March Madness 2020

March Madness 2020
March Madness
Winner	Robert Zemeckis
Region	Oscars
Runner-Up	Barry Sonnenfeld
Companion Tournament	Special Features March Madness 2020
Patreon Episodes	4
Tournament Chronology
2019
2020
2021

March Madness 2020 was a virtual March Madness tournament held on the Blank Check twitter account for Blankies to vote on a director to be covered. The 2020 bracket had no seeds, and was Oscars vs. Razzies themed. The winning director was Robert Zemeckis and the resulting miniseries, Podcast Away, began in September 2020.

Summary

It's the 2020 March Madness event! Oscar winners vs. Razzie "winners!" At the same time on Blank Check: Special Features a corresponding tournament was hosted to determine the next franchise covered on the Patreon.

March Madness Rules

• polls post on Twitter @blankcheckpod at or around NOON Eastern/ 9am Pacific/ 4pm Greenwich Mean Time (shoutout British English)
• polls are open for 24 hours, new poll daily through 3/31/2020
• winner = covered in autumn 2020
• Don't @ blankcheckpod about missing directors. These are the choices this year!
• PLAY NICE!

Tournament

First round

Sweet Sixteen

Elite Eight

Final Four

Finals

Coen Brothers

Martin Scorsese

Coen Brothers

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

Warren Beatty

Coen Brothers

Robert Zemeckis

Peter Jackson

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis

Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón

David Lean

Robert Zemeckis

Oscars

Bong Joon-Ho

Danny Boyle

Anthony Minghella

Danny Boyle

Bong Joon-Ho

Miloš Forman

Bong Joon-Ho

Bong Joon-Ho

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

William Friedkin

Guillermo del Toro

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Bob Fosse

Robert Zemeckis

Barry Sonnenfeld

Michael Bay

Tom Green

Michael Bay

Michael Cimino

Michael Cimino

Sylvester Stallone

Michael Bay

Prince

Kevin Costner

Tom Hooper

Tom Hooper

Prince

Guy Ritchie

Prince

Michael Bay

Razzies

Barry Sonnenfeld

Martin Brest

Dennis Dugan

Martin Brest

Bill Condon

Bill Condon

Peter Farrelly

Martin Brest

Barry Sonnenfeld

Gus Van Sant

Barry Sonnenfeld

Bary Sonnenfeld

Elaine May

Elaine May

Blake Edwards

First Round Matchups

• A first round stats roundup by u/mi-16evil: BC March Madness 2020 - Round 1 Stats

1 March 2020 Subject Vote % Coen Brothers 61% Martin Scorsese 39% twitter poll -- 10,709 total votes -- reddit thread	2 March 2020 Subject Vote % Michael Bay 73% Tom Green 27% twitter poll -- 6,507 total votes -- reddit thread
3 March 2020 Mike Nichols 62% Warren Beatty 38% twitter -- 5,904 total votes -- reddit	4 March 2020 Michael Cimino 52% Sylvester Stallone 48% twitter -- 5,819 total votes -- reddit
5 March 2020 Peter Jackson 42% Robert Zemeckis 58% twitter -- 6,414 total votes -- reddit	6 March 2020 Kevin Costner 3179 votes 50% Tom Hooper 3185 votes 50% twitter -- 6,364 total votes -- reddit
7 March 2020 Alfonso Cuarón 58% David Lean 42% twitter -- 7,060 total votes -- reddit	8 March 2020 Guy Ritchie 49% Prince 51% twitter -- 7,356 total votes -- reddit
9 March 2020 Danny Boyle 67% Anthony Minghella 33% twitter -- 5,875 total votes -- reddit	10 March 2020 Martin Brest 66% Dennis Dugan 34% twitter -- 4,633 total votes -- reddit
11 March 2020 Milos Forman 33% Bong Joon-Ho 67% twitter -- 7,107 total votes -- reddit	12 March 2020 Bill Condon 52% Peter Farrelly 48% twitter -- 4,776 total votes -- reddit
13 March 2020 Guillermo del Toro 55% William Friedkin 45% twitter -- 6,284 total votes -- reddit	14 March 2020 Gus van Sant 45% Barry Sonnenfeld 55% twitter -- 5,261 total votes -- reddit
15 March 2020 Francis Ford Coppola 64% Bob Fosse 36% twitter -- 5,751 total votes -- reddit	16 March 2020 Elaine May 80% Blake Edwards 20% twitter -- 4,927 total votes -- reddit

Sweet Sixteen

17 March 2020 Subject Vote % Coen Brothers 67% Mike Nichols 33% twitter -- 6,673 total votes -- reddit	18 March 2020 Subject Vote % Michael Bay 55% Michael Cimino 45% twitter -- 6,216 total votes -- reddit
19 March 2020 Robert Zemeckis 64% Alfonso Cuarón 36% twitter -- 6,782 total votes -- reddit	20 March 2020 Tom Hooper 49% Prince 51% twitter -- 6,693 total votes -- reddit
21 March 2020 Danny Boyle 44% Bong Joon-ho 56% twitter -- 7,417 total votes -- reddit	22 March 2020 Martin Brest 54% Bill Condon 46% twitter -- 5,670 total votes -- reddit
23 March 2020 Guillermo del Toro 61% Francis Ford Coppola 39% twitter -- 9,912 total votes -- reddit	24 March 2020 Barry Sonnenfeld 52% Elaine May 48% twitter -- 7,128 total votes -- reddit

Quarterfinals

25 March 2020 Subject Vote % Coen Brothers 49% Robert Zemeckis 51% twitter -- 15,034 total votes -- reddit	26 March 2020 Subject Vote % Michael Bay 56% Prince 44% twitter -- 7,091 total votes -- reddit
27 March 2020 Bong Joon-ho 52% Guillermo del Toro 48% twitter -- 10,285 total votes -- reddit	28 March 2020 Martin Brest 40% Barry Sonnenfeld 60% twitter -- 6,763 total votes -- reddit

Semifinals

29 March 2020 Subject % Robert Zemeckis 52% Bong Joon-ho 48% twitter -- 12,822 total votes -- reddit

30 March 2020 Subject % Michael Bay 46% Barry Sonnenfeld 54% twitter -- 7.979 total votes -- reddit

Championship

31 March 2020 Robert Zemeckis 78% Barry Sonnenfeld 22% twitter -- 8,995 total votes -- reddit

Stats

Round	Total votes	Average votes
Round 1	100,747	6,297
Round 2	56,491	7,061
Round 3	39,173	9,793
Round 4	20,801	10,401
Round 5	8,995	8,995
Total	226,207	8,509

Featured Episodes

The March Madness 2020 recap episodes appeared on Blank Check: Special Features.

#	Title	Link	Guest(s)	Length	Date
SF048	March Madness 2020 Recap - Round 1	🔊	Unlisted: Chip Smith Ben Hosley Angela Ferraguto	0:34	3/9/2020
SF050	March Madness 2020 Recap - Round 2	🔊		0:58	3/18/2020
SF054	March Madness 2020 Recap - Round 3	🔊		0:49	3/26/2020
SF054	March Madness 2020 Recap - Round 4	🔊	Chip Smith	0:38	4/2/2020

Gallery

March 1 Coens v. Scorsese

March 2 Green v. Bay

March 3 Beatty v. Nichols

March 4 Stallone v. Cimino

March 5 Jackson v. Zemeckis

March 7 Cuaron v. Lean

March 8 Prince v. Ritchie

March 9 Boyle v. Minghella

March 10 Brest v. Dugan

March 11 Bong v. Forman

March 14 Sonnenfeld v. Van Sant