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 Picture #29
1984 winner Amadeus vs. 1985 winner Out of Africa
Face-Off: Best Actor #29
1994 winner Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump vs. 1995 winner Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas
Face-Off: Best Supporting Actor #29
1978 winner Christopher Walken – The Deer Hunter vs. 1979 winner Melvyn Douglas – Being There
Face-Off: Best Original Screenplay #25
1984 winner Places in the Heart vs. 1985 winner Witness
Face-Off: Best Miscellaneous Writing #20
1953 winner Roman Holiday vs. 1953 winner From Here to Eternity
Face-Off: Best Original Song #24
1936 winner “The Way You Look Tonight” – Swing Time vs. 1937 winner “Sweet Leilani” – Waikiki Wedding
Face-Off: Best Editing #29
1956 winner Around the World in 80 Days vs. 1957 winner The Bridge on the River Kwai
Face-Off: Best Art Direction #29
1949 winner Little Women vs. 1950 winner Sunset Blvd.
Face-Off: Best Sound #28
1991 winner Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. 1992 winner The Last of the Mohicans
Face-Off: Best Foreign Language Film #25
1997 winner Character vs. 1998 winner Life Is Beautiful
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