1961 - A Boy's Best Friend is His Oscar

On this episode of ‘The Oscars: What Were They Thinking?’ Bruce and Tex look at the1961 Oscars for the films of 1960. Yep we're going back a ways to a year that reallyhelps exemplify what this show is about. You see, in 1960 three films came out that arecurrently on the American Film Institute's Top 100 American Films of ALL TIME.However, only one of those three films was nominated for an Academy Award! Usingthe test of time and our love of movies, we examine whether those other two films (aswell as the iconic performances and directorial efforts within them) deserve to replacethe nominated films --- and Bruces gives the cultural and historical context as to whythose films might have been left off the list at the time. Adam of course thinks they wereegregious omissions and you'd have to be a total psycho not to include at least one ofthem!Movies MentionedJust FriendsThe ApartmentElmer GantryThe AlamoSons and LoversLady Chatterley’s LoverThe SundownersFrom Here to EternityOklahomaNever on SundayRarfifiNight in the CityPsychoPsycho (Gus Van Sant remake)Sweet Smell of SuccessThe KillersKiss the Blood Off my HandsThe EntertainerInherit the WindSands of Iwo JimaFriendly PersuasionMr. RobertsTeen SympathyThe Life and Times of Colonel BlimpElenor RooseveltButterfield EightCleopatraDouble IndemnityPushoverExodusMurder, Inc.SpartacusAll About EveYankee Doodle DandyThe Dark at the Top of the StairsMirandaFear Strikes OutJawsHomicidalThe Angry SilenceThe Facts of LifeHiroshima, My Love / Hiroshima, Mon AmourTunes of GloryOceans 11Little Shop of HorrorsThe Magnificent SevenSwiss Family RobinsonLa Dolce VitaSergeant YorkHigh NoonThe Naked EdgeKiller’s KissThe KillingLolitaPaths of GloryThe Ten CommandmentsBen HurSolomon & ShebaLand of the PharaohsThe Life of BrianTrumbo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices