Die Hard 2)
The hosts noted that the screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel "58 Minutes."
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Screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel, 58 Minutes.
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The hosts noted that the screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel "58 Minutes."
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Screenplay was adapted from Walter Wager's 1987 novel, 58 Minutes.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
The title was mentioned as a memorable, crazy movie, with the hosts noting its status as one of the five most bizarre films they'd rewatched.
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, which is one of the five craziest movies you could ever rewatch.
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The title was mentioned as a memorable, crazy movie, with the hosts noting its status as one of the five most bizarre films they'd rewatched.
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, which is one of the five craziest movies you could ever rewatch.
Point of Impact
The hosts identified it as the source novel for the film, noting it could have been titled Swagger instead.
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Well, so here's the thing is that BLS, Bob Lee Swagger is kind of like he's in the he's in the reacher zone. Like as far as dad dad books go, these these Stephen Hunter books Point of Impact
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The hosts identified it as the source novel for the film, noting it could have been titled Swagger instead.
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Well, so here's the thing is that BLS, Bob Lee Swagger is kind of like he's in the he's in the reacher zone. Like as far as dad dad books go, these these Stephen Hunter books Point of Impact on a bunch of like he's written like 15 Bob Lee Swagger extended universe books at this point.
The book is called Point of Impact. Do you think that's cool? Not as cool as Swagger.
9/11 and Terrorist Travel
A Staff Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
The report was mentioned as a book that the character reads while feeding his dog, highlighting its inclusion in the film's details.
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The nine, nine 11 commission report book, big red flag, nine minutes in.
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The report was mentioned as a book that the character reads while feeding his dog, highlighting its inclusion in the film's details.
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The nine, nine 11 commission report book, big red flag, nine minutes in.
The Nineties
A Book
The conversation mentioned Chuck Klosterman's book titled "The 90s," highlighting it as a recent publication.
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our buddy Chuck Klosterman has a book out called The 90s.
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The conversation mentioned Chuck Klosterman's book titled "The 90s," highlighting it as a recent publication.
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our buddy Chuck Klosterman has a book out called The 90s.
Kramer Versus Kramer
The hosts noted that the film was based on a source novel written by Avery Corman.
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the person who wrote the source novel was Avery Corman, Jaffe and Benton bought it.
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The hosts noted that the film was based on a source novel written by Avery Corman.
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the person who wrote the source novel was Avery Corman, Jaffe and Benton bought it.
Ordinary People
A Novel
The hosts discussed reading the novel, noting it as the source text for the film and mentioning its placement on bannedbook lists.
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When I read Judith Guest's book, I thought this is it.
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The hosts discussed reading the novel, noting it as the source text for the film and mentioning its placement on bannedbook lists.
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When I read Judith Guest's book, I thought this is it.
I was curious to ask you guys, have either of you read the novel? No, no. I have never I had never read it, and I I don't really have a good explanation as to why, because, as you know, I love to visit the source text and I love to read the story.
I started reading the book for the first time this week because of the pod.
Ordinary People on the list of most banned books in school libraries. Yeah, that's so strange. It was the 52nd most challenged book in schools and libraries from 1999. Narrowly beating out number 53, American Psycho.
Wiseguy
Life in a Mafia Family
The hosts noted that Goodfellas was adapted from Nick Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wise Guy.
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And that movie was based on Nick Pileggi's 1985 book, Wise Guy. Did you read it?
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The hosts noted that Goodfellas was adapted from Nick Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wise Guy.
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And that movie was based on Nick Pileggi's 1985 book, Wise Guy. Did you read it?
Limitless
A Novel
The hosts explained that the film Limitless was adapted from the novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn and noted the title was changed before release.
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So Limitless is based on the novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn. It was directed by Neil Berger and it was based on a screenplay by Leslie Dixon... They retitled it Limitless...
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The hosts explained that the film Limitless was adapted from the novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn and noted the title was changed before release.
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So Limitless is based on the novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn. It was directed by Neil Berger and it was based on a screenplay by Leslie Dixon... They retitled it Limitless in December 2010 before it came out, which I think was a smart move. Great title. Really nice title. Dark Fields, isn't that the name of the novel that Eddie writes? Yeah. Dark Fields is the wrong title for this.
Norman Mailer 2 Volume Hardback Collection (Oswald's Tale
An American Mystery & Harlot's Ghost)
The hosts noted that Mailer's book explored the Kennedy assassination and argued that LeeHarveyOswald acted alone.
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The Norman Mailer book. ... what's it called? Oswald's Ghost or something.
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The hosts noted that Mailer's book explored the Kennedy assassination and argued that LeeHarveyOswald acted alone.
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The Norman Mailer book. ... what's it called? Oswald's Ghost or something.
More Letters from a Nut
Chris Ryan's book *Picking Nits* was highlighted as his best work, ending just before his move to Grantland and featuring his personal anecdotes.
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The best Chris Ryan book is the one, it ends right before he gets to Grantland... Picking Nits.
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Chris Ryan's book *Picking Nits* was highlighted as his best work, ending just before his move to Grantland and featuring his personal anecdotes.
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The best Chris Ryan book is the one, it ends right before he gets to Grantland... Picking Nits.
Best Seat in the House
18 Golden Lessons from a Father to His Son
The book was praised as excellent and recommended, described as a basketball book cowritten with Ralph Wiley.
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when his book, which he wrote with Ralph Wiley, which was excellent. It's called Best Seat in the House is basketball book. I really like it. I recommend it.
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The book was praised as excellent and recommended, described as a basketball book cowritten with Ralph Wiley.
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when his book, which he wrote with Ralph Wiley, which was excellent. It's called Best Seat in the House is basketball book. I really like it. I recommend it.
The Chamber
A Novel
The hosts noted that Ron Howard declined to direct the film adaptation of the novel, describing it as a grizzled movie that never fully succeeded.
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Ron Howard turned down the offer to direct The Chamber, a grizzled movie that didn't totally work.
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The hosts noted that Ron Howard declined to direct the film adaptation of the novel, describing it as a grizzled movie that never fully succeeded.
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Ron Howard turned down the offer to direct The Chamber, a grizzled movie that didn't totally work.
Disclosure
They discussed the film's premise, recalling how the story imagined wearing gloves to enter virtual rooms and retrieve emails, reflecting its futuristic vision.
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In Disclosure, they think you put on gloves and go in virtual rooms and grab emails. Like, they really thought this is what the world was gonna look like.
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They discussed the film's premise, recalling how the story imagined wearing gloves to enter virtual rooms and retrieve emails, reflecting its futuristic vision.
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In Disclosure, they think you put on gloves and go in virtual rooms and grab emails. Like, they really thought this is what the world was gonna look like.
Lush Life
A Novel
The hosts said it was one of their favorite books written by Richard Price.
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I mean, he's written two of my favorite books, Lush Life and Clockers.
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The hosts said it was one of their favorite books written by Richard Price.
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I mean, he's written two of my favorite books, Lush Life and Clockers.
Fair Game
Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports
The hosts noted that the novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling served as the source material for Cobra, but the filmmakers altered it significantly.
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there's this novel called Fair Game by Paula Gosling. Sure. That was the source material for this movie. They ended up changing a lot of it.
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The hosts noted that the novel Fair Game by Paula Gosling served as the source material for Cobra, but the filmmakers altered it significantly.
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there's this novel called Fair Game by Paula Gosling. Sure. That was the source material for this movie. They ended up changing a lot of it.
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