Friday Face-Off #4

Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It's a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we'll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar Winner A and Oscar Winner B, the winner would face off against the winner of the contest between Oscar Winner C and Oscar Winner D. Think of it like championship brackets but with an Oscar style. If this is popular enough, we may do it for other types of films, events and such. Each week we may even have different categories to keep things spicy.

Here is this week's ten face-offs. So, let's get started.

Face-Off: Best Director #2

2009 winner Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker vs. 2010 winner Tom Hooper - The King's Speech

Face-Off: Best Actor #2

1940 winner James Stewart - The Philadelphia Story vs. 1941 winner Gary Cooper - Sergeant York

Face-Off: Best Supporting Actor #2

2000 winner Benicio Del Toro - Traffic vs. 2001 winner Jim Broadbent - Iris

Face-Off: Best Adapted Screenplay #2

1979 winner Kramer vs. Kramer vs. 1980 winner Ordinary People

Face-Off: Best Original Song #2

1969 winner "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid vs. 1970 winner "For All We Know" - Lovers and Other Strangers

Face-Off: Best Editing #2

1979 winner All That Jazz vs. 1980 winner Raging Bull

Face-Off: Best Costume Design #2

1949 winner The Heiress vs. 1949 winner The Adventures of Don Juan

Face-Off: Best Makeup #2

1999 winner Topsy-Turvy vs. 2000 winner Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Face-Off: Best Sound Effects #2

1965 winner The Great Race vs. 1966 winner Grand Prix

Face-Off: Best Foreign Film #2

1950 winner The Walls of Malapaga vs. 1951 winner Rashomon

Written by: Wesley Lovell - Jan 20, 2012 (10:00 am) | Filed under: Friday Face-Off ( Leave a comment )

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Tripp Burton
January 21st, 2012 - 08:55

Director: Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
Actor: James Stewart – The Philadelphia Story
Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent – Iris
Adapted Screenplay: Kramer vs. Kramer
Song: “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Editing: All That Jazz
Costumes: The Heiress
Makeup: Topsy-Turvy
Sound: The Great Race
Foreign Film: The Walls of Malapaga

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Wesley Lovell
January 21st, 2012 - 06:44

Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actor: James Stewart
Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent
Adapted Screenplay: Ordinary People
Song: “For All We Know”
Editing: Raging Bull
Costume Design: No response
Makeup: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Sound Effects: No response
Foreign Film: Rashomon

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Mike Furlong
January 21st, 2012 - 05:27

Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Actor: James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story
Sup Actor: Jim Broadbent, Iris
Adapted Sply: Ordinary People
Song: For All We Know, Lovers and Other Strangers
Editing: All That Jazz, but that’s a tough one
Costumes: The Heiress
Make-up: Topsy-Turvy
Sound F/X: The Great Race
Foreign Film: Rashomon, because I haven’t seen the other one yet

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Mike Kelly
January 21st, 2012 - 05:21

Wow! Thanks Peter. All I had to do was cut and paste your picks, which matched every one of mine.

Director – Kathryn Bigelow
Actor – James Stewart
Supporting Actor – Benicio Del Toro
Adapted Screenplay- Ordinary People
Original Song – “For All We Know”
Editing – Raging Bull
Costuem Design – The Heiress
Makeup – Topsy-Turvy
Sound Effects – Grand Prix
Foreign Film – Rashomon

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Peter J Patrick
January 20th, 2012 - 21:53

Director – Kathryn Bigelow
Actor – James Stewart
Supporting Actor – Benicio Del Toro
Adapted Screenplay- Ordinary People
Original Song – “For All We Know”
Editing – Raging Bull
Costuem Design – The Heiress
Makeup – Topsy-Turvey
Sound Effects – Grand Prix
Foreign Film – Rashomon

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Zachary Hardy
January 20th, 2012 - 20:22

2009 Winner Kathryn Bigelow
1940 winner James Stewart – The Philadelphia Story
2000 winner Benicio Del Toro – Traffic
1979 winner Kramer vs. Kramer
1969 winner “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”
1980 winner Raging Bull
1949 winner The Heiress
2000 winner Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
1966 winner Grand Prix
1951 winner Rashomon

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