Oscars Playback

(Originally published on August 25, 2002) On this encore presentation of Oscars Playback editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen close out the 1980s with the 1990 Oscars ceremony -- an infamous event where "Driving Miss Daisy" won Best Picture and "Do the Right Thing" wasn't even nominated. It's also the first time Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards -- and things didn't start off...

On this season finale episode of Oscars Playback, experts and editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen head back to 1989 to celebrate the worst Oscars ever. Produced by Allan Carr, the '89 Oscars are remembered not for the "Rain Man" wins in Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, but for Snow White singing "Proud Mary" with Rob Lowe. But was the response to this terrible opening number overbl...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, experts and editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen head back to 1988 to celebrate the 60th annual Academy Awards when "The Last Emperor" won Best Picture and eight other awards in a clean sweep of its nominations, Eddie Murphy spoke truth to power about the Oscars' failure to recognize Black artists, and a contentious writers' strike kept the scripted material...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen travel back to 1987 to revisit the 59th annual Oscars. The 1987 Oscars saw "Platoon" win Best Picture and Oliver Stone win Best Director, and Joyce and Chris discuss that win, the film's legacy, and the plethora of fantastic '86 releases. To make your own predictions, head to https://www.goldderby.com. Email us...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen head back in time to 1986 when "Out of Africa" won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, despite being a movie no one seemed to even love. They discuss the legacy of the film, its defeat of "The Color Purple," and look back at the '86 Oscars ceremony. Joyce and Chris also trek through the year in film, when "Ba...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen travel back 40 years to celebrate the 1985 Oscars and the best films of 1984 -- including seminal favorites like Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins, Splash, Muppets Take Manhattan, The Karate Kid, and more. Oh, and then the Oscar movies, like the deserving winner Amadeus and some lesser-loved nominees. E...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen travel back to 1984 to celebrate the interminable 56th annual Oscars ceremony where "Terms of Endearment" got the shot and won five awards. Email us at slugfests@goldderby.com. Like what you hear? Leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen travel back to 1983 to celebrate the 55th annual Academy Awards where "Gandhi" dominated with eight wins, including Best Picture. Was this the right choice? Is "Oppenheimer" destined to be remembered like "Gandhi"? How horrible was this show's opening number? Joyce and Chris get into it all. Email us at slugfes...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen spend a day on Golden Pond to relitigate the 1982 Oscars, when Chariots of Fire upset Reds to win Best Picture on the back of a Vangelis score. Email us at slugfests@goldderby.com. Like what you hear? Leave a review at your favorite podcast provider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Oscars Playback. On this special episode, experts and editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen head back to 1981 to talk about the 53rd annual Academy Awards, where "Ordinary People" beat "Raging Bull" for Best Picture and Martin Scorsese lost his first Best Director Oscar of many. Stay tuned this season for more '80s Oscar episodes and email us at slugfests@goldderby.co...

It's our Oscars Playback Season 2 finale! On this special episode, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the 2010 Oscars ceremony, the first in decades with 10 nominees and the first time a woman was awarded Best Director. It's our longest episode of Oscars Playback ever! Opening remarks (00:10) 2009 in Film (8:02) Ceremony notes and Best Picture (42:44) Best Director (1:01:1...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen head back to the 2009 Oscars ceremony, where Hugh Jackman was the best host ever, the ceremony rules, and the winners were decidedly... mid. Ceremony rundown and 2008 in Film (00:10) Best Picture (48:05) Best Director (57:18) Best Actor/Actress (1:02:05) Best Supporting Actor/Actress (1:14:54) Writing Categorie...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen travel back to the 80th annual Academy Awards to celebrate one of the great movie years of all time. The 2008 Oscars took place after a bitter writers' strike and crowned "No Country for Old Men" the year's best movie. Job well done, academy! 2007 in film (00:00) Oscars ceremony and Best Picture (45:57) Best Di...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen head back to 2006 to celebrate ("celebrate") the 78th annual Oscars where "Crash" upset "Brokeback Mountain." Joyce and Chris discuss their favorites in a weak year in film and then dive into the ceremony headfirst. 2005 in film (00:00) Ceremony opening with host Jon Stewart (32:35) Best Picture (36:35) Best Di...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen head back to the 77th annual Academy Awards to look at the mini-sweep of "Million Dollar Baby" in the top categories and Chris Rock's controversial hosting appearance. Who is Jude Law? Find out! 2004 in film and the backstory behind Million Dollar Baby (00:00) Chris Rock vs. Jude Law (33:08) Best Picture (42:25...

