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The Best Picture Podcast

Aug 21, 2019

Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for the Best Picture of 1986 and bring up some other contenders for the prize that weren't nominated.  Once again, the nominees are: Children of a Lesser God, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Mission, Platoon, and A Room with a View.


Aug 14, 2019

A Room with a View (1985)

Director:  James Ivory

Producers:  Ismail Merchant

Screenplay:  Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Photography:  Tony Pierce-Roberts

Music:  Richard Robbins

Cast:  Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Julian Sands, Simon Callow

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics 100%/Audiences...


Aug 7, 2019

Platoon (1986)

Director:  Oliver Stone

Producer:  Arnold Kopelson

Screenplay:  Oliver Stone

Photography:  Robert Richardson

Music:  Georges Delerue

Cast:  Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics 88%/Audiences...