# Oscar Madness! - The Groupings/Final Round (1/2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240 "2008-12-01T20:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/1 "2008-12-01T20:26:36Z")
Winners of Semi-Final Rounds in **BOLD** : The Best Picture Winners [1] **Casablanca** (Curtiz, 1942) vs. [1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) 10-3 The Also-Rans [1] \*\*The Wizard of Oz \*\*(Fleming, 1939) vs. [3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948) 7-5 The Losers [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) vs. [4] \*\*Dr. Strangelove \*\*(Kubrick, 1964) 4-8 The Forgotten [4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden) vs. [13] \*\*Groundhog Day \*\*(Ramis, 1993) 4-7 * * * This is one of 2 Oscar Madness Final rounds running, with this one having the finalists of the four eras\* paired off by groupings. This determines who will be the two competitors in the Ultimate Grouping Showdown. Please make your answers legible. The deadline is Mon. December 8th at Noon PST. [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) vs. [13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993) [1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939) vs. [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) Eras are: 1928-1947, 1948-1967, 1968-1987, and 1988-2007 ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/2 "2008-12-01T20:30:59Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/3 "2008-12-01T20:34:04Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > [1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) > > [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) Me too. ---
**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, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/4 "2008-12-01T20:38:14Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939) ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/5 "2008-12-01T21:30:36Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/6 "2008-12-01T23:02:31Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) Joe ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/7 "2008-12-01T23:13:10Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) ---
**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, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/8 "2008-12-02T02:14:18Z")
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939) [13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993) ---
**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, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/9 "2008-12-02T02:15:38Z")
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993) [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) ---
**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/10 "2008-12-03T16:48:56Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) ---
**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, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/11 "2008-12-04T00:13:44Z")
Casablanca The Wizard of Oz ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/12 "2008-12-04T01:33:31Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) ---
**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, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/13 "2008-12-08T16:45:49Z")
Last minute bump. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-groupings-final-round-1-2/475240/14 "2008-12-08T16:47:51Z")
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) [1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)