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.