Quentin Tarantino gave Sharon the love and respect she has been denied by the media and film for nearly 50 years. He made her a real life human (not a caricature) and brought to the surface her genuine love of life and friends, and her so very sweet spirit. He did her memory and spirit justice. For that he gets an A++++!!!

These guys totally missed the murdered wife on the boat reference. It had nothing to do with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, it's a reference to Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood (who drowned to death after getting drunk and having a fight with her husband. The womans name was Natalie how more obvious do they need to be?

With Cliff Booth, Tarantino may have also been trying to invoke Shorty Shea, who was one of the Manson Family's first victims. Shorty Shea was a stuntman & an employee/friend of George Spahn, just like Cliff is friend of Spahn's from his previous stuntman work. Shea worked at the Spahn Ranch with the Manson Family and had a few fights where he beat up people from the Manson Family, but the Family eventually got to him & tortured him to death. One of Shea's murderers was "Clem" Grogan. Clem is also the name of the hippie who sticks a knife in Cliff's tire & gets beat up by Cliff.

i'm not sure if people caught this but Tarantino really made this film for fans that would get certain quick scenes that everyone will miss. When Olyphant playing James Stacy drives off the set he does so in a motorcycle. The real Stacy would later lose his left arm and leg in a motorcycle accident.

They claimed that James Marsden played a young Burt Reynolds and the scene was cut. The real Burt Reynolds was supposed to play George Spahn, but he became ill and then unfortunately passed away. Having Marsden play the young Reynolds in a film that the real Burt was also in would have been one of the ultimate Tarantino non-linear plot tricks.

Clint Eastwood was on Rawhide. Burt Reynolds was on Gunsmoke

Ever since I watched the movie, I have been fascinated by it. I can’t put my finger as to why that is. It’s honestly changed my life. It was like a beautiful piece of art.

These guys don’t know enough to critique this picture: 2 examples, Eastwood was not on Gunsmoke, and the photo of “Edd Byrnes” is actually Efraim Zimbalist, Jr. If you’re gonna critique, guys, get the details right.

Angry couple? On a boat? Mysterious death? Natalie wood?

Movie was a masterpiece

The actor identified here as Edd Byrnes was actually Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

Clint Eastwood was not on Gunsmoke, he was on Rawhide. James Arness was the star of Gunsmoke.

The best analogue is Burt Reynolds, who was also really good friends with a double/stuntman type, Hal Needham.

Sam Wanamaket is based on... Sam Wanamaker. He was an actor and director and he did direct the pilot for "Lancer." He is also remembered for restoring the Globe Theatre and his love of Shakespeare is alluded to in this movie.

I likened DiCaprio and Pitt to Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham. Reynolds made the transition from tv to movies. Needham was his stuntman/roommate/best friend.

This film was excellent. The stars were stars and some of the shots were A+ and wowed me. That last 20 mins was as suspenseful as you can get

Tarantino should have at least given the dog more screen time and dialogue.

Nice work! I think as time goes by, we will see Cliff Booth was the main character / main thread of this movie.

Boat scene is Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. She drowned and no one was ever charged.

Pussycat was definitely a combo of real Manson girls.Two of his girls hitched a ride with Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys and that led to Manson's introduction to Terry Melcher.There was also a girl at the ranch named Kitty.

Guys, descent review but, why is it so hard for everyone to see the boat scene where brad (cliff) May have killed his wife is a reference to Robert Wagner and Natalie wood. Her name is “Natalie” in the movie...

I was ten years old in 1969, but everyone was shocked by these murders. QT did a great job of portraying the times. I watched the movie dreading the horrific end for Sharon Tate. The alternative ending was so satisfying because it's what a lot of people wished would have happened. QT did a great job portraying Sharon Tate as the sweet, innocent victim makes the ending all the more satisfying.

My thought on what happens to Rick Dalton after this movie: he becomes fast friends with Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski, and he ends up starring in "Chinatown" instead of Jack Nicholson.

The first Billy Jack film was 1967's The Born Losers.

No mention of the girl child actor??

I’m loving how Brad Pitt is like the real cowboy of the film, fantastic vision imo I love it

More videos, more videos. Film every podcast.

Excellent and entertaining discussion. Great production. Thanks a lot

Good content. Love how Chris Ryan crosses from TV, to film, to NBA so seamlessly.

Pic of Ed "Kookie" Byrnes is actually Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

I love alternative history anyway but watching one of the monsters who tortured and murdered a pregnant get beaten, eaten and burned in this version was satisfying. I think we all wished they had entered the wrong house that night, a house that could fight back.

The scene where Manson visits the Polanski and Tate's house asking for Terry, while Cliff fixes the antenna, actually happened. Manson had been there before.

Sean, thank you for calling Cass Elliot by her proper name and not Mama Cass. Cass was a beautiful soul who deserves a true legacy based on her talent and not a ham sandwich joke.

The character "Pussycat" getting picked up as a hitchhiker and bringing Cliff back to the ranch is very likely a reference to when Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys picked up Manson members Patricia Krenwinkel and and Ella Jo Bailey. The depiction of Sharon Tate is NOT controversial in any way except to SJWs who don't like that Tarantino writes strong female characters the way HE wants them to be written.

