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The third episode of our special retrospective 20th season looks back to the awesome movie year of 1999 with the first of two Christmas episodes, on Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick (adapted from the novel by Arthur Schnitzler) and starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack and Todd Field, Eyes Wide Shut was the final movie that Kubrick directed before his death.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eyes-wide-shut-1999), Manohla Dargis in The New York Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/071699eyes-film-review.html), and Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1999/07/23/eyes-wide-shut-5/).
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The second episode of our special retrospective 20th season looks back to the awesome movie year of 1989 with the first of Josh’s three picks, J.F. Lawton’s Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death. Written and directed by J.F. Lawton (under the name J.D. Athens) and starring Shannon Tweed, Karen Mistal, Bill Maher and Adrienne Barbeau, Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death was a staple of basic cable programming in the 1990s.
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The first episode of our special retrospective 20th season looks back to the awesome movie year of 1996 with the first of Jason’s three picks, Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge. Written and directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Buscemi, Mark Boone Junior, Chloë Sevigny, Anthony LaPaglia and Elizabeth Bracco, Trees Lounge was Buscemi’s debut feature as a writer and director.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/trees-lounge-1996), Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/1996/10/11/trees-lounge/), and Marjorie Baumgarten in The Austin Chronicle (https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1996-10-25/trees-lounge/).
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In this special intro episode for our retrospective 20th season, we’re drafting picks of movies from the years we’ve covered in previous seasons, to set the upcoming episode lineup. Josh, Jason and our producer Dave each pick three movies for us to talk about this season.
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Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in next time for Jason’s first retrospective pick, returning to the awesome movie year of 1996 for Steve Buscemi’s Trees Lounge.
In this special Thanksgiving holiday episode, we’re looking back to our recent season on the films of 1969, to talk about Arthur Penn’s Alice’s Restaurant. Directed and co-written by Arthur Penn and starring Arlo Guthrie, Pat Quinn, James Broderick and Michael McClanathan, Alice’s Restaurant is an adaptation of folk singer Guthrie’s signature song.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alices-restaurant-1969), Andrew Sarris in the Village Voice, and Paul Schrader in The Los Angeles Image (https://paulschrader.org/articles/pdf/1969-AlicesRestaurant.pdf).
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This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features Christopher Nolan’s Memento. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Memento was Nolan’s breakthrough film.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/memento-2001), Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-16-ca-38285-story.html), and A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/16/movies/film-review-backward-reel-the-grisly-memories.html)
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In this epilogue to our season on the awesome movie year of 1969, 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 1969 movies.
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The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1969 features our audience choice poll winner, Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. Directed by Bob Fosse (based on the Broadway production) and starring Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Chita Rivera, Ricardo Montalban and Paula Kelly, Sweet Charity defeated two other major Hollywood musicals in our audience choice poll.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/02/archives/screen-a-blowup-of-sweet-charity.html), Penelope Houston in The Spectator (https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/28th-february-1969/20/cinema), and Variety (https://variety.com/1968/film/reviews/sweet-charity-2-1200421841/).
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The thirteenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1969 features our producer David Rosen’s pick, David Lowell Rich’s Eye of the Cat. Directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Michael Sarrazin, Gayle Hunnicutt, Eleanor Parker and Tim Henry, Eye of the Cat is the return to filmmaking for Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Howard Thompson in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/19/archives/horror-melodrama.html), Variety (https://variety.com/1968/film/reviews/eye-of-the-cat-1200421928/), and Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times.
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You can also check out David Rosen's pet project The Pup Pups and their new album A Boy and His Dog and Three Cats and A Bear at https://thepuppups.bandcamp.com
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The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1969 features our cult classic pick, Richard Lester’s The Bed Sitting Room. Directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by John Antrobus and starring Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Michael Hordern and Arthur Lowe, The Bed Sitting Room is adapted from the play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1969/09/29/archives/screen-lesters-surrealistic-farce-the-bed-sitting-room-is-at-little.html), Penelope Houston in The Spectator (https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/4th-april-1970/19/arts-long-knives-at-dunsinane), and Bernard Drew in the Gannnett News Service.
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You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.
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The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1969 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy. Directed by John Schlesinger from a screenplay by Waldo Salt (based on the James Leo Herlihy novel) and starring Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles and Brenda Vaccaro, Midnight Cowboy was the first and only X-rated movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/midnight-cowboy-1969), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/cowboy-re.html), and Robert J. Landry in Variety (https://variety.com/1969/film/reviews/midnight-cowboy-review-1200421996/).
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You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed
You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.
You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.
Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1969 installment, featuring our future cult classic pick, Richard Lester’s The Bed Sitting Room.
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