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1999: The Podcast

John Brooks and Julia Sirmons

Was 1999 the best year in movie history? We think it might be! John Brooks, Julia Sirmons, and special guests work their way through all the year has to offer, one movie at a time, and we’ll ask special guests to share their memories of this amazing year and the movies that made it unforgettable. Unfortunately, nobody can be told what 1999: The Podcast is… you have to hear it for yourself!

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92:47

MAN ON THE MOON : "Andy" with Sean Malin

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/10/21

If there was a surprise critical and commercial failure for the year, it was Forman’s highly anticipated, Oscar-baiting Andy Kauffman biopic, Man on the Moon.Among other things, Man on the Moon was touted as a second chance for Carrey to nab a best actor Oscar, following what had roundly been seen as an epic snub for his denial of the award for The Truman Show. It had a lot going for it - an exploration of the tragic and mysterious life of an obscure but beloved cultural figure, directed by the

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93:01

PAYBACK: "Mel" - with Jim Woods

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/10/07

Payback was something of a surprise - and largely forgotten - minor hit, riding mostly on the coattails of Mel Gibson at the height of his popularity and box office appeal, having come off a string of hits, including 1994’s Maverick, 1995’s Oscar-winning Braveheart, 1996’s Ransom, and 1997’s Conspiracy Theory, as well as the prestige of Brian Helgeland, who had just won an avalanche awards, including the Oscar, for writing LA Confidential as well as the aforementioned Conspiracy Theory. But the

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70:51

99@25 #017/18 - September 1999

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/10/05

It's a big September 1999 episode, featuring the one and only Dan Colón!In September, we head into the final quarter of the year and welcome some landmark moments in pop culture, with the arrivals of: Freaks and Geeks! The Sega Dreamcast! Tony Hawk's Pro Skater! The West Wing! Chill Factor! (?) the finale to the Costner Baseball Trilogy! and music from Guster and The Magnetic Fields! Plus Chris Cornell, Martin Lawrence, earthquakes, Y2K, and more! Find Dan on Twitter @DanColon

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89:01

SUMMER OF SAM: "S.O.S." - with Julia Sirmons

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/09/23

Spike Lee's Summer of Sam should have been the perfect 1999 movie. After Lee’s breakthrough 1989 film Do the Right Thing, he was on a roll in the 90s, giving us 1990s’ Mo Better Blues, 1991’s Jungle Fever, 1992’s Malcolm X, 1994’s Crooklyn, 1995’s Clockers, 1996’s Get on the Bus, and 1998’s He Got Game. And so a gritty, Scorsese-esque New York crime like Summer of Sam headlined by the rising star Brody and Leguizamo at his most popular seemed like a no-brainer. And maybe because its nearly two and

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66:29

99@25 #016 - August 16-31 1999

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/09/09

Late August is often called the Dog Days of Summer and...boy, did the end of August 1999 every live up that reputation! August 16-31 was something of a drag. After a summer filled with huge moments in entertainment, culture, and news, suddenly, for a couple weeks, not much happened. But not nothing! We still got the requisite end of summer bad movie dump, featuring: Dudley Do-Right! In Too Deep! The Astronaut's Wife! and Teaching Mrs. Tingle! Plus chart-topping albums from Christina Aguilera,

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65:39

WOODSTOCK 99 - An End of Summer Special Episode

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/08/24

For an end-of-summer special, Dan Colón, of CageClub's very own The Monsters That Made Us podcast, joins John to talk about the greed, mayhem, and madness that defined Woodstock 99.The Woodstock that was just so great that it convinced everybody to never Woodstock again, 1999's 30th anniversary festival (inspired by the relative success of the 25th anniversary Woodstock 94) was...a lot of things. But mostly it was an epic disaster that somehow managed to take bad situations and terrible ideas and

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64:04

99@25 #015 - August 1-15 1999

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/08/17

We're nearing the end of summer, and this time we take a look back at a very entertaining first half of August, 1999.August 1-15 gave us: KISS! Prince's Yard Sale! Two guys named Putin and Netanyahu who have since faded into total obscurity Dick! The Sixth Sense! Mystery Men! Wade Boggs! Mark McGwire jacking dingdongs! The Dilberito! And your host turning 20! This week, John is joined by friend of the show Tyler Birth (with a brief appearance from his new mouse friend!) as they take a look

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51:33

99@25 #013/14 - July 1-31 1999

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/08/02

But, to make up for it, we have the delightful and hilarious Jacki Krestel (@zombie_jacki) to join John in a walk down 1999 memory lane!July 1999 included: Macy Gray! Destiny's Child! Bree Sharp's summer novelty pop hit "David Duchovny"! The Fenway Park All-Star Game! Blair Witch, American Pie, Eyes Wide Shut, and Deep Blue Sea! The death (????) of JFK Jr! Cheatin' cheater Lance Armstrong! Terrible ghoul JK Rowling! Woodstock 99! And more Plus, join John and Jenn next week for a more

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51:57

THE EMPTY CINEMA - A Special Summer Episode

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/07/29

John and Jenn take a crack at explaining the baffling summer 2024 box office. Why did PLANER OF THE APES and FURIOSA fail where INSIDE OUT 2 succeeded? Is the summer movie season a thing of the past? And why do people seem less inclined to go to the movie theater for just ANYTHING? Covid? Prices? Capitalism? All of the above? Find out what we have to say in this special summer episode about America's increasingly, depressingly empty cinemas.

