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Thank the Academy
By Thank the AcademyTV & Film
Thank the Academy episodes
- 21st Academy Awards: Hamlet
In this episode we discuss the twenty-first Best Picture winner, Hamlet, the most awarded adaptation of Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier’s attempt to be seen as a serious actor and filmmaker, and the new Freudian interpretations of Shakespeare!
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1 hr 2 min - 20th Academy Awards: Gentleman’s Agreement
In this episode we discuss the 20th Best Picture winner, Gentleman’s Agreement, actor James Baskett’s Honorary Award for his performance in Disney’s Song of the South, anti-Semitism, prejudice, microagressions, and Communism in post-war America, and The Group Theatre and The Actor’s Studio joining the ranks of the Hollywood elite!
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1 hr 10 min - 19th Academy Awards: The Best Years of our LivesIn this episode we discuss the 19th Best Picture winner, The Best Years of our Lives, the struggles of veterans returning from WWII, amputee veteran Harold Russel’s award winning first performance as an actor, and director William Wyler!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcastTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypodEmail us your thoughts: [email protected]1 hr 11 min
- 18th Academy Awards: The Lost Weekend
In this episode we discuss the eighteenth Best Picture winner, The Lost Weekend, international film festivals, director Billy Wilder, the stirring portrayal of someone struggling with addiction, and the power of nuanced storytelling!
**Content Warning** This episode contains conversation throughout about alcoholism, addiction, and suicide. **
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1 hr 15 min - 17th Academy Awards: Going My Way
In this episode we discuss the seventeenth Best Picture Winner, Going My Way, Bing Crosby’s impact on the entertainment industry, and Ingrid Bergman’s first Academy win!
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50 min - 16th Academy Awards: Casablanca
In this episode we discuss the sixteenth Best Picture Winner, Casablanca, Warner Brothers’ producer Hal B. Wallis, the growing relationship between the United States Government and the film industry, and the unexpected success of Casablanca!
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1 hr 7 min - 15th Academy Awards: Mrs. Miniver
In this episode we discuss the fifteenth Best Picture Winner, Mrs. Miniver, Greer Garson’s extra-long acceptance speech, the great career and tragic death of Carole Lombard, and the film industry’s growing relationship with World War II!
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58 min - 14th Academy Awards: How Green Was My Valley
In this episode we discuss the fourteenth Best Picture Winner, How Green Was My Valley, its contentious win over Citizen Kane, the Hollywood sister-feud between Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, and the animators’ strike at Disney Studios!
Other topics include: Dumbo, Walt Disney, Hollywood feuds, the importance of unions, film history, Orson Welles, Gregg Toland, Maurice Seiderman, unions, Herman Mankiewicz, documentary features
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1 hr 18 min - 13th Academy Awards: Rebecca
In this episode we discuss the thirteenth Best Picture Winner, Rebecca, David O. Selznick’s second Best Picture win in a row, Walt Disney’s Pinocchio and Fantasia, and Katherine Hepburn’s return to the top with The Philadelphia Story!
**Content Warning** mentions of suicide in relation to the plot of Rebecca**
Other topics include: Charlie Chaplin and The Great Dictator, Leopold Stokowski, United Artists, Laurence Olivier, Alfred Hitchcock, Joan Fontaine, Olivia de Haviland, film history, Hollywood
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1 hr 1 min - 12th Academy Awards: Gone With the Wind
In this episode we discuss the twelfth Best Picture Winner, Gone With the Wind, Best Picture controversy, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Wizard of Oz, and Of Mice and Men!
**Content Warning** mentions of sexual abuse/harassment/rape between 47:50-49:25 & 1:11:30-1:17:57 **
Other topics include: Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniels, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Lennie Bluett, racism and segregation, Leigh Whipper, Margaret Hamilton, John Steinbeck, Lewis Milestone, Jimmy Stewart, Frank Capra, Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Olivia de Haviland, film history, Hollywood
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About Thank the Academy
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Based in Tinseltown, well just north of it (North Hollywood), Zach and Kristen are married film industry professionals on a deep dive into the history of the Academy Awards. Every other week they…
watch the Academy Award winning Best Picture starting with the original ceremony in 1929 to now. Fascinated by the concept of The Oscars and curious about the culture surrounding them, the Phaneufs are on a mission to share the history and context of the “best” films in American history—thanks to Oscar and his Academy.