# Oscar Madness! - The Eras/Final Round (1/2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239 "2008-12-01T20:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/1 "2008-12-01T20:18:47Z")
Winners of Semi-Final Rounds in **BOLD** : 1928-1947 [1] **Casablanca** (Curtiz, 1942) vs. [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 10-4 1948-1967 [1] \*\*Lawrence of Arabia \*\*(Lean, 1962) vs. [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) 7-7, tie goes to my choice 1968-1987 [1] \*\*The Godfather \*\*(Coppola, 1972) vs. [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 10-4 1988-2007 [11] **Fargo** (Coen, 1996) vs. [13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993) 8-4 * * * This is one of 2 Oscar Madness Final rounds running, with this one having the finalists of the four groupings\* paired off by eras. This determines who will be the two competitors in the Ultimate Era Showdown. Please make your answers legible. The deadline is Mon. December 8th at Noon PST. [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) vs. [11] Fargo (Coen, 1996) [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) vs. [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) Groupings are: The Best Picture Winners, The Also-Rans, The Losers, and The Forgotten ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/2 "2008-12-01T20:29:52Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) I haven’t seen Fargo, but I’ll still vote for Casablance, since it’s one of my favorite films. [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/3 "2008-12-01T20:39:18Z")
[11] Fargo (Coen, 1996) [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) ---
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/4 "2008-12-01T21:12:27Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/5 "2008-12-01T21:17:20Z")
1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/6 "2008-12-01T23:15:15Z")
[11] Fargo (Coen, 1996) [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) Fargo’s my favorite movie of all time. Of course I’m gonna go with that. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/7 "2008-12-02T02:10:00Z")
1948-1967 [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) 1968-1987 [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/8 "2008-12-02T02:13:55Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/9 "2008-12-03T16:50:01Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/10 "2008-12-04T00:11:36Z")
Casablanca The Godfather ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-eras-final-round-1-2/475239/11 "2008-12-08T16:48:56Z")
Last minute bump.