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Episode 50 - Best Picture Anniversaries, Part III (The Best Years of Our Lives, West Side Story, A Man for All Seasons)
Published 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Continuining from 2025, join me as I celebrate milestone anniversaries for THREE MORE Best Picture winners from the mid-20th century, including a look at post-WWII America, one of the best musicals ever made, and how we see parallels from King Henry VIII's reign of terror even today.
For those who want to avoid spoilers, timestamps below indicate when each movie discussion starts:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, dir. William Wyler) - 1:46
West Side Story (1961, dir. Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins) - 31:18
A Man for All Seasons (1966, dir. Fred Zinnemann) - 1:03:45