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Awesome Movie Year

Awesome Movie Year

Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network

tv & film film history

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01:15:55

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991 Box Office Champ)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/09/30

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1991 features the box-office champion, James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Directed and co-written by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick and Joe Morton, Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the second film in the long-running Terminator sci-fi action franchise.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert

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01:11:59

Better Off Dead (1985 Bonus Episode)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/09/23

This bonus episode for our season on the awesome movie year of 1985 features Savage Steve Holland’s Better Off Dead. Written and directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring John Cusack, Diane Franklin, Curtis Armstrong, Amanda Wyss and Aaron Dozier, Better Off Dead is the first of two movies that Holland and Cusack made together in the 1980s.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Janet Maslin in The New York Times

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43:36

1946 Epilogue

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/09/18

In this epilogue to our season on the awesome movie year of 1946, we talk about alternate movies we considered including in all of our different categories this season, and read suggestions from some listeners about their favorite 1946 movies.Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemoviepod.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyearYou can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at

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01:04:35

The Big Sleep (1946 Audience Choice)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/09/16

The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features our audience choice poll winner, Howard Hawks’ The Big Sleep. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Martha Vickers, The Big Sleep defeated two other film noir classics in our 1946 audience choice poll.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times

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52:55

The Beast With Five Fingers (1946 Future Cult Classic)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/09/09

The thirteenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features our cult classic pick, horror movie The Beast With Five Fingers. Directed by Robert Florey and starring Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen and J. Carrol Naish, The Beast With Five Fingers is based on the short story by William Fryer Harvey.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times

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59:27

Swing Parade of 1946 (1946 Dave's Pick)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/09/02

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, musical comedy Swing Parade of 1946. Directed by Phil Karlson and starring Gale Storm, Phil Regan, Edward Brophy, Mary Treen and the Three Stooges, Swing Parade of 1946 marks one of the Three Stooges’ relatively rare feature-film appearances.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Thalia Bell in Motion Picture Herald, Showmen’s Trade Review, and Wanda Hale in the New York

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01:08:55

The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946 Best Picture)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/08/26

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, William Wyler’s The Best Years of Our Lives. Directed by William Wyler and starring Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell, Myrna Loy and Teresa Wright, The Best Years of Our Lives won seven competitive Oscars and two honorary Oscars.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times

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52:29

The Southerner (1946 Venice Film Festival Winner)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/08/19

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features the Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion winner, Jean Renoir’s The Southerner. Directed and co-written by Jean Renoir and starring Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi and Charles Kemper, The Southerner is the fourth of six movies that Renoir made during his time in Hollywood.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times

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01:03:37

The Killers (1946 Jason's Pick)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/08/12

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features Jason’s personal pick, Robert Siodmak’s The Killers. Directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien and Sam Levene, The Killers is based on the 1927 short story by Ernest Hemingway.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1946/08/29/archives/the-screen.html), James Agee in The Nation, and Variety

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57:17

Make Mine Music (1946 Animated Film)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/08/05

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features our animation pick, Disney’s Make Mine Music. Directed by Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador and Robert Cormack, Make Mine Music is the third of six anthology films that Disney released during a break from producing full-length features.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times

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01:00:38

Beauty and the Beast (1946 Foreign Film)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/07/29

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features our foreign film pick, Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast. Written and directed by Jean Cocteau and starring Jean Marais, Josette Day and Marcel André, Beauty and the Beast is the first feature-film adaptation of the classic French fairy tale.Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyearYou can find Jason

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59:50

Cluny Brown (1946 Josh's Pick)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/07/22

The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features Josh’s personal pick, Ernst Lubitsch’s Cluny Brown. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Jennifer Jones, Charles Boyer, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker and Richard Haydn, Cluny Brown was the last film Lubitsch completed before his death.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from James Agee in The Nation, A.H. Weiler in The New York Times

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01:05:21

Let There Be Light (1946 Documentary)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/07/15

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features our documentary pick, John Huston’s Let There Be Light. Directed by John Huston and featuring patients from Mason General Hospital, Let There Be Light was commissioned by the U.S. Army but barred from release until 1981.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from James Agee in The Nation, Vincent Canby in The New York Times

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59:36

Brief Encounter (1946 Cannes Award Winner)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/07/08

The fourth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features one of the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winners, David Lean’s Brief Encounter. Directed and co-written by David Lean and starring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey and Cyril Raymond, Brief Encounter was one of 11 films to tie for the Grand Prix at the first-ever Cannes Film Festival.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times

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47:26

Boom in the Moon (1946 Box Office Flop)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/07/01

The third episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features the year’s biggest flop, Buster Keaton comedy Boom in the Moon. Directed and co-written by Jaime Salvador and starring Buster Keaton, Ángel Garasa and Virginia Serret, Mexican production Boom in the Moon marked Keaton’s final leading role in a film.Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyearYou can find

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53:29

Crisis (1946 First Feature)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/06/24

The second episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features our pick for a notable debut feature, Ingmar Bergman’s Crisis. Written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Inga Landgré, Stig Olin, Marianne Löfgren and Dagny Lind, Crisis is adapted from a Danish radio play by Leck Fischer.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode (https://www.ingmarbergman.se/en/production/crisis) come from Filmson in Aftonbladet, Barbro Alving in Dagens Nyheter, and Georg Svensson in

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01:06:22

Duel in the Sun (1946 Box Office Champ)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/06/17

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features the box-office champion, King Vidor’s Duel in the Sun. Directed by King Vidor and starring Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Lillian Gish and Lionel Barrymore, Duel in the Sun was producer David O. Selznick’s effort to match his success and acclaim with Gone With the Wind.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times

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01:03:34

Dirty Harry (1971 Bonus Episode)

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/06/10

This bonus episode for our season on the awesome movie year of 1971 features Don Siegel’s Dirty Harry. Directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson and John Vernon, Dirty Harry is the first of five movies featuring Eastwood as San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dirty-harry-1971), Roger Greenspun in The New York Times, and Kevin

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01:04:47

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971 Bonus...

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/06/03

This bonus episode for our season on the awesome movie year of 1971 features Mel Stuart’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum and Jack Albertson, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is based on the novel by Roald Dahl.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory-1971), Howard Thompson in The New York Times

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43:13

1985 Epilogue

Awesome Movie Year ·

2026/05/27

In this epilogue to our season on the awesome movie year of 1985, we talk about alternate movies we considered including in all of our different categories this season, and read suggestions from some listeners about their favorite 1985 movies.Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyearYou can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at

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