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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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97:01

DEEP BLUE SEA: "Sharks!" - with Mark Hofmeyer

1999: The Podcast ·

2023/03/06

A modest success, Deep Blue Sea was the 29th-highest grossing movie of the year, putting it close the likes of Any Given Sunday, Galaxy Quest, and The Thomas Crown Affair, earning $74 million at the domestic box office on an $80ish million budget but going on to take in $165 million worldwide. Opening on July 30, Deep Blue Sea debuted in 3rd place behind the #1 opening of Runaway Bride and a still-strong Blair Witch Project coming in #2 in its third week. It would continue to stay in the top 10 for

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34:27

1999 Extra Super Special Surprise Bonus: The Episode...

1999: The Podcast ·

2023/03/04

John and Joey talk to "Drop Dead Gorgeous" director and founding member of "The State" Michael Patrick Jann. Jann shares his thoughts on the film's journey from critical and commercial dud to beloved cult classic, and shares what he's been up to lately (spoiler, his second feature film is due out this year!)

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108:56

DROP DEAD GORGEOUS: "Amer-I-Can!" - with BJ...

1999: The Podcast ·

2023/02/20

A critical and commercial failure upon its release, Drop Dead Gorgeous was the 125th-highest grossing movie of 1999. Filmed in the then still novel mockumentary style, the movie about a beauty pageant in Mount Rose, Minnesota was written by a former beauty pageant contestant from Rosemount, Minnesota, Lona Williams (also known as 1985’s Minnesota Junior Miss) and directed by former member of The State and accomplished TV director Michael Patrick Jann. And it boasts a jam-packed cast, including

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92:25

RAVENOUS: "Wendigo" - with Least Haunted hosts Cody...

1999: The Podcast ·

2023/02/06

1999's 180th-highest grossing film, Antonia Bird's Ravenous never finished higher than 18th at the domestic box office, earning just over 2 millions dollars on a 12 million dollar budget. And it was never released theatrically outside North America. Ravenous was also the recipient of decidedly (often wildly) mixed critics' reviews, all of whom seem to agree that the movie shifts tones so often and dramatically that it’s hard to actually pin it to any one genre. But like our previous

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93:49

JAWBREAKER: "Teen Dream" - with Jenn Tisdale

1999: The Podcast ·

2023/01/23

Our second Round 3 film, Jawbreaker, was requested by our friend and Office Space guest Jenn Tisdale. Jawbreaker was released in theatres on February 19th, making it one of the earliest 1999 films we’ve covered to date. The sophomore feature from writer Darren Stein, Jawbreaker is a John Waters-esque psychedelic high school satire. The 171st-highest grossing movie of the year, it earned 3.1 million on a 3.5 million dollar budget and was a complete failure with critics, holding just a 14% Rotten

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86:50

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY: "Peepin'" - with Bridget Todd

1999: The Podcast ·

2023/01/09

The Talented Mr. Ripley is one of a few movies that just barely didn't make our first 18, so we were delighted to learn the talented Bridget Todd wanted to give it a shout-out. The second motion picture adaptation of the novel by Patricia Highsmith, Ripley was released just under the wire on December 25th, going on to earn $127 million on a $40 million budget. The film stars Matt Damon, a pre-Goop Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cate Blanchett, Jack Davenport, and James Rebhorn,

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77:07

OLIVE THE OTHER REINDEER - A Very Special 1999...

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/12/25

Merry Christmas! In the spirit of the season, John and Joey asked their friend (and friend of the network) Juhi Khemani to spend 45 minutes watching the 1999 animated Christmas TV special Olive the Other Reindeer. Olive the Other Reindeer is based on the children's book of the same name by artist J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh. With its unique style, an all-star voice cast, and Michael Stipe, Olive is something of a forgotten gem. And we're here to unforget it! (Except Joey and Juhi, who had never

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35:57

Roundup! - Round 2 Recap

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/12/19

We have reached the end of Round 2, completed our list of the 18 essential movies of 1999, and it's time for a (Woody's) Roundup last nine episodes. This round saw a lot more comedies, a lot more animation, and some pretty stellar guests. We take a moment to look back at it all, discuss some of what surprised us both, offer ideas on which movies might be ready for a sequel or two, and take preview what's to come (hint: it's a lot!) The show will be back with a new round with a new theme and brand

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108:00

TOY STORY 2: "LZTYBRN" - with Aaron Neuwirth

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/12/12

Toy Story 2 is our final film of round 2 and our final pick for the 18 essential movies of 1999. Originally conceived as a direct-to-video sequel, much in line with Disney's strategy of releasing its other sequels to blockbuster animated films like The Return of Jafar and The Lion King 2, it soon became clear that Pixar's vision for Toy Story 2 was far too big and too bold not to grace the big screen. So instead of relegating it to video, Disney triples the budget of the original Toy Story and wound

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84:27

SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER, AND UNCUT: "La...

