Oscar Loves... The Musical Bio-Pic

This month, it's dynamic duo Mark and Izzy discussing the musical geniuses that caught the Academy's attention when their lives hit the screen. 

Released only a few years after Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. died, Robert Z Leonard's The Great Ziegfeld was an epic musical spectacle showcasing the ups and down of Ziegfeld's life and the many famous faces he discovered. 

Milos Forman's Amadeus is not only a biopic about the brilliance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but of another man's life: Antonio Salieri, whose jealousy and despair grew as Mozart's star ascended. F Murray Abraham won the Best Actor award for his performance as Salieri - though Izzy is still fighting Mark Hulce's corner for his bravura performance as enfant terrible, Mozart.

TECHNICAL ISSUES - we apologise that this episode suffered some technical issues and in places the sound is very quiet. We had a ghost in our new microphone that has now been banished.

Thank you to Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music and Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork.