I double-checked to be sure, and you didn't include Bringing Out the Dead on your final ballot. Your three films to try to save were, in order, Eyes Wide Shut, Contact, and Bound. Two of those got in, since Contact was someone else's first choice. Seven people only ended up with one of their choices making it in, so it worked out better for you than for some.
As for the original ballots, you and one other person did indeed list Bringing Out the Dead as a film to fight for; however, there were just enough votes against the film to offset that. As a result, it became one of the bubble films that needed a 1st place vote on the second ballot to make the cut. The same is true of Tremors, Dances With Wolves, Go, Bound, Scream, There's Something About Mary, Carlito's Way, The Green Mile, Flirting with Disaster, Henry Fool, and King of the Hill (one of my own films to fight for, now deceased).
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