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The 37th Academy Awards (Films of 1964) - Part I

The 37th Academy Awards (Films of 1964) - Part I

Update: 2025-04-25
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We're covering the 37th Academy Awards or the films of 1964. This was a 5 nominee year, but we've added 5 additional films (for 1964?!?) to make this one of our 10 movie mini-tournaments. We'll be talking about the losers from the matchups in this episode.

The nominees were: Becket; Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; Mary Poppins; My Fair Lady; and Zorba the Greek.

The films we added were: The Americanization of Emily; A Hard Day's Night; Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte; Seven Days in May; and Topkapi

Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

Timestamps are approximate:

7:25 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers

Losers Discussion

  • 14:15 - A Hard Day's Night
  • 17:20 - Zorba the Greek
  • 33:00 - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
  • 44:50 - Topkapi
  • 53:45 - The Americanization of Emily

1:15:40 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst

1:16:30 - Next Time

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The 37th Academy Awards (Films of 1964) - Part I

The 37th Academy Awards (Films of 1964) - Part I