Hello & welcome to another incredible episode of “For Your Reconsideration - an Oscars podcast.”This week, Phil, Andrew, Jose, David & Norm join me on the show as we discuss five of the best Oscar-nominated movies in 1974. From Chinatown, The Conversation, Lenny, Towering Inferno to its best picture GodFather part II. Moreover, the panelists share movies they would add or eliminate in 1974.Tune in to our candid & interesting conversation on some of the best movie scenes and characters as well as our nominee movie from 1974!Timestamps[01:23] Introducing this week’s topic, “1974.”[01:58] About this week’s panelists[04:12] Why “Chinatown” is one of the best-written films of the 70s in the detective movie genre & Jack’s outstanding character[17:07] Interesting scenes in “The Towering Inferno “movie & McQueen versus Newman performance[25:03] Was McQueen’s role supposed to be Newman’s role?[27:50] Dissecting outstanding characters and problems in “Lenny”[35:31] Lenny Bruce's exceptional performance in Lenny compared to his actual sets[37:58] The conspiracy paranoia and what stands out in “The Conversation Movie.”[52:00] Best scenes & characters in “The Godfather Part II” Movie[01:04:20] What would our panel take away or add to the 1974 list[01:13:33] Does 1974 require a do-over?[01:15:17] The Panel’s nominee movie from the 1974 listNotable Quotes“Chinatown is a great stepping stone movie for anyone that wants to get into the film world.” (08:35-08:40)“Lenny is just too off the moment and too rigidly controlled to try and stick to the story. It's almost too faithful.” (32:10-32:22)“In a lot of ways, Lenny Bruce was more of a performance artist than he was in stand-up. People respect Lenny Bruce's performance more than his actual sets. They appreciate the craft more than what he was actually saying.” (37:39-37:53)“The Godfather will always be a classic movie.” (56:20-56:22)Please share, subscribe & leave a review!Transcript0:00:01 - Speaker 1The nominees for the best picture of the year are Chinatown, a Robert Evans production, paramount. Robert Evans producer. The Conversation, a director's company production, paramount. Francis Ford Coppola producer. Fred Roos, co producer. The Godfather Part II, a Coppola company production, paramount. Francis Ford Coppola producer. Gray Fredrickson and Fred Roos co-producers. Lenny, a Marvin Worth production, united Artists. Marvin Worth producer. The Towering Inferno, an Irwin Allen production, 20th Century Fox, warner Brothers. Irwin Allen producer. And the winner is Godfather Part II, francis Ford Coppola, gray Fredrickson and Fred Roos. For your reconsideration. 0:01:20 - Speaker 2Hey, it's Matty Price. Myself and today's host, jamie Dew, are here for you, as we will be in every episode. Welcome to, for Your Reconsideration, an Oscars podcast. As always, we have an amazing panel of film buffs. This week, we are looking at the best picture of 1974, the Godfather, part II, as well as the other nominees Lenny, the Conversation, the Towering Inferno and Chinatown. As always, we will open it up so the panel can discuss those films, but also curate their own ballots. Remove choices they think don't work, add films that they feel like shouldn't have been overlooked. So thanks again for listening. Subscribe through the podcast client of your choice to get new episodes every week as they are available. Welcome to Season 1, and now it's time to join this episode's host, jamie. Panelist Norm Willner, David Brown, david Follows, andrew Parker and Jose Roldan. Listen. The episode was originally recorded live and in person in 2016. Remember 2016? 0:02:23 - Speaker 3Before there was a pandemic And we all Oh, never mind, anyway, let's get into it, it's 1974 is what we're doing and of course, i didn't recall that This is the year I was born, so Well of course you wouldn't recall. 0:02:46 - Speaker 4I don't remember a whole bunch. 0:02:52 - Speaker 3We will go around the table with introductions. Does everybody introduce themselves? I wasn't here when everybody else arrived, but we'll start over here on my left. 0:02:57 - Speaker 5Andrew Parker. I am the Film and Performing Arts Editor of the website Dorkshelf. You can find me on Twitter at AndrewJ Parker. 0:03:04 - Speaker 3Cool Thanks. 0:03:05 - Speaker 4Andrew, i'm Norm. 0:03:06 - Speaker 3Willner. You can find me on Twitter at Norm Willner. 0:03:08 - Speaker 4I'm the senior film writer for Now Magazine and I also do some stuff for MSN Great. 0:03:13 - Speaker 6Thanks, norm, i'm Phil Brown. You can find me on Twitter at that. Phil Brown and I rate for a bunch of. I rate for Dorkshelf and Now, like Them and I rate for Charmstar and Globe and Mound Remorgen Fingery and Bunch of Anyone will let me? basically. 0:03:28 - Speaker 8I'm Jose Roldan. You can find me on Twitter at DEC22CM and I work for one of the major studios. I'm a suit. 0:03:35 - Speaker 7I love all ...
