Best Picture Power Rankings and ‘Priscilla’ With Sofia Coppola!

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Sean and Amanda review Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ (1:00), including the performances of its leads, Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny, its set and costume design, where it slots in with her film canon, and more. Then, they take stock of the Best Picture Oscars race (47:00) and share the 10 movies they think are most likely to be nominated (1:02:00). Finally, Sean is joined by Coppola to talk about what she saw in Priscilla Presley’s memoir that made her want to adapt it, the process of recreating extremely famous figures, and the scale and scope that she likes to make her movies at (1:09:00). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Sofia Coppola Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Ben Lindbergh. And we are the hosts of ButtonMash, the Ringers video game
0:05.7	podcast on the Ringerverse Feed. We are in the midst of the biggest Blockbuster Gaming Month
0:11.6	either of us can recall.
0:13.2	We're talking about Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros, Alan Wake, Five Nights of Freddie's,
0:17.8	Assassin's Creed Mirage.
0:19.0	We will have our hands full.
0:21.0	You can have your ears full with us talking about these wonderful video games.
0:25.2	On the Ringaverse Feed, weekly throughout this month on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. broadcasts. picture a conversation show about my girl Sophia Coppola.
0:45.0	Later in this episode I'll have a conversation with
0:46.9	Sophia Coppola about her new movie which Amanda and I will be
0:49.7	digging into deeply. What is that movie Amanda?
0:51.8	It's called Priscilla. I saw it at the
0:53.9	Venice Film Festival. I extended my trip. I was there in the room with Sophia as she
0:58.8	wore a beautiful Chanel gown. I'm assuming it's Chanel. I actually didn't verify that but she's been on a real
1:05.2	Chanel tip recently she's working with them she's doing a cashmere collection
1:09.2	there are some Chanel items in the in the film whatever you said I could be the engine of this
1:14.8	you are the engine I'm so confused anyway this is a Priscilla an adaptation of the
1:21.4	book Elvis and me by Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon and it is a biopic of the
1:28.1	young wife of Elvis Presley. It is told through her eyes and made with the cooperation of Priscilla Presley herself.
1:39.1	And it has been rolling out. You and I have both seen it and I just got to tell you it
1:45.1	rules it's so good. Sophia that's my girl and she's back she never left me but
1:51.5	she's really back.
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