The Best Picture Podcast

Dec 02 2024 111 ep. 80 mins 27
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Each season hosts Eric and Sean discuss the Best Picture nominees of a randomly-determined year. Did the best picture that year really win? Listen in and find out what they thought!

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Airport (1970)

Dec 02 2024 105 mins  
Director: George Seaton Producer: Ross Hunter Screenplay: George Seaton Photography: Ernest Laszlo Music: Alfred Newman Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 75%/Audience: 54%

The 2007 Roundup!

Nov 25 2024 23 mins  
Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 2007. Once again, the nominees are Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood.

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Nov 11 2024 124 mins  
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson Photography: Robert Elswit Music: Jonny Greenwood Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Dillon Freasier, Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds, James Downey Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 91%/Audience: 86%

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Nov 03 2024 118 mins  
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Producers: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin Screenplay: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Photography: Roger Deakins Music: Carter Burwell Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 93%/Audience: 86%

Michael Clayton (2007)

Sep 16 2024 134 mins  
Director: Tony Gilroy Producers: Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack, Steve Samuels Screenplay: Tony Gilroy Photography: Robert Elswit Music: James Newton Howard Cast: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 90%/Audience: 69%

Juno (2007)

Aug 11 2024 89 mins  
Director: Jason Reitman Producer: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith Screenplay: Diablo Cody Photography: Eric Steelberg Music: Mateo Messina Cast: Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Allison Janney Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 94%/Audience: 88%

Atonement (2007)

Aug 05 2024 81 mins  
Director: Joe Wright Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster Screenplay: Christopher Hampton Photography: Seamus McGarvey Music: Dario Marianelli Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan, Harriet Walter, Benedict Cumberbatch Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 83%/Audience: 80%

The 1945 Roundup!

Jun 01 2024 37 mins  
Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 1945. Once again, the nominees are Anchors Aweigh, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Lost Weekend, Mildred Pierce, and Spellbound.

Spellbound (1945)

May 25 2024 92 mins  
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Producer: David O. Selznick Screenplay: Ben Hecht Photography: George Barnes Music: Miklos Rozsa Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, Rhonda Fleming Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 86%/Audience: 82%

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Apr 27 2024 96 mins  
Director: Michael Curtiz Producer: Jerry Wald Screenplay: Ranald MacDougall, William Faulkner Photography: Ernest Haller Music: Max Steiner Cast: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 88%/Audience: 90%