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 #12
1950 winner All About Eve vs. 1951 winner An American in Paris
Face-Off: Best Director #12
1945 winner Billy Wilder – The Lost Weekend vs. 1946 winner William Wyler – The Best Years of Our Lives
Face-Off: Best Actor #12
1960 winner Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry vs. 1961 winner Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg
Face-Off: Best Actress #12
1969 winner Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie vs. 1970 winner Glenda Jackson – Women in Love
Face-Off: Best Adapted Screenplay #9
1964 winner Becket vs. 1965 winner Doctor Zhivago
Face-Off: Best Original Song #10
1985 winner “Say You, Say Me” – White Nights vs. 1986 winner Take My Breath Away – Top Gun
Face-Off: Best Editing #12
1999 winner The Matrix vs. 2000 winner Traffic
Face-Off: Best Costume Design #12
1960 winner The Facts of Life vs. 1960 winner Spartacus
Face-Off: Best Sound Effects #10
1991 winner Terminator 2: Judgment Day vs. 1992 winner Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Face-Off: Best Visual Effects #11
1981 winner Raiders of the Lost Ark vs. 1982 winner E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
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