Hey Oscar fans, welcome to a fun Bonus Episode that looks at a strange thing that happened following the 1974 Oscars (which we recently covered). 3 of the Best Picture Nominees (The Exorcist, American Graffiti & The Sting) went on to have sequels that were… less than successful. This led us to looking back at all the Oscar BP nominated or winning films that had sequels. It turns out, prior to 1970 there were only a handful. Why was that? And why did this year have so many? What film set the bar for the prestige sequel and how come none of these films from 1973 were able to come close to crossing it? And what were some planned sequels to classic films that (thankfully) never got made? Join us as we go sequel crazy at the Oscars!

FILMS MENTIONED

**The Exorcist

The Exorcist II: The Heretic

*American Graffiti

More American Graffiti

**The Sting

The Sting 2

The Birth of a Nation

The Fall of a Nation

The Broadway Melody

The Broadway Melody of (1936, 1938, 1940)

**The Thin Man

*After the Thin Man

*Going My Way

*The Bells of St. Mary’s

**King Kong

Son of Kong

Airport

Airport 1975

Airport 1977

Concorde: Airport 1979

**The Godfather

**The Godfather II

**Deliverance

Halloween III

Caddyshack 2

*Exorcist III

*The Great Waldo Pepper

*Slap Shot

**The French Connection

*The French Connection 2

*Chinatown

The Two Jakes

*Roger Dodger

Into the Wild

*The Hustler

*The Color of Money

*Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins Returns

**Psycho

*Psycho II

**Blade Runner

*Blade Runner 2049

*Top Gun

Top Gun: Maverick

Tron

Tron Legacy

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