Welcome to Season 1 of our retrospective Oscar podcast series — And the Winner Still Is. Hosted by film editor Marisa Carpico and television editor Matt Taylor (Way too Early Oscar Predictions Podcast, Drag Race All-Stars pod)this series looks at various years in Oscar history. This week’s guest is staff writer Matt Gilbert.
The winner of Best Picture is spotlighted and then the other films in the category are discussed. The duo also breaks down the director and the acting categories as well as other another notable categories. Of course their own our personal snubs will be addressed as well.
The their episode focuses on 1976 where Rocky, Network, Taxi Driver, All the President’s Men, and Bound for Glory were up for Best Picture. That year Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, Jason Robards, and took home acting awards.