The Feud: The Academy Awards by 42fish [Game Over]

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  1. Saving Private Ryan
  2. Shakespeare In Love
  3. The Godfather
  4. Martin Scorsese
  5. Cher
  6. Mo’Nique
  7. Dramatic
  8. Best Picture
  9. Best Supporting Actress
  10. Oscar de la Renta
    #7. I thought not getting too specific on this one would be my best bet. Guess not.
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  1. Star Wars

  2. Ben Hur

  3. Titanic

  4. John Wayne

  5. Cher

  6. Hillary Swank

  7. Gritty, retarded, underestimated, put-upon hooker with a heart of gold who dies in the end

  8. Best Picture

  9. Best Actress

  10. Oscar Goldman

  11. Forgetting her soon-to-be-ex-husband

  12. Steve Austin’s boss on The Six Million Dollar Man

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  1. Gone with the Wind
  2. Terms of Endearment
  3. Rainman
  4. Jack Nicholson
  5. Jennifer Lopez
  6. Sally Field
  7. dramatic
  8. Best Actress
  9. Best Picture
  10. Wilde
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  1. Saving Private Ryan
  2. Titanic
  3. Schindler’s List
  4. Henry Fonda
  5. Cher
  6. Sally Fields
  7. Someone with a disability
  8. Best picture
  9. Cinematography
  10. Oscar Wilde

4 - For On Golden Pond
mmm

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GWTW did win B. Picture

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  1. The Wizard of OZ
  2. Gladiator
  3. Braveheart
  4. Scorcese
  5. Cher
  6. Sally Field
  7. Dramatic
  8. Best Picture
  9. Best Documentary
  10. Oscar Wilde
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For #7, according to Kate Winslet the answer is either “a film about the holocaust or playing a mental”. (From Ricky Gervais’ Extras).

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  1. Saving Private Ryan
  2. Crash
  3. Casablanca
  4. Al Pacino
  5. Bjork
  6. Sally Field
  7. Handicapped
  8. Visual Effects
  9. Cinematography
  10. Oscar Hammerstein
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  1. crouching tiger hidden dragon
  2. titanic
  3. Godfather
  4. Shirley McLaine
  5. Cher
  6. Gweneth Paltrow
  7. dramatic
  8. best picture
  9. best director
  10. oscar Madison
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  1. Goodfellas
  2. Crash
  3. The Godfather
  4. The Departed
  5. Bjork
  6. Gwyneth Paltrow
  7. Supporting actor
  8. Best Director
  9. Best Actress
  10. Oscar Schindler

3 Godfather I, to clarify
4 Scorsese, of course. I’m not sure if we’re looking for the movie or person here
7 Not sure how detailed it should be, but a supporting role with a great director

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Bump.

We’re at 40 now

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  1. Saving Private Ryan
  2. Crash
  3. Schindler’s List
  4. Jack Nicholson
  5. Cher
  6. Sacheen Littlefeather
  7. Dramatic lead
  8. Best Picture
  9. Best Director
  10. Oscar De La Hoya
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But remember, “never go full retard”.

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Giving this thread one last bump, to try and finish it. I think it’s at 41.

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Eh, just go with 41 then.

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I think this one’s fizzled out but I’ll bump it anyway.

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Wow, I knew Crash was unpopular here but I underestimated how little regarded it actually was. I can’t believe only two of us went with Gladiator which seemed like a no-brainer.

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  1. Other than Citizen Kane, name a film that should have won the ‘Best Picture’ Oscar but didn’t
    1. Saving Private Ryan 10

  2. Goodfellas 6

  3. Pulp Fiction 4

  4. Star Wars 4

  5. Brokeback Mountain 3

  6. Casablanca 2

  7. Raging Bull 2

  8. The Shawshank Redemption 2

  9. Apocalypse Now 1

  10. Avatar 1

  11. Chinatown 1

  12. crouching tiger hidden dragon 1

  13. Gone with the Wind 1

  14. LA Confidential 1

  15. The Color Purple 1

  16. The Wizard of OZ 1

  17. Other than the film that beat ‘Citizen Kane’ (FTR: ‘How Green Was My Valley’), name a film that won Best Picture but shouldn’t have
    2. Crash 16

