The Best Picture Podcast Podcast

The Best Picture Podcast

Eric and Sean
Each season hosts Eric and Sean discuss the Best Picture nominees of a randomly-determined year. Did the best picture that year really win? Listen in and find out what they thought!
The 2005 Round Up!
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.
Jan 12, 2024
25 min
Munich (2005)
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%
Jan 5, 2024
1 hr 31 min
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Director:  George Clooney Producers:  Simon Franks, Barbara A. Hall, Grant Heslov, Zygi Kamasa, Kiyotaka Ninomiya Screenplay:  George Clooney, Grant Heslov Photography:  Robert Elswit Music:  Jim Papoulis Cast:  David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr., George Clooney Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 93%/Audience: 83%
Dec 29, 2023
1 hr 4 min
Crash (2005)
Director:  Paul Haggis Producers:  Don Cheadle, Betsy Danbury, Sarah Finn, Paul Haggis, Mark R. Harris, Randi Hiller, Bobby Moresco, Cathy Schulman, Bob Yari Screenplay:  Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco Photography:  J. Michael Muro Music:  Mark Isham Cast:  Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Terence Howard, Michael Pena Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 74%/Audience: 88%
Dec 22, 2023
1 hr 41 min
Capote (2005)
Director:  Bennett Miller Producers:  Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince Screenplay:  Dan Futterman Photography:  Adam Kimmel Music:  Mychael Dianna Cast:  Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins Jr., Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 89%/Audience: 82%
Dec 15, 2023
1 hr 27 min
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Director:  Ang Lee Producers:  Scott Ferguson, Diana Ossana, James Schamus Screenplay:  Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana Photography:  Rodrigo Prieto Music:  Gustavo Santaolalla Cast:  Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway, Randy Quaid Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 88%/Audience: 82%
Nov 17, 2023
2 hr 8 min
The 1967 Roundup!
Eric and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 1967.  Once again, the nominees are Bonnie and Clyde, Doctor Dolittle, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and In the Heat of the Night.
Oct 14, 2023
39 min
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Director:  Norman Jewison Producer:  Walter Mirisch Screenplay:  Stirling Silliphant Photography:  Haskell Wexler Music:  Quincy Jones Cast:  Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Lee Grant, Warren Oates, Scott Wilson Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 96%/Audience: 92%
Oct 8, 2023
1 hr 12 min
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Director:  Stanley Kramer Producer:  Stanley Kramer Screenplay:  William Rose Photography:  Sam Leavitt Music:  Frank De Vol Cast:  Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 71%/Audience: 85%
Oct 1, 2023
2 hr 21 min
The Graduate (1967)
Director:  Mike Nichols Producer:  Lawrence Turman Screenplay:  Calder Willingham, Buck Henry Photography:  Robert Surtees Music:  N/A Cast:  Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 86%/Audience: 90%
Sep 23, 2023
1 hr 44 min
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