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Oscars: WWTT? Podcast – Welcome to an Oscars full of murder, greed, corruption, violence…
By Bruce Vilanch
April 7, 2025
Welcome Oscars: WWTT? fans to the 2003 Oscars for the films of 2002. In the US we are in post-9/11 recovery; in the Middle East the Iraq War has just begun and on the Oscar stage it’s a battle between the hit musical adaptation of Chicago VS. The Hours, Gangs of New York, The Pianist and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. So, which film about murder and/or death takes home the gold and why? And who else should have been considered? That’s what we’re here to find out as we re-examine an Academy Awards show that was equal parts razzle-dazzle and controversy — including some things that would never fly today!
MOVIES MENTIONED
Bowling for Columbine
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Pianist
Frida
Road to Perdition
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adaptation
Far From Heaven
Talk to Her
About Schmidt
Catch Me if you Can
Spiderman
Oliver
Joker 2
The Aviator
Shutter Island
The Lord of the Rings
25th Hour
Minority Report
Spirited Away
Y tu mama tambien
The Quiet American
Leaving Las Vegas
One Hour Photo
Punch Drunk Love
Uncut Gems
8 Mile
Secretary
Igby Goes Down
Unfaithful
The Deer Hunter
Entrapment
About a Boy
Winged Migration
Roger & Me
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
The Lion King
A Hard Day’s Night
Cats
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
The Departed
Amelia Perez
