1928-1947
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) vs. [4] Double Indemnity (Wilder, 1944) 13-1
[7] The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941) vs. [11] Brief Encounter (Lean, 1945)[/size] 14-0
1948-1967
[1] Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954) vs. [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) 3-12
[2] The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954/Japan) vs. [14] Cool Hand Luke (Rosenberg, 1967) 9-6
1968-1987
[1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) vs. [13] The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1987) 8-7
[10] Back to the Future (Zemeckis, 1985) vs. [11] Ran (Kurosawa, 1985/Japan) 4-11
1988-2007
[1] The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994) vs. [4] City of God (Meirelles, 2002/Brazil) 9-5
[2] Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) vs. [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) 7-7, tie goes to my choice
This is one of 4 Oscar Madness showdowns running, with this one squaring off (in four different time periods) films that were Oscar nominees but walked away with either one or zero awards. This is the fourth round.
Please make your answers legible. The deadline is Mon. November 10 at Noon PST.
1928-1947
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) vs. [7] The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941)
1948-1967
[2] The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954/Japan) vs. [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
1968-1987
[1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) vs. [11] Ran (Kurosawa, 1985/Japan)
1988-2007
[1] The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994) vs. [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)
1928-1947
[1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
1948-1967
4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964)
1968-1987
[11] Ran (Kurosawa, 1985/Japan)
1988-2007
[1] The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994)
The last three were all really tough choices.