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The Rewatchables

‘JFK’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Brian Koppelman

The Rewatchables

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.613.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 117 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey are joined by Brian Koppelman to discuss a movie that is a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma. We celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oliver Stone’s ‘JFK,’ starring Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, and Joe Pesci. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ring of Films and HBO's third installment of the music box series is listening to Kenny G.

0:05.1

The film takes a humorous but incisive look at the saxophonist Kenny G,

0:08.9

the best-selling instrumental artist of all time, and quite possibly one of the most famous living

0:13.7

musicians. Listening to Kenny G unravels the allure of the man who played jazz so smoothly

0:19.1

that a whole new genre formed around him, and questions fundamental assumptions about art and

0:24.0

excellence in the process. You can find listening to Kenny G on HBO or HBO Max on Thursday, December

0:30.0

2nd. The rewatchables is brought to you by Fandall Sportsbook as well as the Ringer podcast network

0:37.2

where you can find the big picture of Sean Fennesy. You can find the answer on the Ringer

0:41.7

NBA show because Ryan and the watch and Ringer Prestige show. Yeah. You're doing Ryan and Ryan

0:46.7

with Ryan and Ryan in the morning. Yeah. Radio free business. Yeah. Brian Copman does not have a

0:52.2

podcast with us because he's busy doing multiple TV shows at the same time. He's been on here before

0:56.8

we covered Godfather too. This might be more important in some ways. JFK 30th anniversary.

1:03.7

It's coming up next.

1:33.7

Starts Friday, December 20th at a theater near you.

1:42.5

All right, Fennesy, Chris, Copman, we're all here. We're here to discuss one of the all-time

1:49.1

movie heat checks anyone's ever had. We've seen actors with heat checks and actresses, not

1:54.0

not directors as much. This is Oliver Stone coming up with his theory on the JFK assassination

2:01.2

in 1991, tapping into this underworld of conspiracy theorists of books of people who would go on

2:07.8

these weird morning shows, afternoon shows, and he puts it all together. Somehow convinces

2:12.9

the studio to fund it. Somehow convinces 20 really good actors to be in it. Stars. Somehow

2:19.4

convinces real stars. Somehow convinces the studio to be okay with like a three hour plus movie.

2:25.0

And it's an experience unlike any other. Why did you want to do this, Copman?

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