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18:08Adam Kempenaar:You also had Phantasm and you had Cronenberg's The Brood. And, you know, if you were a Bond fan, you got to go see Moonraker. I could also throw in, but I don't think you'll let me count it, that they re-released Jaws in 1979.

18:23Josh Larsen:No, I don't think we're going to allow that, Adam. That's the sort of cheating is just beyond the pale. But I'm with you. I'm with you on this pick. I'm with you enough that 1979 is my number four, because this is really a summer of masterpieces. When you look at it, you already named, I think what are the two most people would agree are masterpieces, Apocalypse Now and Alien. I'm going to say it. The Muppet movie is a masterpiece as well. And I love how you characterized it as a chaser. Because, yeah, that was one other thing to consider when it comes to these movies. What feel like summer movies, right?

18:57Josh Larsen:Generally comedies, big action, that sort of stuff. Alien has its action, but it doesn't really feel like a summer action movie to me. Apocalypse Now absolutely does not have that summer vibe to it. But then you have the Muppet movie coming along and balancing that out a little bit. So those three really were the reasons why it ended up here at number four. Apocalypse Now, when we did our, I think it was in 2012, yep, our sight and sound inspired list. Best of all time. We did a 10 and then we did a second 10. For me, Apocalypse Now was in that second 10. So it's in my top 20 of all time. You get a movie like that out in a summer, you have to consider it for this list.

19:41Josh Larsen:Yes, Rocky II is not going to be a credit to me as much as Moonraker. I mean, you've got Roger Moore possibly at his cheesiest. My favorite Bond. Loved that when it came out as a kid. I probably caught up with it a couple years later on VHS or something like that. But yeah, Moonraker definitely is a reason why 1979 is on my list at number four.

20:04Adam Kempenaar:I will be curious to see how much more overlap we have, Josh. And for the really pedantic listeners out there, I will go ahead and preemptively note that no, the Muppet movie couldn't really be a chaser to Apocalypse Now. Came out, I think, two months before it earlier in the summer. Did follow a month later. Alien. My number four is the summer from the movie year. We devoted our first best year ever series to back in 2019 commemorating 20 years of this great cinematic year. Yes, it is 1999. The case against 99 would be that it's not a particularly deep summer outside of the top five. I'll get to in a second.

20:51Adam Kempenaar:You've got South Park, Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. Fan of that. You've got John Sayles and Limbo. Also enjoy that film with David Strathairn. And Notting Hill, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts is fine. I also know there is a fair amount of love out there for both Bowfinger and Dick. In terms of the big summer tentpole movies, though, Josh, the movies that should have defined the summer of 99, it's a bunch of films that I still haven't bothered to catch up with, did see and don't really care about or did see and really didn't care for. It's movies like Wild Wild West and The Mummy and Tarzan and Deep Blue Sea, American Pie, even Adam Sandler's Big Daddy.

21:36Adam Kempenaar:If you look at the three highest grossing films of the year, one of them is in my top five. The other two, Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me, that was a lackluster sequel. And speaking of lackluster sequels, Josh, no Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace. while the movie we were all most highly anticipating back in 99, it's not going to make the movie poster. What is going to make the movie poster are five movies that helped spur this year to number three on my list of the best movie years ever, back in 2017 when we did that top five. Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick, of course Kidman, Cruise, and then you've got two horror films, both of which we know how much of a fan you are the sixth sense m night shamalan and the blair witch project two movies that had everybody talking that summer talking about the twist whether they saw it coming trying not to ruin it for people and the film that as we've talked about a little bit here on the show when we did our nine from 99 review of blair witch people weren't sure if it was real, if it was really all a hoax, whatever it was, the marketing around that film was very effective.

22:55Adam Kempenaar:And then we both feel strongly that it lived up to that marketing. The search of the three missing Montgomery College students continues in Frederick County tonight. Ten days and thousands of man hours have been unable to produce any clues.

23:09Josh Larsen:We have a few leads, a few other options we want to take advantage of and just try to put together some pieces to this puzzle.

