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 #23
1967 winner Mike Nichols – The Graduate vs. 1968 winner Carol Reed – Oliver!
Face-Off: Best Actor #23
1982 winner Ben Kingsley – Gandhi vs. 1983 winner Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
Face-Off: Best Actress #23
1991 winner Jodie Foster – The Silence of the Lambs vs. 1992 winner Emma Thompson – Howards End
Face-Off: Best Original Screenplay #19
1972 winner The Candidate vs. 1973 winner The Sting
Face-Off: Best Adapted Screenplay #19
1984 winner Amadeus vs. 1985 winner Out of Africa
Face-Off: Best Song #18
2001 winner “If I Didn’t Have You” – Monsters, Inc. vs. 2002 winner “Lose Yourself” – 8 Mile
Face-Off: Best Cinematography #23
1993 winner Schindler’s List vs. 1994 winner Legends of the Fall
Face-Off: Best Art Direction #23
1943 winner Phantom of the Opera vs. 1944 winner Gaslight
Face-Off: Best Costume Design #23
1975 winner Barry Lyndon vs. 1976 winner Fellini’s Casanova
Face-Off: Best Foreign Language Film #19
1985 winner The Official Story vs. 1986 winner The Assault
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