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 #41
2003 winner Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King vs. 2004 winner Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Face-Off: Best Actor #41
1931/32 winner Fredric March – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde vs. 1932/33 winner Charles Laughton – The Private Life of Henry VIII
Face-Off: Best Original Song #38
1964 winner “Chim Chim Cher-ee” – Mary Poppins vs. 1965 winner “The Shadow of Your Smile” – The Sandpiper
Face-Off: Best Cinematography #51
1952 winner The Bad and the Beautiful vs. 1952 winner The Quiet Man
Face-Off: Best Cinematography #52
1953 winner From Here to Eternity vs. 1953 winner Shane
Face-Off: Best Art Direction #51
1978 winner Heaven Can Wait vs. 1979 winner All That Jazz
Face-Off: Best Art Direction #52
1980 winner Tess vs. 1981 winner Raiders of the Lost Ark
Face-Off: Best Art Direction #53
1982 winner Gandhi vs. 1983 winner Fanny & Alexander
Face-Off: Best Documentary Feature #37
2011 winner Undefeated vs. 2012 winner Searching for Sugar Man

















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