InHouse #6 | Oscars 2017
I know, I know, we’ve been neglecting you, and we’re still undecided as to the overall direction of this podcast, but we just had to make an episode for Oscars 2017, so here we are.
If you listened to our InHouse Oscar podcast from last year you’ll know that these roundtable affairs are booze-fuelled, fun and sometimes lengthy. This is no different, so here is two hours of me trying to keep this conversation in between the lines and keep Peter Morris, Ged Murray, Eimear Gavin, Claire Byrne and Richard Drumm on topic. And I think we largely succeed in that.
On the agenda this year, we discuss the #OscarsSoWhite controversy one year on, we talk about a few films that were overlooked by this year’s Academy, and we delve into the following categories: Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Leading Role, Actor in a Leading Role, Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Writing (Original Screenplay), Directing and Best Picture. All the nominees are listed below.
Fun guessing game for you to play – Ged said that someone was “given shit and made lemonade”, which Oscar nominee is he talking about? Listen to the podcast to find out.

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ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
CASEY AFFLECK Manchester by the Sea
ANDREW GARFIELD Hacksaw Ridge
RYAN GOSLING La La Land
VIGGO MORTENSEN Captain Fantastic
DENZEL WASHINGTON Fences
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
MAHERSHALA ALI Moonlight
JEFF BRIDGES Hell or High Water
LUCAS HEDGES Manchester by the Sea
DEV PATEL Lion
MICHAEL SHANNON Nocturnal Animals
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
ISABELLE HUPPERT Elle
RUTH NEGGA Loving
NATALIE PORTMAN Jackie
EMMA STONE La La Land
MERYL STREEP Florence Foster Jenkins
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
VIOLA DAVIS Fences
NAOMIE HARRIS Moonlight
NICOLE KIDMAN Lion
OCTAVIA SPENCER Hidden Figures
MICHELLE WILLIAMS Manchester by the Sea
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
ARRIVAL Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
FENCES Screenplay by August Wilson
HIDDEN FIGURES Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
LION Screenplay by Luke Davies
MOONLIGHT Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
HELL OR HIGH WATER Written by Taylor Sheridan
LA LA LAND Written by Damien Chazelle
THE LOBSTER Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Written by Kenneth Lonergan
20TH CENTURY WOMEN Written by Mike Mills
DIRECTING
ARRIVAL Denis Villeneuve
HACKSAW RIDGE Mel Gibson
LA LA LAND Damien Chazelle
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan
MOONLIGHT Barry Jenkins
BEST PICTURE
ARRIVAL Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers
FENCES Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
HACKSAW RIDGE Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers
HELL OR HIGH WATER Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers
HIDDEN FIGURES Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
LA LA LAND Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers
LION Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers
MOONLIGHT Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers