{"podcast":{"title":"1999: The Podcast","slug":"1999-the-podcast-5273048","podcast_index_feed_id":5273048,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/1999","website_url":"https://www.cageclub.me/1999","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d0064978-a2db-11ec-a3d7-ff9be675552e/image/87ed8bb1b40c97b52fb71552c29afb28.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"John Brooks and Julia Sirmons","episode_count":114,"summary":"Was 1999 the best year in movie history? We think it might be! John Brooks, Julia Sirmons, and special guests work their way through all the year has to offer, one movie at a time, and we’ll ask special guests to share their memories of this amazing year and the movies that made it unforgettable. Unfortunately, nobody can be told what 1999: The Podcast is… you have to hear it for yourself!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T16:22:53.358332+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048"},"episode":{"title":"THE IRON GIANT - with Sam Summers","slug":"the-iron-giant-with-sam-summers","published_at":"2026-09-15T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048/the-iron-giant-with-sam-summers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CCPN3007558283.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CCPN3007558283.mp3","summary":"Our episodes on robots and animation have finally led us here: The Iron Giant, one of 1999's most notorious duds, and also one of its most beloved films. The Iron Giant was the feature directorial debut of Brad Bird, who would go on to direct landmark Pixar films The Incredibles and Ratatouille  and now serves in Pixar’s senior creative team. Unfortunately released in the highly competitive first week of August, coming in at #9 behind the likes of, among others, The Thomas Crown Affair, Runaway Bride, The Blair Witch Project and, also debuting that weekend, the box office behemoth The Sixth Sense, going on to make just $23 million on a budget of $70 million. How and why did such a lovely movie featuring a giant robot (and inspired by the suicide of Sylvia Plath) fail? We discuss that and a lot more with someone who would know: Dr. Sam Summers, co-host of the Disniversity podcast, and a lecturer on Animation History and Theory at Middlesex University in England.","meta_description":"Our episodes on robots and animation have finally led us here: The Iron Giant, one of 1999's most notorious duds, and also one of its most belov…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4369,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1999-the-podcast-5273048/episodes/the-iron-giant-with-sam-summers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048/the-iron-giant-with-sam-summers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}