RW375 - Dawson's Creek S01E01 - Pilot

 

In this weeks episode of The Rewatch Podcast, Cory and Tom meet with friends, new and old, as they discuss the series pilot episode of Dawson's Creek.

Pilot:

Written by: Kevin Williamson

Directed by: Steve Miner

Original airdate: January 20, 1998

Dawson Leery, aspiring Capeside 15 year old filmmaker, and best friends with Joey Potter since they were 7, has trouble understanding Joey's objections to spending the night like they've done since they were little, due to their maturing bodies and puberty having hit them hard, but eventually she relents and stays rather than leaving through her normal route of the bedroom window before rowing her boat home. 

The next day, after attempting to shoot part of a movie scene with Joey and his other best friend Pacey Witter, the three are introduced to New York transplant Jen Lindley who has moved to town to help her grandmother, Grams, take care of an ailing grandfather while Joey's jealousy is on full display with no one noticing. Upon returning home, Dawson is clearly embarrassed by his parents making out on the coffee table before heading to work at the video rental store where he and Pacey are introduced to another newcomer to Capeside, a woman named Tamara who flirts openly with Pacey.

Later, Dawson and Jen bond while we learn of her issues with Grams and his passion for Steven Spielberg films. Joey waits until Jen leaves before coming in through the window and Dawson questions whether she thinks his mother could be having an affair based on her behavior on the evening news with her co-anchor.

Jen, prone to headaches since quitting smoking, ends up having a bit of an argument with Grams over her hanging out with Dawson and Joey whom she considers the wrong element but it's her being an atheist that really bothers her grandmother.

At school the next day, Jen is asked about partying by a fellow classmate but informs her she can have a good time without drugs and alcohol. Jen is later happy to find Joey is in one of her classes, much to Joey's chagrin, and after laying out her family situation Joey warns Jen about not hurting her best friend, before they head to lunch and she ends up watching annoyingly as Dawson and Jen bond and flirt. Meanwhile, Pacey learns that HIS flirt from the previous day is actually his new teacher, Ms. Jacob's, which doesn't put him off but rather emboldens him as he attempts to continue the flirtation in hopes of getting more, even learning of her plans to see a movie later that evening and making plans with Dawson, Joey, and Jen to go as well so he can get closer to his very own Mrs. Robinson. 

While at the movies, Pacey attempts to sit with Ms. Jacobs but her actual date returns and an incident occurs where Pacey is punched by another moviegoer for spilling popcorn on him. Meanwhile, Joey's snarky comments throughout the walk to the theatre, as well as her attitude when she sees Dawson attempting to hold Jen's hand during the movie, causes him to pull her aside and the two have it out. She berates him for ignoring her and not seeing what's in front of him and then switches gears to accuse him of not appreciating his life. Later, as Dawson and Jen walk home they have a moment which is interrupted by Grams, but it's clear that Jen is interested in him. 

Pacey ends up running into Ms. Jacobs where he calls her out on her flirtations and she ends up kissing him in a moment of passion but immediately regrets it and runs off, leaving the young man smugly satisfied.

Back home, Joey, waiting for Dawson in his room, apologizes for her behavior, and Dawson in return apologizes for not understanding her attraction for him and the two reaffirm their friendship while coming to the understanding that there are some things that they won't be able to share now that they're growing up. While Joey begins to row home, Dawson reconsiders a question Joey asked and shouts out his answer, trying to show her that he still wants to share his life with her like they used to, leaving her to laugh and smile before she turns and sees Dawson's mother being dropped off by a coworker, whom she then gives a long kiss goodbye.

Dawson's Trivia:

Kevin Williamson was coming off the success of Scream, Scream 2 and I Know What You Did Last Summer, when he pitched the idea for Dawson’s Creek. The pitch was based on his own childhood experiences; rather than it being a story of kids growing up on the same street, it would be kids on the same creek. He stayed on as producer for the first 2 seasons and later returned to bring the series to an end. He also wrote the films The Faculty, Teaching Mrs. Tingle (which is his sole directing credit), Cursed and the upcoming Scream 5. He also wrote and produced the shows Wasteland, Glory Days, The Following and Vampire Diaries.

Paul Stupin was executive producer for the series. Dawson’s Creek is one of his earliest shows, having gotten his start on Fortune Hunters and Lawless. He’s currently the EP on Switched at Birth.

Steve Miner has had a very long and varied directorial career. He got his start directing Friday the 13th Part II and Part III. After that, he directed films like House, Warlock, Forever Young and Halloween H20, and episodes of Diagnosis Murder, The Practice, Felicity, Smallville, Psych,  Eureka and Once Upon a Time.

