Oscars Playback

On a special bonus episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen return to discuss the 1990 Oscars ceremony -- an infamous event where "Driving Miss Daisy" won Best Picture and "Do the Right Thing" wasn't even nominated. It's also the first time Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards -- and things didn't start off as smoothly as one might expect. To make your own 2023 Oscar predictions, head to https://www.goldderby.com.

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On this special episode of the Gold Derby Show, editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen take one last look at the movies of the '90s with Oscars Playback 2000. The 72nd annual Academy Awards celebrated American Beauty and Joyce and Chris talk about the best movie year ever to figure out what the Oscars did right and what went wrong.

Timestamps:

Intro and our favorite 1999 films (0:00)

Ceremony thoughts (34:20)

Best Picture (44:55)

Best Director (56:37)

Best Actor (1:01:50)

Best Actress (1:07:45)

Best Supporting Actor (1:13:06)

Best Supporting Actress (1:19:49)

Screenplay awards (1:22:53)

Music awards (1:26:06)

Ranking the Best Picture winners of the '90s (1:30:40)

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On this special episode of Oscars Playback, Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng discuss the 66th Academy Awards, aka the year that two Steven Spielberg films, "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park," won 10 Oscars between them. Plus: Should Denzel Washington have been nominated alongside his "Philadelphia" co-star Tom Hanks in Best Actor?

Timestamps:

Intro and our favorite 1993 films (0:00)

Whoopi Goldberg's hosting debut (27:20)

Best Picture (40:51)

Best Director (45:35)

Best Actor (57:52)

Best Actress (1:11:45)

Best Supporting Actor (1:16:47)

Best Supporting Actress (1:23:45)

Screenplay awards (1:31:49)

Music awards (1:33:20)

Other awards (1:36:52)

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On this special episode of Oscars Playback, Gold Derby editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the 1993 Oscars ceremony, when Unforgiven won Best Picture, Al Pacino finally took home an Academy Award, and host Billy Crystal was running on fumes. Plus: Why the Year of the Woman theme was not it and a dramatic reading of a scene from "My Cousin Vinny."

Timestamps:

Intro and general thoughts on ceremony and films (0:00)

Our favorite 1992 films (4:58)

Billy Crystal's reluctant return and a misbegotten theme (28:44)

Best Picture (44:39)

Best Director (53:33)

Best Actor (56:56)

Best Actress (1:09:02)

Best Supporting Actor (1:14:53)

Best Supporting Actress (1:20:09)

Screenplay awards (1:26:26)

Other awards (1:30:10)

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On this special episode of the Gold Derby Show, editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen return with another edition of Oscars Playback. This time, Joyce and Chris look back at the 1991 Oscars ceremony, where Kevin Costner and Dances With Wolves won seven awards and Martin Scorsese's legendary Goodfellas won just one. Come for Joyce and Chris and their thoughts on the best 1990 movies and what should've taken home academy hardware, stay for Chris listing off every director of a major 1990 release as a possible Best Director nominee. Make your own picks at https://www.goldderby.com.

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Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng discuss "Braveheart's" surprising Best Picture victory over the likes of "Apollo 13," "Sense and Sensibility," "Il Postino" and "Babe." Would "Apollo 13" have won had Ron Howard not been snubbed? Plus: Whoopi Goldberg's testy monologue and Nicole Kidman's love of "Babe."

Chris' 2013 recast of "Empire Records": https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rex-manning-day-empire-records_n_2994417

Timestamps:

Intro and general thoughts on ceremony and films (0:00)

Our favorite 1995 films (6:20)

Ceremony review and Whoopi Goldberg as host (22:25)

Best Picture (32:23)

Best Director (50:55)

Best Actor (54:40)

Best Actress (59:50)

Best Supporting Actor (1:04:25)

Best Supporting Actress (1:08:02)

Screenplay awards (1:11:06)

Other awards (1:12:18)

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On this special episode of the Gold Derby Show, editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen continue their Oscars Playback series with a look at the 1995 Oscars, when Forrest Gump swept the nation and won top awards for Picture, Director, and Actor for Tom Hanks. But does that win hold up when Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption were among the nominees? Joyce and Chris discuss that plus David Letterman's infamous stint as Oscars host -- which isn't necessarily as infamous as you might remember.

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On this special episode of the Gold Derby Show, editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen return with another edition of Oscars Playback. This week, it's time for the 1999 Oscars ceremony, when "Shakespeare in Love" beat "Saving Private Ryan" and ushered in the modern awards campaign. Joyce and Chris look back on the ceremony, its fraught legacy due to Harvey Weinstein's influence on the show, and remember when 45 million viewers were considered a disappointment. Listen now and head to https://www.goldderby.com to make your picks and for all things Oscars.

The Harvey Weinstein of it all (9:55)

Best Picture (17:15)

Best Director (40:22)

Best Actor (44:00)

Best Actress (53:50)

Best Supporting Actor (59:00)

Best Supporting Actress (1:08:00)

Writing awards (1:10:43)

Music awards (1:15:45)

Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar (1:19:00)

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On this special episode of the Gold Derby Show, editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen return with another edition of Oscars Playback. This week, it's time for the "Titanic" Oscars, when James Cameron was crowned King of the World and 57 million people watched the biggest Academy Awards ceremony ever (00:10). Joyce and Chris discuss their general feelings on the year in film before hitting Best Picture (25:28) and more. Near, far, wherever you are, listen and subscribe and head to https://www.goldderby.com to make your picks and for all things Oscars.

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On this special episode of the Gold Derby Show, editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen return with another round of Oscars Playback. This time, they look at the 1997 Academy Awards, which included the return of host Billy Crystal following a brief hiatus (00:10). Then, Joyce and Chris look back at the winners -- including a sweep from The English Patient, which won nine of 12 nominations -- and remember the Oscars' so-called "Independents Day."

Best Picture (19:48)

Celine Dion's double performance (32:30)

Best Picture contender also-rans and love for "Sling Blade" (24:15)

Our favorite 1996 films (28:10)

Best Director (37:50)

Best Actor (39:53)

Best Actress (47:05)

Best Supporting Actor (52:58)

Best Supporting Actress (59:52)

Screenplay awards (1:12:05)

The shorts (1:16:55)

Music awards (1:18:35)

Final thoughts (1:23:51)

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