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The Big Picture

‘King Richard’ and Top 5 Sports Movies With Bill Simmons

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

With Will Smith in the center of the frame, ‘King Richard’ has garnered a lot of Oscars buzz. Now that the film is in theaters and on HBO Max, we talk about what makes it a throwback sports movie—and ultimately a big success—before sharing our top five sports movies (1:00). Then, Sean is joined by ‘King Richard’ director Reinaldo Marcus Green to discuss how he became involved in the project, working closely with Will Smith, and the lineage of sports movies that influenced his approach to directing this film (1:17:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Bill Simmons and Reinaldo Marcus Green Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.9

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0:10.8

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0:20.3

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0:25.0

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0:32.0

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1:07.6

I'm Sean Fennesey. I'm Amanda Davins. And this is the big picture, a conversation show about

1:12.1

King Richard Will Smith and sports movies. Later in today's episode you can hear a conversation I

1:16.5

had with King Richard director Ronaldo Marcus Green. I hope you'll stick around for that. But first,

1:21.1

let's talk about King Richard and sports movies with the erstwhile sports guy himself, Bill Simmons.

1:25.9

Bill, welcome back to the show. Good to see both of you as always. Let's start with King Richard.

1:31.5

Huge movie. The as you saw it this week in theaters, many you saw it a couple of weeks ago. It's

1:35.9

obviously been touted as an Oscar contender for a couple of months now. Will Smith right at the

1:40.0

center of the frame starring as Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena. The movie essentially

1:44.5

tracks him raising them in Compton in the 1990s, along with their mother Orr Seen and their sisters.

1:49.0

Bill, I'll start with you. What do you think of King Richard?

1:52.4

Incredibly well acted. Yeah. Really manipulative. I was in the whole time.

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