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1983

We kicked off 2021, and our Whiskey Flicks Live! One Year at a Time… series with a journey back to 1983.

The Official WFL! 1983 Playlist:

Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
Trading Places
The King of Comedy
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Risky Business
The Big Chill
Fraggle Rock
Yentl
Blue Thunder
WarGames
Krull
Terms of Endearment
Webster
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Dungeons & Dragons
Valley Girl
The Dead Zone
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Rumble Fish
Strange Brew
The Right Stuff
Eddie and the Cruisers
M*A*S*H
Never Say Never Again
The Outsiders
Flashdance
Return of the Jedi
Jaws 3D

1992

This week, the Whiskey Flicks Live! One Year at a Time… machine took us to 1992, the year Michael and I entered our senior year of high school and movies really started to matter.

The official WFL! 1992 playlist:

Alice in Chains – Would? (music video – from the Singles soundtrack)
White Men Can’t Jump
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
My Cousin Vinny
Basic Instinct
Aladdin
Cool World
A League of Their Own
Malcolm X
Seinfeld – The Contest
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Candyman
Alien3
Kriss Kross – Jump (music video)
X-Men (TV show)
Reservoir Dogs
Wayne’s World
Slow Movie Speed Round: Howard’s End, Unforgiven, A River Runs Through It, Glengarry Glen Ross
Night on Earth
Strictly Ballroom
Sinead O’Connor – War (SNL performance)
Sister Act
The Crying Game
Baraka (Niederman choice)
Diggstown (audience choice)
The Mighty Ducks
Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You (music video from The Bodyguard soundtrack)
Death Becomes Her

2003

This week, the Whiskey Flicks Live! One Year at a Time… machine invaded 2003 with shock and awe. This was a year of violence and dislocation, but also of courage and sacrifice.

The official WFL! 2003 playlist:

The White Stripes – 7 Nation Army (music video)
City of God
28 Days Later
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Finding Nemo
Lost in Translation
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Elephant
Old School
Party Monster
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (final episode)
Arrested Development (pilot episode)
Beyoncé – Crazy in Love (music video)
Christmas Classics: Elf, Love Actually, Bad Santa
American Splendor
Dogville
Monster
The School of Rock
The Room
Johnny Cash – Hurt (music video)
Freaky Friday
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (encore clip)
Thirteen (audience pick)
Big Fish (Niederman pick)
Whale Rider
Freddy vs. Jason

The Year 2000

This week, the Whiskey Flicks Live! One Year at a Time… machine reached its climactic destination, all the way IN THE YEAR 2000 (yeah, it never gets old). We explored movies at the dawn of the new millennium through the themes of “the end of history,” beginnings and endings, competition, and the importance of integrity and “taste” in art, music and film.

The official WFL! IN THE YEAR 2000 playlist:

U2 – Beautiful Day (music video)
Bring It On
Miss Congeniality
Best in Show
Cast Away
Erin Brockovich
High Fidelity
Pollack
Almost Famous
Requiem for a Dream
Survivor – first season
Battle Royale
American Psycho
Gladiator
Britney Spears – Oops!…I Did it Again (music video)
SeaLeb 2021 – opening title
The Emperor’s New Groove
Pitch Black
The Cell
Memento
You Can Count on Me
Belly Elliot
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Macy Gray – I Try (music video)
A Perfect Storm (Niederman choice!)
Dancer in the Dark
O Brother, Where Art Thou (audience choice!)
Love & Basketball
Almost Famous (reprise)
Cecil B. Demented
Battlefield Earth

1976

This week we hopped back into the Whiskey Flicks Live! One Year at a Time…EXTENDED EDITION time machine and bleep blop blooped back to 1976, where we explored a post-Vietnam, post-Watergate, pre-80s-and-all-that-came-with-it cinematic landscape. It was a year of movies haunted by the past but also looking tentative optimism toward the future.

The official WFL! 1976 playlist:

The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (live)
Taxi Driver
All the President’s Men
Freaky Friday
The Bad News Bears
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Silver Streak
Sybil
A Star is Born
King Kong
Laverne & Shirley – intro
Rocky
Vicki Sue Robinson – Turn the Beat Around (live)
Master of the Flying Guillotine
The Monkey Hustle
The Missouri Breaks
The Ritz
Logan’s Run
The Bionic Woman (intro)
Marathon Man
Carrie
Car Wash (Niederman pick!)
Network
Stevie Wonder – As (live)

1989

This week the Whiskey Flicks Live! One Year at a Time…EXTENDED EDITION time machine hurled right to the heart of 1989, a crucial year for Mike and Dan as they watched the Berlin Wall crumble, entered high school, and leveled up on their film nerdery. Blockbusters, indie films, music vids…suddenly everything felt much more important.

The official WFL! 1989 playlist:

Do the Right Thing – opening credits
Seinfeld
Lean On Me
Dead Poets Society
The Little Mermaid
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Heathers
Steel Magnolias
When Harry Met Sally
Glory
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Drugstore Cowboy
Sex, Lies and Videotape
Prince – Batdance (music video)
The Simpsons
Batman
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Abyss
Earth Girls Are Easy
Driving Miss Daisy
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Do the Right Thing
The War of the Roses (audience choice)
Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation
Say Anything…
Vampire’s Kiss

1997

This week Mike and Dan docked the Whiskey Flicks Live! One Year at a Time… machine at its final port (for now) in 1997. We felt all the feels as we celebrated the exuberance of the year’s biggest blockbusters, but also took a detour into how queerness was being represented and explored in peak 90s cinema.

Here’s the complete playlist from WFL! 1997:

Blur – Song 2 (music video)
Titanic
The Fifth Element
Men in Black
Princess Mononoke
Star Wars – Special Edition
The Game
Jackie Brown
Selena
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Good Will Hunting
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
The Ice Storm
Eve’s Bayou
Titanic (reprise)
Daft Punk – Around the World (music video)
Lost Highway
4 Little Girls
Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
In & Out
As Good As it Gets
Chasing Amy
Waiting for Guffman
Boogie Nights
Spice Girls – Wannabe (music video)
Love and Death on Long Island
Love! Valor! Compassion!
Copland (audience pick)
Titanic (finale)
Contact
Starship Troopers
Anaconda