# Oscar Madness - The Forgotten (R4)

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**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-forgotten-r4/471156 "2008-11-04T22:04:31Z")\
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Round 3 results (winners in Bold Blue)

## 1928-1947 [1] **Metropolis** (Lang, 1927/Germany) vs. [12] Duck Soup (McCarey, 1933) 8-6 [2] Modern Times (Chaplin, 1936) vs. [6] **The General** (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927) 3-11 1948-1967 [1] The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Leone, 1966) vs. [4] **The Seventh Seal** 4-10 [2] **Paths of Glory** (Kubrick, 1957) vs. [6] The Wages of Fear (Clouzot, 1953/France) 9-5 1968-1987 [1] Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone, 1968) vs. [5] **The Terminator** (Cameron, 1984) 5-9 [2] The Shining (Kubrick, 1980) vs. [3] **Monty Python and the Holy Grail** (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) 3-11 1988-2007 [9] The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998) vs. [13] **Groundhog Day** (Ramis, 1993) 4-10 [3] **Reservoir Dogs** (Tarantino, 1992) vs. [15] Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, 1988/Japan) 8-6

This is one of 4 Oscar Madness showdowns running, with this one having films never nominated for an Oscar in any category square off against each other in four different time periods. This is the fourth round.

Please make your answers legible. The deadline is Mon. November 10 at Noon PST.

1928-1947  
[1] Metropolis (Lang, 1927/Germany) vs. [6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)  
1948-1967  
[2] Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957) vs. [4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)  
1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) vs. [5] The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)  
1988-2007  
[3] Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, 1992) vs. [13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)

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1928-1947  
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)  
1948-1967  
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)  
1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)  
1988-2007  
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)

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1928-1947  
[1] Metropolis (Lang, 1927/Germany)

1948-1967  
[2] Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957)

1968-1987  
[5] The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)  
1988-2007  
[[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)

Joe

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1928-1947  
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)  
1948-1967  
[2] Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957)  
1968-1987  
[5] The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)  
1988-2007  
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)

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1928-1947  
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)  
1948-1967  
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)  
1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)  
1988-2007  
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)

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1928-1947  
6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)  
1948-1967  
4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)  
1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)  
1988-2007  
[3] Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, 1992)

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1928-1947  
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)  
1948-1967  
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)  
1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)

1988-2007  
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)

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1928-1947  
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)

1948-1967  
[2] Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957)

1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)

1988-2007  
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)

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1928-1947  
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)

1948-1967  
[2] Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957)

1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)

1988-2007  
[3] Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, 1992)

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1928-1947  
[1] Metropolis (Lang, 1927/Germany)

1948-1967  
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)

1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)

1988-2007  
[3] Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, 1992)

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1928-1947  
[1] Metropolis (Lang, 1927/Germany)

1948-1967  
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)  
1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)  
1988-2007  
[3] Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, 1992)

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1928-1947  
[1] Metropolis (Lang, 1927/Germany)  
1948-1967  
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)  
This one is too hard. I had to flip a coin.

1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)  
1988-2007  
[3] Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, 1992)

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1928-1947  
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)  
1948-1967  
[2] Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957)

1968-1987  
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)

1988-2007  
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
