1976 Best Actress (feat. Zach Laws)
This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes filmmaker and AwardsWatch contributor Zach Laws to discuss the 1976 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Faye Dunaway won for her performance in “Network,” beating Marie-Christine Barrault in “Cousin Cousine,” Talia Shire in “Rocky,” Sissy Spacek in “Carrie,” and Liv Ullmann in “Face to Face.” We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Dunaway.
0:00 – 15:00 – Introduction
15:01 – 32:23 – Marie-Christine Barrault
32:24 – 56:52 – Talia Shire
56:53 – 1:23:54 – Sissy Spacek
1:23:55 – 1:43:00 – Liv Ullmann
1:43:01 – 2:08:24 – Faye Dunaway
2:08:25 – 2:50:29 – Why Faye Dunaway won / Twitter questions
2:50:30 – 2:56:15 – Who was the runner-up?
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Theme/End Music: “Diamonds” by Iouri Sazonov
Additional Music: “Storming Cinema Ident” by Edward Blakeley
Artwork: Brian O’Meara
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