The Tom Hanks Hall of Fame. Plus: The Snubs and Surprises of the Independent Spirit Award Nominations. | The Big Picture

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

The Spirit Awards typically act as Oscars counterprogramming, rewarding outliers and underseen indies in the race. Sean and Amanda break down the 2020 nominations and what they could mean for the big show (1:09). Then, with 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' hitting theaters, we discuss the long and brilliant career of America's Dad, Tom Hanks, by constructing a hall of fame with his 10 most essential performances (16:15). Finally, Sean is joined by director Marielle Heller to talk about Hanks and how together they captured the essence of Fred Rogers (1:09:49). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guests: Marielle Heller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up guys and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:04.2	Binge Mode made its grand return earlier this month and Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion
0:08.6	are deep diving on the Star Wars franchise covering every movie, the newly released Disney
0:13.3	Plus series The Mandalorian and fan favorite characters.
0:16.8	You can check out new episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday wherever you get your
0:20.1	podcasts.
0:21.1	And up on the site we have more Mandalorian coverage written by Micah Peters, Alison
0:25.0	Hermann and Ben Linberg as well as staff-wide surveys throughout the season.
0:28.9	You can check it all out on theringer.com.
0:30.9	I'm Sean Femese.
0:39.9	I'm Amanda Dobbin.
0:40.9	And this is the big picture a conversation show about being a good neighbor.
0:44.8	Today we turn our attention to Tom Hanks and the new film A Beautiful Dan the Neighborhood.
0:49.2	Later in the show I'll have a conversation with Mario Heller, the gifted filmmaker behind
0:52.3	the Diary of a Teenage Girl, can you ever forgive me?
0:54.8	And this true life story of Mr. Rogers sort of and the journalist with whom he crossed paths
0:59.2	but first let's go to today's news.
1:01.0	Amanda, the independent spirit award nominations have been announced.
1:04.7	Yes they have.
1:05.7	Is that exciting to you?
1:07.3	Sure, I love independent films.
1:09.0	I love independent films as well.
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