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

The Oscars Got It Wrong

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 Heaven

21:10 - The Racket

26:55 - Chang

32:10 - Sunrise

39:05 - The Crowd

49:50 - Wings

1:00:10 - 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 Corner

1:09:55 - Conclusions

1:15:30 - Next Time

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