2008: 'No Country for Old Men' Wins at the Greatest Oscars Ever?

Oscars Playback

Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 43 min

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Episode description

On this episode of Oscars Playback, editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen travel back to the 80th annual Academy Awards to celebrate one of the great movie years of all time. The 2008 Oscars took place after a bitter writers' strike and crowned "No Country for Old Men" the year's best movie. Job well done, academy!

2007 in film (00:00)

Oscars ceremony and Best Picture (45:57)

Best Director (59:40)

Best Actor (1:01:58)

Best Actress (1:07:42)

Best Supporting Actor/Actress (1:12:16)

A brief detour to talk about Killers of the Flower Moon (1:25:25)

Screenplay winners, the music categories, and our final thoughts (1:27:06)

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