1940 Academy Award Best Picture Nominee: The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin) - Awards Don't Matter

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06/28/21 • 50 min

Charlie Chaplin is best known for his silent films, but quick in the minds of film lovers would be his iconic speech that concludes his Best Picture nominated film, The Great Dictator. Co-hosts of Awards Don't Matter sift through this powerful satire and assess how difficult it is to craft biting comedy that shakes its fists at the powerful. Find out in this episode whether Chaplin's maniacal dictator film still matters or not in this episode.

Featured in this episode is a clip of Daniel Taradash presenting Charlie Chaplin his honorary Oscar at the 1972 44th Academy Awards:

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Featured in this episode is a clip of Daniel Taradash presenting Charlie Chaplin his honorary Oscar at the 1972 44th Academy Awards:

Subscribe via R S S Feed, Anchor.fm, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

Follow the hosts on social media at the links below:

Andrew F Peirce – @TheCurbAU
David Giannini – @Da rnthatdave
Awards Don’t Matter – @AwardsDontPod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Pl-qvA1X8&ab_channel=Oscars

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