Celebrity True or False: Thomas Jane Shares Some Great ‘Boogie Nights’ Stories | The Rich Eisen Show

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  • @5yearsout
    @5yearsout 2 года назад +177

    The tension in that drug buy scene is incredible, watched the movie so many times and every single time my anxiety goes through the roof.

    • @TonyDanza4Lyfe
      @TonyDanza4Lyfe 2 года назад +14

      Yeah it's an ALL TIME great scene. The only scene I can even think of off the top of my head that comes close is the opening to inglorious basterds.

    • @Fakeaorta
      @Fakeaorta 2 года назад +6

      @@TonyDanza4Lyfe yea! I couldn't eat for a couple hours because that scene put my stomach in knots!

    • @damiencoffey2391
      @damiencoffey2391 Год назад +1

      That scene was unremarkable and so surreal, I was like what the hell is going on here!

    • @scottnowell4975
      @scottnowell4975 4 месяца назад

      I get nervous just thinking about it.

    • @nickberkawitz6451
      @nickberkawitz6451 20 дней назад

      There is a video essay on the music and props of that scene. Everything in that scene gives off the impression that they are locked in a room with a ticking time bomb.

  • @Finthefish-hr8ky
    @Finthefish-hr8ky 2 года назад +128

    Thomas Jane is hugely underestimated as an actor such a shame he's not in more shows.

    • @debbiebrantley61
      @debbiebrantley61 2 года назад +4

      He was originally supposed to play Rick in walking dead

    • @JimsEquipmentShed
      @JimsEquipmentShed Год назад +4

      @@debbiebrantley61 that would have been an excellent choice.

    • @Andrew_Haase
      @Andrew_Haase Год назад +4

      Playing a homeless self version of himself in Arrested Development

    • @theshapeexists
      @theshapeexists Год назад +8

      He made a badass Frank Castle

    • @rosselliswilkinson
      @rosselliswilkinson Год назад +2

      Stander is one of his best roles. Based on the true story of a South African policeman who became a bank robber

  • @smb2265
    @smb2265 2 года назад +88

    Still love Thomas's work playing Mickey Mantle in "61". Amazing job

  • @JohnDoe-qu7gm
    @JohnDoe-qu7gm 2 года назад +96

    Super underrated actor. 61, punisher, mist, boogie nights, all exceptional acting jobs.

  • @Greenlantern957
    @Greenlantern957 Год назад +24

    I met Thomas Jayne when I was working on “The Mist” at the craft service table…I was new to the business and I didn’t recognize him..we just chatted back and forth while searching the various baskets for honey buns and granola bars…a really, really laid back and nice guy

  • @mumblesbadly7708
    @mumblesbadly7708 Год назад +20

    Thomas Jane absolutely NAILED that role! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @michaelb.42112
    @michaelb.42112 3 месяца назад +4

    Thomas Jane is a LEGEND !!!!! He's been is some of the best movies, yet non- movie fans don't know his brilliance.
    EDIT : "That's Cosmo... He's Chinese"

  • @BrockLanders
    @BrockLanders 2 года назад +95

    Legend has it that he still wants what’s in the goddamn fuckin floor safe.

  • @drjcup3228
    @drjcup3228 2 месяца назад +1

    Such a great performance by Thomas Jane. I love how Todd starts telling Rahab they’re ripping him off - it starts really soft and no one can really hear him, then he builds up momentum and courage but he sounds like he’s trying not to puke as he says it. Brilliant.

  • @tyrannosaurusburke
    @tyrannosaurusburke 8 месяцев назад +10

    I love how Rich Eisen described "Boogie Nights" as a "remote-drop movie". That's a great term!

    • @SergeKulyk
      @SergeKulyk 17 дней назад

      Rewatchables was already taken....

  • @JonnyDIY
    @JonnyDIY 2 года назад +32

    Lol the way he trails off "those scripts dont come around too often" 😆 that's very true. Lucky to have 1 movie of that caliber a year

    • @haplessgolem805
      @haplessgolem805 10 месяцев назад +3

      You mean decade. Movies like that come around once every decade or so. Plus Hollywood doesn't have tge stones to greenlight movies like Boogie Nights anymore.

    • @whiskeyhoarder9587
      @whiskeyhoarder9587 3 месяца назад

      please name a movie in the past 5 years as good

  • @tb303wpf1
    @tb303wpf1 4 месяца назад +2

    Thomas is so underrated. He's one of the best character actors too. He's shown such a wide diversity in character portrayals throughout his career. And he nails it every time. I watch every project that he is involved with. Seems like a great guy too. He was amazing in The Expanse. He was hilarious in The Predator. Hope to see him play some more new roles.

