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The 57th Academy Awards (Films of 1984) - Part I
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We're covering the 57th Academy Awards or the films of 1984. This was another 5 nominee year, but we've added 3 additional films and our two Fun Oscars winners. We'll be talking about the losers from the matchups in this episode.
The nominees were: Amadeus, The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, Places in the Heart, and A Soldier's Story.
The films we added were: Ghostbusters, This is Spinal Tap, and The Cotton Club.
Our two Fun Oscars winners are: Footloose and The NeverEnding Story.
Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
Timestamps are approximate:
8:35 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers
Losers Discussion
- 13:00 - Footloose
- 22:40 - The Cotton Club
- 35:55 - A Passage to India
- 52:55 - The NeverEnding Story
- 55:50 - Places in the Heart
1:07:10 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst
1:07:45 - Next Time
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