HeyJaredWhy It Won
We review Best Picture winners throughout Oscars history and talk about why they won - for season 1, we’re covering the 1960s winners.
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Snubbed: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (opens the original)
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Adelaide reviews/recaps Bonnie and Clyde and discusses why it's credited with starting the American New Wave.
Why It Won: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (opens the original)
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Antonio, Adelaide, and special guest Aaron (Adelaide's dad!) talk epic films, WWI history, and the David Lean to Christopher Nolan pipeline as they discuss why Lawrence of Arabia won best picture. Sad piano music at the start is by leberch
Snubbed: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (opens the original)
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Adelaide (with the help of some special guest appearances) reviews/recaps 2001: A Space Odyssey .
Why It Won: Oliver! (1968) (opens the original)
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Adelaide, Antonio and special guest Brayden talk movie musicals, 2001: A Space Odyssey , and the end of the studio era as they figure out why Oliver! won best picture. Brayden's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braymcqueen/
Snubbed: High and Low (1963) (opens the original)
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Adelaide recaps/reviews Akira Kurosawa's High and Low & discusses why it was snubbed of an Oscar nomination.
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