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Did you know that in 1999 there was a machine invented called the “Random Sundance Movie Generator?” That’s right! For a fraction of what a screenwriter cost, this machine spit out a complete Sundance movie script in seconds.  Take, for instance, “Happy, Texas.” No human could have come up with this seemingly unrelated combination of elements: Unlikely Lead Actors: Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn Genre...

We're breaking the mold this week on Podcast Like It's 1999 -- which be prepared we'll be doing more as we explore TV shows, award shows and much much more in the coming months -- but this week Phil sat down with Jaan Kittask (the man behind our wonderful theme song and logo) to do a deep dive into the soundtracks of 1999. We talk about the soundtracks to Magnolia, Cruel Intentions, Rushmore (whic...

Ron Shelton made some of the best and most beloved sports movies of all-time in Bull Durham, White Men Can’t and Tin Cup.    Boxing has long been considered the sport that lost naturally lends itself to dramatic storytelling, as evidenced by such classics as Raging Bull, Rocky and Million Dollar Baby.    So, when Ron Shelton came out with his boxing movie in 1999, audiences were expecting a knocko...

PHILLIP ISCOVE (co-host, “Podcast Like it’s 1999): It was really just supposed to be another episode, not unlike the 75 or so we had previously done.  KENNY NEIBART (co-host, “Podcast Like it’s 1999”): But something was different that day. Something in the air.  ERNIE HURTADO (producer, “Podcast Like It’s 1999”): That was the just the airplanes.  NEIBART: Aside from the airplanes. Something else....

Special Double Episode! Fantasia 2000 with Karen Han and Julien Donkey-Boy with Ben Hosley Podcast like it’s 1999 is proud to bring to you a double bill that goes together like yogurt and sand.  First, Karen Han (Polygon) joins the guys for a deep dive into 1999s second most experimental film, Disney’s Fantasia 2000.  And then Karen stays on as Ben “Monster Man” Hosley (Blank Check) chimes in to t...

Before The Avengers. Before the Guardians of the Galaxy. Before the Justice League. Before the X-Men. Before the Agents of Shield. Before the Fantastic Four. Before the Suicide Squad. Before the Eternals. Before Birds of Prey. Before The Legends of Tomorrow. Before a The Defenders. Before the Teen Titans. Before the Umbrella Academy. Before Supermansion. But after Josie and the Pussycats. There we...

The year was 1999. Woodstock. Free Love. The Moon Landing. Any one of them could make for a good movie. But Walk on the Moon defies that half-assed bullshit and just throws it all into a blender and somehow churns out a single, spectacular film. Writer/Producer Toby Herman joins the Pod to discuss this hidden little gem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a cool and spooky night Phil, Kenny and Ira Madison III (Daybreak, Keep It podcast) we’re mysteriously invited to discuss “House on Haunted Hill” and should any of them survivor the podcast, he would receive $1,000,000. Unfortunately, they all died. But the podcast lives on! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this biblical epic, Billy Crudup plays the son of the the son of God, a man set adrift from his family, his society and himself. Gideon Yago (The Newsroom, Quantico) joins Phil and Kenny as they discusses the religious implications of this retelling of the Book of Fuckhead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil and Kenny are joined on the podcast this week by director and animator Miguel Jiron (Into the Spiderverse) to discuss - yawn - Hiyao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke."   We have some real slogs in 1999, but few are as rote as this one, folks. It's a story you've heard a million times. Boy kills giant hog imbued with a demon spirit. The spirit gets inside him and gives him, you guessed it, superh...

Alexandra Amin (WME) joins Phil and Kenny to talk about The Wood, a 1999 movie about the unexpected boners of growing up and the way those boners affect us all the way into adulthood and the friends you make along the way to help you get past your biggest boners as you stop being such a boner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil and Kenny are joined by producer Laura Neibart (Entourage, their children) to discuss Girl, Interrupted... Come for the thoughtful discussion about women’s mental health as portrayed in the film, but stay because you want to know who married Kenny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dana Schwartz (Entertainment Weekly) joins the podcast to discuss Stuart Little, a movie that proves it’s not the size of the mouse that counts, it’s the size of his heart, which is also minuscule, because Stuart is a mouse.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sean O’Connor (Late Late Show) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss Risa Bramon Garcia’s New Year’s Eve flick “200 Cigarettes” starring Paul Rudd, Nicole Ari Parker, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Krist Novaselic, Dave Chappelle, David LaChapelle, Martha Plimpton, Martha Plimpton’s friend, A Scottish Guy, Jay Mohr, Would Have Preferred Jay Less If You Know What I Mean, Kate Hudson, Ben Affleck, Casey Affle...

