I dunno, I think 128 is pushing it. Maybe you should make a list of nominees that have been proposed so far, pull out a bunch of your 51 automatic noms and add them to the list, and open it up for seconding. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who would prefer Bernard Herrmann over Walter Matthau.
I'll second Krzysztof Kieslowski and Marlene Dietrich.
I'll nominate:
Montgomery Clift
Ronald Colman
Samuel Fuller
Greta Garbo
John Garfield
John Huston
Boris Karloff
Veronica Lake
Peter Lorre
Myrna Loy
Anthony Mann
Lee Marvin
James Mason
Robert Newton
Warren Oates
William Powell
Jean Renoir
Um, I'll stop there.
Edited to add John Huston and Boris Karloff to my nominations list.
Luis Bunuel Carl Th. Dreyer Yasujiro Ozu Kenji Mizoguchi Yasuzo Masumura Jean-Pierre Melville Luchino Visconti Roberto Rosselini Takeshi Shimura Walter Brennan Charles Coburn Karl Freund Barbara Stanwyck
Lionel Barrymore Lon Chaney William Demarest W.C. Fields Jose Ferrer Edward Everett Horton Leslie Howard Trevor Howard Walter Huston Raymond Massey David Niven Eugene Pallette Claude Rains Andrei Tarkovsky James Whale
I nominate Greg Toland (classic cinematographer) and Saul Bass (creater of some of the finest title sequences ever). I will also nominate DW Griffith and Claudette Colbert.
I will 2nd Jim Henson, Carl Th. Dreyer, James Whale, Claude Rains, James Mason, Myrna Loy, Jean Renoir.
Ill Second-
Boris Karloff
Lee Marvin
Warren Oates
Lon Chaney
Ill Nominate-
Keith Moon
Alexander Godunov
Strother Martin
George Harrison-produced MANY MANY films
Hal Ashby
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
John Carradine
George C. Scott
Lillian Gish
Brandon Lee
Lon Chaney Jr.
Burgess Meredith
Jackie Gleason
Sharon Tate
Ruth Gordon
OK, I'll second Gregg Toland, as well as spell his name right. :p)
I nominated Fritz Lang when we only had one.
I also seconded Bernard Herrmann, but the nom was thrown out. I think it is back in now so I second him again.
I'll nominate.
Guy Green....I assumed he was dead, but imdb doesn't show that he is......
Alan J. Pakula
It's late. I'll try to come up with more.
Nominate:
Richard Harris-Sadly now, he will not be able to finish making the Harry Potter movies as the series' beloved Professor Dumbledore but will be remembered both for this recent role and many other past great performances.
River Phoenix-Great potential but died way too young.
Second:
Brandon Lee
Lon Chaney Jr.
Burgess Meredith
Jackie Gleason