Heathers (1989 Josh’s Pick)

The sixth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1989 features Josh’s personal pick, dark teen comedy Heathers. Written by Daniel Waters, directed by Michael Lehmann and starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Kim Walker and Lisanne Falk, Heathers was a box-office failure but has since gained a reputation as one of the best teen movies of the ’80s.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heathers-1989), Rita Kempley in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/heathersrkempley_a09fb6.htm), and Jonathan Rosenbaum in the Chicago Reader (https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/heathers/Film?oid=1059011).

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Awesome Movie Year

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Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network

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David Rosen is a music composer and podcast producer. He has scored feature films, commercials and more, as well as creating albums of instrumental music. He currently produced Piecing It Together which he hosts and Awesome Movie Year.