And The Winner Still Is: Ordinary People, Raging Bull & The 1980 Oscars

Welcome to the fifth episode of Season 2 of our retrospective Oscar podcast series — And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and senior editor Matt Taylor (Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast) this series looks at various years in Oscar history. Film staff writer Tom Moore guests. The winner of Best Picture is spotlighted and then the other films in the category are discussed. The duo also breaks down the director and the acting categories as well as other another notable categories. Of course their own our personal snubs will be addressed as well. The episode focuses on the 1980 Oscars aka the 53rd Academy Awards. Nominated for Best Picture were: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull and Tess. Winning individual awards were: Robert DeNiro (Raging Bull), Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner's Daughter), TImothy Hutton (Ordinary People), Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard), and Robert Redford (Ordinary People). Please note that a person mentioned in this episode was recently exposed or condemned for wrongdoings #MeToo related or otherwise. These seasons involve so much research and coordination, we record these episodes months before posting. While normally that means we don't know who won the most recent Oscar, in this case it means we discuss this person without the context of that information.