OSCARS '62: Birdman of Alcatraz

CONTENT WARNING: imprisonment, solitary confinement, murder, homosexuality. The duds just keep on coming this week as a movie about one of America’s most dangerous (and quirky) prisoners just collapses under its own weight. Many times we celebrate directors and casts who deeply care about their subject. In this case, it somehow makes the whole experience worse, mostly because it commits the cardinal sin of being boring. It’s not the worst movie we’ve ever seen, but it’s a real drag to sit through. Oscars ‘62 continues as we talk about Birdman of Alcatraz onMacintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?! You can email us with feedback at [e-mail], or you can connect with us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Also please subscribe, rate and review the show on your favorite podcatcher, and tell your friends. Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive. Excerpt taken from “Main Title” from the original soundtrack to the film Birdman of Alcatraz, written and composed by Elmer Bernstein. Copyright 1962 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Excerpt taken from “Main Title” from the original soundtrack to the film The Miracle Worker, written and composed by Meredith Willson. Copyright 1962 Playfilm Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.