Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min · 11 segments
We've done it yet again, members of the jury! For the finale of our 1978 miniseries, we are digging yet again into the same nominees we've... kept talking about! Yep! Turns out The Turning Point still…
Dean CoburnHost
Claire Mae LewisHost
Morgan WardHostCo-HostHost
I mean, again, the joke kind of writes itself of like, there were, I believe it was Claire who first said there were seven movies who came out in 1977.
Which is like kind of true when you just look at that year where it's like the things that people really respond to in 1977 are what I would quote unquote call like deep cuts in terms of film people, you know? Or it's like cinephiles.
The things that people respond to are not like the things that were topping the box office outside of Star Wars, which...
the sort of big movies that have sort of lasted in the culture of 1977 are not the best picture nominees, which is just, which is just deeply funny because another big part of the conversation we've had this year is Jesus Christ.
Airport
Outside of Star Wars and Annie Hall, of, like, the movies we've been talking about in this year, specifically the Best Picture nominees, I think that The Goodbye Girl is the only other one that, like, people still watch that movie and know what it is.
I mean, again, the joke kind of writes itself of like, there were, I believe it was Claire who first said there were seven movies who came out in 1977.
Which is like kind of true when you just look at that year where it's like the things that people really respond to in 1977 are what I would quote unquote call like deep cuts in terms of film people, you know? Or it's like cinephiles.
The things that people respond to are not like the things that were topping the box office outside of Star Wars, which...
the sort of big movies that have sort of lasted in the culture of 1977 are not the best picture nominees, which is just, which is just deeply funny because another big part of the conversation we've had this year is Jesus Christ.
Airport
Outside of Star Wars and Annie Hall, of, like, the movies we've been talking about in this year, specifically the Best Picture nominees, I think that The Goodbye Girl is the only other one that, like, people still watch that movie and know what it is.
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