1981: Ordinary People beats Raging Bull, and it was the right choice
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 48 min
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Episode description
Welcome back to Season 3 of Oscars Playback. On this special episode, experts and editors Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen head back to 1981 to talk about the 53rd annual Academy Awards, where "Ordinary People" beat "Raging Bull" for Best Picture and Martin Scorsese lost his first Best Director Oscar of many.
Stay tuned this season for more '80s Oscar episodes and email us at slugfests@goldderby.com to talk about the decade in film.
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