# Oscar Madness - The Losers (R4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107 "2008-11-04T19:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/1 "2008-11-04T19:02:36Z")
Round 3 results (winners in Bold Blue) 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) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/2 "2008-11-04T19:08:41Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [2] The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954/Japan) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/3 "2008-11-04T19:12:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/4 "2008-11-04T19:26:51Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [1] The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/5 "2008-11-04T21:06:26Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) [/QUOTE] Joe ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/6 "2008-11-04T21:06:38Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [1] The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/7 "2008-11-04T23:59:23Z")
1928-1947 [7] The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941) 1948-1967 [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/8 "2008-11-05T02:37:28Z")
1928-1947 [7] The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941) 1948-1967 [2] The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954/Japan) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/9 "2008-11-05T03:33:32Z")
1928-1947 [7] The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941) 1948-1967 [2] The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954/Japan) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [1] The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994) ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/10 "2008-11-05T15:05:37Z")
1928-1947 [7] The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941) 1948-1967 [2] The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954/Japan) 1968-1987 [11] Ran (Kurosawa, 1985/Japan) 1988-2007 [1] The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/11 "2008-11-05T19:19:08Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/12 "2008-11-07T03:26:03Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/13 "2008-11-07T19:20:46Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [2] The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954/Japan) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/14 "2008-11-07T19:42:59Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [4] Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick, 1964) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990) ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-madness-the-losers-r4/471107/15 "2008-11-08T16:48:59Z")
1928-1947 [1] Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) 1948-1967 [2] The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa, 1954/Japan) 1968-1987 [1] Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) 1988-2007 [3] Goodfellas (Scorsese, 1990)