71st Academey Awards - Shakespeare in Love
From The Broad Perspective by Megan Cruz
February 25, 2026 · 1h 51m · Season 2 · Episode 29
About this episode
This episode discusses the 71st Academy Awards and the controversial win of 'Shakespeare in Love'.
In 1999, it was the 71st Academy Awards, Harvey Weinstien, had just introduced a strong armed new approach to campaigning movies like politicians for oscars and one of the most contoversial best picture wins in history was about to be born.
People in this episode
Host: Megan Cruz
Topics covered
- Academy Awards
- film campaigning
- Oscar wins
- controversial films
- 1999 cinema
Keywords
- Academy Awards
- Shakespeare in Love
- Harvey Weinstien
- Oscar campaigning
- 1999
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Shakespeare in Love
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