Episode 8

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14th Apr 2021

Matchstick Men (Jason’s Pick)

The eighth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2003 features Jason’s personal pick, Ridley Scott’s Matchstick Men. Directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Ted and Nicholas Griffin and starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman and Bruce McGill, Matchstick Men premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/matchstick-men-2003), Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2003/09/10/matchstick-men-4/), and Lou Lumenick in the New York Post (https://nypost.com/2003/09/12/not-nics-best-flick/).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2003 installment featuring the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, Harvey Pekar adaptation American Splendor.

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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.