This is one of 2 Oscar Madness Quarter Final rounds running, with this one having the finalists of the four eras* paired off by groupings.
Please make your answers legible. The deadline is Mon. November 24 at Noon PST.
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) vs. [1] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003)
[1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) vs. [1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939) vs. [11] Fargo (Coen, 1996)
[3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948) vs. [2] Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
The Losers
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) vs. [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
[1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) vs. [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) vs. [13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden) vs. [6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)
Eras are: 1928-1947, 1948-1967, 1968-1987, and 1988-2007
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[2] Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
The Losers
[4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
[1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
The Forgotten
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[2] Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
The Losers
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
[1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
The Forgotten
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
The Losers
[4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
[3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
The Losers
[4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
[1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
The Forgotten
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
The Also-Rans
[11] Fargo (Coen, 1996)
[3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
The Losers
[4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
[3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[2] Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
The Losers
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
[1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
The Forgotten
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975) vs. [13]
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962)
The Losers
[4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
[1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976)
The Forgotten
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
The Losers
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
[3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)
I haven’t been playing along – am I allowed to jump in now?
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
The Losers
[4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
[3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
The Also-Rans
[11] Fargo (Coen, 1996)
[2] Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
The Losers
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
[3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[3] Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)
I swear, I don’t get the adulation heaped upon Groundhog Day. I mean, I like it just fine … in fact, I think it’s a great, fun little movie, but hardly in the realm of great films.
Which, of course, means it will win the whole shebang.
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] Lawrence of Arabia (Lean, 1962)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[2] Apocalypse Now (Coppola, 1979)
The Losers
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
[3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
The Also-Rans
[1] The Wizard of Oz (Fleming, 1939)
[3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
The Losers
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
[3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
[6] The General (Keaton/Bruckman, 1927)
The Best Picture Winners
[1] Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942)
[1] The Godfather (Coppola, 1972)
The Also-Rans
[11] Fargo (Coen, 1996)
[3] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
The Losers
[4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
[3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
The Forgotten
[13] Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
[4] The Seventh Seal (Bergman, 1957/Sweden)
I know I run the risk of incurring the wrath of the SDMB nerd-mafia… but how does that make it any different from MP&THG?