And The Winner Still Is: The Kramers, Kurtz, Norma Rae & The 1979 Oscars

Welcome to the second episode of Season 2 of our retrospective Oscar podcast series -- And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and television editor Matt Taylor (Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast)this series looks at various years in Oscar history. This week's guest is Pop Break TV Editor & Cinema Joes host, Alex Marcus. 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 1979 Oscars aka the 52nd Academy Awards. Nominated for Best Picture were: Kramer v Kramer, All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Breaking Away, and Norma Rae. Winning individual awards were: Dustin Hoffman (Kramer v Kramer), Sally Field (Norma Rae), Melvyn Douglas (Being There), Meryl Streep (Kramer v Kramer), and Robert Benton (Kramer v Kramer).