About this episode
This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes InSession Film's Amy Thomasson to discuss the 1984 Oscar race for Best Actress, where Sally Field won for her performance in "Places in the Heart," beating Judy Davis in "A Passage to India," Jessica Lange in "Country," Vanessa Redgrave in "The Bostonians," and Sissy Spacek in "The River." We discuss all of these nominated performances and determine who we think was the runner-up to Field. 0:00 - 13:27 - Introduction 13:28 - 35:55 - Judy Davis 35:56 - 51:34 - Jessica Lange 51:35 - 1:09:05 - Vanessa Redgrave 1:09:06 - 1:22:12 - Sissy Spacek 1:22:13 - 1:36:33 - Sally Field 1:36:34 - 2:21:41 - Why Sally Field won / Twitter questions 2:21:42- 2:29:28 - Who was the runner-up? Buy And the Runner-Up Is merch at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/and-the-runner-up-is?ref_id=24261 ! Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis ! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter Follow Amy Thomasson on Twitter Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter and Instagram Theme/End Music: "Diamonds" by Iouri Sazonov Additional Music: "Storming Cinema Ident" by Edward Blakeley Artwork: Brian O'Meara