TDGT - Round 1, Group E

[fernandito]

John Ford's IMDB Page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000406/)

Notable films : The Searchers, Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liverty Valance, My Darling Clementine, Rio Grande

http://daneshnameh.roshd.ir/mavara/img/daneshnameh_up/6/6c/john-ford.jpg

Sydney Pollack's IMDB Page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001628/)

Notable films : They Shoot Horses Don't They ? , Tootsie, Out of Africa, Three Days of the Condor

http://asfaltos.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/pollack.jpg

John Huston's IMDB Page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001379/)

Notable films : Under the Volcano, The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of Sierra Madre, Wise Blood

http://www.dentrocine.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/hustonjohn2.jpg

Akira Kurosawa's IMDB Page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/)

Notable films : Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, Ran, Rashomon, Shadow Warrior

http://img.listal.com/image/279384/600full-akira-kurosawa.jpg

[fernandito]

I'm expecting Kurosawa to sweep this, so I'll vote instead for the director that gave us the superbly crafted films The Maltese Faction and The Treasure of Sierra Madre.

[Jean]

Kurosawa!!!!!!!!!

feverish, please, please, can you add Rashomon and Shadow Warrior to his notable films? Could be at the expense of The Hidden Fortress and Throne of Blood... though those ones are not bad either, of course...

[fernandito]

No problem Jean :)

I generally don't like to put more than 5 films in each director's slot, but I think for Kurosawa we can make an exception.

[Jean]

thank you feve!!! Kurosawa is one of my three favorite directors ever!!! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear-176.gif

[turtlex]

Oh you have got to be kidding me!!!!

How can I possibly choose!!!

Shoot me now!

Holy crap!

[IWasSentWest]

well i mean john wayne is a god...sooooooo

john ford :D...and she wore a yellow ribbon, and the grapes of wrath are great movies, come on feev! haha

i mean the guy did win best director at the academy awards and unprecedented 4 times.....

[turtlex]

I might have to hold my vote until the end, just in case I need to push one of my favorites over!

This is soooo tough !!!

[IWasSentWest]

the quiet man, how the west was won, they were expendable, how green was my valley....oh the list goes on

[Sam]

And yet they all must bow to the greatness that IS Akira Kurosawa. No film in existence today can out perform Ran and Seven Samurai. That's no only my opinion, it's also a fact.

Btw, Shadow Warrior is also known in the US by its original title Kagemusha. No need to change the heading under his name, I'm just informing in case someone may be wondering if they missed a Kurosawa film somewhere.

[Jean]

And yet they all must bow to the greatness that IS Akira Kurosawa. No film in existence today can out perform Ran and Seven Samurai. That's no only my opinion, it's also a fact.
Bears don't know what a fact is, but they sure share the feeling!

[turtlex]

I can't believe Pollack has no votes!!

Tootsie? Out of Africa? Absence of Malice? The Firm? Jeremiah Johnson ....

He's the most contemporary of these directors ... I thought for sure he'd be in the running!

This poll is going to kill me.

[Brice]

My vote goes to some dead Japanese guy.

[turtlex]

My vote goes to some dead Japanese guy.

:lol:

Gee, I'll spend the morning trying to break your code.

[Brice]

;)

I know you can if you really try.

[frik]

I can't believe Pollack has no votes!!

Tootsie? Out of Africa? Absence of Malice? The Firm? Jeremiah Johnson ....

Loved The Way We Were....:)

sk

[turtlex]

I can't believe Pollack has no votes!!

Tootsie? Out of Africa? Absence of Malice? The Firm? Jeremiah Johnson ....

Loved The Way We Were....:)

sk

This!!

Thank you!

:huglove:

[IWasSentWest]

come on ford!! :/

[fernandito]

Come on , no more votes for Huston ?!?! The Treasure of Sierra Madre !?

[Melike]

Voted for John Huston. It was a hard choice while Kurosawa was another option.

[turtlex]

Come on Pollack !!

I figure this ... could any one of these people have directed Tootsie?!?

Um, no.

[IWasSentWest]

fuck.

[fernandito]

Pam - you'll be glad to know I have added Tootsie to my netflix queue :)

[turtlex]

Pam - you'll be glad to know I have added Tootsie to my netflix queue :)

I can find a quote from it for every situation!!

"It's for my dog, he likes fruit!"

Sincerely, though, I love it. It never ceases to make me laugh out loud, truly, and it's just very good all around. Acting, directing, script, etc.

Bill Murray is especially irreverent here and just priceless. A small role, but perfect for him.

To me, Tootsie is right up there with the best comedies, ever.

[fernandito]

*bump

[pathoftheturtle]

This bites. Three absolutely stellar directors in a row, yet reach the last one and there's no choice here at all.

[Jean]

I keep thanking feverish that it never occurred to him to put Kurosawa, Hitchcock and Polanski in one bracket, or match them one against another in any order. That's when I would have had to end it all with a bullet in the head... whose head is another question...

[pathoftheturtle]

But who do you think will be left standing in the final rounds? ><

[Jean]

if this kind of weather persists, I won't last till the final round, and thus will be exempt from choosing

[fernandito]

*bump

This poll is closing today ! Let's get those votes in !

[fernandito]

Akira Kurosawa and John Huston advance !

[Sam]

As it should be.

[pathoftheturtle]

Kurosawa, certainly.
Huston? I suppose so... though it's not easy to blow off Ford, or Pollack either.
Oh, well; yeah, I guess this is proper.