The Great Movie Tournament - 1970s: Quarterfinal 2 of 4

[mae]

During the seventh round of The Great Movie Tournament, please vote for one film you would like to move onto the next round. The top film will be moving on. Keep in mind that the percentage of the vote a given film receives will determine its standing going forward.

The poll will run for seven days. Discussion is greatly encouraged!

The nominees are (please let me know if any video doesn't play for you):


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The Godfather (1972) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x0GpEZnwa8

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind)
Directed by Steven Spielberg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSpQ3G08k48

[St. Troy]

The Godfather

[fernandito]

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.

[frik]

Close Encounters

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[amd013]

Close Encounters, even though I have GF in my final 4.

[webstar1000]

Close Encounters for sure

[OldCrow88]

Tough choice. Went with Close Encounters since it's based on the real government footage of UFOs :sidegrin:

[ajw2910]

Dang, two of my favorites. If channel surfing, I never go by either one. Coin flip went to Close Encounters.

[RUBE]

I thought this was going to be Godfather in a landslide.

[OldCrow88]

I thought this was going to be Godfather in a landslide.

Aliens are manipulating the results :-)

[Heather19]

Close Encounters

[mae]

Tied at ten, wow. Very unexpected!

[Still Servant]

Let's go, Godfather!

[DoctorZaius]

Close Encounters, and we are tied again.

[Jon]

CE
I have broken the tie.

[Randall Flagg]

Godfather

[fernandito]

I thought this was going to be Godfather in a landslide.

Not really, there are alotta Godfather haters on here. You could put it up against Legally Blonde and it would probably get half the votes :lol:

[mae]

The Godfather still behind by one with two days to go. I love Close Encounters, but are we really going to lose one of the best films of all time in a quarterfinal?

[DoctorZaius]

The Godfather still behind by one with two days to go. I love Close Encounters, but are we really going to lose one of the best films of all time in a quarterfinal?

I appreciate the shilling, but Close Encounters is also one of the best of all time, maybe not the extended version, but the certainly the original.

[webstar1000]

The Godfather still behind by one with two days to go. I love Close Encounters, but are we really going to lose one of the best films of all time in a quarterfinal?

I appreciate the shilling, but Close Encounters is also one of the best of all time, maybe not the extended version, but the certainly the original.

Could I ask what the differences are between the two?

[DoctorZaius]

The Godfather still behind by one with two days to go. I love Close Encounters, but are we really going to lose one of the best films of all time in a quarterfinal?

I appreciate the shilling, but Close Encounters is also one of the best of all time, maybe not the extended version, but the certainly the original.

Could I ask what the differences are between the two?

Probably more than you wanted...https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075860/alternateversions...there's a mystery that is left in the original, one that forces more use of one's imagination.

[amd013]

There are 3 (or 4) versions.

1: original 1977 (run time 135min)
2: Special Edition released to theaters in 1980 (run time 133min)
3: directors cut - 1998 (run time 138min)
4: a version aired on ABC, but no video release

The special edition has some cuts and additions and is actually shorter then the original. The bigest addistion is:

It shows what happens after Roy enters the spaceship

I believe the directors cut is the combination (more or less) of the other two versions.

This page gives a more detailed description:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075860/alternateversions

There have been some good releases that include all three versions:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B073LWR8XD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Jimimck]

Godfather vote right here!

[mae]

And we're tied at 12 :panic:

[T-Dogz_AK47]

And we're tied at 12 :panic:

No longer tied. I just voted for The Godfather.

[mae]

The poll has closed. The Godfather moves on and Close Encounters of the Third Kind is eliminated.