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Reality Bites: Movies That Made Us
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Grab some popcorn and a wine cooler--we’re going to the movies! On the final episode of our first season, we discuss growing up on Star Wars, E.T, and Sixteen Candles in the 80s and then having our lives reflected back to us in 90s indie hits like Slacker, Reality Bites, and Singles. Plus, we sit down with film producer Josh Goldsmith who co-wrote 13 Going on 30 (along with his wife and writing partner Cathy Yuspa) to talk about the inspiration behind the movie, the movies he loved growing up, what he’s working on now (Hint: it's headed to Broadway) and more. And...we wrap with a few clips from our latest virtual happy hour (including a special little guest at the end!)
Resources
140 Essential 80s Movies (via Rotten Tomatoes)
140 Essential 90s Movies (via Rotten Tomatoes)
The Films That Defined a Generation (via BBC)
10 Best GenX Directors
What Happened to Val Kilmer? He’s Just Starting to Figure It Out (New York Times)
Josh Goldsmith’s Top (More than) 10 Movies:
- Raiders of The Lost Ark
- Star Wars (Episodes IV, V & VI)
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Breakfast Club
- Vacation/Caddyshack/Stripes/Ghostbusters
- Risky Business
- Back To The Future
- Three Amigos (most underrated)
- Trading Places
- The Outsiders
- Broadcast News
- Dirty Dancing
- E.T.
- The Princess Bride
- The Shining
- Rocky
- When Harry Met Sally
Eve’s top 10 Movies That Made Us
- Princess Bride
- Star Wars
- Say Anything
- Breakfast Club
- Pump up the Volume
- Wargames
- Some Kind of Wonderful
- Footloose
- Sixteen Candles
- Reality Bites
Sacha’s top 10 Movies That Made Us
- E.T
- Star Wars
- Flashdance
- Annie Hall
- When Harry Met Sally
- Slacker
- Reality Bites
- Sex, Lies and Videotape
- Desperately Seeking Susan
- Singles
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