The Movies Of 1999

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Movies had a big year in 1999. Today, we're going back 25 years to talk about some of the most interesting movies released in 1999 — including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Office Space, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. In this encore episode, we'll talk about what holds up, what looks really different, and what we miss the most.

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0:24.0	99 was a big year for movies.
0:31.6	The Matrix, The Blair Witch Project, Fight Club, 10 Things I Hate
0:35.3	About You, American Pie, Being John Malkovich, and the Iron Giant all came out in the same
0:40.9	year.
0:41.9	So today we are going back 25 years
0:44.7	to talk about some of the most interesting movies
0:46.9	released in 1999.
0:49.2	We'll talk about what holds up,
0:50.6	what looks really different,
0:52.1	and what we miss the most.
0:53.7	I'm Stephen Thompson and I'm Linda Holmes and in this on core episode of NPR's pop culture happy hour
0:59.2	we're revisiting classic movies from 1999.
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