Anupam Nigam (Station 19, Psych) joins Kenny and Phil to discuss “Blue Streak,” Martin Lawrence’s 1999 remake of the beloved British Heist Film “The Big Job.” “Blue Streak” is one of the few remakes we cover in 1999 and, frankly, the most superfluous. Of what use is Martin Lawrence’s portrayal of diamond-thief-cum-imposter-police-officer when compared to Sid James’ legendary work in the original?...

Erik Anderson (Awards Watch) join Phil and Kenny to break down and examine the 1999 Oscars, which got pretty much everything wrong.   Fortunately for movie lovers, the Academy has pretty much figured it out in the last 20 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erik Anderson (Awards Watch) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss the multiple Oscar-winning film "The Cider House Rules" and the 1999 Oscars.    But first, much like a certain Cider House, this podcast has rules.   The Podcast Like It's 1999 Rules:   1. Please do not talk about The Cider House Rules as if it was a worthy Best Picture nominee over Magnolia, Being John Malkovich, Eyes Wide Shut or The T...

It’s time for Podcast Like it’s 1999 Back with Part 2 today Podcast Like it’s 1999 Come on, it’s time to hit play! There’s Phil, the proud Canadian Kenny, he’s often hoarse Ernie, the quiet producer And Griffin, the man himself, of course It’s time for Podcast Like it’s 1999 Excluding Blank Check, it’s the very best! It’s the rootin-est, tootin-est Podcast That has an episode on “Wild, Wild West!”...

This week on Podcast Like It's 1999, Phil and Kenny have the unique pleasure of talking with America's greatest living podcaster, Griffin Newman (Black Check with Griffin and David, he also stars on  The Tick ) , about one of his favorite movies, Toy Story 2.    Join us for this in-depth conversation about Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Pixar, John Lassetter, Sarah McLaughlin, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Toy St...

When there’s something strange, in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? GHOST DOG! When there’s mobsters trying, to contract a hit, who they gonna call? GHOST DOG! When you’re doing a pod, with two writers from Step Up: High Water, what movie you gonna do? GHOST DOG! When you’re watching Jim Jarmusch, and it don’t make sense, what movie are you watching? GHOST DOG (or any of his other movies)! GH...

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Erin La Rosa (Netflix social media) came back to the podcast for her second Brendan Fraser-Hugh Wilson film. She thought she was just there to talk Fraser, but she never could have anticipated what awaited her. When people talk about the best twists of 1999, they’ll mention The Sixth Sense or The Matrix. Perhaps the more artsy of us will ride for eXistenZ. And maybe those who don’t understand twis...

Bicentennial Man is a film from 1999 with a title that gives away the ending. If the studio was intent on giving away the ending, perhaps they should have gone with one of their alternate, snappier titles instead, such as: “I Fucked My Fridge” Todd Van Der Werff (Vox) and Libby Hill (LA Times) join us for a high-minded discussion on the film* that ended Robin Williams’ career as a leading man. * ”...

Phil, Kenny and Okieriete Onaodowan (Hamilton, Station 19, sorry, did you miss what we said? Hamilton. The original Broadway Cast. He was Hercules Mulligan and James Madison. If you knock him down he’ll get the fuck back up again! Oh my god, I’m fanboying out and I’m just a bot that generates amusing podcast writeups, back to the movie) take a trip to a little redneck mountain town (which is direc...

Are you ready to ROCK?! Oh, no, you’re not? Then, well, are you ready to ROLL?! Not that either? Hmm... are you ready to PAINT YOUR FACE LIKE A DEMON AND STICK YOUR TONGUE OUT?! Oh, not your bag either, huh? Okay, then... ARE YOU READY TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST ABOUT A THINLY-VEILED INFOMERCIAL DISGUISED AS A PROBLEMATIC ROAD MOVIE?! You are?! Then, my good man, do we have the podcast for you.  Hoste...