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At the 90th Academy Awards, The Shape of Water received a whopping 13 nominations and also took home the top prize of the night, Best Picture. A best picture win that once again baffles all of our hosts, given the year in film that 2017 was. Zach calls this year in film 3rd all time of the 21st century! Tune in to listen to two new guests on the pod!
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At the 89TH Academy Awards, Moonlight was awarded best picture with the lowest budget of any winner all time. This coming of age story was one of a kind during a very stacked year in filmmaking. Listen to Zach and Luke discuss this year in film along with their winners for the year.
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Michael Keaton appears on back to back pods with the 88th Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Spotlight. This investigative journalism film dives into the Boston Globe Spotlight team who broke a story about the catholic church that rocked the city of Boston. Plenty of competition and snubs in yet another great year of film!
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Alejandro Inarritu strikes Oscar gold at the 87th Academy Awards winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay with Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Zach and Luke break down this film including how it reinvigorated Michael Keaton's career. At the end the guys are torn on who they felt deserved the award in what Luke calls one of his favorite years of film!
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12 Years a Slave won best picture at the 86th Academy Awards against a very strong lineup of films in a great year for cinema. Join Zach and Luke as they breakdown this heartbreaking biopic.
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The 85th Academy Awards was a phenomenal year in film. With such stiff competition it is an amazing accomplishment in itself that the Ben Affleck directed film, Argo, struck Oscar gold. Join Zach and Luke as they break down the film.
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When you think of a silent film winning best picture in 2011, odds are that The Artist does not spring to the front of your mind. But in 2011, the unthinkable happened and The Artist became the first silent film to win best picture since the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927. Join Zach and Luke as they breakdown the film.
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Colin Firth steps up to the microphone as King George VI in this 83rd Academy Award winner for best picture, The King's Speech. Zach and Luke breakdown this World War 2 era period piece that focuses on King George VI(Colin Firth) and his speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) working through King George's stammer to help him lift the nations hopes as they enter WW2. A highly debated film by Zach and Luke over the years that finally leads to them hashing it out!
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On this special edition podcast. Zach and Luke give their top 10 films released from 2000 to 2009 along with discussing what the impact this decade had on the film industry.
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Kathryn Bigelow made Oscar history at the 82nd Academy Awards becoming the first female to ever win best director. Zach and Luke breakdown the film that she won for, The Hurt Locker, a modern war movie masterpiece that wins against 9 other competitors in the first year of the expanded field.
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Jai-ho! Slumdog Millionaire is a journey through India and Bollywood all on a quest for love. Join Luke and Zach as they breakdown the 81st academy award winner for best picture.
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The Coen brothers are a Hollywood directing tandem that has forged their way through cinema with a catalog of top notch films. No Country for Old Men stands as their crowning achievement and the 80th academy award winner for best picture. Join Zach and Luke as they breakdown this Coen brothers classic.
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Martin Scorsese's The Departed is a Boston crime tale that gave him not only his first win with the Academy, but has stood the test of time like Goodfellas as an instant classic. Join Zach and Luke as they dive into this Scorsese Boston crime epic.
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Crash is another controversial best picture winner in academy history when looking back then and examining it now. Luke and Zach dive into this LA race tale and 78th Academy Award winner. The competition breakdown has someones winner: Munich, Brokeback Mountain , Good Night, and Good Luck, and Capote.
The Snubs includes an all time favorite for one of the hosts:
Syriana
Hustle & Flow
Walk the Line
Cinderella Man
A History of Violence
Match Point
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Clint Eastwood is the greatest actor to ever become a director, as proven by his academy awards success. Zach and Luke analyze Mr. Eastwood’s second best picture winning film, Million Dollar Baby, a boxing film that punches you in your soul. The competitors are strong: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, and Sideways.
The Snubs from this year include some great pictures:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
COLLATERAL
The Passion of The Christ
Closer
Hotel Rwanda
Friday Night Lights
Kill Bill Vol 2
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One ring to rule them all. Take a journey through middle earth with Zach and Luke as they breakdown the 76th Academy Award winner for best picture, The Return of the King. Get great information on the competition: LOST IN TRANSLATION, MYSTIC RIVER, MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD, SEABISCUIT.
The snubbed movies discussed are:
Cold Mountain
House of Sand and Fog
21 Grams
American Splendor
The Last Samurai
Kill Bill Vol1
Love Actually
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No one loves a good musical more than Zach and Luke. Join the guys as they dive into, Chicago!!! The first musical to win best picture since 1968. The hosts discuss the competition with The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, The Pianist, and the Gangs of New York.
They also throw out several snubs from this year like About Schmidt, Unfaithful, Catch me if you Can, Road to Perdition, Adaptation, About a Boy, and Y Tu Mama Tambien.
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Zach and Luke step into the classroom with another best picture winning Russell Crowe performance, A Beautiful Mind, directed by Ron Howard. Join our hosts as they dive into the lasting impact of the film's portrayal of mental illness.
Reflections [2:10] Attention to details ( All the background information on awards won, box office, cast, director, and much much more [7:45] IMDB V ROTTEN TOMATOES OVER/UNDER [37:00] Sell it to my Dad! [38:50] Plot Synopsis/Analysis ( A detailed breakdown of the film with production notes and analysis) [40:03] Favorite Scenes and Quotes [76:10] Musical Score [80:00] The Casting Cut ( All the possibilities for this film) [82:30] Issues with the Movie [86:23] Greatest Resume Additions [87:40] The Competition ( Other best picture nominees from this year) [1:34:32] Snubs ( Films not nominated for best picture from this year) [1:45:00] Our 5 Nominees [1:54:30] And the Award Goes To . . . OUR PICKS [1:55:40] -
My name is Gladiator. Luke and Zach take you through Ridley Scott's Roman epic and 73rd Academy Award best picture winner, Gladiator. A film still revered to this day. Russell Crowe delivers an Oscar winning performance as Maximus.
Reflections 2:10
Attention to details ( All the background information on awards won, box office, cast, director, and much much more 6:47
IMDB V ROTTEN TOMATOES OVER/UNDER 34:28
Sell it to my wife! 36:15
Plot Synopsis/Analysis ( A detailed breakdown of the film with production notes and analysis) 37:10
Favorite Scenes and Quotes 82:40
Musical Score 87:36
The Casting Cut ( All the possibilities for this film) 89:51
Issues with the Movie 94:30
Greatest Resume Additions 96:50
The Competition ( Other best picture nominees from this year) [1:43:52]
Snubs ( Films not nominated for best picture from this year) [1:51:11]
Our 5 Nominees [1:57:00]
And the Award Goes To . . . OUR PICKS [1:58:50] -
20 Years later, American Beauty is as polarizing of a best picture winner as any in academy history. Zach and Luke dive into the lasting legacy of this now controversial film and breakdown it's significance to the Academy today. Segments include:
Reflections 2:15.
Attention to details/Directing, Writing, and Casting comments 7:38.
IMDB/Rotten Tomato's over under 23:00.
Sell it to my dad 24:50.
Spoiler alert- plot breakdown with commentary 26:15.
Top 3 Fav scenes and Favorite quotes 66:00.
Casting cut - Who almost got the role? 74:00.
Issues with the film 82:00.
Greatest resume addition 86:00.
The fellow nominees, 72nd academy awards 94:00.
72nd academy awards film snubs 98:00.
Zach and Luke pick the winner 104:00.
Zach and Luke pick their 5 nominees 107:00.
