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)