Episode Details

We're finishing our coverage of the 37th Academy Awards or the films of 1964. We're talking about the winners from our 10 movie mini-tournament.

The nominees were: Becket; Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; Mary Poppins; My Fair Lady; and Zorba the Greek.

The films we added were: The Americanization of Emily; A Hard Day's Night; Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte; Seven Days in May; and Topkapi

Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

Timestamps are approximate:

2:40 - Beckett

16:30 - My Fair Lady

25:50 - Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

41:05 - Mary Poppins

53:00 - Seven Days in May

1:09:05 - Conclusions

• 1:09:10 - Did the Oscars Get it Wrong?
• 1:11:50 - Top 5 Films
• 1:12:55 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
• 1:15:15 - Come back to any of these films?
• 1:17:45 - Patterns
• 1:18:25 - Best Best Picture Ranking

1:19:55 - Next Time

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