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The Big Picture · Discussion · Draft
The Brad Pitt and George Clooney Movie Draft
September 20, 2024/ 99 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan · Zach Baron
GQ's Zach Baron reports back from profiling Clooney and Pitt in the south of France, then joins a four-person snake draft that splits their filmographies across six categories.
34 films across 2 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Two of twoZach Baron on the GQ shoot and the movie-star question
F1 2025
Pitt's other Apple deal, negotiated for a theatrical release.
Bullet Train 2022
Cited as Pitt still picking provocative roles into his late 50s.
Ad Astra 2019
War Machine 2017
Pitt's Netflix film, Fennessey's marker for a movie star making one for a streamer.
If 2024
Pitt voices Keith, a silent invisible character, a running joke about what counts as acting.
The Peacemaker 1997
The action swing that reset Clooney's trajectory.
Three Kings 1999
The David O. Russell shoot Clooney still talks about.
12 Years a Slave 2013
Pitt appears as the benevolent builder; also a Plan B production.
The Departed 2006
Pitt produced but was ruled off the Best Picture stage in favor of Graham King.
The rosters drafting the movies of Brad Pitt and George Clooney
Sean Fennessey
Brad and George Together
Ocean's Eleven 2001
First overall pick, for the Rusty-and-Danny scene, the peak of their pairing.
Directed or Produced By
Moonlight 2016
Plan B's Best Picture; Fennessey calls it the company's high-water mark.
Zach Baron
Oscar Nominee
Michael Clayton 2007
First-ever draft pick, and by table consensus the high-water mark of Clooney's filmography.
Brad and George Together
Ocean's Thirteen 2007
Directed or Produced By
Killing Them Softly 2012
Pitt playing an East Coast tough; the Gandolfini bar scene.
Supporting Role
True Romance 1993
Wildcard
Out of Sight 1998
The film that made Clooney a star; the trunk-scene chemistry with Jennifer Lopez.
Chris Ryan
Oscar Nominee
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019
Taken over Amanda's Moneyball, to her lasting annoyance.
Brad and George Together
Burn After Reading 2008
A favorite Pitt comic performance, in a movie where the two may never share a shot.
Directed or Produced By
The Lost City of Z 2017
Plan B; Pitt was set to star before James Gray recast.
Wildcard
Fight Club 1999
Amanda Dobbins
Directed or Produced By
The Big Short 2015
Pitt nominated for producing; barely in it, but it clears a roster slot.
On the board, undrafted honorable mentions
GravitySnatch12 MonkeysO Brother, Where Art Thou?Good Night, and Good Luck.Up in the AirThe DescendantsThe Ides of MarchThe Tree of LifeThe CounselorThe Monuments MenConfessions of a Dangerous MindTroyInterview with the VampireLegends of the FallIntolerable CrueltyThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Thin Red LineThe Midnight SkyThe Tender BarBatman & Robin
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