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The 2006 Movie Draft

August 31, 2023/ 97 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan

Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, and Chris Ryan draft 2006 across six categories (Blockbuster, Drama, Comedy, Action Horror Thriller, Oscar Nominee, and Wildcard), from The Departed to Borat.

18 films across 1 segment.

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The 2006 Movie Draft drafting 2006 movies

Sean Fennessey

Blockbuster

Casino Royale 2006

Sean ranks it second-best of the Craig-era Bonds, behind Skyfall. He once made a 48-minute YouTube video just about Craig's blue-trunks beach entrance.

Drama

Little Children 2006

Todd Field's follow-up to In the Bedroom, adapted from Tom Perrotta's novel. Sean defends the narrator device some critics called overwrought.

Comedy

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006

Sean's best in-theater experience of 2006. He rewatched it during Covid ahead of the sequel and says it still holds up.

Action Horror Thriller

The Descent 2006

Neil Marshall's caving horror movie. Sean calls it one of the best horror films of 2006, and of the decade too.

Oscar Nominee

Children of Men 2006

Alfonso Cuaron's dystopian sci-fi drama. Sean puts it in the conversation for best-made movie of the 21st century and singles out Michael Caine.

Wildcard

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006

Taken partly to needle Chris and Bobby. Sean brings up Christopher Nolan naming it a favorite on The Rich Eisen Show.

Amanda Dobbins

Blockbuster

The Devil Wears Prada 2006

Amanda blames this movie for her own career in magazines; she saw it a month after graduating college while deciding between publishing and teaching classics.

Drama

Marie Antoinette 2006

Sofia Coppola's Kirsten Dunst film, Amanda's favorite Coppola movie by her own admission. She notes the anachronistic soundtrack.

Comedy

The Holiday 2006

Nancy Meyers' rom-com. Amanda ranks it behind Something's Gotta Give and It's Complicated among Meyers films and isn't sold on the Jack Black subplot.

Action Horror Thriller

Inside Man 2006

Spike Lee's bank-heist thriller, which Amanda calls an A-plus New York movie she saw during her first year living in the city.

Oscar Nominee

The Queen 2006

Peter Morgan's Helen Mirren vehicle, which Amanda calls a testing ground for The Crown.

Wildcard

Step Up 2006

Taken over She's the Man, for launching Channing Tatum's career.

Chris Ryan

Blockbuster

Mission: Impossible III 2006

Chris gets ribbed for the pick (Sean and Amanda note it landed at No. 6 on their Mission: Impossible rewatchables ranking), but he stands by Philip Seymour Hoffman's villain.

Drama

The Prestige 2006

Christopher Nolan's dueling-magicians film. Chris insists it's not actually his favorite Nolan movie, a line the group won't let him live down for the rest of the episode.

Comedy

Jackass Number Two 2006

Chris's second-best in-theater experience of 2006, behind Sean's pick of Borat.

Action Horror Thriller

Miami Vice 2006

Michael Mann's film, one of Chris's favorite movies ever made. He defends its Linkin Park/Jay-Z soundtrack and its now-celebrated digital cinematography.

Oscar Nominee

The Departed 2006

Chris's first pick of the draft, Scorsese's Boston gangster film. He and Sean have covered it twice on The Rewatchables, including a deep dive on Nicholson's boot to Leo's hand.

Wildcard

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2006

Michel Gondry's concert film, picked as a time-capsule of the Brooklyn music scene Chris was living in and covering for Fader at the time.

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