Best Picture Brainrot - A Countdown to the 100th Oscars

We are 95 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they trudge through British history with the sixth Best Picture winner - 1933's Cavalcade.Oi!  We talkin' about Cavalcade this week, innit?  This film traces the history of Britain from the turn of the 20th Century up until the year of its release - 1933.  It's one of those films where simultaneously a lot happens while also nothing happens at all.  Cavalcade might be the most British film to win Best Picture - but it may not be all beans and toast for us.In this episode you're gonna hear:History that only British kids learn in primary schoolHow a Gumpian ethos drives the action (or lack thereof) in this movieA variety of terrible English accentsOur modern rewrite that brings Cavalcade to the 21st CenturyFollow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spinLetterboxdAdam - https://boxd.it/9fMtDrew - https://boxd.it/ahkIxSarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

We are 96 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they check in to cosmopolitan Berlin with the fifth Best Picture winner - 1932's Grand Hotel.What if Mike White was a time traveler who went back in time to test a pilot for The White Lotus in the 1930s?  This is exactly what Grand Hotel feels like - a cast of colorful characters interacting within the walls of a luxury hotel dealing with deceit, devotion, and even death.  Grand Hotel is our most contained and character-driven Best Picture winner thus far - but how do we feel about that?In this episode you're gonna hear:Why the Grand Hotel in Berlin was the right setting for this movieWhich iconic Illumination character shares a name with a character in this movieThe merits of replacing golden retreivers with dachsunds as the cinematic dog of choiceOur piping hot takes on the new Best Casting OscarFollow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spinLetterboxdAdam - https://boxd.it/9fMtDrew - https://boxd.it/ahkIxSarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

We are 97 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they journey to the early days of Oklahoma with the fourth Best Picture winner - 1931's Cimarron.Are we in Oklahoma, 1950's New York City or Dune?  These are questions we ask this week as we meet a colorful cast of OG gentrifiers settling the American West.  Hold on to your wife and kids because some of these characters sure aren't doing the same.  Cimarron is the first Western to win Best Picture - but how does it stack up against the rest?In this episode you're gonna hear:How the OU fight song "Boomer Sooner" came to beThe fascinating history of the first black actor to appear in a Best Picture winnerA step-by-step guide on how to be the worst father of all timeThe introduction of a new Best Picture Brainrot host: Yancey SupremeFollow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spinLetterboxdAdam - https://boxd.it/9fMtDrew - https://boxd.it/ahkIxSarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

We are 98 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they return to war in the third Best Picture winner - 1930's All Quiet on the Western Front.It feels like only two weeks ago we were in World War I...  But this time we trade the air for the trenches and American soldiers for German ones (well, American ones playing German ones with zero attempts at an accent).  All Quiet on the Western Front has a storied history in literature and film, but what does it mean for its Best Picture legacy?In this episode you're gonna hear:A serious history of the Great War, followed by a brainrotted oneWhat it REALLY means to be in the trenchesThe origins of how Dewey Finn met Ned Schneebly in the School of Rock bootlegHow you too can complete the All Quiet ChallengeFollow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spinLetterboxdAdam - https://boxd.it/9fMtDrew - https://boxd.it/ahkIxSarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

We are 99 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they discuss the musical second Best Picture winner - 1929's The Broadway Melody!This episode is sponsored by Diegesis!  Follow along as we recount the story of sisters Hank and Queenie as they traverse the seedy world of Broadway in their attempt to hit it big; testing their sisterly bonds as well as the patience of the audience.  We've got some intense feelings about The Broadway Melody, but how does its win look almost 100 years later?In this episode you're gonna hear:How musical theater made its way to New York CityDebates on if the bigger sibling must be the older oneThe creation of a new character archetype: the Bluetooth ladyWhich mid-century European dictator was rizzing up American actressesFollow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spinLetterboxdAdam - https://boxd.it/9fMtDrew - https://boxd.it/ahkIxSarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl

(00:00:00) Introduction and our Four Favorites (00:06:20) Historical Content + Cast & Crew (00:25:15) Discussion of Wings (00:48:08) What Else Was Nominated (00:52:38) The Brainrot (01:00:01) Our Ratings We are 100 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards; follow Adam, Drew, and Sarah as they kick off the countdown with the first ever Best Picture winner - 1927's Wings!Follow along as we fly high with this dog-fighting World War I epic where main characters Jack and David go from life without bros, to hoes before bros, to bros before hoes, back to hoes before bros, to enemies, before bros and hoes are able to coexist peacefully.  Wings is full of action, romance, and humor - but does it stand the test of time as the first ever winner?In this episode you're gonna hear:How the Oscars first ceremony came to beWhat makes Wings specialA discussion over thirst traps in the 1920sIf our ancestors had brainrot just like usFollow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spinLetterboxdAdam - https://boxd.it/9fMtDrew - https://boxd.it/ahkIxSarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl