The Award Goes To With Patrick and Lauren

The man in the hat is back and adventure has a name...again!Yes we know that this movie came out already. But now that the Actor's strike is over and the film is headed to Disney+ on 12/1/2023 we're ready to release it!Join Indiana Jones as he journeys around the world meeting new friends and old with the fate of the world in his hands yet again.Directed by:James MangoldStarring:Harrison FordPhoebe Waller-BridgeKaren AllenJohn Rhys-DaviesPatrick and Lauren discuss the final chapter in the Indiana Jones story. If you haven't seen it already, what are you doing? There are spoilers a plenty. 

Join us as we discuss making short films. Making your own work. Something our co-host Lauren has done with previous guest Ashley Maria. Harsh Wilderness! We discuss filmmaking on a budget and finding the right location.  The time it takes to self produce something. Unfairly exiled from her home and marriage, Verna must find common ground with Beatrice, the woman she hates, to survive the Harsh Wilderness of the Old West.Starring:Lauren OlipraLiesel HlistaDirected By:Ashley MariaWritten By:Andy GreeneDirector Of Photography:Rodolphe PortierEdited By:Jonny TurcoHarsh Wildernesshttps://www.instagram.com/lauren_olipra/https://www.instagram.com/lieselhlista/https://www.instagram.com/itsashleymaria/https://www.instagram.com/wanderinggreenehttps://www.instagram.com/rod.portier/https://www.instagram.com/mrphoo

Let's run away to the Circus together. Come on. It'll be great. There are Trapeze artists battling eachother in the air, Murderous clowns? Small time Mafia, a horrendous train wreck, and far too much footage of the Actual Ringling Circus.Come on down!Starring:Jimmy StewartCharlton HestonButty HuttonDorothy LamourCornel WildeGloria GragameHosted by Lauren Olipra and Patrick Pizzolorusso https://www.instagram.com/theawardgoestopodcast/

Patrick and Lauren are joined by Mark Gindick as they discuss An American In Paris. Truly one of the best movie musicals. Led by Gene Kelly, it's the story of 3 friends in Paris, all artists. Two of which are romantically involved with the same woman. How will this end!!!Starring:Gene KellyLeslie CaronOscar LevantHenri LaurelMilo RobertsYou can find Mark anywhere online but Instagram is great so here ya go!Go follow this masterful clown.https://www.instagram.com/markgindick/

We're doing it! We're getting them all wet, exposing them all to bright lights, and most definitely feeding them after midnight. Join us as we dive into the 1984 horror comedy known as GREMLINS!Starring:Zach GalliganPhoebe CatesHoyt AxtonCorey FeldmanThe story of a young man who inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.Sadly this didn't win any Academy Awards but it did with Best Horror in the Saturn Awards and it also won our hearts. Which isn't that the greatest award after all?

Join Patrick and Lauren as we follow the story of up and coming actress Eve Harrington and her ability to manipulate her way into people's lives. She's plotting and devious and wedge's her way int Bette Davis' character's life for personal gain.Lot's of tongue in cheek moments, brilliant writing, dark and light comedy. And of course Patrick and lauren. What more could you want?Written and directed by: Joseph L. MankiewiczStarring:Bette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersCeleste HolmMarilyn Monroe

Welcome to Season 2's recap episode where Patrick and Lauren discuss the decade's movies pointing out key take aways. They rate them and then slowly drink their way through the decade of cocktails that were featured in each episode. What more could you want?

Patrick and Lauren, your favorite podcasters, are joined by friend and actor Adam Wasser to discuss and dissect All The King's Men. A film about the rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal....Who does that sound like to you????Eerily familiar story and themes. It's hard not to ask yourself after watching this, how are we still making the same mistakes?Starring:Broderick Crawford - WillieJohn Ireland - Jack BurdenJoanne Dru - Anne StantonDirected by:Robert RossenAdam would prefer to hide online some where but his improv troupe can be found here:Honeymoon Improv

On this thrilling episode Patrick and Lauren dive into Hamlet! The Best Picture winner for 1948. It's a British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, adapted and directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.This particular version, like all versions, is not without controversy. Massive cuts to the script, artistic license by Olivier, rearranging of scenes.  We discuss what works and what doesn't work.  We're also joined by Deven Anderson. A New York based actor, creator, artist, and member of the comedy parody troupe, The Usual Rejects. So join us as we walk through the first film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.  And when you're done, follow Deven and all his adventures here:www.instagram.com/sprutahwww.instagram.com/chalkboardkillawww.instagram.com/usualrejects

In this daring episode of our special series, The Envelope Please, Patrick and Lauren talk about the ads running before films and during intermission at  movie houses during the 1940's. What's your favorite concession? Concessions were and still are pushed down our throats. Popcorn being the number one seller at the movies. The similarity between things we see in movie theatres today and back then. Silence has always been an issue apparently. But less common today...seat cutting?And War Bonds! The war effort was in full swing during the 40's and what better way to support the troops than to give them money and "back the attack."

The Academy award winner for best picture in 1948.Join Patrick and Lauren, along with their special guest Alexandra Kopko, as they journey through NY and navigate the un spoken anti-semitism that gripped the nation. And still has a stranglehold on parts of societyA journalist goes undercover as a Jewish person to uncover anti semitism in the nation and world. Directed by Elia KazanStarring Gregory PeckDorothy McGuireJohn GarfieldCeleste HolmJune HavocAnne RevereDean Stockwellhttps://www.instagram.com/alexandrawideeyes/https://www.tiktok.com/@alexandrawideeyes

The Academy award winner for best picture in 1947.Join Patrick and Lauren, along with their special guest Kelley Portier, as they discuss this innovative film that explores what post WWII life was like for many returning servicemen.This film follows 3 servicemen all in different places in their lives, all dealing with a lot of PTSD, and trying to find their place in a very changed world.We also discuss Harold Russell and his special honorary Oscar that was presented to him.Directed by William Wyler Starring Myrna LoyFredric MarchDana AndrewsTeresa WrightVirginia MayoHarold Russellhttps://www.instagram.com/kelleyportier/

The Academy award winner for best picture in 1946.The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.Directed by Billy WilderStarring:Ray MillandJane WymanPhillip TerryPatrick and Lauren welcome Amanda Conlon to the podcast and the three wade through this very propaganda feeling film about the life of an alcoholic over a long weekend. Alcoholism up to this point was a joke but this film opened the door to the conversation.  People started talking about it. And changed started to happen. But yes, we still rip this apart.https://www.instagram.com/alwaysamandaconlon/https://www.bucketlisttheatre.com/https://www.instagram.com/bucketlisttheatre/

On this episode we take a deep dive into Going My Way, the best picture winner in 1945 starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Joining us is filmmaker and producer Ashley Maria.  We discuss Bing's ability to just float through a plot and how some of this film just didn't need to happen. Give Bing Crosby a piano and you've got the makings of a movie right there. Probably all his movies. You can find out more information about out guest, Ashley Maria, here:https://ashley-maria.com/https://www.instagram.com/itsashleymaria/

The 1944 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Casablanca! The story of a cynical expatriate American cafe owner (Humphrey Bogart) struggling to decide whether or not to help his former lover (Ingrid Bergman) and her fugitive husband (Paul Henried) escape the Nazis in French Morocco.Join us as we hide from the Nazi's and desperately try to find passage out of Casablanca all the while discussing the music, the look, the iconic actors. And joining us this episode is actor and writer, Jim CairlStarring:Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul HenriedBut also Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Dooley Wilson Directed by: Michael Curtiz

The 1943 Academy Award winning film, Mrs. Miniver.  Hollywood has officially gone to war after skirting it for the past several years. This film started out as a very Pro-British propoganda film. However, once the United States entered the war, it took on a whole new meaning, mainly of survival and resilience. Listen along as we discuss the film, story, and technology of the time. And this episode Patrick and Lauren are proud to welcome special guest Jodi Dennithorne!

On this episode Patrick and Lauren welcome special guest Christina Perry of the Chain Theatre and the Usual Rejects to talk with them about the 1942 Best Picture Winner:How Green Was My ValleyStarring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, and Roddy McDowellIt tells the story of the Morgans, a hard-working Welsh mining family, from the point of view of the youngest child Huw, who lives with his affectionate and kind parents as well as his sister and five brothers, in the South Wales Valleys during the late Victorian era. The story chronicles life in the South Wales coalfields, the loss of that way of life and its effects on the family. The fictional village in the film is based on Gilfach Goch, where Llewellyn spent many summers visiting his grandfather, and it served as the inspiration for the novel.Join us as we discuss how green  our valleys really were and fight over whether or not this was a good movie.  

Join us for a deep dive into H.G. Wells War of the Worlds from 1953. This might just be the alien invasion film that all other alien invasion films aspire to be. A tale of invasion and ultimate triumph by the smallest of things on this planet. The 1953 version puts a religious spin on the events of the novel. Which was decidedly against religion. From filming models, to cobras, to Woody Woodpecker. Patrick and Lauren join the martians in their slow, oh so slow, destruction of the human race. Thankfully there is a light at the end of the tunnel. And L.A. is saved! (oh and the world)The true prototype for the modern alien movie. 

Rebecca! Alfred Hitchcock's first American film and his only best picture winner. Patrick and Lauren invite their very first guest, Julienne Irons to explore this suspenseful film based on the novel by the same name. Model Miniatures, ex-wives, A new husband no one can figure out, model miniatures the size of sound stages. What more could you ask for?Rebecca won the Best Picture in 1941 and Hitchock's style for story telling is evident even in this earlier work by the master of suspense.  So sit back and enjoy as we journey to Manderley and try to avoid the former Mrs. DeWinter's ever present ghost, Rebecca!https://www.instagram.com/theawardgoestopodcast/https://www.instagram.com/julienne_irons/

We recap our journey so far through the world of Best Picture winners from the Academy awards.  Get ready for season 2 with some fun new surprises! A give away is on it's way. Which was your favorite film?WingsThe Broadway MelodyAll Quiet On The Western FrontCimarronGrand HotelCavalcadeIt Happened One NightMutiny On The BountyThe Great ZiegfeldThe Life Of Emile ZolaYou Can’t Take It With YouGone With The Wind