Mitchell Laurence played Mr. Gold. Aside from small recurring stints on shows like Matlock and Santa Barbara, his biggest role was on Not Necessarily The News, an HBO comedy show that ran for 8 seasons (think The Soup meets SNL); The news anchors perform skits that are interspersed with scenes from actual news but overdubbed with their voices. From 1977-1980 he was an uncredited actor on SNL as well. 

Ms. Jacobs was played by Leann Hunley. Her biggest non-Dawson’s role was as Anna DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 1982-1986. She left the show but returned in 2007, and has been part of the show on and off since then. She also spent a couple of years on Dynasty as Dana Waring Carrington, and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. She could also be caught as a background player in a few episodes of the original Battlestar Galactica. We saw her in Lois and Clark: Swear to God, This Time We're Not Kidding as Emily Channing, the girl who stole Myrtle Beech’s fiancee away from her. 

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RW734 - Jamie Lee Curtis Bonus - Knives Out

 

In this episode of The Rewatch Podcast, Cory and Nathan are not willing to eliminate any suspects as they discuss "Knives Out."

Trailer:

Our Favourite Trivia:

Knives Out grossed $165.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $143.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $309.2 million.

After making the 2005 film Brick, writer and director Rian Johnson came up with the basic concept for Knives Out. In June 2010, he expressed interest in making an Agatha Christie-inspired murder mystery film. He told The Independent that he wanted to make the film after finishing Looper (2012). However, Johnson's next film project became Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). Johnson spent seven months writing the script after finishing his press tour for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

In developing the film, Johnson cited several classic mystery thrillers and mystery comedies as influences, including The Last of Sheila, Murder on the Orient Express, Something's Afoot, Murder by Death, Death on the Nile, The Private Eyes, The Mirror Crack'd, Evil Under the Sun, Deathtrap, Clue, and Gosford Park. The 1972 version of Sleuth, a favorite "whodunit adjacent" of Johnson's, was also an inspiration, particularly for the setting and set design

The title was taken from the 2001 Radiohead song "Knives Out.†The name Harlan Thrombey is taken from a 1981 Choose Your Own Adventure whodunit, Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey?

Despite playing his mother in the film, K Callan is six years younger than Christopher Plummer.

Harlan dies on his 85th birthday. This is a reference to Agatha Christie who died at the age of 85. This film is a tribute to Christie's writing style and stories.

The police detective heard on the television series Marta's sister is watching is voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, billed in the film's credits as playing Detective Hardrock. Gordon-Levitt has appeared in five of the films Rian Johnson has directed.

When Ransom tells his family at the will reading to "eat shit," he was originally supposed to tell them "fuck you." Rian Johnson decided to remove most of the "F" bombs in the script to secure a PG-13 rating and keep it more like the mystery films he used to watch with his family growing up. Chris Evans was the one who suggested substituting "eat shit."

Rian Johnson contemplated cutting Blanc's doughnut speech, but Craig convinced him that it was good. Watching the actor deliver it sold him on keeping the entire thing.

While filming the big reveal at the end of the film, Rian Johnson was surprised to discover that Daniel Craig had completely memorized the last 30 pages of the script, most of which are a monologue delivered by his character. Johnson ended up altering the way he shot the scenes, favoring long takes instead of shorter cuts, because he found that Craig's performance became better and better the longer each take became.

Several characters refer to a fictional Hallmark movie starring Danica McKellar titled "Deadly by Surprise." Though McKellar was not asked if her name could be used, she was delighted that it was included, and she shared her love for this film on Instagram. She later sent director Rian Johnson a knife with the words "Deadly by Surprise" engraved on it.

When Benoit Blanc is first seen by the audience, he is sitting in the study listening to Lieutenant Elliot question the Thrombey family members, playing the same note on the piano at seemingly random intervals. This was not random at all; after Blanc hits the piano key Lieutenant Elliot always asks the same question; "What time did you arrive at the house?" The piano key was Blanc's signal to Elliot to ask the question.

Before the release of Knives Out, Johnson said he would like to create sequels with Benoit Blanc investigating further mysteries, and already had an idea for a new film. In January 2020, Johnson confirmed that he was writing a sequel, intended to focus on Blanc investigating a new mystery. Craig is expected to reprise his role, and acknowledged interest in the project. On February 6, 2020, Lionsgate announced that a sequel had been greenlit.

M. Emmet Walsh replaced Ricky Jay, who died during production on November 24, 2018. A black & white photo of Jay is visible for a few seconds just before Walsh first appears on camera, at (55:06).

