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Ryan Sim

Ryan Sim

Stand-up comedian and hydrographer from Hamilton, Ontario; regular guest on Back to the Balcony podcast.

Oct 23, 2026

2:16
Oh, and I'm thinking of streaming as well.
2:18
There was a direct-to-TV movie that won an Emmy recently where Michael Douglas and Matt Damon played lovers.
2:25
A famous guy.
2:26
Boccacelli or something? Botticelli? Who's a gay guy? Yeah, right.
2:31
Several million people in the world and you want me to know them all? He was like over-the-top flamboyant and his younger lover was Matt Damon.
2:37
It was Michael Douglas.

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15:59
Nice checkered vest and standing there.
16:02
James Stewart is sitting and Harvey is standing behind him.
5:32
And Ryan, would you recommend it to anybody?
5:35
Yeah, I'll be honest.
5:36
This whole film noir thing is popular right now because of Spider-Man noir right now on Netflix or Disney.
5:45
I don't know what it is, but it's Nicolas Cage.
5:48
Right.
5:48
And they've basically channeled his inner Maltese Falcon as Spider-Man in his mid-50s.
5:56
And they filmed it.

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16:31
Physically, they couldn't be more different.
5:01
just entertainment?
5:02
this is a great case for it because in this, the consistency of their behavior, I made some notes by the way in the movie, they had no reason to make this up.
5:13
And I've looked it up.
5:14
All of the guys haven't benefited from it.
5:16
They went back to their normal logging jobs other than Travis and Travis was in charge of the mill until the movie came out.
5:23
And then he did something about it.
5:24
The movie came out in 93 and this, this happened in 75 and, Their stories don't collapse under the pressure.

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24:52
Okay, so

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