The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards

The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards
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Episode #	255
Miniseries	The Blankies
Guest(s)	Joe Reid
Date posted	2 Feb 2020
Running time	1:48
Audio link	Soundcloud Audioboom
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Sponsors	Noom The Bouqs Company
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The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards (also known as The Blankies - not to be confused with "blankies" who are fans of the podcast) is episode 255 and the fifth entry in the series of standalone Blankies episodes, where Griffin, David, and guest Joe Reid get to "pick the Oscars!" and reveal their picks for the best in film in 2019. Posted 2 Feb 2020.

Summary

Griffin and David welcome back Joe Reid for the 5th annual Blankie Awards where together they present their own personal nominations and winners for the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards. This roundtable discussion looks at all the major categories, as well as, references deep cut cinema from 2019 you may have missed.

These guys.... there is so much far-ranging and freewheeling discussion of all these films and performances. Give it a listen for all the details.

Meanwhile, Prodoer Ben is tremendously pleased when they keep the running time manageable. Relatively speaking, of course. They blasted through these this year as if they were sane people.

Milestones and Ephemera

• Joe has joined the Five-Timers Club! Steady wins the race :-)
• Check out Joe's podcast with Chris Feil, This Had Oscar Buzz, it's manna for most Blankies. Twitter, webpage, iTunes
• Joe's "Oh my god" reaction to Griffin's song intros...
• As is traditional, at the end of the Blankies, it's Ben's Awards! They just keep getting better. Prodoer Ben cannot be stopped.
• The on-mic reactions to the Fast & Furious 9 trailer did eventually get recorded for the Patreon, FYI.
• David Sims, 2020 Bad Boy
• More information to be filled in over time with re-listens
• Several movies were nominated that have been covered on the show:
  • Toy Story 4, part of the Toy Story commentaries
  • Glass, part of Pod Night Shyamacast
  • Doctor Sleep, a bonus episode for Pods Wide Cast
• Two past and future guests were nominated: Jamie Bell for Rocketman and Lulu Wang for The Farewell

And The Blankie Goes To...

Griffin		David	Joe	reddit blankies
Best Supporting Actress
Florence "Candice LeBron Bergen" Pugh Little Women		Jennifer Lopez Hustlers	Jennifer Lopez Hustlers	See Below
Sophie Okonedo Wild Rose		Park So-dam Parasite	Laura Dern Marriage Story
Jennifer Lopez Hustlers		Florence Pugh Little Women	Florence Pugh Little Women
Rebecca Ferguson Doctor Sleep		Zhao Shu-zhen The Farewell	Margot Robbie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Judi Dench Cats		Annette Bening The Report	Cho Yeo-jeong Parasite
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse		Tom Burke The Souvenir	Timothée Chalamet Little Women	See Below
Jamie Bell Rocketman		Brad Pitt Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Chris Cooper Little Women
Jeremy Bobb Under the Silver Lake		Joseph "Joe" Pesci The Irishman	Tom Hanks A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Alessandro Nivola The Art of Self-Defense		Alessandro Nivola The Art of Self-Defense	Richard Schiff Clemency
Wesley Snipes Dolemite Is My Name		Song Kang-ho Parasite	Wesley Snipes Dolemite Is My Name
Best Original Screenplay
Parasite		The Farewell	Knives Out	Parasite
Uncut Gems		Knives Out	Booksmart	Knives Out
The Souvenir		The Souvenir	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	Marriage Story
Us		Marriage Story	Marriage Story	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
High Flying Bird		Parasite	Parasite	Uncut Gems
Best Adapted Screenplay
Little Women		Little Women	Little Women	Little Women
Hustlers		Hustlers	Hustlers	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Doctor Sleep		The Report	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Hustlers
Glass		Transit	Luce	The Irishman
Toy Story 4		The Irishman	Toy Story 4	Jojo Rabbit
Best Actor
Paul Walter Hauser Richard Jewell		Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory	Adam Driver Marriage Story	See Below
Adam Sandler Uncut Gems		Adam Sandler Uncut Gems	Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory
Eddie Murphy Dolemite Is My Name		Leonardo DiCaprio Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Leonardo DiCaprio Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Tom Burke The Souvenir		Mark Ruffalo Dark Waters	Brad Pitt Ad Astra
Keanu Reeves John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum		André Holland High Flying Bird	Daniel Craig Knives Out
Best Actress
Lupita Nyong'o Us		Jessie Buckley Wild Rose	Elisabeth Moss Her Smell	See Below
Jessie Buckley Wild Rose		Lupita Nyong'o Us	Lupita Nyong'o Us
Adèle Haenel Portrait of a Lady on Fire		Adèle Haenel Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Mary Kay Place Diane
Noémie Merlant Portrait of a Lady on Fire		Ana de Armas Knives Out	Florence Pugh Midsommar
Alfre Woodard Clemency		Zhao Tao Ash Is Purest White	Alfre Woodard Clemency
Best Director
Bong Joon-ho Parasite		Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Bong Joon-ho Parasite	Bong Joon-ho Parasite
Joanna Hogg The Souvenir		Joanna Hogg The Souvenir	Marielle Heller A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Greta Gerwig Little Women
Jennifer Kent The Nightingale		Josh and Benny Safdie Uncut Gems	Rian Johnson Knives Out	Josh and Benny Safdie Uncut Gems
Jordan Peele Us		Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Greta Gerwig Little Women	Martin Scorsese The Irishman
Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire		Bong Joon-ho Parasite	Lorene Scafaria Hustlers	Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Picture
10	Glass	Ash Is Purest White	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Midsommar
9	High Flying Bird	Dark Waters	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Portrait of a Lady on Fire
8	Uncut Gems	The Irishman (a.k.a Da Irishman)	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	The Farewell
7	The Irishman	The Farewell (a.k.a Da Farewell)	Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6	The Nightingale	Ad Astra (a.k.a Da Ad Astra)	Her Smell	Marriage Story
5	Toy Story 4	Uncut Gems (a.k.a. Da Uncut Gems)	Hustlers	The Irishman
4	The Souvenir	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (a.k.a. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)	Knives Out	Knives Out
3	Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Parasite (a.k.a. The Parasite)	Marriage Story	Uncut Gems
2	Us	The Souvenir (a.k.a. Souvenir)	Little Women	Little Women
1	Parasite	Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Parasite	Parasite