23:17Adam Kempenaar:how about the iron giant brad bird setting the table for his amazing pixar work a great animated film from that year and i'd round out the top five with tom ticker's pumping high concept thriller that was probably a gateway art house film for a lot of cinephiles back in

23:38Josh Larsen:1999 run lola run talk about stealing my thunder adam you went right out and grabbed my number one yeah and maybe this should have been a joint list it is an incredible incredible lineup and i think why i have this at number one even as you're listing those titles i can picture the theaters that i went to for the top three which i would say are the blair witch project the sixth sense and eyes wide shut as you said the expectations what you did know about it in the case of kubrick just knowing that this was a master with a late career effort. And then all of the buzz surrounding Blair Witch Project in Sixth Sense.

24:20Josh Larsen:So if you're talking about, and the Phantom Menace, I mean, which I, as you know, still appreciate, but I remember thinking about that and anticipating that this was just, it felt like a momentous summer at the time. And it has stood the test of time to remain a momentous summer in retrospect, maybe not in all the ways we expected, some ways that surprised us. I think something like The Iron Giant was a surprise. Sixth Sense, obviously a surprise. And, you know, Blair Witch Project, a surprise. But, yeah, people have been talking about it since Sundance that year. So, yes, it's the experience of being able to put myself, and maybe this isn't a fair way to evaluate this, because obviously I couldn't do this for the 70s, and I couldn't do it really as much for the early 80s at least.

25:07Josh Larsen:The 90s, totally there. And this summer totally hit. Keep in mind, too, when you talk about the Blair Witch Project, I've got that as my number two horror film of all time. That same list, Sixth Sense is number eight. So this for me, as I'm giving it, you know, the subtitle is the summer of horror, just with those two movies on it. And as I'm looking at my 1999 top 10 list, so compiled at the time, I've got Blair Witch, Sixth Sense, Eyes Wide Shut. Let's see what else here. I really love South Park, Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. Put that on my top 10. Put The Phantom Menace on my top 10. I think half of my top 10 for that year came out in the summer.

25:50Josh Larsen:So that's why I had to put 1999 right at the top of my list.

25:54Adam Kempenaar:Talk about truly stealing your thunder. I spoiled your number one summer, Josh. I don't know where to go from here. Well, obviously, we both have good taste. We'll see how we do then with my number three movie summer. and as I was earlier bemoaning the lack of good options from the 2000s or 2010s, I've got 2015 as my number three movie summer. And here's another case like 99 where three of the bigger titles people might point to from that summer didn't mean much to me. Those being Avengers, Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, and straight out of Compton, which certainly had its redeeming facets. That was a film that I felt ultimately couldn't overcome some of the pitfalls of that type of biopic.

26:45Adam Kempenaar:Outside of that, though, Josh, there really is a lot of depth here. You've got in the movie poster. Mad Max Fury Road. Ex Machina from Alex Garland. Inside Out. We just talked about it last week on the show in our Pixar poll question. Amy, one of my favorite documentaries from that year. Maybe a weird choice to have in the movie poster, but that's how much I liked it. And there's a lot of competition for these last two spots. I've got Amy and Mission Impossible Rogue Nation, but you could throw in Magic Mike XXL as well. That movie, and actually Magic Mike was just on last night. Flipping channels for a little bit.

27:27Adam Kempenaar:Magic Mike XXL is another one that seems to be on kind of HBO just every so often as I'm flipping channels. And both films are undeniably rewatchable. I get caught up in them every time. It's just kind of background movies if you're a little bit distracted, but also you find yourself getting caught up in them every time. And if those titles aren't enough, there were a bunch of smaller films from that year that I think we were positive on all of them, Josh, at least the ones we both reviewed. Noah Baumbach's Mistress America, great collaboration with Greta Gerwig there as the writer, co-writer with Baumbach.

28:09Adam Kempenaar:He directed it. Love and Mercy, the biopic-ish movie about Brian Wilson. End of the Tour, the biopic-ish movie about David Foster Wallace. We saw Joshua Oppenheimer's follow-up to The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence. And yeah, I can't believe it's taken me this long to get there. How about Pitch Perfect 2? And I know people are screaming right now at their listening devices, Josh, because I've talked about how great the summer of 2015 is, and I haven't even mentioned the movie that surely had to be the biggest movie of the summer, at least second to Age of Ultron. And it's the film that did compel the two of us to take the plunge and actually immerse ourselves in the Fast and Furious series.

29:00Josh Larsen:Like it or not, you and your friends are a part of it now. I don't have friends. I got family.

