The Envelope
Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to The Envelope Podcast. Here on The Envelope, we will be discussing and reviewing every Best Picture Winner in the Academy Awards History. We will start at the beginning and work our way toward present day. You can reach anyone here at TheEnvelopePodcast.com – Just go there to email us, check our bios, and keep up with the latest episode.
Episodes
101 episodes
Final Episode Special!
Ladies & Gentlemen. Welcome to “The Envelope” Podcast. For the last time.Here on The Envelope, we have discussed & reviewed every Best Picture Winner in the Academy Awards History. We began with the very first Best Pi...
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Season 1
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1:21:23
Nomadland
On this episode, we discuss the ninety-third Best Picture Winner: “NOMADLAND”"Nomadland" is based on the 2017 nonfiction book "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century" by Jessica Bruder. The film follows Fern, a woman in...
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Season 1
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Episode 93
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1:19:54
Parasite
On this episode, we discuss the ninety-second Best Picture Winner: “PARASITE”"Parasite" is a South Korean black comedy thriller that follows a poor family who scheme to become employed by a wealthy family and infiltrate their household b...
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Season 1
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Episode 92
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1:19:24
Green Book
On this episode, we discuss the ninety-first Best Picture Winner: “GREEN BOOK”"Green Book" is a biographical comedy-drama written by Peter Farrelly, Brian Hayes Currie and Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga's son, Nick Vallelonga, based on inte...
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Season 1
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Episode 91
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1:02:32
The Shape of Water
On this episode, we discuss the ninetieth Best Picture Winner: “THE SHAPE OF WATER”"The Shape of Water" is a romantic fantasy film that follows Elisa, a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security governm...
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Season 1
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Episode 90
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1:01:05
Moonlight
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-ninth Best Picture Winner: “MOONLIGHT”"Moonlight" is a coming-of-age drama based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue." The film prese...
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Season 1
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Episode 89
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56:51
Spotlight
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-eighth Best Picture Winner: “SPOTLIGHT”"Spotlight" follows The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States, and it...
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Season 1
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Episode 88
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1:09:12
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-seventh Best Picture Winner: “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”"Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” follows former cinema superhero Riggan Thomson as he mounts an ambitio...
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Season 1
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Episode 87
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1:06:15
12 Years a Slave
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-sixth Best Picture Winner: “12 YEARS A SLAVE.”"12 Years a Slave" is a biographical period-drama adaptation of the 1853 slave memoir "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northup. In the years before the...
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Season 1
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Episode 86
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1:25:22
Argo
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-fifth Best Picture Winner: “ARGO.”"Argo" is a historical drama thriller based on the 1999 book by U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez, titled "The Master of Disguise," and the 200...
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Season 1
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Episode 85
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1:14:29
The Artist
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-fourth Best Picture Winner: “THE ARTIST.”"The Artist" is a French comedy-drama film in the style of a black-and-white silent film. The story takes place in Hollywood, between 1927 and 1932, and focu...
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Season 1
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Episode 84
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59:13
The King’s Speech
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-third Best Picture Winner: “THE KING’S SPEECH.”"The King's Speech" is a British historical drama that follows King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 83
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53:44
The Hurt Locker
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-second Best Picture Winner: “THE HURT LOCKER.”"The Hurt Locker" follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the str...
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Season 1
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Episode 82
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1:07:10
Slumdog Millionaire
On this episode, we discuss the eighty-first Best Picture Winner: “SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.”"Slumdog Millionaire" is a British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel "Q & A" written by Indian author Vikas Swarup. The st...
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Season 1
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Episode 81
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1:03:51
No Country for Old Men
On this episode, we discuss the eightieth Best Picture Winner: “NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.”"No Country for Old Men" is neo-Western crime thriller film based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. While out hunting, Llewelyn Moss ...
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Season 1
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Episode 80
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1:10:53
The Departed
On this episode, we discuss the seventy-ninth Best Picture Winner: “THE DEPARTED.”"The Departed is a crime thriller remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs" and is also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; ...
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Season 1
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Episode 79
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1:20:59
Crash
On this episode, we discuss the seventy-eighth Best Picture Winner: “CRASH.”"Crash" is a crime drama that interweaves several connected stories about race, class, family and gender in Los Angeles in the aftermath of 9/11. Characters incl...
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Season 1
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Episode 78
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1:26:09
The Envelope – 2021 Oscar Winners Special
On this episode, we discuss the 93rd Academy Awards Ceremony and the Winners!
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Season 1
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1:06:31
2021 Oscar Nominations Special
On this episode, we discuss the 2021 Oscar Nominations.We tell you who WILL win and who SHOULD win in every category at this year's Academy Awards!
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Season 1
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2:15:47
Million Dollar Baby
On this episode, we discuss the seventy-seventh Best Picture Winner: “MILLION DOLLAR BABY.”"Million Dollar Baby" is a sports drama film based on short stories by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager and cutman Jerry Boyd. The film f...
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Season 1
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Episode 77
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1:20:16
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
On this episode, we discuss the seventy-sixth Best Picture Winner: “LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING.”"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" is an epic fantasy adventure film that is the culmination of nearly 10 years' work...
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Season 1
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Episode 76
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1:41:39
Chicago
On this episode, we discuss the seventy-fifth Best Picture Winner: “CHICAGO.”"Chicago" is an American musical black comedy crime film based on the 1975 stage musical of the same name. It explores the themes of celebrity, scandal, and cor...
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Season 1
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Episode 75
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1:19:02
A Beautiful Mind
On this episode, we discuss the seventy-fourth Best Picture Winner: “A Beautiful Mind.”"A Beautiful Mind" is a biographical drama based on the life of the American mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics and Abel Prize win...
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Season 1
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Episode 74
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1:26:55