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The 1990s Oscar Winners Draft. Plus: Ryusuke Hamaguchi!
March 21, 2022/ 99 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
A stricter version of the movie draft: eight Oscar categories from the 1990s, but once a film wins anything, every other award it took is off the board too. Plus, Sean talks to Drive My Car director Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
44 films across 4 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Oscars week check-inpredicting this year's ceremony before getting into the 90s
Belfast 2021
Dune 2021
Chris wants a bigger movie muscling into the race.
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
Discussed as a long-shot best picture campaign.
Suicide Squad 2016
Joke nomination pitch.
Malignant 2021
Chris's joke best picture pick.
Paranormal Activity 2007
Joke nomination pitch.
Next of Kin 1989
Joke nomination pitch.
The 1990s Oscar Winners Draft drafting 1990s Oscar winners
Chris Ryan
Best Original Screenplay
Pulp Fiction 1994
First overall pick; Chris's only 1994 Oscar win, so it took nothing else off the board.
Best Adapted Screenplay
L.A. Confidential 1997
Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson's script; also took Kim Basinger's supporting actress win off the board.
Best Actor
Philadelphia 1993
Tom Hanks's first Oscar; Chris cited Denzel Washington's performance in the same film.
Best Picture
Schindler's List 1993
Also took Spielberg's directing and adapted-screenplay wins off the board.
Sean Fennessey
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sling Blade 1996
Billy Bob Thornton, technically adapting his own short film.
Best Actor
The Silence of the Lambs 1991
Anthony Hopkins; also cleared best picture, actress, adapted screenplay and director for the same film in one pick.
Best Director
The English Patient 1996
Anthony Minghella. Sean admits on tape he has never seen the movie.
Amanda Dobbins
Best Director
Saving Private Ryan 1998
Steven Spielberg, called out as a strategic move to box in Sean and Chris.
On the board, undrafted honorable mentions
The PianoReversal of FortuneAmerican BeautyCity SlickersThe Crying GameBraveheartThelma & LouiseLeaving Las VegasThe Cider House RulesGods and MonstersLife Is BeautifulApollo 13Howards EndDead Man WalkingBoys Don't Cry
Cinematographer tangenta detour into Andrzej Sekula's IMDb page
Reservoir Dogs 1992
Hackers 1995
The Thin Red Line 1998
Malick film, cited as an example of great DPs taking unglamorous jobs.
Bowfinger 1999
Cited via Vilmos Zsigmond.
Rebecca 1940
Referenced in a running ghost-hunting bit.
Sleep with Me 1994
Referenced for Quentin Tarantino's cameo monologue.
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
Mentioned as Scorsese's next best-director run, ahead of its release.
In conversationnominated for four Oscars this week, including best picture
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Drive My Car 2021
Adapted from a Haruki Murakami short story; Murakami gave Hamaguchi free rein. Hamaguchi explains withholding the title card until 40 minutes in.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Happy Hour 2015
Cited as a low-budget, open-ended project, unlike the tighter mandate on Drive My Car.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 2021
Hamaguchi's other 2021 release, which he says didn't land the same way stateside.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Asako I & II 2018
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
First Cow 2020
Kelly Reichardt film Hamaguchi names as the last great thing he's seen.
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