Screen Test of Time, Ep. 98: Of Mice and Men

Screen Test of Time is a podcast where Suzan Eraslan and David Daw set out to watch every movie ever nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, in order, from the first awards season to, eventually, the present day. Each week, they watch and review a different movie, and when they've watched everything nominated in a particular year, they tell you whether the Oscar went to the right one! 

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Of Mice and Men is a solid, workmanlike adaptation of the famous Steinbeck novel— competently made, well acted, and with a script by the author himself. But does it rise to the level of Best Picture? It’s the last movie of 1939, so find out if it’s the nominee that’s best stood the Screen Test of Time, or if David and Suzan choose another one of the nominees for the real Best Picture of 1939!

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Year Eligible: 1939 (Nominated)

Additional audio from Of Mice and Men (1939)