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Kevin brings back Next Best Picture writer and podcaster Casey Lee Clark to talk about Leo McCarey's screwball comedy 'The Awful Truth,' the likely runner-up in the 1937 Oscar race that lost to 'The Life of Emile Zola.' 0:00 - 1:09 - Introduction 1:10 - 29:48 - 'The Awful Truth' review 29:49 - 1:46:27 - Why 'The Awful Truth' lost Best Picture 1:46:26 - 2:10:22 - Shoulda been a contender 2:10:23 - 2:12:53 - Did 'The Awful Truth' deserve to win? Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Casey Lee Clark on Twitter: @CaseyLeeClark Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich

Listen to this PREVIEW of the 29th episode of On Second Thought, a special bonus series you can hear on the And the Runner-Up Is Patreon exclusive feed! On Second Thought is a series in which Kevin is joined by TWO special guests in breaking down another Best Picture nominee not reviewed on the regular show that could have still been the runner-up. In this episode, Kevin speaks with Brandon Stanwyck and Lauren LaMagna about Peter Weir's "Dead Poets Society," the possible runner-up that lost Best Picture to "Driving Miss Daisy" in 1989. This episode includes a review of the film itself, its awards run, and another fun quiz! You can listen to the full episode of On Second Thought by going to patreon.com/andtherunnerupis and contributing at the $3 per month tier. Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Brandon Stanwyck on Twitter: @BrandonStanwyck Follow Lauren LaMagna on Twitter: @laurenlamango Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Music included on this episode: "Carpe Diem" - Maurice Jarre

Kevin welcomes back The Film Experience owner Nathaniel Rogers to talk about Norman Taurog's drama 'Boys Town,' the likely runner-up in the 1938 Oscar race that lost to 'You Can't Take It with You.' 0:00 - 1:23 - Introduction 1:24 - 32:50 - 'Boys Town' review 32:51 - 1:37:57 - Why 'Boys Town' lost Best Picture 1:37:58 - 1:54:16 - Shoulda been a contender 1:54:17 - 1:56:59 - Did 'Boys Town' deserve to win? Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Nathaniel Rogers on Twitter: @nathanielr Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich

Listen to this PREVIEW of the 28th episode of On Second Thought, a special bonus series you can hear on the And the Runner-Up Is Patreon exclusive feed! On Second Thought is a series in which Kevin is joined by TWO special guests in breaking down another Best Picture nominee not reviewed on the regular show that could have still been the runner-up. In this episode, Kevin speaks with Andrew Carden and Joyce Eng about Jerry Zucker's "Ghost," the possible runner-up that lost Best Picture to "Dances with Wolves" in 1990. This episode includes a review of the film itself, its awards run, and another fun quiz! You can listen to the full episode of On Second Thought by going to patreon.com/andtherunnerupis and contributing at the $3 per month tier. Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Andrew Carden on Twitter: @AwardsConnect Follow Joyce Eng on Twitter: @joyceeng61 Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Music included on this episode: "Unchained Melody" - The Righteous Brothers

Kevin welcomes Terence Johnson, director, writer, producer, film critic and owner of LeNoirAuteur.Net, to talk about Frank Capra's classic 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,' the likely runner-up in the 1939 Oscar race that lost to 'Gone with the Wind.' 0:00 - 1:27 - Introduction 1:28 - 40:49 - 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' review 40:50 - 2:02:16 - Why 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' lost Best Picture 2:02:17 - 2:13:36 - Shoulda been a contender 2:13:37 - 2:16:56 - Did 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' deserve to win? Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Terence Johnson on Twitter: @terencebjohnson Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich

Listen to this PREVIEW of the 27th episode of On Second Thought, a special bonus series you can hear on the And the Runner-Up Is Patreon exclusive feed! On Second Thought is a series in which Kevin is joined by TWO special guests in breaking down another Best Picture nominee not reviewed on the regular show that could have still been the runner-up. In this episode, Kevin speaks with Chris Feil and Charlie Bright about Oliver Stone's "JFK," the possible runner-up that lost Best Picture to "The Silence of the Lambs" in 1991. This episode includes a review of the film itself, its awards run, and another fun quiz! You can listen to the full episode of On Second Thought by going to patreon.com/andtherunnerupis and contributing at the $3 per month tier. Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Chris Feil on Twitter: @chrisvfeil Follow Charlie Bright on Twitter: @charlesbright Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Music included on this episode: "Prologue" - John Williams

Kevin welcomes back Ryan McQuade from InSession Film and Chasing the Gold to talk about John Ford's classic 'The Grapes of Wrath,' the likely runner-up in the 1940 Oscar race that lost to 'Rebecca.' 0:00 - 1:15 - Introduction 1:16 - 52:10 - 'The Grapes of Wrath' review 52:11 - 2:10:04 - Why 'The Grapes of Wrath' lost Best Picture 2:10:05 - 2:23:30 - Shoulda been a contender 2:23:31 - 2:29:45 - Did 'The Grapes of Wrath' deserve to win? Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Ryan McQuade on Twitter: @ryanmcquade77 Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich

Listen to this PREVIEW of the 26th episode of On Second Thought, a special bonus series you can hear on the And the Runner-Up Is Patreon exclusive feed! On Second Thought is a series in which Kevin is joined by TWO special guests in breaking down another Best Picture nominee not reviewed on the regular show that could have still been the runner-up. In this episode, Kevin speaks with Erik Anderson and Cody Dericks about Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game," the possible runner-up that lost Best Picture to "Unforgiven" in 1992. This episode includes a review of the film itself, its awards run, and another fun quiz! You can listen to the full episode of On Second Thought by going to patreon.com/andtherunnerupis and contributing at the $3 per month tier. Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Erik Anderson on Twitter: @awards_watch Follow Cody Dericks on Twitter: @codymonster91 Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Music included on this episode: "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Percy Sledge

Kevin welcomes film professor Kyle Stevens to talk about Orson Welles's classic 'Citizen Kane,' the likely runner-up in the 1941 Oscar race that lost to 'How Green Was My Valley.' 0:00 - 1:26 - Introduction 1:27 - 34:47 - 'Citizen Kane' review 34:48 - 1:37:00 - Why 'Citizen Kane' lost Best Picture 1:37:01 - 1:48:44 - Shoulda been a contender 1:48:45 - 1:51:13 - Did 'Citizen Kane' deserve to win? Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Kyle Stevens on Twitter: @cinementalist Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich

Listen to a PREVIEW of the fifth episode of How Did They Win, a special bonus series you can hear on the And the Runner-Up Is Patreon exclusive feed! How Did They Win is a series in which Kevin is joined by special guests in breaking down a notable Oscar category outside of Best Picture. In this episode, Kevin speaks with Tom O'Brien and Amy Thomasson about Bong Joon-ho winning Best Director at the 2019 Oscars. This episode includes a breakdown of each nominee, a discussion of why they were nominated, why four of them lost, why Bong won, and all the notable snubs. You can listen to more bonus episodes by going to patreon.com/andtherunnerupis and contributing at the $3 per month tier. Please note that there are parts of this episode where my voice is a bit muffled. I had to do a little extra editing this week by adding in my individual voice feed to all the points where I'm talking on my own, but I couldn't quite work around some of the crosstalk. Just giving you the heads up! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Tom O'Brien on Twitter: @thomaseobrien Follow Amy Thomasson on Twitter: @athomasson11 Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter: @OscarRunnerUp Music included on this episode: "Belt of Faith" by Jung Jae-il Clips included on this episode from: "Joker" (Warner Bros.)