Who Won the Movie?
Cameron Crowe receives two votes; John Cusack and an unnamed nursing-home resident receive one apiece, with Peter Gabriel an alternative.
In the discussion (5)
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- John Cusack is the first vote, with Peter Gabriel raised as an outsider because the song became inseparable from the film.
- An unnamed nursing-home resident wins one vote for her brief line.
- Crow receives a vote for launching his directing career, taking young people seriously, and influencing the kinds of films a participant wanted to make.
- Crow receives a second vote because Cusack has several signature films while this debut made audiences commit to Crow’s future work.
- The closing places Crow alongside Soderberg, Die Hard, and Harry Metzally in an influential 1989.
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- John Cusack
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- unnamed nursing-home resident
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- Cameron Crowe
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