Hey Oscar fans, Bruce is back and we’re taking on one of the greatest, unsung years in movie history.  The nominees are mostly great.  The non-nominees are also pretty great.  And the test of time needs to be graded on a curve because so many of these films continue to resonate today. This episode is a treat for anyone who loves and appreciates truly classic films.  And if you’re not already a classic film lover, these are the films that will make you one!  And with two of the greatest courtroom dramas in movie history vying for best picture against one of the all-time greatest war epics — one could deliberate for years to try and get it right. Luckily we rest our case in just over an hour!  Enjoy and as always, thanks for listening!  

Films Mentioned

(* Recommended)

1/2* Sayonara

1/2* Peyton Place

**Bridge on the River Kwai

**12 Angry Men

**Witness for the Prosecution

The Teahouse of the August Moon

*Viva Zapata

*The King and I

Return to Peyton Place

**A Face in the Crowd

**Paths of Glory

*The Sweet Smell of Success

*The Seventh Seal

*What’s Up Tiger Lily?

*A Hatful of Rain

*The Cranes are Flying

*Wild is the Wind

Raintree County

*Gone With the Wind

*A Place in the Sun

*Valley of the Dolls

*Lawrence of Arabia

*Oliver Twist

*Great Expectations

*Brief Encounter

*Summertime

**Double Indemnity

*The Lost Weekend

**Stalag 17

*Sabrina 

**Sunset Boulevard

*The Spirit of St. Louis

*Love in the Afternoon

*The Tin Star

*3:10 to Yuma

*Forty Guns

*Gunfight at the OK Coral

**Star Wars

*The Great Escape

Man of a Thousand Faces

*Jamaica Inn

Heaven Knows Mr. Allison

September

Where Love Has Gone

The Rose Tattoo

*The Three Faces of Eve

*Kind Hearts and Coronets

*Rome, Open City

*Funny Face

Nights of Cabiria 

**The Bicycle Thieves

*The Bachelor Party

A Farewell to Arms

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Designing Woman

*I, Vitelloni

*The Gunfighter

*Duel in the Sun

*Gentleman’s Agreement

*To Kill a Mockingbird

*The Omen

*The Enemy Below

*The Little Foxes

*The Turning Point

*The Color Purple

The Joker is Wild

*The Bride of Frankenstein

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