Stew Over Episode 1.4: 2012 Oscar Predictions – Long Live King Ralph!

Posted by Chas on Feb 6, 2012 in Movies, StewCast | 1 comment

On this week’s Stew Over, I’m joined by Ed, Burner and Roger to predict the victors at the 2012 Academy Awards on February 26, 2012. Whoever gets the most predictions correct will win a huge prize! Huge, i say!

Highlights:

• Woody Allen is confused with Roman Polanski and denied entry to the 84th Academy Awards
• Chas refuses to go to Purgatory and pays dearly
• Moneyball is determined “Money-boring”
• Ed learns the health benefits of Coca-cola
• Burner gets “Verbinski-ed”
• Christopher Plummer is 1,000 years old and will die within minutes
• Chas butchers the pronunciation of Charlotte Brontë’s most famous book
• Roger illuminates us on how the Academy hates listening to foreigners
• King Ralph wins an Oscar
• John Williams consistently disappoints the world
• Roger is still mad about winning the Oscar Predictions Game a few years ago and receiving Ben & Arthur as a prize
• Ed has an aggressive, unusual idea on how Hollywood celebrates when someone wins Best Picture

It’s time to Stew Over.

Recapping our 2012 Oscars predictions:

• Best picture: War Horse; The Artist; Moneyball; The Descendants; The Tree of Life; Midnight in Paris; The Help; Hugo; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Burner: The Help
Chas: The Artist
Ed: The Artist
Roger: The Artist
• Actor: Demián Bechir, A Better Life; George Clooney,The Descendants; Jean Dujardin, The Artist; Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Brad Pitt; Moneyball
Burner: George Clooney,The Descendants
Chas: Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Ed: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Roger: George Clooney,The Descendants
• Actress: Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs; Viola Davis, The Help; Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady; Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Burner: Viola Davis, The Help
Chas: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Ed: Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Roger: Viola Davis, The Help<
• Supporting actor: Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn; Jonah Hill, Moneyball; Nick Nolte, Warrior; Christopher Plummer, Beginners; Max Von Sydow,Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Burner: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Chas: Nick Nolte, Warrior
Ed: Nick Nolte, Warrior
Roger: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Supporting actress: Bérénice Bejo, The Artist; Jessica Chastain, The Help; Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids; Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs; Octavia Spencer, The Help
Burner: Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Chas: Octavia Spencer, The Help
Ed: Jessica Chastain, The Help
Roger: Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Alexander Payne, The Descendants; Martin Scorsese, Hugo; Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris; Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Burner: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Chas: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Ed: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Roger: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Original screenplay: The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius); Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig); Margin Call (J.C. Chandor); Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen); A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
Burner: Midnight in Paris
Chas: Bridesmaids
Ed: Midnight in Paris
Roger: Midnight in Paris
• Adapted screenplay: The Descendants (Alexander Payne; Nat Faxon; Jim Rash); Hugo(John Logan); The Ides of March (George Clooney; Grant Heslov; Beau Willimon); Moneyball (Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; story by Stan Chervin); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O’Connor; Peter Straughan)
Burner: The Descendants
Chas: The Descendants
Ed: Moneyball
Roger: The Descendants
• Animated film: A Cat in Paris; Chico & Rita; Kung Fu Panda 2; Puss in Boots; Rango
Burner: A Cat in Paris
Chas: Rango
Ed: Rango
Roger: Rango
• Original song: Man or Muppet from The Muppets (music and lyric by Bret McKenzie);Real in Rio from Rio (music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown; lyric by Siedah Garrett
Burner: Man or Muppet from The Muppets
Chas: Man or Muppet from The Muppets
Ed: Man or Muppet from The Muppets
Roger: Man or Muppet from The Muppets
• Original score: The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams); Ludovic Bource; The Artist;Hugo (Howard Shore); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias); War Horse (John Williams)
Burner: Ludovic Bource; The Artist
Chas: Ludovic Bource; The Artist
Ed: Ludovic Bource; The Artist
Roger: Ludovic Bource; The Artist
• Documentary; feature: Hell and Back; If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front; Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory; Pina; Undefeated
Burner: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Chas: Pina
Ed: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Roger: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
• Foreign-language film: Bullhead (Belgium); Footnote (Israel); In Darkness (Poland); Monsieur Lazhar (Canada); A Separation (Iran)
Burner: A Separation
Chas: A Separation
Ed: In Darkness
Roger: Footnote
• Cinematography: Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist; Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Robert Richardson, Hugo; Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life; Janusz Kaminski, War Horse
Burner: War Horse
Chas: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Ed: Hugo
Roger: The Tree of Life
• Film editing: The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius); The Descendants(Kevin Tent); The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter and Angus Well); Hugo(Thomas Schoonmaker); Moneyball (Christopher Tellefsen)
Burner: The Artist
Chas: The Artist
Ed: The Artist
Roger: The Artist
• Documentary, short: The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement; God Is the Bigger Elvis; Incident in New Baghdad; Saving Face; The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Burner: The Barber of Birmingham
Chas: The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Ed: Incident in New Baghdad
Roger: Incident in New Baghdad
• Animated short: Dimanche/Sunday; The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore; La Luna; A Morning Stroll; Wild Life
Burner: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Chas: La Luna
Ed: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Roger: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
• Short film, live action: Pentecost; Raju; The Shore; Time Freak; Tuba Atlantic
Burner: Tuba Atlantic
Chas: Raju
Ed: Time Freak
Roger: Tuba Atlantic
• Sound editing: Drive (Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis); The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Ren Klyce); Hugo (Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty); Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl); War Horse (Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom)
Burner: War Horse
Chas: Hugo
Ed: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Roger: Hugo
• Sound mixing: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson); Hugo (Tom Fleischman and John Midgley); Moneyball (Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick); Transformers: Dark of the Moon(Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin); War HorseGary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Burner: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Chas: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Ed: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Roger: Hugo
• Visual effects: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson); Hugo (Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning); Real Steel (Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg); Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett); Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier)
Burner: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Chas: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Ed: Harry Potter
Roger: Hugo
• Costume design: Anonymous (Lisy Christl); The Artist (Mark Bridges); Hugo (Sandy Powell); Jane Eyre (Michael O’Connor); W.E. (Arianne Phillips)
Burner: The Artist
Chas: Anonymous
Ed: Hugo
Roger: Jane Eyre
• Art direction: The Artist (Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan); Hugo (Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo); Midnight in Paris (Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil); War Horse (Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales)
The Artist: Burner, Chas
Hugo: Roger, Ed
• Makeup: Albert Nobbs (Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle);Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin); The Iron Lady (Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland)
Albert Nobbs: Ed, Burner and Roger.
Harry Potter: Chas

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