283 – Garden State

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2024

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

We’re finally diving into the time capsule that is 2004’s Garden State. The writing and directing debut of Zach Braff, the film stars Braff as a depressed actor who returns to his Jersey home to attend his mother’s funeral. Once there, he reunites with former friends and maybe meets the love of his life (played by Natalie Portman in an urtext manic pixie dream girl mode) who helps him reevaluate his life. The film was a Sundance sensation and unleashed a gangbusters trailer package, igniting the love of young cinephiles, if not the Academy.

This episode, we discuss what about the film has aged poorly and its place in Fox Searchlight’s very busy 2004. We also talk about the film’s incredibly popular and definitive soundtrack, Portman’s performance and career up to her first Oscar nomination, and Jackie Hoffman’s brief performance in the film hilariously singing Lionel Ritchie.

Topics also include the personal stages of life we were in when we first saw the film, how gross it is to share headphones, and Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling winning Best Kiss.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Oh, wrong house.
0:02.0	wrong.
0:03.0	The right house.
0:05.0	Oh, wrong house.
0:07.0	Oh, wrong house.
0:12.0	No, the right house. I didn't get nominated.
0:15.0	Mill and Hack.
0:17.0	Mill and Hack and friends. I'm from Canada water.
0:25.0	I'm from Canada water. Dick Poopop. This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before.
0:49.0	This is your one opportunity to do something that no one has ever done before and that no one will copy again throughout human existence.
0:55.2	And if nothing else, you'll be remembered as the one guy who ever did this, this one thing. I've done that one before.
1:05.0	I've done that one before.
1:10.0	Hello and welcome to the This Had Oscar Bus podcast The Only Podcast that's insecure, but love is the cure
1:16.4	Every week on This Had Oscar Buzz will be talking about
1:19.7	Different movie that once upon a time had lofty Academy Award aspirations, but for some reason or another it all went wrong.
1:27.0	The Oscar hopes died and were here to perform the autopsy.
1:31.0	I am your host, Chris File, and I'm here as always with my Infinite Abyss Explorer, Joe Reed.
1:37.0	You can't cue me up to scream like that when we're recording something.
1:41.0	I'd blow out all of our instruments.
1:43.6	I'm also maybe realizing I should we shouldn't maybe start off the episode with something
1:49.4	gay people can be messy about like just a term you know infinite abyss explorer listen sure
1:56.2	I've been called worse things um what is this a euphemism for gay
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