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The Best Picture Podcast

Dec 17, 2019

Eric and Sean rank and discuss the ten nominees for the Best Picture of 2009 and bring up some other contenders for the prize that weren't nominated.  Once again, the nominees are: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air.


Dec 9, 2019

Up in the Air (2009)

Director:  Jason Reitman

Producer:  Jeffrey Clifford, Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman

Screenplay:  Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Photography:  Eric Steelberg

Music:  Rolfe Kent

Cast:  George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics...


Dec 2, 2019

Up (2009)

Directors:  Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Producer:  Jonas Rivera

Screenplay:  Bob Peterson, Pete Docter

Photography:  Jean-Claude Kalache, Patrick Lin

Music:  Michael Giacchino

Cast:  Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics 98%/Audiences...


Nov 25, 2019

A Serious Man (2009)

Director:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Producers:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Screenplay:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Photography:  Roger Deakins

Music:  Carter Burwell

Cast:  Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics 90%/Audiences...


Nov 21, 2019

Precious (2009)

Director:  Lee Daniels

Producers:  Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Mark G. Mathis, Sarah Siegel-Magness,

Screenplay:  Geoffrey Fletcher

Photography:  Andrew Dunn

Music:  Mario Grigorov

Cast:  Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics 91%/Audiences...