Directors Historical Movies Draft (1 Viewer)

[SteveGon]

Brook takes A Hard Day's Night.

I could easily go to ten or twelve picks. Anyone else?


Up next:

Scott
Jim
Me

 

[Scott Weinberg]

I'll play as long as you guys like.

I choose:

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

 

[SteveGon]

Scott, only YOU would think to pick TCM.

 

[Jim_K]

Chushingura a.k.a. The 47 Ronin '62 version

 

[SteveGon]

Jim, cool pick!

I'll take I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang.

Based on articles - drawn from his own experiences - written by one Robert E. Burns, this film helped lead to much-needed penal reforms and the commuting of Burns' sentence to time served.


Justin got the last trivia question.

Here's another:

What European country has conducted numerous nuclear tests at Muraroa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean?


Up next:

John
Lew (I have his pick)
Chris

 

[Justin Doring]

France?

 

[SteveGon]

John's turn is over.

Lew takes Intolerance.


Justin got the triva question - the answer was France.

Here's another:

What island country announced its neutrality the day after the 1939 German invasion of Poland?


Up next:

Chris
Justin
Brook (I have his pick)

And John can make his pick at any time.

 

[Dheiner]

The French Connection

Iceland?

 

[SteveGon]

Iceland?

Nope.

Chris is skipped but can make his pick at any time.

Justin is up.

 

[Justin Doring]

The Elephant Man

Denmark?

 

[Chris_Richard]

Sugarland Express

 

[Brook K]

I wonder what my next pick is?

Just an opinion, but I much preferred The 47 Ronin to Chushingura. More depth of characterization, storytelling, and fab cinematography.

 

[Jim_K]

eh? Which version? There's well over a dozen versions of this tale on film.

If there is a supposedly superior version of this I haven't seen I'd like to know.

If it's the '41 Mizoguchi version you're referring to then forget it, I've seen it & it doesn't hold a candle to the '62 version.

 

[SteveGon]

Denmark?

Wrong again.

Brook takes Germany: Year Zero.


Up next:

Scott
Jim
Me

 

[Scott Weinberg]

I'll take Menachem Golan's The Apple. (Hey, it takes place in 1994!)

Kidding, of course.

I'll go with Alive.

(For the plane crash.)

 

[Jim_K]

I'm pleasantly surprised my next pick is still available:

The Longest Day

 

[SteveGon]

I'll take The Life of Emile Zola.

The answer to the last trivia question was Ireland.


Here's another:

What volcano's 1883 eruption was followed by tidal waves reaching 120 feet in height?


Up next:

John
Lew (I have his pick)
Chris

 

[ChuckDeLa]

trivia question: Krakatoa

 

[Dheiner]

M

 

[SteveGon]

Lew takes Man of Aran.

Chuck got the trivia question.

Here's another:

What U.S. President began the planning of the Bay of Pigs invasion?


Up next:

Chris
Justin
Brook (I have his pick)