Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED)

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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 9, 2024 21:56:04 GMT

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THE RESULTS
99 | Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather: Part II (18 votes)
98 | David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia (17 votes)
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)
92 | Miloš Forman, Amadeus (16 votes)
92 | Mike Nichols, The Graduate (16 votes)
91 | Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven (17 votes)
90 | Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List (23 votes)
90 | David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai (16 votes)
89 | Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter (17 votes)
88 | Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (23 votes)
88 | Billy Wilder, The Apartment (16 votes)
88 | William Friedkin, The French Connection (14 votes)
87 | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain (17 votes)
87 | Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor (10 votes)
87 | Bob Fosse, Cabaret (10 votes)
86 | Miloš Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (18 votes)
86 | Robert Wise, The Sound of Music (11 votes)
85 | Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (22 votes)
85 | William Wyler, Ben-Hur (11 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)
83 | Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton (12 votes)
82 | Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker (22 votes)
82 | Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity (21 votes)
82 | John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy (14 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)
79 | Woody Allen, Annie Hall (17 votes)
79 | Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, West Side Story (14 votes)
78 | James Cameron, Titanic (16 votes)
78 | Robert Redford, Ordinary People (14 votes)
78 | Fred Zinnemann, A Man for All Seasons (13 votes)
77 | George Roy Hill, The Sting (16 votes)
77 | Richard Attenborough, Gandhi (14 votes)
76 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman (25 votes)
76 | Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (19 votes)
76 | Warren Beatty, Reds (16 votes)
76 | John G. Avildsen, Rocky (13 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)
65 | Tony Richardson, Tom Jones (11 votes)
62 | Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (23 votes)
62 | Sam Mendes, American Beauty (19 votes)
60 | Carol Reed, Oliver! (9 votes)
59 | Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire (16 votes)
59 | Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer (14 votes)
58 | James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment (16 votes)
56 | Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby (17 votes)
54 | Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind (16 votes)
53 | George Cukor, My Fair Lady (9 votes)
51 | Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa (13 votes)
45 | Vincente Minnelli, Gigi (12 votes)
44 | Tom Hooper, The King's Speech (15 votes)

David Lean's win #1 scores an amazing 90, breaking into the purple zone. And now for 1956's winner,
George Stevens for Giant

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Last Edit: Jul 10, 2024 21:32:33 GMT by JangoB

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stephen Legend "Not my remains, Al." Posts: 25,538 Likes: 25,641 Member is Online	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 9, 2024 21:57:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephen on Jul 9, 2024 21:57:29 GMT 9.5.
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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 9, 2024 21:59:22 GMT

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Post by countjohn on Jul 9, 2024 21:59:22 GMT

5/10. The worst qualities of some of the epic classic Hollywood films on display here (excessively facile and sanitized, indifferent to pacing).

Stevens made some good movies (not this one) but was also kind of a hack.

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mikediastavrone96 Global Moderator "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." Posts: 5,388 Likes: 5,891	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 9, 2024 22:31:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jul 9, 2024 22:31:08 GMT 7.5.
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Kings_Requiem Based Posts: 3,197 Likes: 792	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 10, 2024 1:17:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kings_Requiem on Jul 10, 2024 1:17:08 GMT 8.5
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stabcaesar God Tier Posts: 5,792 Likes: 3,169	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 10, 2024 3:47:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stabcaesar on Jul 10, 2024 3:47:38 GMT 10. This film is fab.

ibbi God Tier "Batman's a scientist" Posts: 5,830 Likes: 5,120	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 10, 2024 10:31:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ibbi on Jul 10, 2024 10:31:45 GMT 9

franklin Badass Posts: 1,954 Likes: 919	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 10, 2024 12:38:22 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by franklin on Jul 10, 2024 12:38:22 GMT 8

JangoB Legend Posts: 12,212 Likes: 11,133	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 10, 2024 16:28:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JangoB on Jul 10, 2024 16:28:19 GMT 9.5
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mrimpossible Badass Posts: 1,629 Likes: 850	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1956 (CLOSED) Jul 10, 2024 17:07:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mrimpossible on Jul 10, 2024 17:07:41 GMT 9.