  18. Shakespeare in Love 4

  19. Dances With Wolves 3

  20. Titanic 3

  21. Forrest Gump 2

  22. Gladiator 2

  23. The Hurt Locker 2

  24. Annie Hall 1

  25. Ben Hur 1

  26. Chicago 1

  27. Kramer vs Kramer 1

  28. Rocky 1

  29. Terms of Endearment 1

  30. The Aviator 1

  31. The English Patient 1

  32. The Greatest Show on Earth 1

  33. Name a ‘Best Picture’ winner that actually was the best picture of the year
    3. The Godfather 17

  34. Schindler’s List 5

  35. Casablanca 3

  36. Braveheart 2

  37. Gone With the Wind 2

  38. Silence of the Lambs 2

  39. Annie Hall 1

  40. Fellowship of the Ring 1

  41. Forrest Gump 1

  42. Gandhi 1

  43. Lawrence of Arabia 1

  44. Midnight Cowboy 1

  45. Rainman 1

  46. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 1

  47. Titanic 1

  48. Unforgiven 1

  49. Name an Oscar winner whose award was essentially a career achievement/consolation prize (basically, “Your work in this film wasn’t really the year’s best, but we passed you over on earlier occassions when you were Oscar worthy and we don’t want you to join Richard Burton and Alfred Hitchcock on the ‘How the hell did they never win an Oscar?’ list”)
    4. Paul Newman 8

  50. Martin Scorsese 7

  51. Al Pacino 5

  52. John Wayne 5

  53. Denzel Washington 2

  54. Elizabeth Taylor 2

  55. Henry Fonda 2

  56. Jack Nicholson 2

  57. George Burns 1

  58. Jack Palance 1

  59. Joan Fontaine 1

  60. Julia Roberts 1

  61. Schindler’s List 1

  62. Sean Penn 1

  63. Shirley McLaine 1

  64. The Departed 1

  65. Name someone who wore a memorable outfit to the Oscar ceremony
    5. Cher 19

  66. Bjork 12

  67. Jennifer Lopez 5

  68. Angelina Jolie 1

  69. Jennifer Connally 1

  70. Julia Roberts 1

  71. pass 1

  72. Renee Zellweger 1

  73. Name someone who made a cringe-worthy speech at the Oscar ceremony
    6. Sally Field 16

  74. Vanessa Redgrave 6

  75. Sacheen Littlefeather 4

  76. Gwyneth Paltrow 3

  77. Michael Moore 3

  78. James Cameron 2

  79. Mo’Nique 2

  80. Clint Eastwood 1

  81. Hillary Swank 1

  82. Jack Palance 1

  83. Kim Basinger 1

  84. Marlon Brando 1

  85. You’re an actor/actress who wants to win an Oscar. What kind of role should you take?
    7. Someone with a disability (physical/mental) 27

  86. Dramatic lead 5

  87. Biographical 2

  88. Prostitute 2

  89. Hero 1

  90. Male lead in a chick flick 1

  91. Old woman 1

  92. Supporting actor 1

  93. Ugly role 1

  94. When participating in an Oscar pool, name the easiest category to predict a winner in
    8. Best Picture 23

  95. Best Directing 5

  96. Best Actor/Actress 4

  97. Best Animated Feature 4

  98. Visual Effects 2

  99. Best song 1

  100. Best Supporting Actor/Actress 1

  101. Costume Design 1

  102. Name the hardest category to predict correctly
    **9. Best Documentary Short Subject 6

  103. Best Supporting Actor/Actress 6**

  104. Best Song 5

  105. Best Actor/Actress 3

  106. Best Cinematography 3

  107. Best Documentary Feature 3

  108. Best picture 3

  109. Best Directing 2

  110. Best Original Screenplay 2

  111. Sound 2

  112. Best Foreign Language Film 1

  113. Best indie 1

  114. Best Score 1

  115. Live Action Short Film 1

  116. Makeup 1

  117. Original Music Score 1

  118. Name a person named Oscar.
    10. Oscar Wilde 21

  119. Oscar Mayer 4

  120. Oscar the Grouch 4

  121. Oscar Madison 3

  122. Oscar de la Renta 2

  123. Oscar Robertson 2

  124. Oscar De La Hoya 1

  125. Oscar Goldman 1

  126. Oscar Hammerstein 1

  127. Oscar Robinson 1

  128. Oscar Schindler 1

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And the winner is… sigmagirl!!! Way to go! ::flings confetti:: sigmagirl got all top ten answers!!! Magnificent! ::hands her an Oscar:: Take a bow, sigmagirl!

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