Another of Rian Johnson's cousins, Mark Johnson, did the title credits and based the font on an Agatha Christie series of paperbacks. Zack Johnson is another cousin, and he painted the cast paintings for the end credits.

What's Up Next?

Keeping with this years "spy" them, we're going to discuss Jamie Lee Curtis again, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the James Cameron directed "True Lies".

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RW373 - Dawson's Creek Rewatch - Return to Capeside (introduction)

 

In this weeks episode of The Rewatch Podcast, Cory and Tom introduce you to the new rewatch plans and discuss the main cast of Dawson's Creek.

Dawson's Trivia:

Dawson Leery - James Van Der Beek: Dawson Leery is an iconic role for Van Der Beek, and the character was also an uncredited cameo in Scary Movie. Van Der Beek credits North Carolina shoots for keeping them honest. Aside from Dawson, his biggest roles are, arguably, Mox in Varsity Blues, Sean in The Rules of Attraction and Diplo in What Would Diplo Do? (A mockumentary style series about a DJ). He also appeared as himself in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Reboot, as well as an exaggerated version of himself in Don’t Tell the B In Apartment 23, starring Kristen Ritter.

Several years ago he appeared in a dark and gritty Power Rangers short-

He headlined the 1 season show Friends With Better Lives; a comedy centered around six 30-something friends who each think the other has it better. Most recently, he played Prince Humperdink in the Pandemic Princess Bride shorts. Just this year he was in a movie called Bad Hair as a supporting character (the story of a young African American woman trying to make it in the entertainment business and is told to get a weave that later comes to life). He also plays the voice of Boris in Disney’s Vampirina, and had a run as a lead in CSI: Cyber.

Joey Potter - Katie Holmes: She auditioned for Buffy, but was considered too young. Some of her bigger roles are in Jack and Jill with Adam Sandler, Disturbing Behavior with James Marsden and Batman Begins with Christian Bale. She and Joshua Jackson had a Dawson’s cameo in Muppets From Space. She had a run of hit movies like Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Wonder Boys, Phone Booth and Pieces of April. Later, she also appeared in Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Mad Money and Miss Meadows; an Elementary School Teacher turned vigilante.

She was in season 3 of Ray Donovan (a fixer for rich people) and appeared in The Kennedys After Camelot (story after the assassination).  Most recently she starred in The Secret: Dare To Dream with Jerry O’Connell. She is also known as the ex-Mrs. Tom Cruise.

Pacey Witter - Joshua Jackson: In his past he starred in The Affair (TV series), the Mighty Ducks series of movies, Cruel Intentions and One Week; a motorcycle ride about a guy trying to find meaning in his life. He starred in the short Pacey-Con for Funny or Die:

He was also in Fringe as a main cast member. Most recently he’s been in a mini series called Little Fires Everywhere, based on the book which follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives (co stars Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and Lexi Underwood).

Jen Lindley - Michelle Williams: She was recently in Venom as Anne Weying and will return in the sequel. She also was recently in a mini series about Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, famous choreographer and Broadway dancer, respectively. She’s consistently worked over  the years, including Manchester By The Sea, Brokeback Mountain, Shutter Island, The Greatest Showman and she played Marilyn Monroe in My Week With Marilyn.

Mitch Leery - John Wesley Shipp: Of course, we saw him in The Flash ‘90 as Barry Allen, the Flash himself, and had guest starring roles in the new CW The Flash as well. He had a good run in One Life To Live, Santa Barbara, Guiding Light, All My Children and featured in the not so great Never-ending Story Part 2. Most recently he is in Climbing Life (A married couple adopts two young children who witnessed their own parents murder. To help the children accept the loss, the couple must first deal with their own past demons) and Ruby Herring Mysteries as John Herring. Night Sweats is another one in which he plays the head of a pharmaceutical company (A skateboarder investigating the mysterious death of his roommate is led into the inner workings of a self-help company, and the pharmaceutical lab behind it). He also played Sheriff Burns in a western series called Powder Burns.

Gail Leery - Mary-Margaret Humes: Miss Florida 1975 and third runner up for Miss USA, she was discovered by advertising her photo, name and phone number on a billboard visible from the 20th Century Fox studios lot. The billboard was seen by Mel Brooks, who phoned and asked her to read for a part in History of the World Part 1. Another solid supporting actress on many shows including Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, Eerie Indiana, Matlock, Blossom and Motocrossed. Most recently she has done a string of Hallmark films.  

