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  1. 10-21-2012, 08:27 PM #1
    Jeff Beachnau
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    Best Director nominee of the 80s not nominated for Best Picture

    Looking at the Best Director nominees of the 80s, there were 12 films nominated for Best Director and not Best Picture. With only 12 nominees, there probably won't be much difference on who the top choices will be (so I'll leave out the poll), but who do you think is the best of the nominees?

    So rate them, rank them, whatever, who do you think was most worthy of the nomination and do you think the film should have beeen nominated for Best Picture as well (and if so, what should have been taken out).

    1980 Richard Rush - The Stunt Man
    1982 Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot
    1983 Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
    1983 Micke Nichols - Silkwood
    1984 Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
    1985 Akira Kurosawa - Ran
    1986 David Lynch - Blue Velvet
    1987 Lasse Hallstrom - My Life as a Dog
    1988 Charles Chrichton - A Fish Called Wanda
    1988 Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ
    1989 Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
    1989 Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
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  2. 11-16-2012, 06:13 AM #2
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  3. 11-16-2012, 06:29 AM #3
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    This will be about the only time ever I’ll rank anything Kurosawa-related to anything Bergman-related. But yeah, Ran (and Kuro’s direction) > F&A

    1- Kurosawa
    2- Bergman
    3- Allen (Crimes & Misdemeanors)
    4- Lynch
    5- Allen (Broadway Danny Rose) – love this movie –
    6- Branagh
    7- Chrichton

    Not seen the others.
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  4. 11-16-2012, 06:53 AM #4
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    1. Akira Kurosawa- Ran
    2. Ingmar Bergman- Fanny and Alexander
    3. Martin Scorsese- The Last Temptation of Christ
    4. Woody Allen- Crimes and Misdemeanors
    5. David Lynch- Blue Velvet
    6. Woody Allen- Broadway Danny Rose
    7. Kenneth Branagh- Henry V
    8. Wolfgang Petersen- Das Boot
    9. Charles Crichton- A Fish Called Wanda
    10. Lasse Hallstrom- My Life as a Dog
    11. Mike Nichols- Silkwood
    12. Richard Rush- The Stunt Man
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  5. 11-16-2012, 08:23 AM #5
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    I've actually seen them all!!!

    If we're ranking the movies...this is my ranking:

    1) My Life as a Dog
    2) Fanny and Alexander
    3) Broadway Danny Rose
    4) Ran
    5) Das Boot
    6) A Fish Called Wanda
    7) Silkwood
    8) Blue Velvet
    9) Crimes and Misdemeanors
    10) The Stunt Man
    11) Henry V
    12) The Last Temptation of Christ

    If we're rating the directorial achievement:

    1) Peterson
    2) Bergman
    3) Kurosawa
    4) Hallstrom
    5) Lynch
    6) Allen (BDR)
    7) Allen (C&M)
    8) Rush
    9) Nichols
    10) Branagh
    11) Chritchon
    12) Scorsese

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  6. 11-17-2012, 07:26 AM #6
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    It's truly an impressive list of films, much better than the actual best picture winners. Anyway, my ranking:

    1.- Akira Kurosawa - Ran
    2.- Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
    3.- Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
    4.- Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
    5.- David Lynch - Blue Velvet
    6.- Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot
    7.- Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ
    8.- Charles Chrichton - A Fish Called Wanda
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  7. 11-17-2012, 09:10 AM #7
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    1) 1986 David Lynch - Blue Velvet
    1) 1985 Akira Kurosawa - Ran
    1) 1983 Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
    1) 1988 Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ
    2) 1989 Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
    2) 1984 Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose
    3) 1988 Charles Chrichton - A Fish Called Wanda
    4) 1989 Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
    5) 1982 Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot
    6) 1983 Mike Nichols - Silkwood

    Ehh...(?)
    7) 1980 Richard Rush - The Stunt Man
    8) 1987 Lasse Hallstrom - My Life as a Dog

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  8. 11-17-2012, 10:45 AM #8
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    1. Kurosawa - Ran
    2. Lynch - Velvet
    3. Scorsese - Christ
    4. Allen - Crimes
    5. Petersen - Boot

    The rest is either meh or I haven't seen it.
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  9. 11-17-2012, 11:47 AM #9
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    You rank first the one to scandalously sit Spielberg out of the 1985 race, despite 10 nods for The Color Purple! Yay!
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  10. 11-17-2012, 12:07 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by McTeague View Post
    You rank first the one to scandalously sit Spielberg out of the 1985 race, despite 10 nods for The Color Purple! Yay!
    11 nods.

    And Kurosawa deserved the win, let alone the nomination.
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  11. 11-18-2012, 12:02 PM #11
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    1. Kurosawa- Ran
    2. Allen- Crimes and Misdemeanors
    3. Lynch- Blue Velvet
    4. Allen- Broadway Danny Rose
    5. Chrichton- A Fish Called Wanda

    N/S the rest
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  12. 11-18-2012, 08:15 PM #12
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    A+
    1987 Lasse Hallstrom - My Life as a Dog
    1982 Wolfgang Petersen - Das Boot

    A
    1988 Charles Chrichton - A Fish Called Wanda
    1985 Akira Kurosawa - Ran
    1984 Woody Allen - Broadway Danny Rose

    A-
    1983 Ingmar Bergman - Fanny and Alexander
    1983 Micke Nichols - Silkwood

    B+
    1989 Woody Allen - Crimes and Misdemeanors
    1988 Martin Scorsese - The Last Temptation of Christ

    B
    1986 David Lynch - Blue Velvet

    C+
    1989 Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
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