So...there were some challenges with this one. We do apologize for the slow release pace, but in this case the audio required a lot of work to tune up. We're talking Best Picture for the 47th Academy Awards (films from 1974). SPOILERS abound, as always.

00:10 Intro

00:57 A good year?

03:21 The Conversation

12:25 Gene Hackman interlude

13:35 (Yes, yes; we were thinking of A Few Good Men)

18:14 The Godfather Part II

34:53 Chinatown

48:53 Lenny

55:07 The Towering Inferno

1:02:34 Digression about film rights and availability of old films

1:08:00 Quick review of other notable films from 1974

1:12:40 Our picks for Best Picture

1:14:13 (We are moving ahead a decade)

It's been a little while, but we've jumped another 10 years closer to the present with an episode on the best films of 1964. Unfortunately for filmgoers it was a bit of a fallow year, but it does make for some good conversation. We mostly talk about the 5 Best Picture nominees, but a few more films come in for a mention in passing.

As ever, we SPOIL the endings, middles...everything really about these movies without regard for what you might not have seen, so be warned. Watch the films first if you don't want to know how they end.

00:10 Intro to the podcast/topic

00:56 (Absolutely we did not get caught up to the current year)

03:34 Mary Poppins

18:03 Becket

29:55 My Fair Lady

31:12 Bob remembers correctly about Shaw and the Greek origin!

38:15 The superior original ending

43:53 Dr. Strangelove

45:51 The prior episode where we talked about Dr. Strangelove

46:25 Bob might be misremembering Hayden's late-life problems

52:00 Zorba the Greek

57:21 Bob gets on his high horse a bit

01:01:57 Picking our winner

01:05:18 Next episode plans and conclusion

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Bob finally gets busy and edits this episode wrapping up the past calendar year. It's a bit out of date, but then most of the episodes are too since we're almost always looking at films from years earlier. Not too many spoilers this time round, but be wary; one never knows when they may strike!

00:10 Intro

04:53 Favorites watched for the podcast

07:27 Movies from 2024

17:53 Bob and Indian cinema

20:25 Rowdy. Rowdy Rathore. (trailer)

21:57 How Bob sees films; film volume

25:09 First time watches not from 2024

34:48 Bob and Mark argue a bit about Free Solo

39:58 It's over!

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