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Welcome one and all to The Academy’s Captive Audience! Here your hosts Ben and Kit will delve into the award winning and rightfully nominated films since the creation of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our goal is to create an audio record of these films.
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Episode 30: A Background of Tchotchkes (opens the original)
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In this episode we round off the the surprising 36th Academy Awards! Surprising how? Well first Ben and Kit take us west across an epic and harrowing journey across America. After that we shoot all the way to the height of civilization spanning Rome and Egypt and the many costumes along the way. After that we find our winner in the chaotic misadventures of a man that whole wide wonderful wicked world loves. The nominees are... - How the West was Won Cleopatra Tom Jones - Don't forget to like, su
Episode 29: Room for Improvement (opens the original)
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Welcome to the year 1963! Ben and Kit are here to take you through one of the slimmest years Hollywood ever went through. To start our odyssey across our five nominees, we follow a Greek immigrant from Anatolia as his harrowing tale leads us to New York, New York—so nice it's named twice. After that we head out on a mission to the Arizona desert where we meet a rather hotheaded yet laidback handyman butt heads with his pride. This years' nominees are... - America, America Lilies of the Field - D
Episode 28: The Writers are Writing Upstairs (opens the original)
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We round out the summer with our final installment of the 12th Academy Awards! Ben and Kit join Marc to help out a couple of Steinbeck's ranch hands through tough times and difficult decisions. Things don't get much easier after that as we take on the Outstanding Production winner and quintessential Civil War romance epic that has endeared the test of time. The award goes to... - Of Mice and Men Gone with the Wind - Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit those notification buttons for future e
Episode 27: Mister Mister (opens the original)
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All rise! In this episode Ben and Kit make a motion for the 12th Academy Awards to recognize those who love their jobs. First is a legacy teacher whose life exemplifies duty and service to nurture generations of children. Second is a young and upcoming senator whose seemingly simple mannerisms show courage and integrity in the arena of our Republic. Before the motion is seconded we will take a roll call... - Goodbye, Mr. Chips Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Don't forget to like, subscribe, and h
Episode 26: Girl Meets Boy (opens the original)
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We've crossed the halfway point in the 12th Academy Awards! In this episode Ben and Kit encounter a girl that lives on borrowed time, wind up in a rags to riches love quadrangle, and liberate a bond so strong that the facade of the iron curtain absolutely breaks. This episode features the following films... - Dark Victory Wuthering Heights Ninotchka - Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit those notification buttons for future episodes! If you enjoy what you've heard, please share this episode
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