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The 79th Academy Awards (Films of 2006) - Part I
Description
We're covering the 79th Academy Awards or the films of 2006. This was a 5 nominee year, but we've added 5 additional film for a 10 movie mini-tournaments. We'll be talking about the losers from the matchups in this episode.
The nominees were: Babel, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, and the Queen.
The films we added were: Children of Men, Half Nelson, The Last King of Scotland, The Lives of Others, and Pan's Labyrinth.
Wa wa wee wa we also talk about Borat.
Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
Timestamps are approximate:
7:00 - Borat
13:55 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers
Losers Discussion
- 18:45 - Babel
- 32:05 - The Last King of Scotland
- 42:45 - Little Miss Sunshine
- 58:45 - Half Nelson
- 1:07:40 - Letters from Iwo Jima
1:23:15 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst
1:23:50 - Next Time
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