29:10Adam Kempenaar:Furious 7, one of the better entries in that series or saga, whatever you want to call it. I haven't even mentioned another film I know you like even a little bit more than me, and that's the Amy Schumer comedy, Trainwreck, which is very good. So a lot of films from 2015, I think, to justify this pick, but especially when you look at those top three, Fury Road, Ex Machina and Inside Out. I don't know if you ever have this happen to you, Josh. I was sure that those three films all made my top 10 films of 2015. I would tell people that those three movies are not only three of the best films of that year, they're three of the best films of that entire decade.

29:53Adam Kempenaar:And I went back and looked at my list. Somehow you've got inside out at number four, which I know you like the film. Obviously, I just think of myself as even loving it more. And somehow it wasn't in my top 10 that year. Does that ever happen to you where you're like, I know this is in my top 10? And surely it is. Oh, yeah. You look back and it's not there.

30:14Josh Larsen:Oh, yeah, of course. I've got some crazy stuff on my top tens when you go back. 2015, though, holds up pretty well for me. And it's why I did consider this year. Trainwreck was on that top ten as well. But then the big ones you just mentioned, Inside Out, Fury Road, Ex Machina, my favorite movie of that year. Was it your number one that year as well? I think it was my number two. Your number two. It was one or two. Yeah. So if it's my number one, I had to give 2015 some consideration. but didn't make the cut, however. Answer me this. How do you feel about her? Her AI is beyond doubt. No, nothing analytical.

30:51Josh Larsen:Just how do you feel? I feel that she's amazing.

30:58Adam Kempenaar:You've got two more picks to get to. You're three and two. This is where math comes in and where math gets annoying. You have your number three and number two left. I've got my number two and number one. And it turns out we share. Those same movie years, just in a slightly different order. Tell us why 82 is your number two.

31:18Josh Larsen:Well, because it's the summer of Spielberg. That's the subtitle I gave this, which people may be wondering why. Wasn't E.T. the only Spielberg film that came out that summer? Well, he had a pretty heavy hand involved in Poltergeist, which is a horror film that has made my top 10 horror films of all time list. I think I've got it number nine there. And yes, Spielberg was a producer. It feels very much like a dark Spielberg film. The credited director, Tobey Hooper, all sorts of production stories about how heavily Spielberg was involved in that. Whatever the case, it's a really incredible horror film.

31:58Josh Larsen:And one of the reasons I have 1982 as my number three movie summer here, Spielberg's Touch. Let's go back to E.T. though. My favorite Spielberg film. In my 2012 Sight and Sound Inspired Top 20 of All Time list, it makes that bottom 10 group. Also, we've already talked about Fury Road. Adam, in 2015, one of the years, one of the summers you picked. How about Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior? Hard to say which is better in terms of a George Miller movie, Fury Road or Road Warrior. If I were ever forced to pick, that would be incredibly tough. I love Mad Max 2. You also have just a little movie called Blade Runner coming out in 1982.

32:40Josh Larsen:I'm a big fan of Tron. It might be a while before others who look at this summer get to Tron if they get to it at all. But I think that's one of the best films of that summer. And then we've talked about how comedies are crucial to have as part of the mix here. In your favorite movie summers, you've got a great one with Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Oh, Mr. Han, what's the reason for your truancy? Just couldn't make it on time. You mean you couldn't or you wouldn't? It was like a full crowd scene at the food lines. Food will be eaten on your time. Why are you continuously late for this class, Mr.

33:21Josh Larsen:Spicoli? Why do you shamelessly waste my time like this?

33:29I don't know.

33:32Josh Larsen:So Jace Kowski on the Larson on Film Facebook page, he dropped this comment. Simply the summer of 82 made me a movie lover. We've talked about which summers are the formative years for us. 82 was one for Jace. A couple of titles that are highly rated by others, maybe not so high by me, but The Thing, An Officer, and A Gentleman, those both came out in 82. So a significant movie summer for me, and I've got it at number three.

34:00Adam Kempenaar:Yeah, significant. And so good. I stole your thunder. Now you're returning the favor. 1982 is, in fact, my number one. Number one. Movie summer. Yeah, it's number one. And you really did list all the titles, but. Officer and a gentleman put it over the top for you. Hey, hey, you kid. It's part of the reason why I think 82 is such a good movie year. No, it's not in the movie poster. The top five for that year looks something like this to me. Blade Runner, E.T., The Thing, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and then here is where we really get into what makes 82 so deep. You could have any number of films, at least five or six, contending for that fifth spot, and everybody listening might have a different answer.

34:49Adam Kempenaar:You could go Poltergeist. You could go An Officer and a Gentleman. You could go with Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior, one of three big sequels from that summer. I noticed, Josh, that you skipped two movies that you don't care for but are pretty great. And I loved them when I was a kid in the early 80s. And I still think they're very good now. Rocky 3 and Star Trek 2. Give it to me. Give me a little comment. Oh, that's right.

35:16Josh Larsen:I saw that and I was like, do I even want to put this on my list? Because then I have to deal with Khan.

35:24Yeah,

35:27Adam Kempenaar:I think you do have to deal with Khan and it belongs as part of the conversation. Also, folks wanting their kind of boomer nostalgia fix that year. Diner came out in early May, but I have yet to list the film that actually for me would be in the top five. I know a lot of people overlook it. This is my particular hill to die on. One of my all-time favorite movies happens to be the George Roy Hill film starring Robin Williams and Glenn Close, The World According to Garp. That was also 82. So maybe tough to put that in the top five when you're talking about movies like Blade Runner, E.T., The Thing, Fast Times, and Poltergeist, but it would be in the poster for me.

36:09Adam Kempenaar:And you were talking about your year 99 as the horror year. And certainly I wouldn't describe E.T. as a horror movie or Blade Runner. But it's interesting to see those three titles together and think of them kind of as three varying takes on the creature feature. You know, three movies that really explore this idea of the other, whether it's the thing from another world in the thing, the thing from another world that's benevolent in E.T. or these replicants, these things that are just like us. They take the form of us, not unlike that creature in the thing. And that's a film, I know you're not as big a fan of, Josh, that Carpenter film, but just speaking to something primal about human nature, the nature of human nature, the notion of fear itself, about survival, about paranoia, and Fast Times, the seminal teen sex comedy that really created the blueprint, for better or worse, for so many films that followed throughout that decade.

37:09Adam Kempenaar:And I'm talking about horror movies. I imagine seeing Fast Times at Ridgemont High for a lot of parents in the early 80s was a kind of horror experience, right? Oh, that's what our kids are up to. I really didn't need to know that. And of course, Poltergeist, the movie that then was about those parents, that 60s generation parents now reckoning with some of the decisions that they're making later in their life. That's a film that still absolutely holds up. And you joke about an officer and gentleman. I've always been a fan of that film. The movie that everybody's parents, if you were a kid like us back then, it's probably the film that everybody's parents went to see that kind of prestige, quote unquote, adult film.

37:53Adam Kempenaar:Your dad was probably seeing it because it was about the military. Your mom was probably seeing it because it had Richard Gere in it looking so good in those naval whites. Louis Gossett Jr. giving a performance that went on to be awarded Best Supporting Actor, the first black actor ever to win that award. I done some checking. I looked through your files. I know about your mama. Hey, don't you eyeball me? You know, your father's an alcoholic and a chaser. That's why you don't mesh, man.

38:26Josh Larsen:Because deep down inside, don't you eyeball me. Deep down inside. You know that all these other boys and girls are better than you are. Isn't that right, man? Isn't that right? No, sir! No, sir!

38:44Adam Kempenaar:we've mentioned like 12 films josh that came out alone in the summer of 82 that are all still worth seeing and worth discussing and that's why it's my number one yeah it's pretty incredible to

38:58Josh Larsen:think about that all being packed into just a couple of months isn't it i don't know if do we get that with the world of streaming nowadays we probably get just as much in terms of quantity of the content. But yeah, that is a ton of good stuff. So number one for you, number three for me, which means I'm moving on to my number two. And this is where I was really struggling with the question of, is it the poster approach? Do you want quantity, essentially, although all quality as well? Or could there be one film that is just so towering? You almost have to reckon with the summer because that one film came out as long as the rest of the season wasn't a dud and this is what 1989 was for me it was the summer of an all-timer it's when we got do the right thing the only film of any of these we've discussed i talked about how we did that sight and sound inspired top 10 of all time back in 2012 do the right thing was on my top 10 at that point and so it's just in a different stratosphere than any other movie we've talked about and it came out in the summer of 1989.

