The Oscar Goes to The English Patient. “Just Die, Already!”

Hey Oscar fans, Bruce and “Tex” are back with a brand new episode looking at the Academy Awards of 1997 for the films of 1996.  As you may or may not remember, 1996 was a GOOD year for movies, but a GREAT year for Indie films!  In fact, 4 of the 5 Best Picture nominees are considered independent films — or as Bruce calls them, Tom Cruise and everybody else.  And while Elaine Benes from Seinfeld famously hated The English Patient, the Academy loved it — bestowing it with 12 nominations and 9 wins!  But did the right movie win?  And who got snubbed and why?  This is a great episode to stress-test our ‘test of time’ theory on — as this year was chock full of curious decisions and plenty of second (or third) guessing.  Let us know what you think and as always thanks for listening! 

MOVIE LIST

(*Recommendations)

*The English Patient

*Fargo

*Shine

Evita

*Jerry Maguire

*Secrets and Lies

Hamlet

Twister

Independence Day

*Flirting with Disaster

*Trainspotting

*Big Night

*Sling Blade

*Swingers

*Bound

*Walking & Talking

*Bottle Rocket

Dead Man

*Breaking the Waves

*The People vs. Larry Flynt

*One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest

*Amadeus

*Say Anything

*Schindler’s List

*The Birdcage

*The Nutty Professor

*Born on the Fourth of July

Marvin’s Room

*First Wives Club

*Terms of Endearment

Ghosts of Mississippi

*Primal Fear

*Boyz in the Hood

Radio

Men of Honor

Boat Trip

*As Good as it Gets

Pearl Harbor

*Kingpin

*The Crucible

The Portrait of a Lady

The Mirror Has Two Faces

*The Accidental Tourist

Yentl

The Prince of Tides

*Lone Star

*Raising Arizona

*Blood Simple

*When We Were Kings

*The Celluloid Closet

*Paradise Lost:  The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Truth or Dare

One Fine Day

*That Thing You Do!

Up Close & Personal

*The Ghost and the Darkness

*Once Upon a Time When we Were Colored 

*White Squall

*Michael Collins

The Island of Doctor Moreau

*Lost Soul:  The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Doctor Moreau

Hardware



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