E42: Top 10 Favorite Movies from 1993
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So many of the movies released in 1993 helped to define my love and my taste in movies for the 30+ years that have followed.
In this episode, we rank our top 10 favorites with discussions on why the movies mean so much and what their lasting legacy has been. We also review some background on the directors, writers, and actors involved in the movies along with a section on some honorable mentions from the year.
Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:14 Episode Overview
00:01:55 Patrick’s Top 15-11
00:02:21 15 - Cool Runnings (with spoilers)
00:03:52 14 - Nowhere to Run - Directed by Robert Harmon (The Hitcher), Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine
00:07:15 13 - True Romance - Directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Days of Thunder, The Last Boy Scout, Crimson Tide, The Fan, Enemy of the State, Man on Fire, Deja Vu, The Taking of Pelham 123, Unstoppable), Written by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
00:08:36 12 - A Perfect World - Clint Eastwood & Kevin Costner
00:12:44 TV Guide Tangent
00:14:28 11 - Groundhog Day - Written & Directed by Harold Ramis (wrote Animal House, Meatballs, Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Analyze This (and That), Bedazzled
00:19:57 Top 10
00:20:04 10 (Dan) - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
00:22:30 Patrick’s 10 & Dan’s 09 - Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey - Directed by Duwayne Dunham (Little Giants), voices of Michael J Fox & Sally Field
00:26:26 09 (Patrick) - Mrs. Doubtfire - Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter) - Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan
00:33:42 08 - True Romance, Menace II Society - Hughes Brothers (2pac videos, Dead Presidents, From Hell, The Book of Eli), Samuel L Jackson, Bill Duke, Charles S Dutton
00:40:57 07 - In the Line of Fire (Directed by Wolfgang Peterson, starring Clint Eastwood & John Malcovich), The Sandlot - Patrick changes to 06
00:45:07 09 - Mrs. Doubtfire (Pierce Brosnan interview: https://youtu.be/x5zfYSwz1Ng?si=zTlwKSuv4B6fCZdi), Addams Family Values (Patrick changes to 07)
00:53:03 Top 5
00:53:16 05 - The Fugitive - Directed by Andrew Davis (Above the Law, Under Siege, Steal Big Steal Little, Chain Reaction, A Perfect Murder, Collateral Damage, Holes), starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, A Nightmare Before Christmas - Directed by Henry Selick (James and the Giant Peach)
01:00:42 04 - The Sandlot, Carlito’s Way - Brian de Palma (Carrie, Blow Out, Scarface, The Untouchables, & followed this up with Mission Impossible), writer David Koepp (Death Becomes Her, Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, Stir of Echoes, Panic Room, Spider-Man, Black Bag), Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Viggo Mortensen
01:10:58 Top 3
01:11:10 03 - Schindler’s List & Jurassic Park, Directed by Steven Spielberg
01:20:41 02 - Tombstone, The Fugitive
01:25:49 01 - Jurassic Park, Tombstone
01:32:34 Honorable Mentions - The Three Musketeers, Grumpy Old Men, Falling Down, Hard Target, Demolition Man, Boiling Point, Cliffhanger, Last Action Hero, A Bronx Tale, Rookie of the Year, Hocus Pocus, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Firm, Philadelphia, Rudy, The Pelican Brief, The Secret Garden, Super Mario Bros., The Beverly Hillbillies
