Picnic (feat. Nell Minow)

Kevin welcomes RogerEbert.com assistant editor and film critic and MovieMom.com founder Nell Minow to talk about Joshua Logan's melodrama 'Picnic,' the likely runner-up in the 1955 Oscar race that lost to 'Marty.'  0:00 - 1:14 - Introduction 1:15 - 44:15 - 'Picnic' review 44:16 - 1:09:20 - Why 'Picnic' lost Best Picture 1:09:21 - 1:35:09 - Shoulda been a contender 1:35:10 - 1:38:33 - Did 'Picnic' deserve to win? Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow Kevin Jacobsen on Twitter: @Kevin_Jacobsen Follow Nell Minow on Twitter:  @moviemom Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter:  @OscarRunnerUp Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich