A Simple Plan with Kevin Smith

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2022

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Summary

$4.4 million, a murder of crows, and a cursed crashed plane…the ingredients for a real nail-biter of a fable! Filmmaker Kevin Smith (yep, THAT Kevin Smith) joins us to talk about one of his favorite films - 1998’s “A Simple Plan” - and to pay tribute to the late producer Jim Jacks, who shepherded several filmmakers (such as Raimi, the Coens, Richard Linklater, and Smith himself) as they made their transitions from scrappy indies to the big leagues. How successfully is Raimi able to meld his signature kinetic style with this film’s air of prestige? Was Billy Bob Thornton “the best actor alive between the years of 1998 and 2003,” per David? What would YOU do if you discovered all that money in the woods? Ben would buy an island, and there would be no problems or conflicts, and it would just be really chill and fun!

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0:00.0	There are days where I managed not to think of anything at all.
0:26.5	I'm not the money, or the podcasts, or Jacob.
0:31.1	Days when Sarah and I try to pretend we're just like everyone else, as if none of it
0:35.6	ever happened.
0:37.2	Those days are few and far between.
0:38.9	The last line of the film.
0:40.4	Yeah, my other one was, I wish someone else had found they had podcasts.
0:44.7	You're trying to do Paxing, you're doing alright.
0:46.4	Yeah, I think you're doing alright.
0:47.7	It's okay, it's hard to do.
0:49.2	He's easy to imitate, but he's the sick.
0:52.3	He's the sick.
0:53.3	He is the sick.
0:56.3	So maybe we should leave his name out your mouth.
0:58.3	So your goal is, can we talk about a simple plan for two hours without ever mentioning?
1:03.3	Yeah, I think we leave that respect.
1:06.3	Out of respect, we leave the dead dead.
1:09.3	Sometimes dead is better.
1:11.3	Sometimes dead is better.
1:12.3	In a movie someplace.
1:14.3	If you had, if we had done, but not a game show, and you were like, here's a quote,
1:21.0	name the movie.
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