308 – The Monuments Men

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

With another George Clooney film on the horizon with Wolfs, it’s time to revisit the diminishing returns of his directorial career. In the 2013 season, his WWII quasi-comedy true story ensemble film The Monuments Men was an on-paper awards magnet. With a cast that included Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, and Bill Murray as a team attempting to rescue centuries worth of art from destruction by the Nazis, the film released two underwhelming trailers before being punted into the next year. Released in February 2014, the film made much more money than you probably remember, but failed as an awards vehicle.

This episode, we rehash Clooney’s directorial career and discuss the film’s struggle in the editing room. We also talk about the film’s mismatching of its stars into pairs, Jean Dujardin’s Oscar run with The Artist, and Clooney’s reaction to Tarantino saying he’s not a movie star.

Topics also include Drunk History, Tim Walz’s summer playlist, and Alexandre Desplat.

Follow Us on Twitter!@Had_Oscar_BuzzJoe: @joereidChris: @chrisvfeil

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0:00.0	Garets and Gentle Gareys, we are happy to relay the news that the Vulture Movies Fantasy League is coming back for the 2024-25 awards season.
0:09.4	If you played the league over the last two years, already know what's up so if this is
0:14.4	news to you here the details we at vulture have devised our own version of
0:19.0	fantasy football only with movies you select a roster of eight movies
0:23.7	within a set budget, then you watch those movies accumulate points throughout the
0:27.4	rest of the year and through Oscar Night. The points come from
0:30.8	accomplishments at the box office or from awards and nominations.
0:34.7	It is quite simple and quite fun.
0:37.7	Quite fun!
0:38.7	And just like last year, you can join a mini-league and compete against your friends, peers, or if you should so desire
0:45.9	against your fellow podcast listeners.
0:49.3	Last season, the Gary showed up huge. We were by a large margin the biggest of the
0:55.2	mini leagues and Gary's represented through the season in the top 10
0:58.3	rankings and we want to see that happening again. That's right. This year we're running it all back. Registration
1:04.4	kicks off for the movie fantasy league on September 10th you will have until
1:08.6	October 3rd to draft your team. If you would like to participate in the This Had Oscar Buzz specific
1:14.2	mini league you need to select that option when you create your team. Be very
1:18.8	very sure of this. This year Chris File himself has devised a demented yet simple name for our mini league.
1:26.0	What else can you expect from me?
1:28.0	Gariators. Like Gladiators, but Garias.
1:32.0	You can say it like Elizabeth Taylor. like Gladiators, but Garias. Gariators.
1:33.3	You can say it like Elizabeth Taylor if you'd like to.
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