  • @crashburn3292
    @crashburn3292 2 года назад +15

    Todd Parker introduced Burt Reynolds' knee to his lap..

  • @rbu2136
    @rbu2136 2 года назад +31

    Boogie Knights is a legendary movie. If you have never seen it see! It’s acted in a specific style and shot that way as well. Lots of genius happened. Do see it.

    • @davidashton1305
      @davidashton1305 2 года назад +7

      Boogie “Knights” ?? Did it take place in the Middle Ages?? 😂

    • @jesseburleson432
      @jesseburleson432 Год назад

      One of the greatest films ever made.

    • @jonesjones3678
      @jonesjones3678 Год назад +1

      ​@@davidashton1305no no it's the one with Batman as the Disco Detective.

  • @matgood6231
    @matgood6231 2 года назад +27

    Anytime I meet someone named todd, I do the Reese voice when he enters the backyard, TODD !!!
    😂 nobody ever understands it

    • @nickyjames1985
      @nickyjames1985 2 года назад +6

      Todd!!!
      Parker???

    • @williamshaw9047
      @williamshaw9047 2 года назад +5

      I dont dance Sundays.

    • @armondo22
      @armondo22 2 года назад

      I’m like that when I hear the Scott lol

    • @jonsewell2972
      @jonsewell2972 2 года назад

      Introduce her to my lap!

    • @ch0ice
      @ch0ice 2 года назад

      I like “not now , todd” the way will ferrell says it in zoolander

  • @mikerobertson2402
    @mikerobertson2402 2 года назад +23

    He killed it in The Mist also!

    • @armondo22
      @armondo22 2 года назад +8

      One of my favorites… brutal ending

    • @kato64
      @kato64 2 года назад +5

      One of the most depressing movies I’ve ever seen!

    • @peterresetz1960
      @peterresetz1960 Год назад +1

      Stephen king wrote the novel that was adapted to the movie, has never written a story that had a happy ending. The exception to that is the one with the evil clown.

  • @claudiocorleone7856
    @claudiocorleone7856 8 месяцев назад +1

    I will watch anything with Thomas in it. Really underrated .

  • @mc76
    @mc76 Год назад +13

    Imagine the kismet involved in finding actors of the quality of Thomas Jane and Barry Pepper--dead ringers for Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris--to play those roles in *61. Whoever Billy Crystal's casting director was, that person deserved an Oscar.

  • @petero6528
    @petero6528 Год назад +6

    Todd Parker was an amazing character in one of the best movies of all time. Great interview

  • @massapower
    @massapower 2 года назад +21

    Burt Reynolds definitely "THE LAST MOVIE STAR" 😎👍🏻

    • @richardbrown8269
      @richardbrown8269 2 года назад +2

      I miss knowing Burt Reynolds is somewhere out there.

  • @marlinahenakew5683
    @marlinahenakew5683 2 года назад +34

    He played a great Mickey Mantle in 61

    • @DMalltheway
      @DMalltheway 2 года назад +3

      Awesome in Deep Blue Sea and The Expanse.

    • @newsieowl333
      @newsieowl333 2 года назад +1

      don't fogert he played the best punisher and one of the original marvel movie characters

    • @Tryn2bgood
      @Tryn2bgood 6 месяцев назад

      Who else did he play?

  • @Rapidthumbs
    @Rapidthumbs 6 месяцев назад +1

    Loved him in The Mist and of course The Expanse tv series. Great talent.

  • @ToldAlthea
    @ToldAlthea 21 день назад

    “I Melt With You” 2011. THE BEST!

  • @mansfield61
    @mansfield61 2 года назад +1

    That's it. After watching a few of these clips lately I'm going to rewatch it again........

  • @kindredhooligans4445
    @kindredhooligans4445 Год назад +1

    I worked with Thomas Jane a few years back. He’s a really cool dude!

  • @michaeltootikian4402
    @michaeltootikian4402 2 года назад +7

    Thomas Jane is a good actor

  • @karolchwierut
    @karolchwierut Год назад +18

    The firecrackers motif was taken from the movie Putney Swope directed by Robert Downey Sr. It's one of PTAs favourite movies

    • @ah-choo
      @ah-choo Год назад

      This. he told Downey that he was gonna steal the bit -- Downey approved

    • @pontiacGXPfan
      @pontiacGXPfan Год назад

      We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Downey Sr for blessing the world with the man we would forever know as Iron Man

  • @ositofreitas
    @ositofreitas 6 месяцев назад

    One of those movies that most people didnt like when it came out because of the dark scenes when they hit the 80s but now after decades, people renting and streaming the movie have realized how genius the movie was.

