Was 1999 the Best Movie Year Ever?

18th April 2019

Office Space. Three Kings. Rushmore. Being John Malkovich. Eyes Wide Shut. Magnolia. The Matrix. The Blair Witch Project. Yep, ’99 wasn’t just pagers, portable CD players, and Y2K – there was a lot of groundbreaking, influential movies. Author Brian Raftery talks with us about his new book, which makes the case that 1999 was one of the best years in movie history.

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Brian Raftery on his new book ‘Best. Movie. Year. Ever. : How 1999 Blew Up The Big Screen’
Author Brian Raftery talks with us about his new book, which makes the case that 1999 was one of the best years in movie history. Office Space. Three Kings. Rushmore. Being John Malkovich. Eyes Wide Shut. Magnolia. The Matrix. The Blair Witch Project. Yep, ’99 wasn’t just pagers, portable CD players, and Y2K – there was a lot of groundbreaking, influential movies.


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The book is meticulously researched – featuring interviews from pretty much every person who was making movies back then. Brian joins us to talk about a few of these movies, the careers those movies launched, the way studios marketed them, and the impact they’ve had on film, 20 years later.

You might not be able to rent these movies at your nearest Blockbuster, but you can buy Brian’s new book “Best. Movie. Year. Ever. : How 1999 Blew Up The Big Screen” now.

Check out this interview on YouTube!

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