Hosted by Adelaide and Antonio · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 12 episodes
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We review Best Picture winners throughout Oscars history and talk about why they won - for season 1, we’re covering the 1960s winners.
Adelaide and Antonio hosts Why It Won, a tv show with 12 episodes published.
Adelaide & special guest JJ talk the American New Wave, queer subtext, and Clavicular (somehow) as they explore why Midnight Cowboy won best picture. JJ's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jj.cardillo/
Adelaide discusses the beginning of the American New Wave as she recaps/reviews The Graduate.
Antonio and Adelaide talk Tudor history, the death of the studio era, and the ethics of a hot Henry VIII as they figure out why A Man for All Seasons won best picture.
Adelaide discusses how MGM killed the Hays Code as she recaps/reviews Antonioni's Blow-Up.
Antonio and Adelaide talk Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, and the golden age of musicals as they explore why West Side Story won best picture.
Adelaide talks Beatlemania and the British New Wave as she reviews A Hard Day's Night.
Antonio and Adelaide talk the British invasion, beautiful gowns, and Julie Andrews (again) as they figure out why My Fair Lady won best picture.
Adelaide and Antonio talk Audrey Hepburn, the British Invasion, and beautiful gowns as they explore why My Fair Lady won the best picture Oscar.
Adelaide talks the French New Wave as she recaps/reviews Breathless.
Adelaide and Antonio talk capitalism, the death of the Hays Code, and Shirley MacLaine's half-Canadian charm as they explore why The Apartment won best picture.
Adelaide recaps/reviews Brief Encounter & talks about why it was snubbed from a best picture nomination.
Adelaide & Antonio talk Julie Andrews, movie musicals, Christopher Plummer being hot and more as they explore why The Sound of Music won best picture.
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Why It Won is hosted by Adelaide and Antonio. The show is categorised under tv (film) and has published 12 episodes.
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