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the 2004 Oscars ceremony where Hollywood crowned "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" the biggest sweeper in Academy Awards history. The Peter Jackson epic went 11-for-11, tying "Ben-Hur" and "Titanic" for the most Oscar wins ever. But did it deserve all the love, and was 2003 in film a banne...

On this latest episode of Oscars Playback, experts and editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the infamous 2003 Oscars ceremony, where Harvey Weinstein had three of the five Best Picture nominees and won with "Chicago." The ceremony also included three wins for Roman Polanski's "The Pianist." Even Steve Martin's monologue has aged liked milk. But Joyce and Chris discuss the ceremony, the...

Oscars Playback has returned! The season kicks off with the 2002 Oscars, post-9/11 America, and Tom Cruise. "Is it important, is it even important, what I do? What about a night like tonight? Should we celebrate the joy and magic movies bring?" Cruise asks during his opening speech. "Well, dare I say it, more than ever. A small scene, a gesture, or even a glance between two characters can cross li...

On this final bonus episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the 2007 Oscars, where Martin Scorsese won an Academy Award for the first (and last?) time. Joyce and Chris travel back to 2006 and wonder where all the good movies were -- but fortunately, "The Departed" and a few other all-time classics remain ever rewatchable to this day. To make your pre...

On this special bonus episode of Oscars Playback, Gold Derby editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen travel back to the 2001 Oscars ceremony to tackle the movies of 2000 and one of the most competitive awards seasons of the modern era. Does "Gladiator" hold up or should "Traffic" have won? Should Tom Hanks have won a third Oscar? Why wasn't Michelle Yeoh singled out for "Crouching Tige...

On a special bonus episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen return to discuss the 1990 Oscars ceremony -- an infamous event where "Driving Miss Daisy" won Best Picture and "Do the Right Thing" wasn't even nominated. It's also the first time Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards -- and things didn't start off as smoothly as one might expect. To make your own...

On this special episode of the Gold Derby Show, editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen take one last look at the movies of the '90s with Oscars Playback 2000. The 72nd annual Academy Awards celebrated American Beauty and Joyce and Chris talk about the best movie year ever to figure out what the Oscars did right and what went wrong. Timestamps: Intro and our favorite 1999 films (0:00) Ceremony tho...

On this special episode of Oscars Playback, Gold Derby editors and experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng discuss the 66th Academy Awards, aka the year that two Steven Spielberg films, "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park," won 10 Oscars between them. Plus: Should Denzel Washington have been nominated alongside his "Philadelphia" co-star Tom Hanks in Best Actor? Timestamps: Intro and our favorit...

On this special episode of Oscars Playback, Gold Derby editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the 1993 Oscars ceremony, when Unforgiven won Best Picture, Al Pacino finally took home an Academy Award, and host Billy Crystal was running on fumes. Plus: Why the Year of the Woman theme was not it and a dramatic reading of a scene from "My Cousin Vinny." Timestamps: Intro and general thoughts...

On this special episode of the Gold Derby Show, editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen return with another edition of Oscars Playback. This time, Joyce and Chris look back at the 1991 Oscars ceremony, where Kevin Costner and Dances With Wolves won seven awards and Martin Scorsese's legendary Goodfellas won just one. Come for Joyce and Chris and their thoughts on the best 1990 movies and what shou...