The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

From And the Winner Should Have Been... by Bob and Mark

May 19, 2025 · 1h 16m · Season 5 · Episode 68

About this episode

The episode discusses the Best Picture nominees from the 47th Academy Awards, focusing on 'The Godfather Part II' and other notable films from 1974.

So...there were some challenges with this one. We do apologize for the slow release pace, but in this case the audio required a lot of work to tune up. We're talking Best Picture for the 47th Academy Awards (films from 1974). SPOILERS abound, as always. 00:00 Intro 00:57 A good year? 03:21 The Conversation 12:25 Gene Hackman interlude 13:35 (Yes, yes; we were thinking of A Few Good Men ) 18:14 The Godfather Part II 34:53 Chinatown 48:53 Lenny 55:07 The Towering Inferno 1:02:34 Digression about film rights and availability of old films 1:08:00 Quick review of other notable films from 1974 1:12:40 Our picks for Best Picture 1:14:13 (We are moving ahead a decade)

People in this episode

Hosts: Bob, Mark

Topics covered

  • Academy Awards
  • film reviews
  • 1974 films
  • Best Picture
  • spoilers

Keywords

  • The Godfather Part II
  • Academy Awards
  • 1974 films
  • film reviews
  • Best Picture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, A Few Good Men, Chinatown, Lenny, The Towering Inferno

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