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Costume Designer Jenny Beavan on The Leopard
Three-time Oscar winner Jenny Beavan on Luchino Visconti’s “The Leopard”—and why the greatest costume design is the kind you forget someone made.
March 9, 2026
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Three-time Oscar winner Jenny Beavan on Luchino Visconti’s “The Leopard”—and why the greatest costume design is the kind you forget someone made.
Toward the end of Grant’s acting career, he had stopped playing the romantic interest, concerned how his age reflected in the on-screen relationships, particularly with younger women. After this point, he only played a romantic interest one last time, and it was opposite Audrey Hepburn in Charade.
It’s time for another Listener’s Choice episode, and we’re talking about one of the all-time WWII classics. That’s right, listener Michael Cook decided that it was time for us to discuss John Sturges’ 1963 film “The Great Escape,” and man, was he right on the money. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we chat about our eight listener’s choice with “The Great Escape.”