Shakespeare in Love was the controversial Best Picture winner for 1998. Harvey Weinstein is largely credited (blamed?) for instituting the now common practice of lobbying hard for Oscars with this particular film. Years later, this may well be the decision that is most regretted by the current academy. Contending with it that year were another costume drama, Elizabeth, and three films about World War II: Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, and Life is Beautiful.Note: Oscar® and Acad...

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Chariots of Fire won Best Picture in 1981, the year Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford started the Indiana Jones franchise and brought back the adventure serial with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Oh, and Warren Beatty wrote, directed, and starred in a real dog of a film called Reds. Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts a...

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In 1991 Dances with Wolves became the first Western to win Best Picture since Cimarron in 1931. A lot of folks think that this meant Scorsese's Goodfellas got robbed. We watch both films and give you our opinion on the question Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Music:Intro and Outro music excerpted witho...

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In 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer won Best Picture and Best Director honors at the Academy Awards over Apocalypse Now. Despite this, 40+ years later, it is Apocalypse Now which is the more widely acclaimed film. We watched both and discuss why that might be.Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Music:Intro and Outro...

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How did Citizen Kane lose to How Green Was My Valley? How did perhaps the best picture of all time fail to collect the Best Picture award? Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Show Notes:Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Cre...

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