1971 - No Poor Bastard Ever Won an Oscar Dying for His Country

Hey Oscar fans, welcome to the 1971 Oscars for the films of 1970.  The title of the episode refers to the opening line of this year’s Best Picture Winner — Patton — a movie driven by one of the most powerful performances in film history.  In fact, George C. Scott’s portrayal of General George S. Patton was so acclaimed that despite telling the Academy not to vote for him and that he wouldn’t show up to the Oscars; wouldn’t accept the award; and thought the entire concept of actors competing for awards was a stupid ‘meat parade’ — he still won for Best Actor!  Yep, this was a strange year full of strange movies, bizarre choices and enough ‘WTF?’ to make you wonder if George C. Scott had the right idea!  As always, thanks for listening!

Movies Mentioned

(*Recommended)

Love Story 

Airport

*M*A*S*H

*Patton

*Woodstock

*Little Big Man

*Tora! Tora! Tora!

*Ryan’s Daughter

Catch-22

The Owl and the Pussycat

*The Haunting (1963)

*Citizen Kane

*Five Easy Pieces 

*The Ballad of Cable Hogue

*The Great White Hope

*The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

*Joe

*Rocky

*The Karate Kid

Lovers and Other Strangers

The Landlord

Women in Love

Fellini’s Satyricon 

*Planet of the Apes

*The Country Girl

*Miracle on 34th Street

*Diary of a Mad Housewife

*Barry Lyndon

*Easy Rider

*I Never Sang For My Father

*Hud

*Being There

*Ninotchka

*The Hustler

*The Getaway

*The Godfather

*Hobson’s Choice

*Pollyanna

*The Hours

*Lawrence of Arabia

*Bridge on the River Kwai

*Doctor Zhivago

*A Raisin in the Sun

*My Night At Maud’s

*Wanda

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