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And The Winner Still Is: The Deer Hunter, Midnight Express & The 1978 Oscars


You can listen to The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket CastsRadioPublic,  and Google Podcasts.

Don’t forget to check out our other podcast: The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast a year-long Oscar podcast hosted by Marisa Carpico (Film Editor at ThePopBreak.com) and Matt Taylor that covers all the latest Oscar contenders and film festivals plus Oscar-related news and trends.


Matt Taylor and our film editor Marisa Carpico are finally back for a 5th season of their Oscar retrospective podcast, And the Winner Still Is…

Matt and Marisa return to more modern times with some late ’70s heavy hitters. In the episode, they talk about each of their parents’ unique connections to The Deer Hunter, how poorly Midnight Express aged and the surprise of An Unmarried Woman.

Best Picture
The Deer HunterWinner
Coming Home 
Heaven Can Wait 
Midnight Express 
An Unmarried Woman

Best Directing
Michael Cimino – The Deer HunterWinner
Hal Ashby – Coming Home
Warren Beatty and Buck Henry – Heaven Can Wait
Woody Allen – Interiors
Alan Parker – Midnight Express

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jane Fonda – Coming HomeWinner
Ingrid Bergman – Autumn Sonata 
Ellen Burstyn – Same Time, Next Year 
Jill Clayburgh – An Unmarried Woman 
Geraldine Page – Interiors

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maggie Smith – California SuiteWinner
Dyan Cannon – Heaven Can Wait
Penelope Milford – Coming Home 
Maureen Stapleton – Interiors
Meryl Streep – The Deer Hunter 

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jon Voight – Coming Home – Winner
Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait
Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story 
Robert De Niro – The Deer Hunter 
Laurence Olivier – The Boys from Brazil 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Walken – The Deer HunterWinner
Bruce Dern – Coming Home
Richard Farnsworth – Comes a Horseman 
John Hurt – Midnight Express
Jack Warden – Heaven Can Wait 

Marisa Carpico
Marisa Carpico
By day, Marisa Carpico stresses over America’s election system. By night, she becomes a pop culture obsessive. Whether it’s movies, TV or music, she watches and listens to it all so you don’t have to.
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