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/11/28

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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102:47

RUN LOLA RUN: "die Tasche" - with Jacob Meirovich

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/11/14

Run Lola Run only technically meets the criteria of our podcast, but no discussion of the revolutionary, groundbreaking films of 1999 could really be complete without it. Because while it was released in 1998 in its native Germany, its US theatrical release came in June 18, 1999. Starring Franke Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu, Run Lola Run was the breakout feature from writer-director-composer Tom Tykwer. The style and themes of the film share a lot in common with the first film we covered on the

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117:18

OFFICE SPACE: "Nothing" - with Jenn Tisdale

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/10/31

Of the 18 movies that made our first two rounds, Office Space was far and away the most abject failure. Released in the frigid box office month of February and featuring an advertising and marketing campaign that was so bad classes should be taught about it, Office Space went on to become the year's 134th-highest grossing movie, falling short of the box office hauls for beloved, critically-acclaimed classics like Chill Factor and Wing Commander. The live-action feature debut of Beavis and

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84:51

THE MUMMY: "Bugs!" - with Chris Kluwe

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/10/17

What better time than this, the intersection of Spooky Season and our cultural Brenaissance, to talk about the beloved Brendan Fraser vehicle, The Mummy?! The 8th-highest grossing movie of 1999, The Mummy is - there's no other way to say it - weird on a lot of levels. It feels completely out of place among its peers, embracing both state-of-the-art digital effects and very old school practical effects, it pays homage to the adventure films of the golden age of Hollywood while also somehow

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89:30

ELECTION: "Pick Flick" - with Brian Rodriguez

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/10/03

When Election premiered on April 23rd, audiences, it is safe to say, did not Pick Flick. Election was a pretty giant dud. With a reported $25 million price tag, the film earned just $15 million at the box office, making it the 98th-highest grossing movie of the year. And that's despite near universal critical acclaim and a number of major awards nominations. What went wrong? A lot, including a very limited release right after Columbine and sandwiched between The Matrix and The Mummy

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102:47

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH: "Malkovich" - with Brian Silliman

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/09/19

Being John Malkovich may well be the 1999est movie we have yet covered on the show. And the only reason it didn’t make it into the first nine (and just barely) is that 1) it really took some time to fully sink in to the culture, sort of like Fight Club, and 2) unlike Fight Club, it has largely been marginalized in recent years, due in no small part to the successive work of both Jonze and Kaufman, who produced films that would go on to greater critical and commercial success than this one did. But

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105:08

AMERICAN PIE: "Band Camp" - with Tessa and Nicole of...

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/09/05

The fact that American Pie was the twentieth-highest-grossing movie of 1999 wouldn't suggest that film was a mammoth hit, but it was. American Pie made back its tiny 11 million dollar budget and then some in its opening weekend. And it went on to gross more than 100 million domestically and 235 million worldwide, making it one of the most profitable movies of the year (an honor obviously belonging to the freakishly budget-to-gross ratio obliteration machine that was The Blair Witch Project). But

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85:47

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU: "Sonnet" - with Kelly J....

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/08/22

10 Things I Hate About You has become a generational favorite, joining the ranks of The Breakfast Club and Fast Times at Ridgemont High among the teen movie pantheon. Filmed on a $13 million budget, it made $38 million at the domestic box office, making it the 53rd top grossing movie of the year (one ahead of Fight Club). It would go on to break $60 million worldwide. But while it boasted a very impressive cast of very good actors, it had virtually no star power, and the central draw was a virtually

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26:25

Spybreak! - Round One Recap

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/08/16

In this end--of-round recap mini episode, Joey and John share their thoughts on the first nine movies, pick a "winner" from round one, and preview what's up ahead in the second round: The Back Nine. Thanks to Brian Raftery, Chris Kluwe, Brian Silliman, Matt Romano, Lila Shapiro, Chelsey Weber-Smith, Stephanie Gagnon, Aislinn and Tobin Addington, Amanda Moore, Logan Kisner, and Tyler Huckabee for sharing their time and thoughts with us! We'll be back to on Monday, 8/22 with a new episode!

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86:10

MAGNOLIA: "Save Me" - with Tyler Huckabee

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/08/08

Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia was just his third feature film. It remains both his most beloved and most divisive. Released at the very end of 1999, Magnolia was largely lauded by critics, received a number of year-end awards and nominations, and mostly overlooked by audiences. But like Fight Club before it, it found second life on DVD and quickly found an adoring audience, in addition to the source of a number of ubiquitous pop culture references, largely due to Tom Cruise's outrageous

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69:47

BOYS DON'T CRY: "Brandon" - with Logan Ashley Kisner

1999: The Podcast ·

2022/07/25

Boys Don’t Cry holds a 90% Rotten Tomatoes critics score and a pretty astonishing 86% Metacritic. And with scores like that, one might get the impression that was and is a universally admired classic. Billed as a dramatization of the events leading up to the 1993 rape and murder of 21-year-old trans man Brandon Teena, it was nominated for 57 major awards and won 37 of them. 14 of went to star Hilary Swank, 6 to costar Chloe Sevigny, and 8 to writer director Kimberley Peirce. And Swank of course won

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