Alternative Oscars - Episode 22 - 60th Academy Awards

About this episode

The episode discusses the 60th Academy Awards and critiques the winners while suggesting alternative choices.

It’s Awards Season yet again. Here on the Holmes Movies Podcast that means, it is time for the Alternative Oscars episodes! AKA the Anders and Adam-emy Awards: Each episode for this series we pick a different year in Oscars history and attempt to correct the record, stripping the undeserving of their garlands while recognising those who were cruelly overlooked. This time, we will be casting our eye back to… the 60th Academy Awards, the year that honoured the best films of 1987 (the year Adam was born). It was held April 11th 1988 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. It was hosted by Chevy Chase. Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Last Emperor won big that night. The film won all nine awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture and Best Director. It was the year Sean Connery won Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables. Cher and Olympia Dukakis went home with Oscars for the Norman Jewison film Moonstruck. Michael Douglas proved that Greed is Good and won for Oliver Stone's Wall Street in the Best Actor category. But did they deserve these awards? Tune in and listen to this episode to find out how we would have done things differently. Be sure to check out our…

People in this episode

Host: Anders

Topics covered

• Oscars
• film history
• awards
• movie reviews
• 1987 films

Keywords

• Alternative Oscars
• 60th Academy Awards
• The Last Emperor
• Best Picture
• Best Director
• Sean Connery
• Moonstruck
• Wall Street
• Chevy Chase

Mentioned in this episode

Products: YouTube Channel

Books & works: Alternative Oscars, Academy Awards, Oscars, The Last Emperor, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, The Untouchables, Moonstruck, Greed is Good, Wall Street

Places: Los Angeles, California, US, UK, Finland, Sweden, Oslo, Denmark

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