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The Worthy Boys are back for a special bonus episode about the 2022 summer box office joined by a special guest! We dive deep into our favorite films, the biggest surprises, and the biggest disappointments of the summer.

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The Worthy boys exchange keys as we’re heading to Jack Lemmon’s apartment for a wild night! The Apartment won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing. The film received five additional nominations, including Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon for Best Leading Actress and Actor. 

Billy Wilder even became the first person to win the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. We discuss the gender politics brought up in the film and how they pushed the boundaries of cinema and workplace etiquette. We also chat about how this was the last Black and White film to win Best Picture at The Academy Awards until The Artist in 2011. Shut up and deal! 

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The Worthy boys are going chariot racing in this episode! Ben and Jon go back to the year 26 AD to talk about the William Wyler epic, "Ben-Hur". The 1959 Best Picture winner stars Charlton Heston in the titular role as he plots his revenge in this biblical epic. The film's large scale production has cemented itself among one of the classics that 1950s Hollywood has to offer.

At the 32nd Academy Awards, Ben-Hur took him 11 Oscars. It is a record that has never been eclipsed by any film to date, which only highlights how grand of a scale the film was. In this episode Ben and Jon discuss religious films and the intense sequencing of the chariot race that the film is mostly known for. 

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Thank heaven, there's a new Worthy episode out! In this episode Ben and Jon are joined by Austin Gold to talk about the 1958 Best Picture winner "Gigi" and the 31st Academy Awards. The Vincente Minnelli directed musical starring Leslie Caron, Louise Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier, focuses on the budding relationship of a young French girl and a rich socialite. 

At the 31st Academy Awards the film took home 9 Academy Awards, setting at record for the time. This episode focuses on the taboo nature of the film as well as how taboo films are treated today. The film's narrative focusing on an underage girl and older man creates controversy that was not discussed at the time of its release. Ben, Jon and Austin also go through the technical aspects of the film as well and how it is used overall. 

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The Worthy boys help build a bridge to one of the greatest Best Picture winners, The Bridge On The River Kwai starring Alec Guinness and William Holden. This wartime adventure is packed with tension, thrills, and some of the best cinematography in a Best Picture winner yet! We even discuss whether there’s even a lead in this film or if this movie is simply an ensemble piece. 

This is the 30th episode of the Worthy podcast so it’s once again time for the Worthies to be given out to the best films from 1948 to 1957! We determine what’s the best Best Picture over the last 10 episodes as well as give our picks for some other technical awards. The Worthy boys also talk about Miyoshi Umeki winning Best Supporting Actress and becoming the first Asian performer winner at the Oscars!  

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Get your hot air balloon, train, steamboat and elephant ready cause we are going Around The World In 80 Days! The 1956 adventure film took home the Best Picture award that year for its large screen take of the world and cameo filled cast. We discuss the film’s intro using the classic silent film, A Trip To The Moon (1902), and how that is treated with the rest of the film.

The Worthy boys also delve into some of the questionable choices with representing world cultures, the use of cameo appearances and who really is the lead of this film between Cantinflas and David Niven. With a blockbuster filled year in 1956, Around The World In 80 Days fought its way up to get the top prize. 

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The Worthy boys are calling up some dates as we are discussing the 1955 melodrama, Marty! In our opening, we discuss how Marty feels like the last stop of our grandparent's Hollywood, and then we enter into our parent's Hollywood. Marty was the only film based on a TV drama to ever win Best Picture and at 90 minutes long, this is the shortest of all films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

We even discuss how Marty received the first Palme d'Or ever awarded and how this was the first movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture that was produced by an actor, Burt Lancaster, who does not appear in the film. It also wouldn’t be a conversation about Marty without Marty himself Mr. Ernest Borgnine who dominates the screen with his gentle yet powerful performance. 

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In this episode of Worthy, Ben and Jon take a deep dive into the 1954 classic "On The Waterfront". The 8-time Academy Award winning film features Marlon Brando's iconic performance as a conflicted gang member and his moral struggle to be something more in his life than a "bum".

Ben and Jon also discuss the importance of aspect ratio to a film and how that impacts the films overall tone. "On The Waterfront" is also considered an allegorical piece for director Elia Kazan and his own conflict during the Red Scare in 1950s Hollywood.

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The Worthy boys head to a U.S. Army base in Hawaii to prepare for war in Fred Zinnemann’s ‘From Here to Eternity’! This episode of Worthy, we debate the progression of sex and relationships in Hollywood film and how the boundaries are slowly starting to expand. 'From Here to Eternity' is a war film not about war but about the men training for the war and their relationships outside of the Army base. 

Ben and Jon discuss the film's wonderful use of real life locations and the wonderful lead performances by Clift, Sinatra, and Lancaster. Its achievement of eight Oscars matched the then record held by Gone with the Wind (1939). Sinatra steals the heart of the film but is this a Worthy Supporting performance? 

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Ben and Jon react to the results of the 94th Academy Awards! The Worthy hosts go through the highlights, snubs and surprises that unfolded at Hollywood's biggest night. 

What did you think of the 94th Academy Awards? Tell us why we're wrong and email us at [email protected]

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