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The 51st Academy Awards (Films of 1978)
Description
This episode we're covering the 51st Academy Awards or the films of 1978. The nominees were: Coming Home, The Deer Hunter, Heaven Can Wait, Midnight Express, and An Unmarried Woman. We also talk about non-nominees Grease and Halloween.
Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
Timestamps are approximate:
9:45 - Heaven Can Wait
22:30 - Midnight Express
30:50 - An Unmarried Woman
45:00 - The Deer Hunter
1:04:15 - Coming Home
1:13:55 - Should something else have been nominated?
- 1:15:35 - Halloween
- 1:25:00 - Grease
1:36:45 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?
1:38:40 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
1:40:20 - Conclusions
2:46:25 - Next Time
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