  • @1975original
    @1975original 6 месяцев назад +3

    he played a perfect Miller in The Expanse.

  • @jefferysmom696
    @jefferysmom696 6 месяцев назад +3

    *That scene with the Firecrackers makes me think of the wonderland Murders ...Lot of similarities*

  • @greedo50273
    @greedo50273 Год назад +6

    " ... full fuckin' race cams. Woo!" :-)

  • @user-iu5vf6us4q
    @user-iu5vf6us4q 5 месяцев назад

    Alfred Molina as Rahad absolutely killed it in that scene. Tremendous actor.

  • @robjohnson4059
    @robjohnson4059 7 месяцев назад +2

    His noir detective Miller on the Expanse is my favorite role of his.

  • @jmua8450
    @jmua8450 6 месяцев назад +1

    Cosmo…:he’s Chinese. 😂😂😂 my favorite scene in any movie.

  • @MrBryan247
    @MrBryan247 2 года назад +3

    The best scene ever!! Burt Reynolds is one of the best. CRewe!!! CRewe!!! Put this in ur trophy case,,, longest yard

  • @TheKingOfRuckus
    @TheKingOfRuckus 2 месяца назад

    "That's what we god damn came here to motherfuckin' DO!"
    Thomas Jane's delivery of this line captures the chaos of that entire perfectly😂

  • @mikeharvey2748
    @mikeharvey2748 2 года назад +15

    Burt Reynolds said he hated making that movie because him and the director Paul Thomas Anderson fought the entire time.

    • @pedrogudino1133
      @pedrogudino1133 2 года назад +7

      Burt was too old to deal with Paul's ideas.

    • @tobingallawa3322
      @tobingallawa3322 Год назад +5

      They may have fought, but the result is just fantastic

    • @jonathanaldecoa1099
      @jonathanaldecoa1099 Год назад +2

      Yeah, it’s interesting Burt didn’t enjoy the experience. Whatever happened behind the scenes, it didn’t show on film. Burt gave an amazing performance.😎🕺

    • @mikeharvey2748
      @mikeharvey2748 Год назад +1

      @@pedrogudino1133 Anderson wanting Burt to remove his hair piece. That didn’t go over well with Burt, who’s walked out of interviews and there’s a video online where this heckler makes fun of his hair piece while Burr is speaking to a group and Burt challenged him to come up there and say it too his face.

  • @williest1
    @williest1 9 месяцев назад

    From what I've heard Burt absolutely hated filming this movie but still turned in an Unforgettable performance

  • @iggypyro78
    @iggypyro78 Год назад +6

    My understanding is that the firecracker thing came from PTAs Dad who was a late night host in Cleveland - who often threw firecrackers during his segments. I'm from the Cleveland area and his Dad is still a legend around here.

    • @josephkelly6681
      @josephkelly6681 Год назад

      Yep. The Ghoul, right? He would blow up a frog every Saturday and people would call in and complain every Saturday despite it being so fake.

  • @djofortunato5799
    @djofortunato5799 Год назад

    That scene is so tense and unnerving cool to know the background

  • @kfw9257
    @kfw9257 2 года назад +16

    If I got kneed in the nuts by Burt Reynolds, I think I'd remember it

    • @btbarr16
      @btbarr16 2 года назад +3

      I know right!?!

    • @markoman5267
      @markoman5267 2 года назад

      If I got kneed in the nuts by anyone, I'd remember it.😣

    • @johngermany2089
      @johngermany2089 Год назад +1

      I think he’s exercising a little discretion

  • @nicolasgasquoine
    @nicolasgasquoine 5 месяцев назад

    Love how he describes it as a “remote-drop movie”

  • @4000Wiggins
    @4000Wiggins 5 месяцев назад +1

    I went to see Boogie Nights twice in one week when it premiered in 97

  • @bungle3912
    @bungle3912 Год назад +2

    People forget that Burt Reynolds originally hated Boogie Nights and said it was a terrible film before he got nominated for an Oscar.

  • @FullRangeFitnessHQ
    @FullRangeFitnessHQ 2 года назад +1

    The Yacht Rock reference at 2:39 is my go to playlist…am actually sayin this out loud?😂

  • @ChristopherSmithNYC
    @ChristopherSmithNYC 6 месяцев назад

    Jane in Thursday with Mr. Whimple was brilliant.

