The Best Pick movie podcast

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 34: Forrest Gump (1994) Released 8 May 2019 For this episode, we watched Forrest Gump , written by Eric Roth, from the novel by Winston Groom. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, and both won Oscars for their work. The film also picked up awards for Tom Hanks in the leading role, its Editing and its Visual Effects. The cast includ...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 33: Dances with Wolves (1990) Released 24 April 2019 For this episode, we watched Dances with Wolves , written by Michael Blake (won), from his novel. Kevin Costner starred and won for his directing as well as for Best Picture with Jim Wilson. The film also won for its Score (John Barry), Sound, Editing and Cinematography. Next ti...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Garrett Millerick. Episode 32: A Man for All Seasons (1966) Released 10 April 2019 For this episode, we watched A Man for All Seasons , written by Robert Bolt (won), from his stage play. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann (won) and starred Paul Scofield (won), Wendy Hiller (nominated), Leo McKern, Orson Welles, Robert Sha...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 31: Unforgiven (1996) Released 3 April 2019 For this episode, we watched Unforgiven , written by David Webb Peoples, and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred alongside Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won four: Best Director for Eastwood, Best Supporting Actor fo...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 30: The English Patient (1996) Released 20 March 2019 For this episode, we watched The English Patient, written and directed by Anthony Minghella and based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje. It won a staggering nine Academy Awards, including for Minghella as director, and for Juliet Binoche as Best Actress. The film also stars Ralph...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 29: Gone with the Wind Released 6 March 2019 For this episode, we watched Gone with the Wind, written by Sidney Howard (won), from the novel by Margaret Mitchell and directed by Victor Fleming (won). It starred Clark Gable (nominated), Vivien Leigh (won), Leslie Howard, Olivia de Haviland (nominated) and Hattie McDaniel (won). It...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 28.5 Oscar Winners 2019 Released 27 February 2019 For this episode, John and Tom stayed up till 4:00am GMT watching the Oscars, and they're joined by Jessica Regan at a much more civilised hour in Los Angeles to pore over the winners, the losers, the surprises and the catastrophes. Next time we will be discussing Gone with the Wind...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Deborah Frances-White Episode 28: Casablanca Released 13 February 2019 For this episode, we watched Casablanca , live at the Cinema Museum in London. The screenplay was credited to Julius and Philip Epstein and Howard Koch, and it was directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murra...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 27: The Great Ziegfeld Released 30 January 2019 For this episode, we watched The Great Ziegfeld , written by William Anthony Maguire, directed by Robert Z Leonard and starring William Powell, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan and – eventually – Myrna Loy. As well as Best Picture, it was one of only three films to win Best Dance Direction...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 26.5: Oscar Nominations 2019 Released 23 January 2019 In this episode we quickly review the Academy Award nominations which were announced by the Academy on 22 January 2019. Next time we will be discussing The Great Ziegfeld . If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD on Amazon.co.uk , or Amaz...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky and special guest Yasmine Akram. Episode 26: All About Eve (1950) Released 16 January 2019 For this episode, we watched All About Eve, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with cinematography by Milton R Krasner, music by Alfred Newman and starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 25: The Broadway Melody (1929) Released 2 January 2019 For this episode, we watched The Broadway Melody , written by Edmund Goulding, Sarah Y. Mason, Norman Houston and James Gleason with songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, and Willard Robison. The director was Harry Beaumont (nominated) and the film stars Charles King, Ani...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 24.5: Christmas Quiz Released 26 December 2018. Comedian, actor and improviser Thom Tuck @TurlyGod joins us with a quiz he has set, covering the 24 films we have so far watched. The Penny Dreadfuls on Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dc9xb Thom Tuck sings the Mountain Goats https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/thom-tuck-si...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 24: Cimmaron (1931) Released 19 December 2018. For this episode, we watched Cimmaron, written by Howard Estabrook and Louis Sarecky based on the novel by Edna Ferber. It was directed by Wesley Ruggles with music by Max Steiner. The stars were Richard Dix, Irene Dunne and Estelle Taylor. The film earned seven Academy Award nominatio...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 23: On the Waterfront (1954) Released 5 December 2018. For this episode, we watched On the Waterfront, written by Budd Schulberg (from the series of articles "Crime on the Waterfront" by Malcolm Johnson) and directed by Elia Kazan. The stars were Marlon Brando (Best Actor), Eva Marie Saint (Best Supporting Actress), Lee J Cobb, Rod...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 22: The Godfather (1972) Released 21 November For this episode, we watched The Godfather, written by Francis Ford Coppola and Maria Puzo, from the novel by Puzo; directed by Coppola; music by Nino Rota; cinematography by Gordon Willis. It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duval, John Cazale and Diane Keaton. Althou...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 21: Kramer vs Kramer (1979) Released 7 November For this episode, we watched Kramer vs Kramer, written by Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, and directed by Benton. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry and Jane Alexander. As well as Best Picture, it also won Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Lea...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky and our special guest Nat Luurtsema Episode 20: It Happened One Night (1934) Released 24 October 2018. For this episode, we watched It Happened One Night, written by Robert Riskin and Samuel Hopkins Adams and directed by Frank Capra. The stars were Clark Cable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns and Jameson Thomas. The film w...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 19: The Sound of Music (1965) Released 10 October 2018. For this episode, we watched The Sound of Music, written by Ernest Lehmann from the stage play by  Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse based on The Story of the Trapp Family by Maria von Trapp. Songs by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Directed by Robert Wise. The film s...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 18: Annie Hall (1977) recorded live at the London Podcast Festival. Released 26 September 2018. For this episode, we watched Annie Hall, written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman and directed by Allen, who also starred alongside Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane and Paul Simon. The film won four Academy Awards including Bes...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky and our special guest David K Barnes. Episode 17: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) Released 12 September 2018. For this episode, we watched Around the World in Eighty Days, written by James Poe, John Farrow and S J Perelman, based on the novel by Jules Verne. It was directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Mike Todd. Stars were D...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 16: In the Heat of the Night (1967) Released 29 August 2018. For this episode, we watched In the Heat of the Night, written by Stirling Silliphant, based on the the novel by John Ball. It was directed by Norman Jewison, produced by Walter Mirisch and edited by Hal Ashby, with music by Quincy Jones and cinematography by Haskell Wexl...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 15: Patton (1970) Released 15 August 2018. For this episode, we watched Patton, written by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, based on the 1954 novel Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and the 1961 novel A Soldier's Story by Omar N. Bradley. The director was Franklin J. Schaffner, the producer was Frank McCarthy a...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 14: Grand Hotel (1932) Released 1 August 2018. For this episode, we watched Grand Hotel, written by William A. Drake from his play, adapted from the German production Menschen im Hotel , written by Vicki Baum. The director was Edmund Goulding, the producer was Irving Thalberg and the all-star cast included Greta Garbo (who wants to...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky and special guest Julian Simpson Episode 13: Schindler's List (1993) Released 18 July 2018. For this episode, we watched Schindler's List, written by Steven Zaillian based on the novel by Thomas Keneally, and directed by Steven Spielberg. It stars Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall and Embeth Davidtz. As well as Bes...