Welcome to an Oscars full of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery & treachery.

Welcome Oscars: WWTT? fans to the 2003 Oscars for the films of 2002.  In the US we are in post-9/11 recovery; in the Middle East the Iraq War has just begun and on the Oscar stage it’s a battle between the hit musical adaptation of Chicago VS. The Hours, Gangs of New York, The Pianist and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. So, which film about murder and/or death takes home the gold and why? And who else should have been considered?  That’s what we’re here to find out  as we re-examine an Academy Awards show that was equal parts razzle-dazzle and controversy — including some things that would never fly today!    MOVIES MENTIONED Bowling for Columbine  Chicago Gangs of New York The Hours The Pianist Frida Road to Perdition Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Adaptation Far From Heaven Talk to Her About Schmidt Catch Me if you Can Spiderman Oliver Joker 2 The Aviator Shutter Island The Lord of the Rings 25th Hour Minority Report Spirited Away Y tu mama tambien The Quiet American Leaving Las Vegas One Hour Photo Punch Drunk Love Uncut Gems 8 Mile Secretary Igby Goes Down Unfaithful The Deer Hunter Entrapment About a Boy Winged Migration Roger & Me Fahrenheit 9/11 The Wild Thornberrys Movie The Lion King A Hard Day’s Night Cats Star Wars: Attack of the Clones The Departed Amelia Perez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices