74 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | On the Waterfront (1954)

We are 74 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today we go back to a city we've been in a few times before, New York.  But this time, we're bound for a more working class lifestyle by hitting the docks.  On the Waterfront is Elia Kazan's story about a man who has to make the hard choices when faced with his work versus his morals. Terry Malloy works, appropriately, on the waterfront as a longshoreman.  He lives what he thinks is a good life until a traumatic event shakes him to his core and forces him to confront a world of corruption and making the choice to stand up for what is right.  Elia Kazan controversially tackles this subject by seemingly comparing it to his own life and ostracism for ratting out members of the Communist Party to the House Un-American Activities Committee.  The problem is... he sort of cooked - but you'll hear what we think in the episode. In this episode you're gonna hear: How Elia Kazan's real-life drama impacted the creation of this movie Discussion on how Marlon Brando's acting still resonates today About where this 8 Oscar-winning movie was still snubbed at the Oscars in some way A pitch for new dating services from the Brainrot crew Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin Letterboxd Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt Alexis - https://boxd.it/I7k7 Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl