The Envelope Please

Samuel Erdahl & Rance Collins

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Frequency: 1 episode/19d. Total Eps: 99

Join friends Sam and Rance as they watch and discuss every single Academy Award winner for Best Picture starting from the very first ceremony.

2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Friday, March 13, 2026 • Duration 55:49

We are alive!.. and making our grand return to the podcast stage with our coverage of the 2003 Academy Awards and the night's clean sweep winner, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. We have missed you all!

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2025 Oscar Predictions

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 • Duration 01:25:39

Surprise! We're back for a special episode where we breakdown this year's Oscars race and choose our predicted winners. Feel free to steal our picks for your Oscars pool and may the best movie win!

75th Anniversary Episode

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 • Duration 01:50:49

Buckle up everyone, we're ranking every Best Picture winner from the first 75 years of Oscar.

2002: Chicago

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 • Duration 01:02:58

It's been a long time coming, but Chicago is the first movie musical to win Best Picture since 1968's Oliver! Both of us love this movie so tune in to hear us fawn over the great cast and excellent musical numbers.

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2001: A Beautiful Mind

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 • Duration 01:10:19

The second Best Picture winner in a row to star Russell Crowe! Ron Howard is finally triumphant with his movie, A Beautiful Mind. We both agree that the Best Picture lineup for this year is outstanding so tune in and hear us give all five of them some love.

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2000: Gladiator

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 • Duration 57:41

Welcome to a new decade! The first Best Picture winner of the 2000s was Ridley Scott's Gladiator. However, our pick for the best film is an animated one. Tune in to find out which movie it is!

Rankings: 1990-1999

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 • Duration 34:45

We're back with a special episode! We rank all ten Best Picture winners of the 90s. And we also throw in our favorite winners of the acting categories.

1999: American Beauty

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 • Duration 48:18

The final movie to win Best Picture in the 20th century was American Beauty. We had the pleasure of interviewing its producer, Dan Jinks, last week; so tune in to this episode to catch the rest of our regular coverage!

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Interview With Dan Jinks (American Beauty Producer)

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 • Duration 37:23

Welcome to a special episode of The Envelope Please! We had the pleasure of interviewing the producer of our next Best Picture winner, Dan Jinks. Tune in as we grill him on the making of American Beauty and his experience at the 1999 Academy Awards.

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1998: Shakespeare In Love

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 • Duration 01:00:02

We have landed at one of the most controversial Best Picture winners of all time! Shakespeare in Love beat out the heavy favorite, Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, for the top spot. Tune in to find out where we stand on this touchy subject!

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