Reddit Blankies Acting Awards

Supporting

1. Florence Pugh (Little Women)
2. Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
3. Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
4. Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
5. Song Kang-ho (Parasite)
6. Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)
7. Al Pacino (The Irishman)
8. Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
9. Daniel Craig (Knives Out)
10. Park So-dam (Parasite)

Lead

1. Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
2. Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
3. Lupita Nyong'o (Us)
4. Florence Pugh (Midsommar)
5. Awkwafina (The Farewell)
6. Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
7. Brad Pitt (Ad Astra)
8. Ana de Armas (Knives Out)
9. Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)
10. Elisabeth Moss (Her Smell) / Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story) (TIE)

More Awards

2020 Putterers and Murmurers Awards

• Bill Camp, Dark Waters
• K Callen, Knives Out
• Rob Morgan, Just Mercy
• Tommy Lee Jones, Ad Astra [actually Sweaters and Fretterers]

WORST Putterer and Murmurer

• Meryl Streep, The Laundromat

David's Best Scores

• Uncut Gems
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Little Women
• Monos
• Marriage Story

Griffin's Gnarliest Supervillains

• Thanos, Avengers: Endgame
• Pennywise, IT Chapter Two
• Ricky T. J***r, (retired bit)
• The actual bomber, Richard Jewell
• Olivia Wilde, Richard Jewell (winner)

Ben's Awards

Editorial Note: As ever, we remind listeners that no typed-out description can ever do justice to Ben. Ever. Do yourself a favor and (re-)listen to the episodes!

Films That Should Be Remade With Babies, Animals, Puppets, also Fruit, and now Clowns too, Maybe a Robot or Two Could Be Cool, or Now It's Chains, That's a New Thing

• The Baby Irishman -- Tiny little criminals and gangsters!
• How about The Lion King, with real animals? Go full Roar.
• The Souvenir -- a comedia del arte thing with marionettes and shadow work
• Malificent: Mistress of Evil... or Fruit -- she is a dark bruised pear
• hold on to your boundaries..... what if there is a world in which the J***r wasn't the only clown? The whole city was clowns! (David: you mean Washington DC? Is this set in the Senate?)
• Knives Out, but I want it to be chains, Chains Out, the murder is chain-centric

The Wetties - The Golden Mops A traditional pick, and then a bunch of movies that made Ben cry -- they made him get wet!

• The Lighthouse (traditional pick)
• The Farewell
• Cats
• Judy
• The Mulan trailer

Ummm... No Thank You

• The Two Popes - c'mon, enough popes. Too Many Popes!
• 1917 - too old
• Motherless Brooklyn - seriously, offensive on behalf of stuttering advocates
• Portrait of a Lady - needs more fire
• Toy Story 4 -- sorry Griff

Honorable Mentions

• The Safdies, as always for their achievements in scumbummery -- this time for Uncut Gems
• Climax, for the best Voguing scene of all time
• Her Smell, for being punk as fuck
• The Beach Bum, for being Ben's Current Lifestyle award

Special Recognition

• Achievement in Hotness, 2019: David Sims. By bestowing a prize of a sleeveless flannel shirt, he shall now be rebranded for 2020 as "Bad Boy."