Directors Irish Movies Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Brook K]

The General
Barry Lyndon

I'd only seen 1 movie (Patriot Games) out of the first 4, so I wasn't able to vote.

 

[Bill McA]

The General
Barry Lyndon

 

[Bill J]

Gangs of New York
Barry Lyndon

 

[george kaplan]

The Quiet Man I often abstain because I've seen both, but am enamored of neither. Actually, this is such a case - I don't like the Quiet Man, but in this case I'm voting because I really hate Barry Lyndon.

 

[Jan H]

The General - tough! I loved 'Gangs', though I'm not sure it's what I'd call an Irish movie.

Barry Lyndon - easily. I think GP's and KM's signing with the Lakers has made George a little giddy in the head.

 

[Elizabeth S]

The General
abstain (but love "Barry Lyndon")

trivia:

stew - lamb

 

[Ric Bagoly]

Gangs Of New York

abstain (no Barry)

 

[Jim_K]

Gangs of New York

The Quiet Man

 

[SteveGon]

The General beats Leo 5 - 3.
Barry Lyndon beats the Duke 5 - 2.

Name the county town in Mayo that featured in John Ford's The Quiet Man? Cong

Elizabeth got the other trivia question.



Round 1 - Bracket 5

The Crying Game vs. Bloody Sunday


Round 1 - Bracket 6

The Commitments vs. The Snapper

My votes: Abstain (no BS) and The Commitments


Irish trivia:

The Crying Game won which Oscar for Neil Jordon's film?

and

Which Irish poet was killed at the Battle of Ypres in World War 1?

 

[Rand]

abstain

The Quiet Man

 

[george kaplan]

The Commitments

 

[Jan H]

Bloody Sunday
The Commitments

 

[Brook K]

Bloody Sunday
The Commitments

 

[Elizabeth S]

The Crying Game
The Commitments

 

[Bill McA]

abstain - no Bloody Sunday
The Snapper

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain x2

 

[SteveGon]

Bloody Sunday wins 2 - 1.
The Commitments wins 5 - 1.

The Crying Game won which Oscar... Best Screenplay

Which Irish poet was killed... Francis Ledwidge


Round 1 - Bracket 7

Darby O'Gill and the Little People vs. Angela's Ashes


Round 1 - Bracket 8

Michael Collins vs. The Secret of Roan Inish

My votes: Abstain (no AA) and The Secret of Roan Inish.

Irish trivia:

On putting his name to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, who said 'I have signed my own death warrant'?

and

Who was the author of both 'The Butcher Boy' and 'The Dead School'?

Edit: this new QuickEdit feature is cool!

 

[george kaplan]

Darby O'Gill & the Little People

 

[Bill McA]

Angela's Ashes
The Secret of Roan Inish

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain x2