The 71st Academy Awards (Films of 1998) - Part I

We're wading into one of the most controversial Oscar years with the 71st Academy Awards or the films of 1998. There were 5 nominees this year, but we added three more and brought in our two fun winners from the last episode to make this a 10 film 2-parter. The nominees were: Elizabeth, Life is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, and The Thin Red Line.The films we added were: The Big Lebowski, The Truman Show, and Waking Ned Devine.Our fun winners were: Rushmore and Ever After. Note: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate:10:35 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and LosersLosers Discussion15:20 - The Thin Red Line26:20 - The Big Lebowski34:50 - Life is Beautiful47:05 - Waking Ned Devine56:55 - Elizabeth1:06:25 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst1:07:15 - 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.Enjoying the podcast? Please leave us a rating or review on your podcast app of choice