The Best Picture Podcast

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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.