The 1st Academy Awards (Films of 1927/28)

This feels like a major one! In this episode, we're excited to be covering the 1st Academy Awards, which honored films from 1927 & 1928. The Academy had two best picture categories at the time, but we cover both of them. The nominees for Outstanding Picture were: Wings, The Racket, and 7th Heaven. The nominees for Best Unique and Artistic Picture were: Sunrise, Change, and the Crowd. We also cover the non-nominee Steamboat Bill, Jr.Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate: 11:10 - 7th Heaven21:10 - The Racket26:55 - Chang32:10 - Sunrise39:05 - The Crowd49:50 - Wings1:00:10 - Should something else have been nominated? 1:00:55 - Steamboat Bill, Jr.1:06:50 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?1:08:15 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner1:09:55 - Conclusions1:15:30 - Next Time--------------------------Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.