Podcast Tag: 1989

Cinema Paradiso (Bonus 1989 Foreign Film)

For the fifth episode of our special retrospective season, we’re looking back to our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 to feature another foreign film pick, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso. Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Marco Leonardi, Agnese Nano, Salvatore Cascio and Leopoldo Trieste, Cinema Paradiso won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Do The Right Thing (1989 Bonus Episode)

In this special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989, we’re talking about one of the year’s most acclaimed and influential movies, Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. Written and directed by Spike Lee and starring Lee, Danny Aiello, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Bill Nunn and Rosie Perez, Do the Right Thing premiered at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for two Oscars.
1989 Epilogue

In this epilogue to our season on the awesome movie year of 1989, we talk about alternate movies we considered including in all of our different categories this season, and read suggestions from some listeners about which movies they hoped we would cover.
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989 Audience Choice)

In the finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989, we’re talking about this season’s audience choice pick, action sequel Lethal Weapon 2. Written by Jeffrey Boam, directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Joss Ackland and Derrick O’Connor, Lethal Weapon 2 beat out Back to the Future Part II and Ghostbusters II in our audience choice poll of 1989 blockbuster sequels.
Gleaming The Cube (1989 Future Cult Classic)

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features our future cult classic pick, teen skateboarding drama Gleaming the Cube. Written by Michael Tolkin, directed by Graeme Clifford and starring Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Min Luong and Richard Herd, Gleaming the Cube was a box-office failure but became an influential piece of skater culture.
UHF (1989 Dave’s Pick)

The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features our producer David Rosen’s personal pick, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s UHF. Written by Yankovic and his longtime manager and music video director Jay Levey, directed by Levey and starring Yankovic, Michael Richards, Kevin McCarthy, Victoria Jackson and David Bowe, UHF was a financial and critical failure at the time of its release but went on to become a cult classic.
Driving Miss Daisy (1989 Best Picture)

The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features the Best Picture Oscar winner, Driving Miss Daisy. Written by Alfred Uhry (based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play), directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd, Driving Miss Daisy opened in limited release in December 1989 and went on to win four Oscars, including Best Picture.
True Love (1989 Sundance Award Winner)

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features the Grand Jury Prize winner from the Sundance Film Festival, Nancy Savoca’s True Love. Directed and co-written (with her husband Richard Guay) by Savoca and starring Ron Eldard, Annabella Sciorra, Aida Turturro and Roger Rignack, True Love premiered at the 1989 Sundance Film Festival and went on to be nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards.
When Harry Met Sally (1989 Jason’s Pick)

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features Jason’s personal pick, romantic comedy classic When Harry Met Sally. Written by Nora Ephron, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby, When Harry Met Sally was a box-office hit and an Oscar nominee for Best Original Screenplay, and has become one of the most influential romantic comedies of all time.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989 Foreign Film)

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features one of the year’s most notable foreign films, Pedro Almodovar’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!. Directed and co-written by Almodovar and starring Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Loles Leon and Francisco Rabal, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! was the highest-grossing domestic film of the year in Spain and was nominated for 15 Goyas, Spain’s top film award.