Jan 16, 2022
This month, we delve into the archives for a previously recorded but unreleased episode where the original OLFC gang discuss those Best Picture winners that also have an adapted screenplay.
Edmund Goulding's Grand Hotel is based on Vicki Baum's 1929 novel of the same name. The star-studded ensemble includes Greta Garbo, John and Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery and a very young Joan Crawford. Produced by Irving Thalberg, this MGM extravaganza is the only Best Picture winner not to be nominated in any other category.
In The English Patient, Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas lead the cast under Anthony Minghella's Oscar-winning direction, in this adaption of Michael Ondaatje's novel that follows a love affair during World War II.
Thank you to Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music and Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork. This episode was partly recorded remotely and so we apologise for any changes in sound quality present.