Evelyn ‘Grams’ Ryan - Mary Beth Peil: She was most recently in Katy Keene, a spin off from Riverdale. She did make a guest appearance in Fringe with Joshua Jackson. She was also in The Odd Couple 2, The Good Wife and Mirrors.

Bessie Potter - Nina Repeta: Aside from Dawson’s, she hasn't had a lot of credits as a main character. The film Bloodmoon lists here as one of the main cast, with Gary Daniels, action powerhouse (Martial arts action film finds a retired detective returning to action to stop a martial arts master with steel fingers who is killing champions from all sports.) She was in Spongebob’s Movie as Woman with Stroller and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as Lady at Gas Station. In her Instagram (@9ninarepeta) bio, she describes herself as “Bohemian Art Mom, Devoted Wife of AquaMan, Jazz/Blues Singer, AKA "Bessie" from Dawson's Creek, Mother to Banks-the kid artist who makes Sknab*z.”

Essential Playlist:

The premier addition to the Essential Playlist has to be "I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole, from her album This Fire.

• According to a 2018 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kevin Williamson said the original theme song was going to be “Hand in My Pocket” by Alanis Morrisette, but they were unable to secure the series rights. 
  
• Paula Cole was used for the American run, Jann Arden’s was used internationally.
  
• The first two seasons of the show didn’t do great on the dvd release, so they stopped paying Cole for her song for the remaining releases. “I ended up swapping out a good chunk of unclearable music for the later DVD releases,” Stupin said. “And then there came to be a point, where the studio said, ‘Listen, we can’t afford the Paula Cole song.’ That’s when Jann Arden was put back in.” 
  
• In 2018 Paula Cole said she didn’t like having her success be tied primarily to Dawson’s Creek, but also doesn’t like that they replaced her song on the DVDs because it was a money saving decision and goes against the artistic integrity for the show. “I will just make peace with that part of my life, and maybe I can finally be free. ... My real fans know me for the content of my catalog.”

We also added "Hand in My Pocket" by Alanis Morrisette, since the song is great! Click through using the links below.

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RW372 - Scream Rewatch - Scream 4

 

In this episode of The Rewatch Podcast, Cory and Nathan find the ties that bind as they discuss "Scream 4."

Trailer:

Our Favourite Trivia:

Scream 4 was Kevin Williamson's first time in 14 years being involved in the franchise as screenwriter. Scheduling conflicts with Dawson's Creek, The Faculty, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and gearing up to direct Teaching Mrs. Tingle prevented him from writing Scream 3.

Screenwriter Kevin Williamson had repeated clashes with the Weinsteins (Bob and Harvey Weinstein). Scream 3 writer Ehren Kruger was brought in during production to do rewrites. Additional rewrites were made by Paul Harris Boardman. It was reported that the actors were not given the 140-page script past page 75 in order to protect the identity of the Ghostface killer.

The film also extensively used computer-generated imagery for the first time in the franchise. For example, instead of using a "collapsing knife", the knife's blade was added during post-production with CGI effects. Anderson's death scene in which he is stabbed in the forehead and walks a few feet while talking before finally falling to his death, was not in the script but was inspired by a "real-life medical emergency" Craven had seen in a documentary about a person being stabbed through their head and walked into an emergency room. He thought it was "extraordinary if somebody was stabbed in the head and still be alive for a while". Craven also did not tell the studio that he was taking this approach for the death scene, jokingly saying he hoped he would not be fired the next day.

With four installments, this marks the Scream franchise as being one of the only horror franchises to have both its main characters as well as its director (Wes Craven) return for all of its sequels.

Courteney Cox and David Arquette, who were married in 1999 after meeting during the making of Scream, had filed for separation in October of 2010. Although there was slight tension on the set, they were said to have remained professional and respectful of each other. They later divorced in May of 2012.

The footage from Stab includes the credit "A Robert Rodriguez Film." Rodriguez really did direct the footage, and also made Grindhouse, co-starring Scream's Rose McGowan and this film's Marley Shelton.

A bust of Henry Winkler can be seen briefly in the hallway of Woodsboro High.

This is the only one of the 4 scream movies where the police don't arrest a suspect.

In keeping with the tradition set in the previous films (as well as keeping with the film's theme of remakes), the rules for this movie are - Don't f*** with the original. You have to be gay in order to survive. Police officers will always die in horror movies (except for Bruce Willis), especially if they are near retirement, better looking than the other person, or have a newborn baby on the way. The original ending is the false ending in a remake. The killer is always right behind you.

This was the last film directed by Wes Craven before he died from brain cancer on August 30, 2015, at the age of seventy-six.

What's Up Next?

Murder-Mystery takes a different route in "Knives Out."

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