Directors BFI Tournament - The Greatest BRITISH films (1 Viewer)

[John C. Wilson]

Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Draughtsman's Contract
Scrooge (1951)
Small Faces

 

[Jim_K]

My votes

Monty Python's Life of Brian
Abstain - seen neither
Oliver Twist
Abstain - seen neither


Monty Python's Life of Brian over The Full Monty 9-0

Oliver Twist Scrooge (1951) 5-3

The Draughtsman's Contract, If, Small Faces & Women in Love get tossed for not enough votes.

Billy Liar

vs.

The Horse's Mouth

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Brazil

vs.

Watership Down

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Blow Up

vs.

The 39 Steps

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Brassed Off

vs.

Carry On Up The Khyber

 

[Bill McA]

The Draughtsman's Contract, If, Small Faces & Women in Love get tossed for not enough votes.

Unfortunately that doesn't bode well for the rest of this tournament...2 of those films are well established British classics and the other 2 are minor masterworks.
Maybe we should just make this a Monty Python tournament :frowning:

Billy Liar
Brazil
Blow Up
Carry On Up The Khyber

 

[Lew Crippen]

Brazil

Blow Up

 

[John C. Wilson]

The Horse's Mouth
Watership Down
The 39 Steps
Carry On Up The Khyber

 

[george kaplan]

The Horse's Mouth

abstain - seen both, but don't have a preference

The 39 Steps

abstain - haven't seen Carry On

 

[SteveGon]

Abstain - Too long since I've seen BL.
Brazil - Tough one.
The 39 Steps
Abstain - No COUTK.

 

[Brook K]

I've only seen 1 movie in each of the brackets

 

[PhilipG]

Abstain
Brazil - but that was a *really* tough choice
The 39 Steps
Brassed Off - also v tricky choice

 

[Jim_K]

My votes
The Horse's Mouth
Brazil
The 39 Steps
Abstain - No BO

The Horse's Mouth over Billy Liar 3-1

Brazil over Watership Down 5-1

The 39 Steps over Blow Up 5-2

Carry On Up The Khyber over Brassed Off 2-1




next

Don't Look Now

vs.

Night of the Demon

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

vs.

The Railway Children

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Barry Lyndon

vs.

Henry V (1944)

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Pink Floyd: The Wall

vs.

The Commitments

 

[PhilipG]

Night of the Demon
The Railway Children
Henry V (1944)
Abstain

 

[MartinTeller]

Pink Floyd: The Wall

 

[Bill McA]

Don't Look Now
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Barry Lyndon
Pink Floyd: The Wall

 

[Lew Crippen]

Barry Lyndon

 

[Scott Weinberg]

Don't Look Now
Pink Floyd: The Wall

 

[george kaplan]

The Commitments - quite easily in a losing cause

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Pink Floyd: The Wall , even more easily in a winning cause!

 

[Brook K]

Barry Lyndon

The Wall (tough)

 

[SteveGon]

Don't Look Now - Tough.
Abstain - Seen neither.
Barry Lyndon
The Commitments - Easily.

 

[Jim_K]

My votes
Night of the Demon
Abstain - no TRC
Barry Lyndon
Pink Floyd: The Wall

Don't Look Now over Night of the Demon 3-2

Barry Lyndon over Henry V (1944) 5-1

Pink Floyd: The Wall over The Commitments 6-2


The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner & The Railway Children get tossed for not enough votes


next

The Bridge on the River Kwai

vs.

The Dam Busters

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The Lavender Hill Mob

vs.

Educating Rita

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Trainspotting

vs.

Yellow Submarine

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Great Expectations

vs.

The Remains of the Day