  • @gavinmasterson8202
    @gavinmasterson8202 2 года назад +9

    It’s true, those scripts don’t come around often. Neither does a film like that itself come around often…

    • @AZVIDS
      @AZVIDS Год назад

      Nor a 🌭

  • @patricec9927
    @patricec9927 8 месяцев назад

    loved him in movie 1922 . he nailed it there also!

  • @nelsonrivera764
    @nelsonrivera764 6 месяцев назад +1

    favorite film ever

  • @party4keeps28
    @party4keeps28 Год назад +1

    I didn't even realize until now that it was Thomas Jane who played that role.

  • @letsrevieweverything144
    @letsrevieweverything144 6 месяцев назад +1

    Dirty Laundry man....brilliant. Thomas is the Punisher

  • @A-FrameWedge
    @A-FrameWedge 5 месяцев назад +4

    Todd! Todd Parker!!

  • @andyallen9216
    @andyallen9216 Год назад +2

    I know he didn't mean it like this, but saying you "have to watch it to the conclusion" when referencing Boogie Nights makes me laugh, knowing how it concludes.

  • @angrytater2456
    @angrytater2456 6 месяцев назад

    There is a scene in an older movie that has someone throwing firecrackers. Paul Anderson being the film buff he is remembered it when making BN and thought it would be great in the scene.

  • @GP-tt2te
    @GP-tt2te 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wish he would've done a couple more Punisher movies. That might be the most underrated Marvel movie.

  • @TrudyPatootie
    @TrudyPatootie 2 месяца назад

    *I was a cocktail waitress in the early 70's. My friend was the Hotel Masseuse. So she*
    *come to the lounge to tell me that she just gave Burt Reynolds a massage. I was from*
    *small town USA and moved to the big city.* 😎
    *I was absolutely shocked when she informed me that he left "Happy." (Read between*
    *the lines) I also reported the Bartender to management because she said the eff*
    *word. Good Lord I was green!* 🙄
    So my claim to fame is that I worked with a woman who made Burt a happy man! 😂

  • @DamienLeone84
    @DamienLeone84 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great taste in movies and yacht rock 🔥

  • @stalwartzero7001
    @stalwartzero7001 8 дней назад

    I’ll watch anything he’s in ❤

  • @TonyDanza4Lyfe
    @TonyDanza4Lyfe 2 года назад +6

    TODD WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

  • @bwayne6
    @bwayne6 Год назад +4

    One of the greatest films of all time.

  • @razeris3519
    @razeris3519 2 года назад +1

    I still think punisher to this day was one of the best punisher movies and that’s not coming from a comic book fan though so I apologize if it’s bad compared to the comics but I like it.

  • @jeffclark5268
    @jeffclark5268 5 месяцев назад

    The Expanse. That’s the pinnacle for Thomas Jane.

  • @rhyldonnelly7737
    @rhyldonnelly7737 Год назад

    Jane is awesome in Boogie Nights.

  • @foxbat1766
    @foxbat1766 2 года назад +4

    He was awesome in 'The Expanse' "Doors and Corners... that's where they get you..."

    • @HoldenNY22
      @HoldenNY22 2 года назад +1

      The Mian thing I know him form is the HBo Series- HUng. I thought he was great in that Series.

    • @davidcoleman757
      @davidcoleman757 Год назад

      'Stay away from da aqua!' Agreed. He was awesome as Miller. 'Home' is possibly my favourite episode of any sci-fi series.

  • @russellward4624
    @russellward4624 13 дней назад

    I never recognized him 8n Boogie Nights. Seen the film at least 20xs. Lol

  • @AZVIDS
    @AZVIDS Год назад +1

    Boogie Nights to Hung, what do they have in common?😉🌭

  • @clifftanton8385
    @clifftanton8385 6 месяцев назад

    Great love him in the mist underrated nice guy

  • @igoryankilevich9941
    @igoryankilevich9941 2 года назад +3

    I loved him in that shark movie

    • @williamshaw9047
      @williamshaw9047 2 года назад +1

      Deep Blue Sea is a pretty entertaining film.

  • @kentonkruger8333
    @kentonkruger8333 Год назад +1

    I swear to god I never knew that was him in that movie. I love that movie, and I have enjoyed his work elsewhere. Can't believe I never connected that it was him.

  • @candjim
    @candjim 6 месяцев назад +2

    He has similar facial features to Christopher Lambert.

  • @seanahmed9079
    @seanahmed9079 Год назад +2

    To think he was the first choice to play Don Draper but his agent flatly turned it down saying "Mr Jane does not do TV"!!
    Correction....it wasn't his agent. He turned it down personally 😅😅😅

  • @kimrice394
    @kimrice394 Год назад

    When Thomas grows a mustache he’s a different person!

