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Final: Pick your favorite!

The Godfather (Coppola, 1972) (#1 seed)
12 (57.1%)
Days of Heaven (Malick, 1978)
9 (42.9%)

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2017, 11:18:44 AM »
Able or willing 1SO ?

No votes from me this round, or the next ones I am guessing.
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2017, 03:15:57 PM »
Well, that's one way to get me to vote for Animal House and El Topo, I guess.

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2017, 03:18:28 PM »
If I weren't sleep-deprived, I'd legitimately consider doing a The Devil Probably / The Outlaw Josey Wales double-feature tonight.

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2017, 10:58:56 AM »
results:

The Devil Probably (Bresson, 1977) - The Outlaw Josey Wales (Eastwood, 1976) = 3-4
Pink Flamingos (Waters, 1972) - American Graffiti (Lucas, 1973) = 3-4
The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) - Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (Peebles, 1971) = 7-1
The Tin Drum (Schlondorff, 1979) - National Lampoon's Animal House (Landis, 1978) =3-4
Fellini's Roma (Fellini, 1972) - El Topo (Jodorowsky, 1970) = 2-7
Dodes'ka-den (Kurosawa, 1970) - New York, New York (Scorsese, 1977) = 7-1
Young Frankenstein (Brooks, 1974) - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sharman, 1975) = 10-1
The Holy Mountain (Jodorowsky, 1973) - Arabian Nights (Pasolini, 1974) = 4-2

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2017, 11:04:00 AM »
The final batch of the play-in round:

Edvard Munch (Watkins, 1974) - Fata Morgana (Herzog, 1971)
O Lucky Man! (Anderson, 1973) - We All Loved Each Other So Much (Scola, 1974)
Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) - Scarecrow (Schatzberg, 1973)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jones + Gilliam, 1975) - 3 Women (Altman, 1977)
WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Makajevev, 1971) - From the Clouds to the Resistance (Straub-Huillet, 1979)
Ludwig (Visconti, 1972) - Get Carter (Hodges, 1971)
Xala (Sembene, 1975) - MASH (Altman, 1970)
The Wicker Man (Hardy, 1973) - News From Home (Akerman, 1977)
The Man Who Would be King (Huston, 1975) - Deep End (Skolimowski, 1970)

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #25 on: May 23, 2017, 11:08:35 AM »
You're insatiable, roujin.

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #26 on: May 23, 2017, 11:12:18 AM »
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jones + Gilliam, 1975) - 3 Women (Altman, 1977)

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #27 on: May 23, 2017, 11:49:51 AM »
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jones + Gilliam, 1975) - 3 Women (Altman, 1977)
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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2017, 01:30:22 PM »
Edvard Munch (Watkins, 1974) - Fata Morgana (Herzog, 1971)
O Lucky Man! (Anderson, 1973) - We All Loved Each Other So Much (Scola, 1974)
Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) - Scarecrow (Schatzberg, 1973)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jones + Gilliam, 1975) - 3 Women (Altman, 1977)
WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Makajevev, 1971) - From the Clouds to the Resistance (Straub-Huillet, 1979)
Ludwig (Visconti, 1972) - Get Carter (Hodges, 1971)
Xala (Sembene, 1975) - MASH (Altman, 1970)
The Wicker Man (Hardy, 1973) - News From Home (Akerman, 1977)
The Man Who Would be King (Huston, 1975) - Deep End (Skolimowski, 1970)

I cannot believe you got me to vote for WR. I gave it a 32. I gave From the Clouds a 31.

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Re: TSPDT Best of the 70's
« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2017, 03:54:22 PM »
O Lucky Man! (Anderson, 1973) - We All Loved Each Other So Much (Scola, 1974)
Rocky (Avildsen, 1976) - Scarecrow (Schatzberg, 1973)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Jones + Gilliam, 1975) - 3 Women (Altman, 1977)
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