Woops- that was not Ed Byrnes, but Efram Zimbalist Jr.

Michelle Phillips and Mama Cass also make an appearance in the film

Weeks after seeing this film I am still haunted and fascinated by everything about it. Whereas it's fun to analyze and dissect certain scenes and characters it needs to be taken as a whole. This movie totally blew my mind and I can't stop thinking about it, I think Tarantino is some kind of wizard, he is certainly a master film maker.

I love how the ppl in the comments know more than the Ringers guys.

Oscar nomination for Brad Pitt imo

Clint Eastwood? Gunsmoke? I think not! How about Rawhide?

FYI... Eastwood never had "Gunsmoke." The show was "Rawhide." I'm actually old enough to have watched both when they were on.

For me, Tarantino really humanized Sharon Tate. Before she had been a headline, a news story, a tale of Hollywood lore, but his depiction of her really sparkles throughout this film. Though I get sad at the ending, knowing what happened up that driveway that night, I am glad he didn't whack her out, and gave her the sweetness she deserved.

I LOVED this movie! Absolutely LOVED it! And, it was made by a guy who LOVES movies! Great acting. Great story. Great ending. Great movie!

I think in the end things did go right for Rick Dalton. He was a budding A-lister who never quite got there, but we see him grow out of his self-typecast right before our eyes. Then he makes the big connection with Roman Polanski. If the first line is "Once upon a time...," the last line is "... and they all lived happily ever after."

Excellent work, guys! The amount of detail Quentin put into this film and the accuracy to the Manson case was extraordinary! I live in Hollywood and was on the sidewalk the night they shot the Hollywood Blvd scenes.

The Sharon Tate character development had unusual things happening which I have not seen in any other movie ever. You already know how her character ends, before it ends. So, when you watch her scenes it's all interpreted as foreshadowing. So it's that much more sad to see her that happy and know she's going to lose it. Or it's that much more disappointing to watch her not be recognized in her films because you know what she's known for. And then when you see that group of hippies, you know what's coming...and then you don't, and it's awesome, and it's really completely unexpected. Expectations subverted, yet in a way where you're not disappointed because the ending is happy and the reality was not happy. It's a proper fairy tale set in Hollywood.

I went to this film stoned and thought I slipped into a Mandela universe or something. It was great

Very informative! Subbed.

Thanks for the break down of many of the movie and tv connections that blast thru Tarantino's head

I love what Tarantino did with Sharon Tate

This was surprisingly great! Good job guys.

Cliff is based on gary kent. Kent was a stuntman and even ran into charles manson. Tarantino knows who he is based on Kent's involvement in grindhouse movies.

Great content!

that was Efrem Zimbalist Jr., not Ed Burns

Millenials. WTF are they talking about with the boat........its an obvious reference to Robert Wagner.....

Loved this interview and answered a good number of questions I had about the movie! The movie is nostalgic for me as I was 16 at the time of the Cieollo event. I have never seen a Quentin Tarantino movie in it's entirety in a theater. Loved the sound track and the characters, I have even ridden horses in the Canyons of LA as a tourist and driven on those roads in the canyons which are treacherous. Also, a military brat and recall the photo that showcased Sharon Tate in Italy in the Stars and Stripes that led to her fame. Most of the other people in the theater were in their 60's and we all had a blast and laughed uproariously at some of the outrageous events!

Haven't seen it yet, but gives some good clues to add some spice without giving away the cake

I always thought he was clint Eastwood cause he goes to Rome to shoot spaghetti westerns

Nice piece, enjoyed your comparisons. One little real v fake issue. At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="97">1:37</a> you show a picture of Efrem Zombalist, Jr., not Edd Byrnes. Both were on 77 Sunset Strip, but Zimbalist was one of the stars (a private detective) and Byrnes was Kookie, a parking valet at Dino's Lodge next door to 77. He was known for constantly combing his hair and a pop song "Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" was released then.

The reference to Sam Wannermaker’s like of Shakespeare, it was Wannermaker who was responsible for rebuilding the Globe Theatre in London, he passed before it was finished and his daughter Zoe Wannermaker helped to finish. She is a well known British actor.

The picture they are using for Edd Byrnes is actually Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

"Hollywood is a legacy town" when pretty people have kids together they have pretty kids.

Before you put one of these videos out please get your facts straight.

Jay Sebring was Steve McQueen's hairstylist

Well done and entertaining!

Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds, for sure. Watch "The Bandit".

I saw this movie as Quentin's "love letter" to the Hollywood he fell in love with at a very young age. Personally I love that in his movie universe he saves the life of Sharon Tate and brutally punishes the deranged cult members who irl took her life.

Clint Eastwood wasn't "in Gunsmoke," he was the second lead on "Rawhide," and when you mention Ed Byrnes. You show a photo of Efrem Zimbalest, Jr.

Great discussion and dissection of the movie.

This was a great and interesting breakdown of the movie. Great work.

