The OSCARS: What Were They Thinking?!

• 1973 - The God-Oscar

  Hello, Oscars: WWTT? fans. Welcome our look at the 1973 Oscars, honoring the films of 1972. It was an outstanding year for movies with some great contenders in every category battling it out. Ironically, the most cheerful best picture nominee was about the inner-workings of the Mafia and all the killing and revenge that comes along with it. But while The Godfather may have been the big winner...did it win enough? And what snubs, flubs and oversights will have you reaching for a gun and a canoli. Contact us and let us know your opinions! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577252340445 Email: [email protected] Website: www.oscars.wtf Movie Recommendations The Godfather Cabaret Deliverance Sounder The Emigrants The Lady Sings the Blues The Poseidon Adventure Jeremiah Johnson The Ruling Class The Candidate Fat City Butterflies Are Free The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie The New Land Solaris Aguirre: Wrath of God Cries and Whispers Sleuth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 1981 - Ordinary vs. Raging Oscar

  Hey Oscars fans, welcome to the 1981 Oscars for the films of 1980.  This is a HUGE year in terms of the conceit of this show — because while the Oscar winning film is respected, the film that DIDN’T WIN is regarded as a true masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all-time. If you know, you know, and if you don’t get ready to be enraged.  Or maybe not.  And that’s just the start of some curious decisions, omissions and oversights. Whether you’re a total film nerd (like us) or not — this was objectively a great year for movies and for debating the awards given to them!  And along the way, we hope to add a few more hidden gems to your movie-watching list.  As always, thanks for listening! Movies Mentioned The Elephant Man Raging Bull Coal Miner’s Daughter Fame Ordinary People  Tess The Empire Strikes Back Melvin and Howard Private Benjamin The Stuntman 9 to 5 Stir Crazy Airplane Any Which Way You Can Smokey and the Bandit 2 The Blue Lagoon The Blues Brothers Crash (Haggis version) Barry Lyndon The Empire Strikes Back The Shining Stripes Protocol Wildcats Jumping Jack Flash Stardust Memories Duel in the Sun Chinatown The Two Jakes Color of Night The Eyes of Laura Mars Return of a Man Called Horse Never Say Never Again American Gigolo The Big Red One Cruisin’ Tribute The Great Santini Urban Cowboy The Long Good Friday Breaker Morant Inside Moves Resurrection Gloria Carrie Eyes Wide Shut Altered States Flash Gordon The Zero Hero Honeysuckle Rose The Competition 8 Mile Kagemusha The Last Metro The Gods Must Be Crazy Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Can’t Stop the Music (Razzie Winner!) Bachelor Party 2 (Direct to Video) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 1964 - My Fair Oscar

  Hey Oscars fans, welcome to the 1965 Oscars for the films of 1964 — a year that had a lot of great films, some of which have stood the test of time… and then there were the winners.   We’re kidding of course. Half kidding. But as you’ll hear ‘Tex” is not a huge fan of this year’s winner and would have preferred any of the other nominees (and another movie that wasn’t nominated) — while Bruce Vilanch supplies the context and support of the winner.   So, what were these films and how and why did they win or lose out?  You’ll have to listen to find out.  And as always, there are lot of great film recommendations to add to your viewing catalogue!  Thanks for listening! Movies Mentioned Minecraft Mary Poppins Becket My Fair Lady Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte Zorba the Greek The Unsinkable Molly Brown Dr. Strangelove Night of the Iguana Breakfast at Tiffany’s Fail Safe Seven Days in May Fiddler on the Roof Gone With the Wind Little Women A Philadelphia Story A Double Life Born Yesterday Cleopatra Lawrence of Arabia Masque of the Red Death Seance on a Wet Afternoon Marriage Italian Style The Pumpkin Eater The Americanization of Emily The Miracle Worker The Chalk Garden The Best Man Topkapi Spartacus Quo Vadis The Barefoot Contessa That Man From Rio Breathless The Organizer One Potato, Two Potato A Hard Day’s Night Father Goose Robin and the Seven Hoods Dear Heart Where Love Has Gone Fate is the Hunter Cheyanne Autumn What a Way to Go Gigi A House is Not a Home Kisses for my President The Visit The King and I Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Woman in the Dunes The Young Girls of Rochefort Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 2013 - Four Score and Seven Oscars Ago

  Hey Oscars fans, welcome to the 2013 Oscars for the films of 2012 — a year when Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln was poised to sweep based on a(mother) legendary performance by Daniel Day Lewis.  But instead…it was the second worst night in Lincoln’s life.  All in all, it was a pretty strange year for the Academy Awards — from the winners, non-winners, snubs and even the host!  So join Bruce Vilanch and Adam “Tex” Davis as they share their insider’s perspective on who won and why (and who should have won) — as well as why Seth Macfarlane will never host another Academy Awards show again. Movies Mentioned A Million Ways to Die in the West  Ted Ted 2 Lincoln Life of Pi Les Miserables Silver Linings Playbook Argo Amour Django Unchained Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty Minecraft Sinners Beasts of the Southern Wild Avengers The Hurt Locker The Master Flight Moonrise Kingdom Batman: The Dark Knight There Will Be Blood Boogie Nights The Hobbit Brokeback Mountain The Piano Teacher Funny Games Cache (aka Hidden) The White Ribbon Silkwood The Impossible The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming Inglourious Basterds The Big Lebowski Raising Arizona Barton Fink Sessions As Good As it Gets Norma Rae Places in the Heart Forrest Gump Mrs. Doubtfire Pulp Fiction Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Anna Karenina Red Sparrow Under the Skin La La Land Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• In an Oscars, far, far away…

  Welcome Oscars: WWTT? Fans to the 1978 Oscars for the films of 1977 — the year that changed movies forever.  That’s because this is the year Star Wars came out.  But did Star Wars win the Oscar?  And if not, what legendary movie rose up to beat it?  And what other legendary film about outer space creatures by a luminary director wasn’t even nominated that year. And what movie about dancing was nominated over Saturday Night Fever?  Join us as we look back at a truly amazing year of movies, awards, oversights and possible snubs.   And as always, Bruce Vilanch shares his personal stories with some of the stars and filmmakers of the era — including how he was cast in the opening credits of Footloose and how he wound up writing the Star Wars Holiday Special!   MOVIES MENTIONED Spinal Tap  Manchurian candidate The Odd Couple Airplane Airplane 2 Casablanca Singing in the Rain Star Wars Julia The Turning Point The Goodbye Girl Annie Hall Jaws Gravity Arrival Close Encounters of the Third Kind West Side Story Gypsy Saturday Night Fever The Duelists Three Women Goodbye Mr. Chips The Owl and the Pussycat Play it Again Sam The Sunshine Boys Funny Lady Footloose Equus A Special Day Parasite Moonlight Anora The Spy Who Came Out of the Cold The Empire Strike Back Sleeper Love & Death The Godfather The Godfather II The Graduate The Pumpkin Eater Klute The Miracle Worker Opening Night Looking for Mr. Goodbar All the President’s Men Bridge on the River Kwai The Lavender Hill Mob The Horse’s Mouth Oh God! The Late Show Hannah and Her Sisters Midnight in Paris Citizen Kane A Bridge Too Far Slap Shot Snow White French Connection The Deer Hunter Rocky The Star Wars Holiday Special! To learn more go to www.oscars.wtf Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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