Heat 20-Year Anniversary Mega-Pod w/ Chris Ryan

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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🗓️ 22 December 2015

⏱️ 60 minutes

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20 years ago this month, one of the great action movies of all-time was released. What were the 10 most important lessons from Heat? Was DeNiro vs. Pacino worth the hype? Was this peak Michael Mann? Was this one of the great ensemble casts ever? Has there ever been a longer or better action scene than the bank heist? What was Pacino's best line? Who won this movie between Pacino and DeNiro? If you ever wanted to hear two dudes do an hour-long deep-dive on Heat, this is the pod for you... THIS PODCAST IS WORTH THE RISK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.9	It's the 28th anniversary of one of my favorite movies of all time. It's called Heat.
1:18.3	It starts Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and about 25 other people that we know and love. It's
1:23.9	directed by Michael Mann. I think it's his peak movie. Chris Ryan is here. We've had many
1:29.5	arguments about who liked this movie more of me or Chris Ryan and I think it's a tie.
1:33.7	It is my favorite movie. It's your favorite movie ever? It is my favorite movie ever. I think
1:37.8	it's the film I've seen the most over the course of my life. I'm a little disappointed. I was
1:41.9	hoping we could record this podcast at BJ's at BJ's on Alvarado at 2 a.m. for stuck here.
1:48.1	You'll have to do. How is there stuff happening at Figaro and Flower but then Venice?
1:52.6	At the same time there's some street name mess ups in the movie. The great mystery of Michael
1:56.7	Mann is the way he collapses Los Angeles traffic on itself because that's the whole thing with
2:00.3	collateral, right? It's like Jamie Foxx is like I can get you from LAX to downtown in seven minutes.
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