March Madness: Academy Award Winners

In My Humble Opinion
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Division I (1927-1946)
Gone with the Wind
All Quiet on the Western Front

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
All About Eve

Division III (1967-1986)
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather

Division IV (1987-2006)
Unforgiven
Schindler’s List

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Division I (1927-1946)
Gone with the Wind vs Casablanca
All Quiet on the Western Front vs It Happened One Night

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai vs West Side Story
Lawrence of Arabia vs All About Eve

Division III (1967-1986)
The Godfather Part II vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Platoon vs The Godfather

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs vs Unforgiven
**Schindler’s List ** vs Shakespeare in Love

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Division I (1927-1946)
Gone with the Wind vs Casablanca
All Quiet on the Western Front vs It Happened One Night

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai vs West Side Story
Lawrence of Arabia vs All About Eve

Division III (1967-1986)
The Godfather Part II vs One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Platoon vs The Godfather

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs vs Unforgiven
Schindler’s List vs Shakespeare in Love

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And the voting is closed.

Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (21-1-5) over Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night (14-1-12) over All Quiet on the Western Front

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (18-9) over West Side Story
Lawrence of Arabia (16-1-10) over All About Eve

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (15-12) over The Godfather Part II - at least father and son won’t be fighting
The Godfather (25-2) over Platoon

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (15-12) over Unforgiven
Schindler’s List (20-7) over Shakespeare in Love

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The Elite Eight. Here’s what’s happening.

The rules are the same. Vote for one movie in each pair. The voting will close at midnight EST. Winners go on to the next round.

For a little variety, I’ve included each movie’s original standing. Note that no even numbered movie made the quarter-finals.

Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)

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Link to Round Four.

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Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)

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Division I (1927-1946)
**Casablanca ** (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs **Lawrence of Arabia ** (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs **The Godfather ** (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs **Schindler’s List ** (#15 wildcard)

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Oh, God, this just keeps getting harder.

Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)

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Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)

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Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)

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Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)

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what’s with the wild card, dude? was it even in the last round? sheesh!

Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) [del]vs It Happened One Night (#11)[/del]

Division II (1947-1966)
[del]The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs[/del] Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) [del]vs The Godfather (#3)[/del]
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Division IV (1987-2006)**
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) [del]vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)[/del]

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Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)

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Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca

Division II (1947-1966)
[Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
[ The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9)

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Div I
Casablanca

Div II
Lawrence of Arabia

Div III
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Div IV
Schindler’s List

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It’s been there all along. Longer, in fact, than the other movies left. Because there are 78 movies that have won the oscar and only 64 slots in the play-off, I ran a wild card round first of the 28 lowest seeded movies. The 14 winners from that round were matched up with the other 50 movies for the first regular round.

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Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai

Division III (1967-1986)
The Godfather

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs

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Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca
Easy win over “It happened One Night,” pulling away in the second quarter for an 82-65 victory.

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
A bit of a surprise winner over another Lean team, “Lawrence of Arabia.” O’Toole poured in 32 for the Arabian squad, but Kwai’s bench strength came through for a 79-77 squeaker.

Division III (1967-1986)
The Godfather (#3)
Easily beat the Cuckoos 88-76 with excellent perimeter shooting.

Division IV (1987-2006)
Schindler’s List
The Lambs came out strong in the first and dominated in the fourth, but the Schindler Jews put up big numbers in the second and third for a 91-83 win.

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RickJay, your post totally confused me. I took a day off the computer yesterday and thought I had missed this round all together. Whew.

Division I (1927-1946)
Casablanca (#5) vs It Happened One Night (#11)

Division II (1947-1966)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#9) vs Lawrence of Arabia (#7)

Division III (1967-1986)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (#5) vs The Godfather (#3)

Division IV (1987-2006)
The Silence of the Lambs (#9) vs Schindler’s List (#15 wildcard)