Mark Lee hosts a panel consisting of Peter Fenzel and Jordan Stokes who, before they get to Oscar® predictions, overthink Joaquin Phoenix’s bizarre Letterman interview, Monster Ballads, Confessions of a Shopaholic, and the new Friday the 13th movie.
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After the jump: The list of Oscar® pics that the panel chose during the podcast. All of the author’s predictions are of course correct for the alternate universe for which they infallibly see the future, but check back next week to see if any of these lined up with reality as we purportedly perceive it (Note: before you rip Lee’s predictions to shreds, either listen to the podcast to determine his criteria, or just look for the pattern).
Best Picture
Lee: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Fenzel: Frost/Nixon
Stokes: Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
The Reader
Best Director
Lee, Fenzel, Stokes: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Best Actor
Lee: Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Fenzel: Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Stokes: * Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actress
Lee: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Stokes: Meryl Streep – Doubt
Fenzel: Kate Winslet – The Reader
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Best Supporting Actor
Lee: Josh Brolin – Milk
Fenzel Stokes: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress
Lee: Amy Adams – Doubt
Fenzel, Stokes: Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Screenplay
Fenzel: Milk
Lee: Frozen River
Stokes: WALL-E
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Best Adapted Screenplay
Lee: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Fenzel: Frost/Nixon
Stokes: Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Doubt
Best Animated Feature
Lee: Bolt
Fenzel: Kung Fu Panda
Stokes: WALL-E
Best Foreign Language Film
Fenzel: Waltz with Bashir (Israel)
Stokes: The Class (France)
Lee: The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Best Animated Short
Lee: La Maison En Petits Cubes
Stokes, Fenzel: Oktapodi
Lavatory – Lovestory
Presto
This Way Up
Best Art Direction
Lee: Changeling
Fenzel: Revolutionary Road
Stokes: The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Best Cinematography
Fenzel: Slumdog Millionaire
Lee: Changeling
Stokes: The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Best Costume Design
Lee: Australia
Stokes, Fenzel: The Duchess
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Best Documentary Feature
Lee, Stokes: Encounters at the End of the World
Fenzel: Man on Wire
Nerakhoon (The Betrayal)
The Garden
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary Short
Lee, Fenzel: The Conscience of Nhem En
Stokes: Smile Pinki
The Final Inch
The Witness
Best Film Editing
Lee: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Stokes: The Dark Knight
Fenzel: Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Live Action Short
Lee, Stokes: Manon On the Asphalt
Fenzel: The Pig
On the Line
New Boy
Toyland
Best Makeup
Lee: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Fenzel, Stokes: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Dark Knight
Best Original Score
Lee: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Fenzel: Milk
Stokes: Slumdog Millionaire
Defiance
WALL-E
Best Original Song
Lee: “Down to Earth” from WALL-E
Stokes: “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire
Fenzel: “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Editing
Lee:The Dark Knight
Fenzel, Stokes: Wanted
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Best Sound Mixing
Lee: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Stokes: WALL-E
Fenzel: Wanted
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Visual Effects
Lee, Stokes, Fenzel: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man