I read the inclusion of actor's kids as a nod to Sharon Tate's lost child

Excellent examination. My only exception is that the photo you show when talking about Edd “Kookie” Byrnes of “77 Sunset Strip” is actually Effrem Zymbolist, Jr. who was also in that t.v. series. (I’m sure I misspelled his last name. 🤷‍♀️)

Heads up, your intro music has really piercing high-end resonance thats almost painful, probz around 10KHz

Type of content I like to see

I want to see the director's cut

Lee Majors started off as a stuntman, though he never became a movie star , he was a T.V. star...

The name "Francesca Capucci" was borrowed from a DJ of an L.A. radio station (the now-defunct KIQQ 100.3 FM) in the 1980s of the same name. She was Italian American so she didn't have any foreign accent, but her name was always fun to say.

The real Sam Wanamaker actually directed the pilot episode of Lancer depicted in the movie.

Like your reviews, sooo entertaining and informative. Being Italian just a little note, we don’t shout our names out loud like that (I know it’s a reference to basterds but even then... and that’s not your fault 😊), nor we put the enphasis on the latter syllable all the time. The last name Giordano, for example, reads like ‘soprano’, emphasis wise. And all those gestures... no man, we do not move like that at all. Not in the north, and not in the south anymore. 😊

In the real Lancer pilot High Riders, the character Day is a dead ringer for the character Caleb in the "fake" Lancer pilot in Once Upon A Time. In the real pilot, the character Day is played by Joe Don Baker!! Another prolific 50's TV actor. Rick Dalton could easily be Joe Don Baker.

Jay Sebring actually did appear on screen in an episode of Batman as hair dresser oceanbring

Steve Mcqueen: After 1974 he wasn't seen on the silver screen until 1978 in a movie called "An Enemy of The People " the first of three box office flops . He's been dead since 1980 . Over forty years He's still being talked about ,still influencing generations of actors. Terrence Steven McQueen March 24 ,1930 - November 7, 1980.

Marsden was in the film. He's talking to Leo (on horse) during the Bounty Law show/scene.

Now I’ll have to rewatch the film with this background. I think that Cliff Booth’s wife was supposed to actually refer to Natalie Wood’s fate however.

McQueen actually portrayed for good reason - he was star and stuntman personified

I knew there was hidden depths to this movie. Much of which I would have never uncovered. Thank you! love this movie and Tarantino even more

Sam Wannamaker was the actual director of the Lancer TV series.

I grew up watching all those 60s westerns. (BTW Clint Eastwood was on Rawhide, not Gunsmoke). Lancer was a childhood favorite. I remember seeing the pilot when it first aired. Tarantino’s saloon drinking scene is a riff on a real scene between the villain and Johnny Madrid (played by James Stacy, who was the breakout star of the series). The two sit and drink tequila, suck on limes, lick salt from their hand. It seemed grittier than what we saw on Bonanza; I’m not surprised to see Tarantino reference it. I also laughed at the TV Guide cover late in the film - on the cover was Andrew Duggan, who played Murdoch Lancer. So while Rick in the saloon kept insisting he was waiting to see Murdoch Lancer, well -eventually he appeared. The saddest Easter egg was seeing Timothy Olyphant as James Stacy ride off on his motorcycle in his final scene. In 1973, Stacy and his girlfriend were riding his motorcycle when they were hit by a drunk driver. Stacy lost his left arm and leg; his girlfriend lost her life. Another connection? James Stacy was married to Connie Stevens in the early 60’s. Sam Wanamaker really did direct the Lancer pilot. He spent the last years of his life as the driving force behind the recreation of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. A plaque honors him there. I may be remembering wrong, but I feel like there was a reference to this passion in Once Upon a Time... something about wanting the villain to be Shakespearean?

This was well done.

I saw Bruce Lee in person do his twenty minute demonstration in 1968 Washington DC. A friend of Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring. Always wonder what would have happened if Bruce had been there the night of the murders.

It’s so weird seeing faces attached to the voices I’m so used to hearing

Need more Chris and Sean team ups please

Pussycat looks like Ruth Anne Moorehouse.

burt had a stint on gunsmoke for many years. milburn stone who portrayed 'doc' on the show encouraged burt to take a chance at the movies. burt's character on the show was named 'quint'. director qt's mom loved the show and burt's character on the show. thus she named her son the future director after burt's character 'quint'.

No mention of Maya Hawke (Uma's daughter) being in the film? - the girl who ditched the crew before they went to Dalton's.

That's not Edd Byrnes @<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="97">1:37</a>, that's Efram Zimbalist, Jr. Edd Byrnes played Kookie in 77 Sunset Strip.

With no real knowledge of Hollywood during that time when I first watched this film I thought it was a bit boring. But once I delved into the history of cinema during that time it quickly has become one of my favourite Tarantino films.

Fake is a pretty dumb word. Imaginary would be more appropriate.

Vanilla Fudge was great at the peak of the climax. Nice surprise! Pity there was no TWA or Velvet Morning. Was that a David Lean beginning at the end credit? Great homage to Sharon Tate and her friends. Rip.

The picture of Ed Byrnes shown is actually Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Byrnes co-starred in 77 Sunset Strip with him but Zimbalist Jr was considerably older Byrnes and was top billed along with Roger Smith.