#147: 'Oscars Got Right'

Adam

1. Robert De Niro, Sissy Spacek, Timothy Hutton (1980)

2. Unforgiven (1992)

3. Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster (1991)

4. Kevin Kline (1988), Benicio Del Toro (2000)

5. Susan Sarandon (1995), Frances McDormand (1996)

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Sam

1. Steven Soderbergh (2000)

2. Amadeus (1984)

3. Daniel Day-Lewis (1989)

4. Chris Cooper (2002)

5. Hilary Swank (1999)

#146: Sundance Debuts

joint list

1. Reservoir Dogs

2. Memento

3. Hustle & Flow

4. Sex, Lies, and Videotape

5. American Movie

Overlooked: Blood Simple (Adam) and Big Night (Sam)

#145: 2006 Blowout

Discoveries/breakthroughs

Sam

1. Ryan Gosling, HALF NELSON
2. David Jacobson, DOWN IN THE VALLEY
3. James Marsh, THE KING
4. Shia LeBeouf, BOBBY/GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS
5. Jonah Hill, ACCEPTED

ADAM

1. Guillermo Del Toro, PAN’S LABYRINTH
2. Kevin MacDonald, LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
3. Ryan Gosling, HALF NELSON
4. Neil Burger, THE ILLUSIONIST
5. Anthony Mackie, HALF NELSON/WE ARE MARSHALL

Overrated

SAM

1. The Queen
2. Borat
3. The Departed
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Casino Royale

ADAM

1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Flags of Our Fathers
3. Borat
4. Babel
5. Dreamgirls

Underrated

SAM

1. American Dreamz
2. The King
3. Idiocracy
4. The Notorious Bettie Page
5. The Pursuit of Happyness

ADAM

1. Bobby
2. Accepted
3. The Lake House
4. The Fountain
5. The Break-Up

Surprises

SAM

1. Jennifer Aniston, THE BREAK-UP
2. Rosario Dawson, CLERKS 2
3. Keri Russell, M:I:3
4. The Pursuit of Happyness
5. Will Ferrell, STRANGER THAN FICTION

ADAM

1. Kirsten Dunst, MARIE ANTOINETTE
2. Jennifer Aniston, THE BREAK-UP
3. Penélope Cruz, VOLVER
4. The Lake House
5. Casino Royale

Disappointments

SAM

1. All the King’s Men
2. A Scanner Darkly
3. Jackass Number Two
4. Art School Confidential
5. Talladega Nights
6. Tristram Shandy

ADAM

1. Mark Wahlberg, INVINCIBLE
2. Jodie Foster, INSIDE MAN
3. Julianne Moore, CHILDREN OF MEN
4. Babel
5. Borat
6. Superman Returns

Owes Apology to (according to other host)

SAM

1. Kevin MacDonald, LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
2. Jack Nicholson, THE DEPARTED

ADAM

1. Ed Norton, David Jacobson, DOWN IN THE VALLEY
2. Chris Weitz, AMERICAN DREAMZ

Memorable Scenes

SAM

1. Stefane admits love in dream, SCIENCE OF SLEEP
2. Urban battle & birth, CHILDREN OF MEN
3. Star-spangled threeway, SHORTBUS
4. ‘Trilogy’ talk, CLERKS 2
5. Any scene with Woody Harrelson and John C. Reilly, PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

ADAM

1. Urban battle, CHILDREN OF MEN
2. Star-spangled threeway, SHORTBUS
3. Confronting drug dealer, HALF NELSON
4. Recruiting Costigan, THE DEPARTED
5. Dying with honor, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Truly Moving Moments

SAM

1. Final scene, PAN’S LABYRINTH
2. Goodbye to families, UNITED 93
3. Final scene, PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
4. Kid wearing Vince’s jersey, INVINCIBLE

ADAM

1. Rescue, WORLD TRADE CENTER
2. Meeting, THE LAKE HOUSE
3. Final scene, PAN’S LABYRINTH
4. Gardner gets the job, PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
5. Talking to baby before war, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

Best endings

SAM

1. A Prairie Home Companion
2. Children of Men
3. Pan’s Labyrinth
4. The Pursuit of Happyness
5. The Science of Sleep

ADAM

1. Inside Man
2. The Prestige
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. A Prairie Home Companion
5. Pan’s Labyrinth

Villians

SAM

1. Ramirez Amilcar, APOCALYPTO
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman, M:I:3

ADAM

1. George W. Bush, SHUT UP AND SING
2. J. Earle Hailey, LITTLE CHILDREN
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman, M:I:3
4. Sergio Lopez, PAN’S LABYRINTH
5. Christian Bale/Hugh Jackman, THE PRESTIGE

#144: Top 10 Films of 2006

Adam

1. The Last King of Scotland

2. The Departed

3. Pan's Labyrinth

4. United 93

5. Brick

6. Fast Food Nation

7. Letters From Iwo Jima

8. Children of Men

9. Volver

10. The Proposition

*11. L'Enfant

Sam

1. The Science of Sleep

2. Shortbus

3. Marie Antoinette

4. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

5. Half Nelson

6. Brick

7. Bubble

8. Babel

9. Children of Men

10. Fast Food Nation

*11. Pan's Labyrinth

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Guest #1 Films

Matt Singer
L'Enfant

Rian Johnson
The Fountain, Tideland

M. Robert Turnage
Children of Men

Scott Smith, Chicagoist
Children of Men

Kevin Crossman
The Break-Up

Ryan Heller
Borat

Tassoula Kokkoris
Little Children

Alex Knesnik
Superman Returns, Half Nelson

Jeff Huston
The Fountain

Ira Glass
Marie Antoinette, The Queen

Matty Ballgame
Pan's Labyrinth

Scott Tobias
The Departed, Children of Men

Carrie Van Hallgren
The Heart of the Game