Hosted by Ezra Stead with special guests: Jason A. Hill, Alan Tracy and Pete K. Wong.

The MIDG Oscars Podcast, 2017 edition.

Oscar discussion and predictions for the show Sunday night, February 26th, on ABC.

Duration: 2 hours and 9 minutes.

Intro Music: LA LA Land “Another Day Of Sun”

Outro Music: The Neon Demon “Runaway”

Oscar Predictions:

Best Picture

Alan Tracy: LA LA Land

Pete K. Wong: LA LA Land

Jason Hill: LA LA Land

Ezra Stead: LA LA Land

Snubs: Snowden (Alan) / Knight of Cups (Alan) / Nocturnal Animals (Pete)

Best Directing

Ezra Stead: Damien Chazelle – LA LA Land

Alan Tracy: Damien Chazelle – LA LA Land

Pete K. Wong: Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

Jason Hill: Damien Chazelle – LA LA Land

Snubs: Oliver Stone – Snowden / Nicolas Winding Refn – The Neon Demon (Jason) / Nate Parker – Birth of a Nation (Jason)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Ezra Stead: Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic

Alan Tracy: Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge

Pete K. Wong: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

Jason Hill: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

Snubs: Adam Driver – Paterson (Jason) / Colin Ferrell – The Lobster (Ezra) / Daniel Radcliffe – Swiss Army Man (Ezra)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Jason Hill: Emma Stone – LA LA Land

Ezra Stead: Isabelle Huppert – Elle

Alan Tracy: Emma Stone – LA LA Land

Pete K. Wong: Emma Stone – LA LA Land

Snubs: Amy Adams – Arrival (Ezra) / Krisha Fairchild – Krisha (Ezra)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Tracy: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

Pete K. Wong: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

Jason Hill: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

Ezra Stead: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

Snubs: Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins (Alan)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Pete K. Wong: Viola Davis – Fences

Jason Hill: Viola Davis – Fences

Ezra Stead: Viola Davis – Fences

Alan Tracy: Viola Davis – Fences

Best Animated Feature

Pete K. Wong: Zootopia

Jason Hill: Zootopia

Ezra Stead: Zootopia

Alan Tracy: Zootopia

Best Cinematography

Jason Hill: Moonlight

Ezra Stead: LA LA Land

Alan Tracy: Moonlight

Pete K. Wong: Moonlight

Snubs: The Neon Demon (Alan) / The Witch (Ezra)

Best Film Editing

Jason Hill: Moonlight

Ezra Stead: LA LA Land

Alan Tracy: Hacksaw Ridge

Pete K. Wong: LA LA Land

Best Original Score

Pete K. Wong: Moonlight

Jason Hill: LA LA Land

Ezra Stead: LA LA Land

Alan Tracy: LA LA Land

Snubs: The Neon Demon (Alan)

Best Production Design

Ezra Stead: LA LA LAnd

Alan Tracy: Hail Caesar!

Pete K. Wong: LA LA Land

Jason Hill: LA LA Land

Snubs: The Witch (Ezra) / The Neon Demon (Jason)

Best Visual Effects

Ezra Stead: The Jungle Book

Alan Tracy: Rouge One: A Star Wars Story

Pete K. Wong: Doctor Strange

Jason Hill: Doctor Strange

Snubs: Arrival (Jason) / Captain America: Civil War (Ezra)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jason Hill: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Pete K. Wong: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Ezra Stead: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Alan Tracy: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Best Original Screenplay

Jason Hill: LA LA Land – Damien Chazelle

Pete K. Wong: LA LA Land – Damien Chazelle

Ezra Stead: Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan

Alan Tracy: LA LA Land – Damien Chazelle

Snubs: The BFG – Melissa Mathison (Ezra) / The Neon Demon (Jason)

Sound Editing

Ezra Stead: LA LA Land

Alan Tracy: Hacksaw Ridge

Pete K. Wong: LA LA Land

Jason Hill: Hacksaw Ridge

Snubs: The Neon Demon (Jason)

Sound Mixing

Alan Tracy: Hacksaw Ridge

Ezra Stead: LA LA Land

Pete K. Wong:  LA LA Land

Jason Hill: Hacksaw Ridge

Snubs: The Neon Demon (Jason)

Other Predictions:

Best Documentary Feature:

Ezra Stead: 13th

Jason Hill: O.J.: Made in America

Best Costume Design:

Alan Tracy: Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

Alan Tracy: Star Trek Beyond

Best Foreign Language Film:

Ezra Stead: Toni Erdmann

Snubs: The Wailing (South Korea) (Ezra) / The Handmaiden (South Korea) (Ezra)

Ezra Stead is the Head Editor for MoviesIDidn’tGet.com. Ezra is also a screenwriter, actor, filmmaker, rapper, and occasional stand-up comic who has been previously published in print and online, as well as writing, directing and acting in numerous short films and two features. A Minneapolis native, Ezra currently lives in New York City, where he is working on his first novel.

For more information, please contact EzraStead@MoviesIDidntGet.com

Jason A. Hill is the Founder of Movies I Didn’t Get.com. He is a film critic and writer of articles and film reviews covering a variety of genres and film news that have been syndicated to many sites in the film blogosphere. He specializes in independent film in the US and Asia.

For more information please contact Jason at JasonAHill@MoviesIDidn’tGet.com.

Alan Tracy is an independent film director and film producer currently based in Minnesota. You can see Alan’s work at CollidingPictures.com.

For more information please contact Alan at collidingpictures@gmail.com.

Pete K. Wong is an actor, screenwriter also working in illustration and comics currently based in Los Angeles, CA. You can see Pete’s work at JustPete.com.

For more information please contact Pete at petekwong@gmail.com.