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The Oscar Winners Draft: 2000s Edition
April 21, 2021/ 76 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
Sean, Amanda, and Chris Ryan draft the best Oscar-winning performances and films of the 2000s, category by category, then preview the actual Best Picture race.
31 films across 3 segments.
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The newsbefore the draft
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021
New MCU entrant starring Simu Liu and Tony Leung.
The Oscar winners draft: 2000s edition drafting Oscar winners, 2000s
Sean Fennessey
Best Actor
There Will Be Blood 2007
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean's favorite performance and favorite movie of the decade, taken with the first pick of the draft.
Best Adapted Screenplay
No Country for Old Men 2007
Joel and Ethan Coen adapting Cormac McCarthy, a novel Chris pushed Sean to read.
Best Supporting Actress
The Constant Gardener 2005
Rachel Weisz opposite Ralph Fiennes in Fernando Meirelles' John le Carre adaptation.
Best Supporting Actor
Inglourious Basterds 2009
Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa, his breakthrough English-language role.
Best Actress
La Vie en Rose 2007
Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf, the first Best Actress win for a French-language performance.
Best Picture
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003
Amanda Dobbins
Best Director
Traffic 2000
Steven Soderbergh, who later admitted he was extremely drunk accepting the award.
Best Original Screenplay
Lost in Translation 2003
Sofia Coppola. Her Oscar speech thanking Wong Kar-wai is how Amanda first learned about In the Mood for Love.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain 2005
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana; picked partly in memory of McMurtry, who died that year.
Best Supporting Actress
Michael Clayton 2007
Tilda Swinton, including the bathroom-mirror breakdown scene.
Best Picture
The Departed 2006
Picked over The Hurt Locker, which Amanda called her own internal movie struggle.
Chris Ryan
Best Original Screenplay
Gosford Park 2001
Julian Fellowes, by way of director Robert Altman, a precursor to Downton Abbey.
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Departed 2006
William Monahan's script. Chris says the movie means a lot to him emotionally even though he still can't fully follow the plot.
Best Picture
No Country for Old Men 2007
On the board, undrafted honorable mentions
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindMonster's BallCapoteThe PianistGladiatorCrashA Beautiful MindSlumdog Millionaire
Previewing the actual Oscarsthis year's Best Picture race
Nomadland 2020
Minari 2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020
Chris says he wouldn't be shocked if this wins, given Aaron Sorkin's standing with the Academy.
Also mentioned raised along the way
In passing TolkienThe MummyBohemian RhapsodyMonsterThe HoursKingdom of HeavenLondon BoulevardMojaveThe GamblerThe Tender BarGuillermo del Toro's PinocchioThe French DispatchNo Time to DieDjango UnchainedAlita: Battle AngelHorrible Bosses 2The ReaderMilkFrost/NixonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDreamgirlsWalk the LineChicagoGhostbustersStripesThe Razor's EdgeWhere the Buffalo RoamGood Will HuntingThe GunmanSkyfallMalcolm XArmy of the DeadHobbs & ShawF9AvatarSilence of the LambsIron Man 3
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