The Best Picture Podcast

Eric, Isaac, and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 1977.  Once again, the nominees are Annie Hall, The Goodbye Girl, Julia, Star Wars,  and  The Turning Point .

Director:  Herbert Ross Producers:  Arthur Laurents, Herbert Ross Screenplay:  Arthur Laurents Photography:  Robert Surtees Music:  N/A Cast:  Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Browne, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tom Skerritt Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 63%/Audience: 66%

Director:  George Lucas Producer:  Gary Kurtz Screenplay:  George Lucas Photography:  Gilbert Taylor Music:  John Williams Cast:  Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 94%/Audience: 96%

Director:  Fred Zinnemann Producer:  Richard Roth Screenplay:  Alvin Sargent Photography:  Douglas Slocombe Music:  Georges Delerue Cast:  Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximillian Schell, Hal Holbrook Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 73%/Audience: 70%

Director:  Herbert Ross Producer:  Ray Stark Screenplay:  Neil Simon Photography:  David M. Walsh Music:  Dave Grusin Cast:  Marsha Mason, Richard Dreyfuss, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict, Barbara Rhoades Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 80%/Audience: 85%

Director:  Woody Allen Producer:  Charles H. Joffe Screenplay:  Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman Photography:  Gordon Willis Music:  N/A Cast:  Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Shelley Duvall Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 97%/Audience: 92%

Director:  Franklin J. Schaffner Producer:  Frank McCarthy Screenplay:  Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North Photography:  Fred J. Koenekamp Music:  Jerry Goldsmith Cast: George C. Scott, Karl Malden, David Bauer, Edward Binns, John Doucette Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 92%/Audience: 93%

Director:  Robert Altman Producer:  Ingo Preminger Screenplay:  Ring Lardner, Jr. Photography:  Harold E. Stine Music:  Johnny Mandel Cast: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 86%/Audience: 83%

Director:  Arthur Hill Producer:  Howard G. Minsky Screenplay:  Erich Segal Photography:  Richard C. Kratina Music:  Francis Lai Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland, John Marley, Russell Nype Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 63%/Audience: 75%

Director:  Bob Rafelson Producers:  Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler Screenplay:  Carole Eastman Photography:  Laszlo Kovacs Music:  N/A Cast:  Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 89%/Audience: 84%

Director:  George Seaton Producer:  Ross Hunter Screenplay:  George Seaton Photography:  Ernest Laszlo Music:  Alfred Newman Cast:  Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 75%/Audience: 54%

Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 2007.  Once again, the nominees are Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men,  and There Will Be Blood.

Director:  Paul Thomas Anderson Producers:  Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar Screenplay:  Paul Thomas Anderson Photography:  Robert Elswit Music:  Jonny Greenwood Cast:  Daniel Day-Lewis, Dillon Freasier, Paul Dano, Ciaran Hinds, James Downey Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 91%/Audience: 86%

Directors:  Ethan  Coen, Joel Coen Producers:  Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin Screenplay:  Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Photography:  Roger Deakins Music:  Carter Burwell Cast:  Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 93%/Audience: 86%

Director:  Tony Gilroy Producers:  Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack, Steve Samuels Screenplay:  Tony Gilroy Photography:  Robert Elswit Music:  James Newton Howard Cast:  George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 90%/Audience: 69%

Director:  Jason Reitman Producer:  Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith Screenplay:  Diablo Cody Photography:  Eric Steelberg Music:  Mateo Messina Cast:  Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Allison Janney Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 94%/Audience: 88%

Director:  Joe Wright Producers:  Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster Screenplay:  Christopher Hampton Photography:  Seamus McGarvey Music:  Dario Marianelli Cast:  Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan, Harriet Walter, Benedict Cumberbatch Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 83%/Audience: 80%

Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 1945.  Once again, the nominees are Anchors Aweigh, The Bells of St. Mary's, The Lost Weekend, Mildred Pierce,  and  Spellbound.

Director:  Alfred Hitchcock Producer:  David O. Selznick Screenplay:  Ben Hecht Photography:  George Barnes Music:  Miklos Rozsa Cast:  Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, Rhonda Fleming Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 86%/Audience: 82%

Director:  Michael Curtiz Producer:  Jerry Wald Screenplay:  Ranald MacDougall, William Faulkner Photography:  Ernest Haller Music:  Max Steiner Cast:  Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 88%/Audience: 90%

Director:  Leo McCarey Producer:  Leo McCarey Screenplay:  Dudley Nichols Photography:  George Barnes Music:  Robert Emmett Dolan Cast:  Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan, Ruth Donnelly Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 85%/Audience: 77%

Director:  Billy Wilder Producer:  Charles Brackett Screenplay:  Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder Photography:  John F. Seitz Music:  Miklos Rozsa Cast:  Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard DeSilva, Doris Sowling Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 97%/Audience: 90%

Director:  George Sidney Producer:  Joe Pasternak Screenplay:  Isobel Lennart Photography:  Charles P. Boyle, Robert H. Planck Music:  Calvin Jackson, George Stoll Cast:  Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, Dean Stockwell Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 53%/Audience: 78%

Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 2005.  Once again, the nominees are Brokeback Mountain; Capote; Crash; Good Night, and Good Luck.; and Munich .

Director:  Steven Spielberg Producers:  Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel, Steven Spielberg, Colin Wilson Screenplay:  Tony Kushner, Eric Roth Photography:  Janusz Kaminski Music:  John Williams Cast:  Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 78%/Audience: 83%