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113:27

ARLINGTON ROAD: "Boom" - with Matt Belenky

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/07/15

Arlington Road was 77th highest grossing movie of 1999, released 25 years ago last week on July 9th, unfortunately crowded out by some other big releases, namely American Pie, released the same day, as well as Wild Wild West, Tarzan, and The General's Daughter, all in their second weeks.Directed by acclaimed music video director Mark Pellington (Pearl Jam's "Jeremy"), with a script from future Oscar nominee Ehren Kruger. a score by David Lynch’s personal composer Angelo Badalamenti, and starring

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84:12

SOUTH PARK - Summer Rerelease! - with George Freitag

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/07/01

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut is...very funny.It's also absurd, obscene, and one of the best movie musicals not called Moulin Rouge of the last few decades. The humor of the show and the movie, though, has always been too things - edgy (bordering on shocking) and timely. South Park the series has produced some of the smartest, most incisive satire anywhere in its 25 years of existence, but that kind of humor doesn't always age well? So how does this movie hold up in that regard? We asked

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60:33

99@25 #012 - June 16-30 1999

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/06/29

This week, we're covering the second two weeks of June, 1999 (16-30), perhaps the most teenage-boy two weeks of the year.This week: Cartoons rule as SOUTH PARK and TARZAN both arrive in cinemas (setting up an epic Best Original Song Oscar duel!) Adam Sandler's massive hit BIG DADDY is also released. SMOOTH is released as a single and refuses to go away ever! Tony Hawk lands a 900 for the first time ever! Weird Al spoiler-bitches the ENTIRE plot of THE PHANTOM MENACE Stephen King gets hit by a

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80:52

TARZAN - Summer Rerelease! - with Heather Antos

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/06/24

Disney’s Tarzan was, as the 6th-highest grossing movie of the year, a big hit. But it also had a giant budget. Made for $130 million, it grossed $171 million domestically and $448 million worldwide. Tarzan did well with critics, as well. It was nominated for more than 2 dozen different awards, and won the Oscar and Golden Globe for best original song, Phil Collins’ “You’ll Be in My Heart”. It holds a an 89 percent Rotten Tomatoes score with more than 100 reviews, and 79 Metacritic score with 27

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68:34

99@25 #011 - June 1-15 1999

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/06/15

Meteorological summer has arrived, and it brings the sounds of summer with it! We're covering the first two weeks of June, 1999 (1-15) and what a two weeks it was!This week: Things get shaggadelic (baby) as AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME conquers the box office (and THE PHANTOM MENACE)! People are just UNABLE to stop buying the new Backstreet Boys album! People are just UNABLE to stop stealing the new Backstreet Boys album as Napster launches! Dido! J-Lo! Blink-182! The son of that one

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108:19

THREE TO TANGO: "No La Tango" - with R. Lee Fleming Jr.

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/06/10

Three to Tango was the 126th-highest grossing movie of 1999, sandwiched between two movies we have covered already, Drop Dead Gorgeous at 125, and Bats at 127. It opened in 8th place (behind Bats, which it would ultimately outgross) on the very not rom-com season of October the 22nd, going on to gross 10 and a half million dollars worldwide on a 20 million dollar budget. Three to Tango - which, we can't stress enough, features no tango or dancing of any kind - was written by Aline Brosch McKenna,

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50:07

99@25 #010 - May 16-31 1999

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/06/01

It's the second half of May, 1999 - the 16th through the 31st - and the most anticipated event of the year finally arrives as Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace finally opens on May 19th, taking in $68 million on its opening weekend.This week: We'll explain why $68 million is a lot more than it sounds like! Moby! LEN! The Backstreet Boys! The end of Home Improvement! Slobodan Milosevic faces justice! Susan Lucci! And more! This week, John is joined by special guest, the host of Pop

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126:39

NEVER BEEN KISSED: "Grosie" - with Trae Crowder and...

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/05/27

Never Been Kissed was the 43-rd highest grossing movie of the year, just edging out last week's Forces of Nature (though proving far more profitable) at the box office. Never Been Kissed opened April 9th, pitting it against The Matrix in its second week, but still managed to post an impressive second place finish for the week, taking in 14 million dollars. This is largely thanks to the overwhelming popularity of star Drew Barrymore, coming off consecutive romantic hits in 1998 with Ever

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109:41

FORCES OF NATURE: "Planes, Trains, and Geo Metros" -...

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/05/20

Forces of Nature was the 44th highest-grossing movie of 1999, opening at #1 at the box office on March 19th and taking in 17 million dollars in its first week, going on to make 94 million worldwide on a budget of (somehow) 75 million dollars.Starring Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck at a time when both actors' stars were at a high point and one of just a few features directed by accomplished television director Bronwen Hughes, Forces of Nature was the follow-up to her 1996 adaptation of Harriet the

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125:58

PHANTOM MENACE @ 25 - A Special Anniversary Release

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/05/19

Four special guests share their fond memories of the movie that (re)started it all: Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace. This is followed by a rerelease of our Phantom Menace episode, the second in the podcast's history, with Brian Silliman and Matt Romano from the podcast RETURN OF THE POD: A Star Wars Podcast. Enjoy. And may the Force be with you, always.

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68:24

99@25 #009 - May 1-15 1999

1999: The Podcast ·

2024/05/15

We have hit May 1999! This is one of the biggest months of the year, and we haven't even gotten to its biggest event yet! But in the first two weeks of May 1999, we got: Duel of the Fates! Robbie Williams! The Mummy! The premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants on Nickelodeon! Prestige Star Wars counter-programming! And more! This week, John is joined by a special guest - author Chris Morgan, who has written a book about the Nickelodeon 90s that is currently available, and whose next book, 99

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