Academy Rewind

Episode 59: Best Picture 1944: Casablanca, The More the Merrier, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, Heaven Can Wait, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, The Human Comedy, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Watch on the Rhine

November 19th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 43 mins

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Obeying THE HUMAN COMEDY of listeners IN WHICH WE SERVE, Tim, Palmer, and MADAME CURIE (because THE MORE THE MERRIER) ask themselves FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS while singing THE SONG OF BERNADETTE and WATCH ON THE RHINE. Finding no answers, they go to Rick's Cafe in CASABLANCA to investigate THE OX-BOW INCIDENT because, after all, HEAVEN CAN WAIT.

Episode 58: Best Picture 1954: Roman Holiday, Shane, The Robe, Julius Caesar, From Here to Eternity

October 29th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 4 mins

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On ROMAN HOLIDAY searching for the tomb of JULIUS CAESAR, Tim and Palmer encounter SHANE who tells them that they can find THE ROBE FROM HERE TO ETERNITY.

Episode 57: Best Picture 1964: Cleopatra, America America, Lilies of the Field, Tom Jones, How the West Was Won

October 8th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  18 mins 30 secs

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While touring AMERICA AMERICA hoping to learn HOW THE WEST WAS WON, Tim and Palmer come across a woman claiming to be CLEOPATRA reincarnated dueling TOM JONES in the LILIES OF THE FIELD.

Episode 56: Best Picture 1974: The Exorcist, American Graffiti, The Sting, A Touch of Class, Cries & Whispers

September 17th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 9 mins

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While adding A TOUCH OF CLASS to a building with some AMERICAN GRAFFITI during THE STING of the century, Palmer & Tim hear some CRIES & WHISPERS from none other than Father Merrin, a.k.a. THE EXORCIST. Shenanigans ensue.

Episode 55: Best Picture 1984: Terms of Endearment, The Right Stuff, The Big Chill, Tender Mercies, The Dresser

August 27th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 12 mins

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Before THE BIG CHILL sets in on the set of THE DRESSER, Palmer sets out to right the new TERMS OF ENDEARMENT concerning his friendship with Tim, who reminds Palmer to factor in THE RIGHT STUFF a.k.a TENDER MERCIES.

Episode 54: Best Picture 1994: Schindler's List, The Fugitive, The Remains of the Day, The Piano, In the Name of the Father

August 6th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 21 mins

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Palmer and Tim are back to discuss the 1994 Best Picture nominees! Following a viewing over SCHINDLER'S LIST, Palmer and Tim debate what to do with THE REMAINS OF THE DAY. Tim says play THE PIANO, but Palmer wants to reenact THE FUGITIVE ballroom scene IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER of comedy about that specific ballroom, John Mulaney.

Episode 53: Best Picture 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Lost in Translation, Mystic River, Seabiscuit

July 16th, 2020  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 22 mins

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Palmer and Tim are back for the Best Picture of 2004! In this episode, they conclude the journey in Middle-Earth (in reverse) by dissecting THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING. Unfortunately, a lot of it is LOST IN TRANSLATION for Palmer who takes SEABISCUIT down by the MYSTIC RIVER to reenact MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD instead.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Lost in Translation, Mystic River, Seabiscuit

Episode 51: Best Picture 1935: It Happened One Night, The White Parade, Imitation of Life, One Night of Love, Cleopatra, The Gay Divorcee, The House of Rothschild, Flirtation Walk, Here Comes the Navy, The Thin Man, Viva Villa!, The Barretts of Wimpole

April 19th, 2020  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 32 mins

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Episode 50: Best Picture 1945: Gaslight, Double Indemnity, Wilson, Going My Way, Since You Went Away

March 29th, 2020  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 19 mins

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Tim tries to explain to Palmer that WILSON is not a volleyball, that DOUBLE INDEMNITY is better than single indemnity, and GOING MY WAY does not have the same meaning as SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, all the while under the glow of a GASLIGHT lamp.

Episode 49: Best Picture 1955: On the Waterfront, The Country Girl, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Three Coins in a Fountain, The Caine Mutiny

March 8th, 2020  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 13 mins

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While walking ON THE WATERFRONT with THE COUNTRY GIRL, on the way home from the wedding for SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, Palmer & Tim toss THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN in remembrance of THE CAINE MUTINY.