Welcome Oscars: WWTT? Fans to the 1978 Oscars for the films of 1977 — the year that changed movies forever.  That’s because this is the year Star Wars came out.  But did Star Wars win the Oscar?  And if not, what legendary movie rose up to beat it?  And what other legendary film about outer space creatures by a luminary director wasn’t even nominated that year. And what movie about dancing was nominated over Saturday Night Fever?  Join us as we look back at a truly amazing year of movies, awards, oversights and possible snubs.   And as always, Bruce Vilanch shares his personal stories with some of the stars and filmmakers of the era — including how he was cast in the opening credits of Footloose and how he wound up writing the Star Wars Holiday Special!  

MOVIES MENTIONED

Spinal Tap 

Manchurian candidate

The Odd Couple

Airplane

Airplane 2

Casablanca

Singing in the Rain

Star Wars

Julia

The Turning Point

The Goodbye Girl

Annie Hall

Jaws

Gravity

Arrival

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

West Side Story

Gypsy

Saturday Night Fever

The Duelists

Three Women

Goodbye Mr. Chips

The Owl and the Pussycat

Play it Again Sam

The Sunshine Boys

Funny Lady

Footloose

Equus

A Special Day

Parasite

Moonlight

Anora

The Spy Who Came Out of the Cold

The Empire Strike Back

Sleeper

Love & Death

The Godfather

The Godfather II

The Graduate

The Pumpkin Eater

Klute

The Miracle Worker

Opening Night

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

All the President’s Men

Bridge on the River Kwai

The Lavender Hill Mob

The Horse’s Mouth

Oh God!

The Late Show

Hannah and Her Sisters

Midnight in Paris

Citizen Kane

A Bridge Too Far

Slap Shot

Snow White

French Connection

The Deer Hunter

Rocky

The Star Wars Holiday Special!

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