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Matt Taylor and our film editor Marisa Carpico are finally back for a third season of their Oscar retrospective podcast, And the Winner Still Is….
They break down the Best Picture nominees and discuss the major categories like Director and the Actresses. As well as a few of their own personal snubs and under-appreciated films from the year.
This episode, they discuss the 1991 Oscars, including Best Picture winner, The Silence of the Lambs. They also talk about how the film has aged, Jodie Foster’s performance and Jos Truitt’s incredible reclamation of Buffalo Bill and the Jodie Foster of it all. They also lament the too-short directing career of Barbra Streisand and rave over Beauty and the Beast.
The other nominees for Picture that year were Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, JFK and The Prince of Tides.
For the other major categories, the nominees for the 1991 Oscars were:
Best Director:
Jonathan Demme – The Silence of the Lambs
Barry Levinson – Bugsy
John Singleton – Boyz n the Hood
Oliver Stone – JFK
Ridley Scott – Thelma & Louise
Best Actor:
Anthony Hopkins – The Silence of the Lambs
Nick Nolte – The Prince of Tides
Robert De Niro – Cape Fear
Robin Williams – The Fisher King
Warren Beatty – Bugsy
Best Actress:
Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs
Bette Midler – For the Boys
Geena Davis – Thelma & Louise
Laura Dern – Rambling Rose
Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise
Best Supporting Actor:
Jack Palance – City Slickers
Ben Kingsley – Bugsy
Harvey Keitel – Bugsy
Michael Lerner – Barton Fink
Tommy Lee Jones – JFK
Best Supporting Actress:
Mercedes Ruehl – The Fisher King
Diane Ladd – Rambling Rose
Jessica Tandy – Fried Green Tomatoes
Juliette Lewis – Cape Fear
Kate Nellington – The Prince of Tides
Listen to the previous episode here.