40:07Josh Larsen:Okay. So I've got to take this summer seriously. What else came out that might actually not only landed at this list, but put it pretty high up, if not number one, number two, where I've got it, Indiana Jones and the last crusade. I think we both consider that not just an Indiana Jones sequel, but really in its own right, an incredible adventure film. Dead Poets Society, which we've revisited together, Adam, on the show and thought held up. Similarly could say the same thing about Batman, Tim Burton's Batman. Hugely appreciated that on a revisit. And then you have a couple here that some people might not like as much.

40:49Josh Larsen:Some people might rank as highly as the ones I just said. When Harry Met Sally, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, the announcement of Steven Soderbergh. And for me, James Cameron's The Abyss. I love The Abyss, a hugely underrated Cameron movie. And maybe that's just because he's made other films that have become these box office and cultural juggernauts. And I know there is affection for The Abyss out there, but I would actually put The Abyss right up there with some of his most acclaimed films. So for me, 1989 had to be at number two, had a couple of listeners give support on social media. Greg Millikan on Twitter.

41:25Josh Larsen:He's at my tweet Lord. Most memorable summer ever at the movies. And then Rich Starnes on Facebook. I don't know how much I factored this in, but he offered this up. Weekend at Bernie's. Always vote for Weekend at Bernie's, if you say so, Rich.

41:40Adam Kempenaar:I did laugh quite a bit at Weekend at Bernie's back in 99. I'm not going to lie. The sequel, not so much. Josh, I'm sorry. Where in that litany was Roadhouse? Oh, have I seen Roadhouse? Oh, man, if you haven't, that's our next live show. I know. I would love nothing more. And I think that would be a great choice. Yeah, maybe more apropos for our friends at the Blank Check podcast to watch Roadhouse versus us. But, you know, it's a movie that I do remember with a lot of affection from 1989. No, it's not on the movie poster. Josh, you almost nailed it. Here we are sharing another pick and we're even sharing the same slot.

42:23Adam Kempenaar:For me, it really came down to 89 versus 82. And even though we agree 99 is obviously a great year, made both of our lists. These two were in a tier all by themselves. And it's that that poster. You had them in almost the exact same order as me. Do the right thing. Last Crusade Dead Poets Society Batman And then for me Instead of Abyss Or When Harry Met Sally Ahead of Sex, Lies, and Videotape I've got the Soderbergh In that fifth slot Followed by the Abyss And the Rob Reiner comedy classic With Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan A big movie that summer too That maybe no one's going to go back And need to re-watch Lethal Weapon 2 Was a big hit Vampires Kiss The Nicolas Cage movie that I still need to see came out in 89.

43:14Adam Kempenaar:And maybe we won't talk too much about Star Trek V, The Final Frontier. Josh? Final Frontier? I think that's the one I like. That's probably the one you like, which would make total sense. But we don't need to extol the virtues of these films. It's just the variety, though, encompassed in those five. You've got Soderbergh really setting the indie world on fire with Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Me in 89, the aspiring but not quite college English major seeing something like Dead Poets Society and having my world set on fire. Batman, the defining comic book film, certainly of our childhoods, and really, and certainly a superhero film, the defining film until we started to get all those MCU movies, of course, much later.

44:06Adam Kempenaar:And Indiana Jones feeling at the time, you know, I wasn't a big fan of Temple of Doom when it came out in 84. And I still, of course, had that deep appreciation for Raiders of the Lost Ark. But I remember coming to The Last Crusade kind of thinking, is this Spielberg just trying to reheat the magic a little bit? Is this film really going to deliver on its own terms? And we've talked about it here on the show, having seen it recently, fairly recently, not only with my kids on DVD, but then also seeing it at the music box with a big crowd. It was a magical experience. And for me, one of my favorite Spielberg films, not too far behind Raiders of the Lost Ark and Do the Right Thing, a movie I don't think I saw in 89, Josh.

44:54Adam Kempenaar:I was still in a place in time, maybe not quite, I've said this before, maybe not quite at that point as sophisticated a cinephile as you. I was one or two years away still from really getting into it. And in small small town, Iowa, we weren't getting do the right thing at the single theater cinema. I certainly at that age wasn't able to drive to Des Moines and see that film either. And as we're thinking about movie summers and we kind of started off talking a little bit about a summer like 79 and what it would have been like to see Apocalypse Now in the theater for the first time or see Alien back in 79.

