Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED)

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Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 16, 2024 21:26:00 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 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve (13 votes)
85 | Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity (12 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 | George Stevens, Giant (13 votes)
82 | Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July (12 votes)
81 | Martin Scorsese, The Departed (21 votes)
81 | George Stevens, A Place in the Sun (13 votes)
80 | Mel Gibson, Braveheart (17 votes)
80 | John Ford, The Quiet Man (12 votes)
79 | Woody Allen, Annie Hall (17 votes)
79 | Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, West Side Story (14 votes)
78 | Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront (18 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)
76 | Delbert Mann, Marty (12 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)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz gets a very strong 85 for his win #2. Let's see how he does this time as we go to 1949's winner,
Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives

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stephen Legend "Not my remains, Al." Posts: 25,791 Likes: 25,885	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 16, 2024 21:29:48 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephen on Jul 16, 2024 21:29:48 GMT 7.5.
	Good morning, Oscar Buzz. I'm listening.

finniussnrub God Tier Posts: 6,229 Likes: 3,408	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 16, 2024 21:57:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by finniussnrub on Jul 16, 2024 21:57:11 GMT 8...though I feel like it won just for the penetrating thought bits.
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TheAlwaysClassy Based Posts: 4,638 Likes: 2,186	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 17, 2024 1:42:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Jul 17, 2024 1:42:23 GMT 7
	Who told you that goddamn lie?

stabcaesar God Tier Posts: 5,826 Likes: 3,181	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 17, 2024 3:53:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stabcaesar on Jul 17, 2024 3:53:17 GMT 9

countjohn God Tier Posts: 8,641 Likes: 5,886	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 17, 2024 4:38:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by countjohn on Jul 17, 2024 4:38:03 GMT 5/10

Kings_Requiem Based Posts: 3,204 Likes: 801	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 17, 2024 5:31:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Kings_Requiem on Jul 17, 2024 5:31:36 GMT 8
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9. Holm’s narration here adds bags of attitude (the whole ensemble is amazing) and that distorted voice effect as each woman goes back into the past is fucking spectacular. The screenplay is good, but his work really adds some serious edge to it.

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JangoB Legend Posts: 12,355 Likes: 11,343 Member is Online	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 17, 2024 18:05:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by JangoB on Jul 17, 2024 18:05:52 GMT 7.5
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mikediastavrone96 Global Moderator "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." Posts: 5,464 Likes: 5,971	Rate the Oscar-Winning Directing: 1949 (CLOSED) Jul 17, 2024 18:58:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jul 17, 2024 18:58:18 GMT 7.5.
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