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The Best Picture Podcast

Dec 19, 2021

Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 1975.  Once again, the nominees are Barry Lyndon, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Nashville, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.


Dec 6, 2021

Director:  Milos Forman

Producers:  Michael Douglas, Saul Zaentz

Screenplay:  Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman

Photography:  Haskell Wexler

Music:  Jack Nitzsche

Cast:  Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Will Sampson, Brad Dourif, Scatman Crothers

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 94%/Audience:...


Nov 2, 2021

Director:  Robert Altman

Producer:  Robert Altman

Screenplay:  Joan Tewkesbury

Photography:  Paul Lohmann

Music:  Karen Black, Ronee Blakely, Gary Busey, Juan Grizzle, Allan F. Nicholls, Dave Peel, Joe Raposo

Cast:  Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ronee Blakely, Shelley Duvall, David Arkin

Rotten Tomatoes: ...


Oct 12, 2021

Director:  Steven Spielberg

Producers:  David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck

Screenplay:  Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb

Photography:  Bill Butler

Music:  John Williams

Cast:  Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 98%/Audience:...


Sep 29, 2021

Director:  Sidney Lumet

Producers:  Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand

Screenplay:  Frank Pierson

Photography:  Victor J. Kemper

Music:  N/A

Cast:  Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen, Sully Boyar, Charles Durning

Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 96% Audiences:...