Directors It's elementary, my dear Watson - a mystery movies tournament (1 Viewer)

[SteveGon]

List updated - we're up to 45.

I seconded Swimming Pool. The Spiral Staircase, and Dressed to Kill.

I thirded Sorry, Wrong Number.

 

[SteveGon]

Nominating:

Frenzy - More Hitch!
House of Games

...and thinking outside the box (or is that inside the box?):

Cube

 

[george kaplan]

I'll third:

Silence of the Lambs
Dressed to Kill

and I'm assuming that Justin's second of Sorry, Wrong Number is a third, else turn my second into a third.

 

[Nick Sievers]

If we can second more than four films i'll Second, Cube.

 

[John C. Wilson]

Nominate:

This Gun For Hire
The Blue Dahlia
Spellbound
The Fugitive

Second:

Frenzy
Shadow of a Doubt
Witness for the Prosecution
In the Heat of the Night
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Third:

Gaslight 44

I'm starting to have a hard time keeping track of all this. I'm pretty sure I haven't thirded any of my own nominations, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.

 

[Brook K]

Ok, I've been convinced, you guys are right.

3rd
Shadow Of A Doubt

2nd
Dressed To Kill
Phenomena (great call Justin)

Nominate
The Vanishing
Soylent Green
Stray Dog
Sherlock, Jr.

 

[Justin_S]

Thanks. It is one of my favorite films after all, and definitely one of Argento's very best.

Finishing off my noms:

Jacob's Ladder
Open Your Eyes
The Mothman Prophecies

I second:

The Vanishing
Soylent Green
Frenzy
Spellbound

I third:

Cube

 

[george kaplan]

I'll third:

Frenzy
Spellbound

 

[SteveGon]

List updated - we're up to 52.

I seconded Stray Dog and The Usual Suspects.

I thirded The Vanishing.



Try running this sucker.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Third:

The Conversation
Gosford Park
Swimming Pool
Witness for the Prosecution

 

[SteveGon]

Updated noms list:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Alphaville*
And Then There Were None*
Angel Heart
The Big Lebowski
The Blue Dahlia
The Element of Crime
The Fugitive
Gaslight '40
The Hound of the Baskervilles '39
House of Games
Identity
In the Heat of the Night*
In a Lonely Place
Jacob's Ladder
The Last of Sheila
L'Avventura
The Long Goodbye
The Man Who Knew Too Much '56*
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance*
The Mothman Prophecies
Nature of the Beast
Obsession*
Open Your Eyes
Phenomena*
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes*
The Return
Sherlock, Jr.
The Sixth Sense
Sleuth*
Soylent Green*
The Spiral Staircase*
Strangers on a Train*
Stray Dog*
Tenebrae*
This Gun for Hire
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Touch of Evil*
The Usual Suspects*


Movies marked with an asterisk have been seconded and need a third.

We need just eight more. If you can second or third 'em, go for it.

And feel free to throw out some more noms.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Third:

Stray Dog

 

[Jim_K]

Alright but I think it'll be futile.

Second
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Angel Heart
The Fugitive
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

Third
And Then There Were None
Sleuth
Tenebrae

Um..... It's a good film and all & it's made by Hitch but .....Strangers on a Train is not a freakin' mystery people! :frowning:

Nominate

The Testament of Dr Mabuse

 

[Lew Crippen]

It won’t make any difference Jim, as neither is going to make the cut.

 

[Elizabeth S]

Second:

Open Your Eyes

 

[george kaplan]

I'll throw out a bunch more nominations:

The Trouble With Harry
Manhattan Murder Mystery
The Thin Man Goes Home
The Kennel Murder Case
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Dial M for Murder
Gilda
Rope
Dead Reckoning
Blow Out

 

[Jim_K]

true but Last Year at Marienbad made it. :frowning:

Just to prevent that damn Three Colors Trilogy from poking it's ugly head in here let's get this over with

Third
The Man Who Knew Too Much '56
The Spiral Staircase
Phenomena
The Usual Suspects

not a big fan of the later two but there ya go Steve.

Lets get started

 

[SteveGon]

Okay, we're off! To make it easy on myself, the matchups will go thusly: 1 vs. 64, 2 vs. 63, etc.

Round 1 - Bracket 1

And Then There Were None vs. Witness for the Proscecution


Round 1 - Bracket 2

Bad Day at Black Rock vs. The Wicker Man


Round 1 - Bracket 3

The Big Sleep vs. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?


Round 1 - Bracket 4

Body Double vs. Vertigo


These brackets will be up until Saturday morning.

 

[Justin_S]

Abstain- No Witness.

The Wicker Man- Both are great, but Wicker Man is an enormous favorite.

The Big Sleep

Vertigo- Hitchcock's second best film IMO.

 

[Nick Sievers]

Abstain
Abstain
The Big Sleep - Assuming it is the Howard Hawks version.
Vertigo