‘Ali’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan
7/7/20261 hr 57 min
The Rewatchables ain't easy. The Rewatchables is real. And real… is a mother-fucker. Bill, Chris, and Van revisit Michael Mann’s 2001 film ‘Ali’ starring Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Voight.
Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Matt Pevic
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First 90 secondsBill Simmons· Host0:01
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Van Lathan· Guest0:14
Don't forget it.
Bill Simmons· Host0:15
And Ringer Tailgate with Brad Nathan.
Van Lathan· Guest0:17
Going crazy right now.
Chris Ryan· Host0:18
Yeah, it's pretty- Going crazy?
Van Lathan· Guest0:19
Through the roof. Yeah, man. Um- I'm- Jeff Kessler coming on ... Kess- Kessler was nuts. We're having so much fun. We al- we talked about Stacey Dash and Ben Carson on the last episode.
Bill Simmons· Host0:27
Damn. CR- Yeah ... the Watch, and then you're doing Beautiful Pod on Adam Friedland's podcast.
Chris Ryan· Host0:34
Adam Friedland, yeah. And Talk of Thrones.
Bill Simmons· Host0:35
Pop on Big Picture and Talk the Thrones.
Chris Ryan· Host0:37
Yeah.
Bill Simmons· Host0:38
Still Thrones? Same show? Or we go backwards- Uh, House of the Dragon ... before, are we in the 1200s?
Chris Ryan· Host0:42
[laughs] Yeah, we're moving r- slightly toward- So we go- ... forward, yeah [laughs] The Viking era? It is the Viking era. It's the Norwegian, uh, national team.
Bill Simmons· Host0:50
Oh, interesting.
Chris Ryan· Host0:50
Erling Haaland's showing up.
Bill Simmons· Host0:51
Yeah.
Van Lathan· Guest0:52
Yeah.
Bill Simmons· Host0:53
Um, we're gonna do a movie called Ali, directed by Michael Mann, who is- Mm ... about to take, I think, the lead in the director rankings, or at least tied for the lead.
Chris Ryan· Host1:00
As he should be.
Bill Simmons· Host1:01
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