‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ With Bill Simmons, Steven Spielberg, and Sean Fennessey

The Rewatchables

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Tv & Film

4.6 • 14.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Bill and Sean open up the pod bay doors with director Steven Spielberg to revisit one of the greatest films of all time, Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, and William Sylvester. Producer: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Matt Pevic The Ringer is committed to responsible trading. Please visit https://fanduel.com/predicts to learn more about the resources and helpline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Rueachmills. I'm Bill Simmons. This is a special one. It's going to actually be a special summer for us. We're going to do a from-hell gimmick. We're going to rip through a bunch of my favorite dot-d-dot from hells. We're talking about the roommate from hell. We're talking about the tenant from hells we're talking about the roommate from hell we're
0:22.1	talking about the tenant from hell we're talking about the little kid from hell
0:25.8	the nanny from hell these are some of my favorite movies they're ridiculous
0:31.6	they're just perfect for the rewatchables we can make fun of them we can admire them
0:36.5	we can talk about how campy they are we can talk about what what they did right and wrong. And we're going to do a lot of them. And guess what? Almost all of them are going to be on Netflix. So keep an eye out for it. Next week, we're going to be doing single-white female, which is on Netflix. But a bunch of them will be on Netflix. We're going to be from hell at least through June and in part of July as well.
0:59.0	So stay tuned for that.
1:00.6	Coming up, me and Sean Fantasy got to do an entire rewatchables episode with the greatest
1:07.7	living director we have, Steven Spielberg.
1:10.0	Yeah, it's the three of us. It's me,
1:12.4	Sean, and Steven Spielberg. And we're going to talk about 2001 as Space Odyssey. I can cram it
1:18.1	into the From Hell gimmick just by saying this is Hal, the computer from hell. It's a little bit of a reach,
1:23.7	but to kick off from hell, we'll do it that way. Anyway, this is really one of the great podcasts I've ever been a part of.
1:30.8	Steven Spielberg was incredible.
1:32.2	Can't wait for you to listen to it.
1:33.7	Here it is.
1:34.6	The rewatchables, 2001, a space odyssey.
1:39.4	The rewatchables, brought to you by the Ringer podcast network,
1:42.9	where you can find the big picture with Sean Fentasy. That's right. Steven Spielberg, by the Ringer Podcast Network, where you can find the big picture with Sean Fantasy.
1:44.7	That's right.
1:45.3	Steven Spielberg, not on Ringer Podcast Network.
1:47.5	This is like your second podcast ever, right?
1:49.6	My second podcast where there's a couple of cameras around ever.
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