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The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features one of the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winners, Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me. Written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan and starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin and Jon Tenney, You Can Count on Me was Lonergan’s first feature film after a successful career as a playwright.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/you-can-count-on-me-2000), Stephen Holden in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/10/movies/film-review-a-dysfunctional-family-with-wounds-exposed.html), and Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2000/11/17/you-can-count-me-4/).
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Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod
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You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed
You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.
You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.
Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2000 installment, featuring the other Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, Karyn Kusama’s Girlfight.

The ninth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features Jason’s personal pick, Stephen Daldry’s Billy Elliot. Directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by Lee Hall and starring Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Gary Lewis, Jamie Draven and Stuart Wells, Billy Elliot was Daldry’s first feature film after a successful career in theater.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/billy-elliot-2000/), A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/13/movies/film-review-escaping-a-miner-s-life-for-a-career-in-ballet.html), and Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/sep/29/1).
Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.
Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod
You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy
You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed
You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.
You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.
Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2000 installment, featuring one of the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winners, Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me.

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features our animation pick, Aardman Animations’ Chicken Run. Directed and co-written by Nick Park and Peter Lord and starring the voices of Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Tony Haygarth and Benjamin Whitrow, Chicken Run was the first feature-length film produced by stop-motion studio Aardman.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/chicken-run-2000), Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2000/06/23/chicken-run-3/), and Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/jun/30/culture.reviews).
Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.
Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod
You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy
You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed
You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.
You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.
Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2000 installment, featuring Jason’s personal pick, Stephen Daldry’s Billy Elliot.

The seventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features our foreign film pick, Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Directed by Ang Lee and starring Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-fat, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen and Cheng Pei-pei, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was the first foreign-language movie to gross $100 million at the U.S. box office.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-2000), Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2000/12/08/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-6/), and Desson Thomson in The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/entertainment/movies/reviews/crouchingtigerhiddendragonhowe.htm).
Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.
Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod
You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy
You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed
You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.
You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.
Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2000 installment, featuring our animation pick, Aardman Animations’ Chicken Run.

The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features Josh’s personal pick, Curtis Hanson’s Wonder Boys. Directed by Curtis Hanson from a screenplay by Steve Kloves (based on the Michael Chabon novel) and starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr. and Katie Holmes, Wonder Boys was nominated for three Oscars and won one.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/wonder-boys-2000), David Ansen in Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/meaning-middle-age-162263), and A.O. Scott in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/23/movies/film-review-marijuana-manuscript-and-marriage-are-a-mess.html).
Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.
Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod
You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy
You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed
You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.
You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.
Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2000 installment, featuring our foreign film pick, Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2000 features our documentary pick, Agnes Varda’s The Gleaners and I. Directed by and featuring Agnes Varda, The Gleaners and I is considered one of the greatest documentaries of all time.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-gleaners-and-i-2001), Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-06-ca-47419-story.html), and Stephanie Zacharek in Salon (https://www.salon.com/2001/03/08/gleaners/).
Visit https://www.awesomemovieyear.com for more info about the show.
Make sure to like Awesome Movie Year on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear and follow us on Twitter @Awesomemoviepod
You can find Jason online at http://goforjason.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Twitter @JHarrisComedy
You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/ and on Twitter @signalbleed
You can find our producer David Rosen’s Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod and the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod.
You can also follow us all on Letterboxd to keep up with what we've been watching at goforjason, signalbleed and bydavidrosen.
Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year, plus fellow podcasts Piecing It Together and All Rice No Beans, and music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosen
All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.com
Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2000 installment, featuring Josh’s personal pick, Curtis Hanson’s Wonder Boys.