The 12th Academy Awards (Films of 1939) - Part I

Do you want to play a game? For the 12th Academy Awards we've taken the 10 nominees and done something a little different. We've set up a bracket and in this episode we will be declaring (and sometimes debating) the winners and losers from Round 1 and discussing the films that were eliminated. The nominees were: Dark Victory; Gone with the Wind; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Love Affair; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Ninotchka; Of Mice and Men; Stagecoach; The Wizard of Oz; and Wuthering Heights.Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate: 3:15 - Nominees Overview9:00 - Bracket Set-Up11:00 - Round 1 Match-Ups13:20 - Deciding Winners and Losers15:10 - Goodbye, Mr. Chips19:30 - Love Affair27:20 - Dark Victory34:05 - Wuthering Heights45:55 - Ninotchka1:03:30 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst1:05:00 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner1:06:30 - Conclusions--------------------------Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.