The Best Picture Podcast

Feb 23 2025 118 ep. 82 mins 23
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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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Julia (1977)

Feb 23 2025 121 mins  
Director: Fred Zinnemann Producer: Richard Roth Screenplay: Alvin Sargent Photography: Douglas Slocombe Music: Georges Delerue Cast: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximillian Schell, Hal Holbrook Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 73%/Audience: 70%

The Goodbye Girl (1977)

Feb 16 2025 103 mins  
Director: Herbert Ross Producer: Ray Stark Screenplay: Neil Simon Photography: David M. Walsh Music: Dave Grusin Cast: Marsha Mason, Richard Dreyfuss, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict, Barbara Rhoades Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 80%/Audience: 85%

Annie Hall (1977)

Feb 09 2025 82 mins  
Director: Woody Allen Producer: Charles H. Joffe Screenplay: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman Photography: Gordon Willis Music: N/A Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Shelley Duvall Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 97%/Audience: 92%

Patton (1970)

Jan 12 2025 97 mins  
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Producer: Frank McCarthy Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North Photography: Fred J. Koenekamp Music: Jerry Goldsmith Cast: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, David Bauer, Edward Binns, John Doucette Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 92%/Audience: 93%

M*A*S*H (1970)

Jan 05 2025 152 mins  
Director: Robert Altman Producer: Ingo Preminger Screenplay: Ring Lardner, Jr. Photography: Harold E. Stine Music: Johnny Mandel Cast: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 86%/Audience: 83%

Love Story (1970)

Dec 29 2024 78 mins  
Director: Arthur Hill Producer: Howard G. Minsky Screenplay: Erich Segal Photography: Richard C. Kratina Music: Francis Lai Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John Marley, Russell Nype Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 63%/Audience: 75%

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Dec 15 2024 133 mins  
Director: Bob Rafelson Producers: Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler Screenplay: Carole Eastman Photography: Laszlo Kovacs Music: N/A Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 89%/Audience: 84%

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%