The Great Movie Tournament - 1950s: Octofinal 4 of 8

During the fifth 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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Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Directed by Nicholas Ray

Watch Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXRgAXU1-T4

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The Fly (1958)
Directed by Kurt Neumann

Watch Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj7f75PGx7c

Rebel

How is the Fly ahead?

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Originally Posted by mae

How is the Fly ahead?

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Ask the 9 members who voted for it.

Rebel

thought this one would have been a slam dunk :scared:


Where's Heather?? She's not going to stand for these shenanigans! :panic:

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Originally Posted by mae

How is the Fly ahead?

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high concept.

Sorry, got to vote for what I've seen. Having said that, I am surprised at the currant standings.

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Originally Posted by amd013

Sorry, got to vote for what I've seen. Having said that, I am surprised at the currant standings.

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If you haven't seen Rebel, it's streaming on HBO Max. Very well worth a watch. Could perhaps make you change your vote.

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Originally Posted by mae

How is the Fly ahead?

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My thoughts exactly.

What's happening here?

Need just one more vote for Rebel to tie, two to push ahead :panic:

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Originally Posted by mae

Need just one more vote for Rebel to tie, two to push ahead :panic:

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This needs to happen. And here's my stated vote for Rebel Without a Cause in case there is a tie.

RWOAC

REBEL

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Originally Posted by Tommy

Where's Heather?? She's not going to stand for these shenanigans! :panic:

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This really is craziness. I obviously voted for Rebel just in case we need to state votes, but hopefully a few more people come in and vote before it closes. I can only imagine some of those votes for The Fly haven't seen Rebel.

The Fly is a fun movie, but this is to move into the Quarterfinals!

An interesting take...

Is James Dean’s character in “Rebel Without a Cause” an angel of death?

order has been restored

(for now)

The poll has closed tied. However, stated votes favored Rebel Without a Cause. It moves on and The Fly is eliminated.

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Originally Posted by mae

The poll has closed tied. However, stated votes favored Rebel Without a Cause. It moves on and The Fly is eliminated.

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Thank fuck for that. I didn't want to lose one of my major horses in this race to a fuckin' insect!

So happy its moving on. Although I'm a bit alarmed at how close this one was. Especially considering how well Rebel was doing up till this point.

I think some people might've been voting with the remake in mind. The original is good but not that good.

*PHEW*

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Originally Posted by mae

I think some people might've been voting with the remake in mind. The original is good but not that good.

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That's what I was thinking too. When people mention The Fly they're almost always talking about the remake and not the original. It's one of the few instances where I think the remake eclipses the original.