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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 0:26:58 GMT

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THE RESULTS
97 | Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (21 votes)
94 | Jonathan Demme, The Silence of the Lambs (23 votes)
92 | Bong Joon-ho, Parasite (23 votes)
91 | Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven (17 votes)
90 | Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List (23 votes)
88 | Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (23 votes)
87 | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain (17 votes)
87 | Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor (10 votes)
85 | Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (22 votes)
84 | Oliver Stone, Platoon (18 votes)
83 | Damien Chazelle, La La Land (23 votes)
83 | Roman Polanski, The Pianist (18 votes)
83 | Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan (17 votes)
82 | Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker (22 votes)
82 | Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity (21 votes)
82 | Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July (12 votes)
81 | Martin Scorsese, The Departed (21 votes)
80 | Mel Gibson, Braveheart (17 votes)
78 | James Cameron, Titanic (16 votes)
76 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman (25 votes)
76 | Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (19 votes)
75 | Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog (21 votes)
75 | Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist (18 votes)
73 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant (24 votes)
73 | Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump (21 votes)
72 | Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water (21 votes)
72 | Ang Lee, Life of Pi (17 votes)
72 | Alfonso Cuarón, Roma (16 votes)
72 | Steven Soderbergh, Traffic (15 votes)
68 | Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves (13 votes)
68 | Barry Levinson, Rain Man (13 votes)
65 | Anthony Minghella, The English Patient (15 votes)
62 | Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (23 votes)
62 | Sam Mendes, American Beauty (19 votes)
59 | Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (16 votes)
56 | Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby (17 votes)
54 | Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind (16 votes)
44 | Tom Hooper, The King's Speech (15 votes)

Oliver Stone's win #1 earns a very strong score of 84. And now for 1985's winner,
Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa

How would you rate this achievement from 0 to 10?

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stephen Legend "Not my remains, Al." Posts: 25,538 Likes: 25,641 Member is Online	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 0:29:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephen on Jun 7, 2024 0:29:31 GMT 4. It's just Minghella 1.0.
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mikediastavrone96 Global Moderator "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." Posts: 5,388 Likes: 5,891	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 0:45:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jun 7, 2024 0:45:29 GMT 3. It would've felt long at 90 minutes. 160 is just cruel.
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finniussnrub God Tier Posts: 6,190 Likes: 3,377	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 1:05:21 GMT mikediastavrone96 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by finniussnrub on Jun 7, 2024 1:05:21 GMT 5 dull and failed attempt at Lean. Also KUROSAWA even SHOWED UP and you don't GIVE IT TO HIM.

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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 1:18:28 GMT

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Jun 7, 2024 1:05:21 GMT finniussnrub said:

5 dull and failed attempt at Lean. Also KUROSAWA even SHOWED UP and you don't GIVE IT TO HIM.

For all the shit people give Ron Howard for beating that murderer's row, Pollack was even worse. Like, I wouldn't have wanted to give it to Huston either, but still.

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mrimpossible Badass Posts: 1,629 Likes: 850	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 2:14:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mrimpossible on Jun 7, 2024 2:14:11 GMT Woo boy I'm going to be in the complete minority on this. I love the film and Pollack's direction is outstanding. 9.5/10.
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Tommen_Saperstein Legend you don't understand the essence of brat summer Posts: 17,633 Likes: 11,737 Member is Online	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 5:34:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 7, 2024 5:34:33 GMT 4.5

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JangoB Legend Posts: 12,212 Likes: 11,133	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 18:01:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JangoB on Jun 7, 2024 18:01:44 GMT 6.5 I like the movie just fine but the truth is that was co-directed by African landscapes and John Barry's theme.
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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 21:15:04 GMT

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Jun 7, 2024 1:18:28 GMT stephen said:

Jun 7, 2024 1:05:21 GMT finniussnrub said:

5 dull and failed attempt at Lean. Also KUROSAWA even SHOWED UP and you don't GIVE IT TO HIM.

For all the shit people give Ron Howard for beating that murderer's row, Pollack was even worse. Like, I wouldn't have wanted to give it to Huston either, but still.

Makes me wonder who the favorite actually was going in since Huston won the Globe (which I will always be AMAZED that people loved that films so much then) and the unnominated Spielberg won DGA.

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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1985 (CLOSED) Jun 7, 2024 21:27:22 GMT

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Jun 7, 2024 21:15:04 GMT finniussnrub said:

Jun 7, 2024 1:18:28 GMT stephen said:

For all the shit people give Ron Howard for beating that murderer's row, Pollack was even worse. Like, I wouldn't have wanted to give it to Huston either, but still.

Makes me wonder who the favorite actually was going in since Huston won the Globe (which I will always be AMAZED that people loved that films so much then) and the unnominated Spielberg won DGA.

I think the favourite had to be Pollack just by virtue of being a well-connected insider who had directed a film with the same amount of nominations as The Color Purple. Once Spielberg was out, the path was clear.

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