Going into 1999, there was only one movie on everyone’s mind: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. 

It’s amazing how time changes things, isn’t it? Twenty years later, young Anakin and Jar-Jar are punchlines, and the most memorable cinematic characters of that year include Neo, a dead Bruce Willis, and an Iron Giant. It was also the year in which directors like Paul Thomas Anderson and Spike Jonze made breakthrough films and Kevin Smith created a biblical poop monster. It was, in short, one of the greatest years of cinema we’ve seen.

In this episode, Chris and Perry talk about the films they loved most about 1999 and whether they still hold up. They also discuss where they were during this instrumental time in their film-going lives and talk about the ripples of some of these movies.

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