The Flops Movie Draft
The Big Picture

The Flops Movie Draft

B1IntermediateAugust 25, 20261 hr 54 min

We’re drafting again! Sean and Amanda are joined by Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan for their first ever “Flops Movie Draft” where they highlight some of their favorite movies that were commercial failures at the box office. (0:00) Intro (1:43) Earliest flop memories (12:34) The Flops Movie Draft rules breakdown (17:17) The Flops Movie Draft (1:38:25) Honorable mentions (1:48:06) Draft recap Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan Producer: Jack Sanders Editor: Jamie Yukich Production Support: Sarah Reddy a...

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I'm Sean Fennessee. I'm Amanda Dobbins. And this is the Big Picture, a conversation show about flops. CR is here and we are drafting again.

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And so is Bill Simmons. Today we have a very special draft for you since we're in the direct... We're in the quiet part of the release calendar. The last week of August, we're talking about flops.

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Is that teleprompter? Right after this, yeah. Okay, Bill, you're here. Yeah.

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