45:33Adam Kempenaar:Do the Right Thing is also one of those time capsule movies. Sure. You you really do wonder what it would have been like, how incendiary it would have been, how revolutionary it would have felt at the time. And then add to it. What if I could have seen it in my little small town, Iowa cinema? What would the reaction to that film have been? It's something that will only have to be a fantasy, Josh, but 89, certainly not just one of the best movie summers ever, but the second choice on my list that I also had as one of my favorite movie years ever.

46:16So I did a little research, Adam,

46:28Josh Larsen:on my website. And indeed, Star Trek V, The Final Frontier, it's one of the rare good Star Trek movies. So I think that's it. I've got to bump 89 up to number one now, given that.

46:40Adam Kempenaar:You're incorrigible. Those are our top five movie summers. We would love to hear your picks or any other comments about the show. Feedback at filmspotting.net. Did you have some honorable mentions, Josh, that you want to fit in?

46:58Josh Larsen:I did give consideration, as I mentioned, to one of your picks, 2015. And then the other two years that I thought about were 1991, quickly, Thelma and Louise, Jungle Fever, Terminator Tube, Judgment Day, Boys in the Hood. Those were the movies that really made me give that year some consideration. And then how about 2002? We just revisited Sam Raimi's Spider-Man recently. Really strong film, held up for us. You had Shyamalan again with Signs, Spielberg with Minority Report. Lilo and Stitch is a Disney movie that I really like. The Bourne Identity and then About a Boy. I think those were the strong films.

47:37Josh Larsen:Of course, I'm a fan of Attack of the Clones. I love the prequels. I know you are. So you know that works for me. So those were the other two years I did think about, 1991 and 2002.

47:45Adam Kempenaar:Well, making your case further for 1991, I believe that not only did you not give proper recognition to Roadhouse earlier, but you did not call out Point Break either. Oh, that's right. Swayze magic from 1991 mentioned it earlier 2008 from your list one I considered going back to the original the one that started it all that movie poster for 1975 starts with Jaws is followed by Dog Day Afternoon and then you throw Robert Altman's Nashville on it from there the esteem maybe drops but that is a formidable trio you've got Woody's Love and Death you've got Cooley High a movie we both like quite a bit.

48:27Adam Kempenaar:Also one I still somehow have never seen, but we all know that in movie theaters across the country at midnight, people are still watching the Rocky Horror Picture Show. And I mentioned off the top that seven of my 12 that I was considering or something were from the 80s. I will not run through them all, but I think you just can look back at every year, 84 up to 88, you can make a case for. And I think the only one I'll single out here, Josh, that is the purest shot of nostalgia. Just when you look at the list, it's 84. Another one of those years that a lot of people consider one of the best movie years ever.

49:06Adam Kempenaar:This is the summer that gave us Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, Revenge of the Nerds, 16 Candles, Gremlins, Red Dawn, another Swayze pick. The Last Starfighter, of course, Prince and Purple Rain. I mean, I didn't see The NeverEnding Story, but a lot of people loved it in 84. And I've left out two films that I don't like that much, The Temple of Doom. And Once Upon a Time in America, 84 is the year I couldn't justify on my list because I don't know that I could look a lot of listeners in the eye and say that outside of nostalgia, all or even most of these films hold up. but it's the one I really have to highlight here, Josh, because I don't know how I could explain to someone who wasn't a kid in 84, what it was like, just the endless parade of going to the theater and seeing these films and then rewatching them and rewatching them and rewatching them on HBO.

50:01Josh Larsen:Yeah. You just named my neighbor friends at their house, their entire VHS collection with those titles. Pretty much star Wars, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The Sound of Music. In the tradition of these great films about fighting back against the odds, 20th Century Fox presents another milestone in motion picture history.

50:27Josh Larsen:Revenge of the Nerds. Nerds! Nerds.

50:31Adam Kempenaar:We do love to get your feedback. What do you think the best movie summer was? Do you remember going to the theater repeatedly, maybe back in your youth or even as an adult and seeing the best set of movies? If you could go back in time and relive it, what summer would it be? Let us know. Feedback at filmspotting.net. And if you would like to learn more about becoming a member of the Film Spotting family, where you get unlimited access to the Film Spotting archive and more, you can learn more at filmspottingfamily.com. This conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.

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