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

We're really getting into it with the 71st Academy Awards or the films of 1998 in this episode. This is probably one of the most controversial Oscar years and (fair warning) maybe our most controversial opinion? Either way, we're wrapping up the expanded 10-film tournament this episode. 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:2:40 - Ever After13:20 - Rushmore24:00 - The Truman Show40:05 - Saving Private Ryan1:00:05 - Shakespeare in Love - Conclusions1:20:55 - Did the Oscars Get it Wrong?1:22:30 - Top 5 Films1:25:20 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner1:27:15 - Come back to any of these films?1:29:10 - Steven Spielberg Fantasy Oscar Count1:32:25 - Patterns1:33:35 - Best Best Picture Ranking1:36:35 - 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