  • @christophervanepps4264
    @christophervanepps4264 3 месяца назад +1

    Carpet dope is my favorite.

  • @DMalltheway
    @DMalltheway 2 года назад +6

    Boogie Nights to me is like a spiritual sequel to Goodfellas stylistically.

    • @AlexG-xl1cc
      @AlexG-xl1cc 2 года назад

      I always said BN was very influenced. Rise and fall, character gets into cocaine in 1980 and downhill starts from there.

  • @dibber43
    @dibber43 2 года назад +10

    Love TJ!!!
    THE only legitimate "Punisher"!!!👍

    • @Stevenirons
      @Stevenirons 2 года назад +3

      Bernthal was pretty damn good

    • @mikevicchiarelli2369
      @mikevicchiarelli2369 Год назад

      Dolph Lungren looked the part and sounded cool. Movie was just super B-80s
      As a kid, I appreciated how dark it was

  • @PeterMasi_Son_Tile
    @PeterMasi_Son_Tile 2 года назад +1

    Hey it’s Andre Stander!

  • @larrylicavoli
    @larrylicavoli Год назад +1

    "...two coats of Competition Orange......"

    • @dclipper8052
      @dclipper8052 Год назад

      TEN coats. And remember--it's hand rubbed.

  • @dacehawk8867
    @dacehawk8867 2 года назад +1

    Wow! We were young and hungry and good scripts don't come around that often.

  • @gandydancer823
    @gandydancer823 6 месяцев назад

    Boogie Nights is a good film. My favorite is Nina Hartley. Big surprise seeing her in the film.

  • @controlfreak1963
    @controlfreak1963 6 месяцев назад +1

    I think this was Bert Reynolds best movie.

  • @Atomykpimp
    @Atomykpimp 6 месяцев назад

    Thomas Jane is The Punisher!!

  • @christopherseat9871
    @christopherseat9871 Год назад

    "Texas Rising" was a mini series

  • @signoresantinoburnett1169
    @signoresantinoburnett1169 Год назад

    When Todd shows up to the pool party...lol.

  • @RobertChanTV
    @RobertChanTV Год назад

    His name is Joe GM Chan and he’s a NYC legend

  • @daveyboy_
    @daveyboy_ Год назад

    He was great in Stander

  • @nickypipes3004
    @nickypipes3004 6 месяцев назад

    How many times do think random people approach Thomas Jane and yell Todd Parker!

  • @JacobDean88
    @JacobDean88 Год назад

    Thomas Jane is awesome.. He is Neal Cassady, portraying him the best in Last Time I Committed Suicide. Let's also not forget he's the masterbater dude in The Crow City Of Angels. And of course, I think he is the best Punisher

  • @JonnyDIY
    @JonnyDIY 2 года назад +2

    He's starting to look like James Woods

  • @TheNaturalPatHarris
    @TheNaturalPatHarris Год назад

    It’s the Punisher!!!!

  • @DryHeaveSteve
    @DryHeaveSteve Год назад

    I dig Eisen. I listen when I can, but if you’re sitting in that chair and you did a movie, it’s a automatic remote drop front Rich

  • @weps8983
    @weps8983 Год назад

    Great actor. Stander (2003) is a great film and his performance in boogie nights is so brilliant.
    Such a tragedy he didn't do mad men, jon hamm is a cornball.

  • @jimmaculate5
    @jimmaculate5 Год назад

    too bad i don't know which "behind the wheel" scene rich is talking about. nor remember who thomas played in the movie.

  • @aujax1
    @aujax1 Год назад

    this guy hasnt aged a day!!

  • @MRVISTA-wz7vj
    @MRVISTA-wz7vj 6 месяцев назад

    He's got like 5000 remote drop movies IMHO😅😅😅😅😅

  • @Michigan_dad
    @Michigan_dad 2 года назад

    Hey it’s the Punisher!

  • @douggrey6253
    @douggrey6253 Год назад +1

    “Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!….we want something else from you”…

  • @SonnyGTA
    @SonnyGTA Год назад

    HUNG was a great series. Sucked that it just ended. No resolutions.

  • @Dinnerwiththeavilas
    @Dinnerwiththeavilas 2 года назад

    “TODD PARKER!”

  • @BlahBlah-em2ed
    @BlahBlah-em2ed Месяц назад

    Rich should have Nina Hartley on the show to ask about Boogie Nights

  • @blazeyurlyf
    @blazeyurlyf 6 месяцев назад

    Some ppl are not good storytellers. Sounds like he's hammered.