Directors HTF Tournament: Reviving the Icons of Cinema (1 Viewer)

[Ric Bagoly]

Donald Pleasence-VERY tough!
Lee Marvin
Vincent Price
Boris Karloff

 

[JenB]

Pleasence
Marvin
Price
Karloff

 

[SteveGon]

Lon Chaney
Lee Marvin
Vincent Price
Boris Karloff

 

[Vickie_M]

Lon Chaney
Lee Marvin
Vincent Price
J.T. Walsh (hate to vote against Karloff, but Walsh was a compelling character actor. No matter what the movie, your eyes are drawn to him and you can't wait to hear what he'll say next. He was just reaching his prime.)

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Guys, I'm going to be gone for two days. I have a med school interview in Louisville. Wish me luck.

 

[JenB]

Good Luck, Dome

 

[Lew Crippen]

Good luck

 

[Ric Bagoly]

Good luck!

 

[Dome Vongvises]

Lon Chaney wins 7 - 5
Lee Marvin wins 10 - 2
Vincent Price wins 10 - 2
Borlis Karloff wins 11 - 1 (ouch, :frowning: )
I've only seen one Borlis Karloff film, and I was impressed, but I probably would've abstained because I've seen more Walsh.
Bracket Two, Round One
North
2. John Wayne
vs.
15. John Huston
South
2. James Stewart
vs.
15. Alexander Gudonov
East
2. Humphrey Bogart
vs.
15. Takashi Shimura
West
2. Toshiro Mifune
vs.
15. Basil Rathbone
Cutoff Time: 8:00pm EST, March 12, 2003

 

[Ric Bagoly]

And Our Choice Corpses for tonight...
John Huston
Alexander "Die Hard" Godunov
Humphrey Bogart
Toshiro Mifune easily over The Character Actor...

 

[george kaplan]

John Huston

James Stewart

Humphrey Bogart

 

[Seth Paxton]

Hmm, some tough choices.

I'll go with

John Wayne (love his presence and I would love to see a new film with him in his prime)

Godunov (I didn't realize everything about his life till this tourney, it would be interesting to see more of his mid-80's presence in films. Stewart is better, but he had a lot more chances too)

Bogey

Mifune (especially if you could pair him with some modern US directors with him in his prime - ie, 1941 was not satisfactory to me)


BTW, Vickie, I can agree with your Walsh reasoning (just look at my Godunov vote).

 

[SteveGon]

John Huston
James Stewart
Humphrey Bogart
Toshiro Mifune

 

[Bill J]

John Wayne
James Stewart
Humphrey Bogart
Toshiro Mifune

 

[Brook K]

John Wayne
Jimmy Stewart
Takeshi Shimura (part a "he doesn't deserve to be shut out vote" and partially because, while he may have lacked an iconic personality, he was the better actor)
Toshiro Mifune

 

[Gabe D]

John Huston
James Stewart
Humphrey Bogart
Basil Rathbone

 

[JenB]

John Wayne
Alexander "Die Hard" Godunov-Tough one
Humphrey Bogart
Basil Rathbone

 

[Vickie_M]

Hope your interview went well Dome.
John Huston (great director, great actor)
Alexander "Witness" Gudonov (for the same reasons Seth posted)
Abstain (sorry, I'm not placing who Shimura is)
Toshiro Mifune

 

[Rand]

John Wayne A very tough choice, I'm going with Wayne because he was more consistent and is one of the few true icons of film acting.
James Stewart Very easy choice.
Humphrey Bogart Another easy choice and for similar reasons as Wayne.
Toshiro Mifune Another tough one, I really like Rathbones work. Mifune gets the edge for again similar reasons as Wayne and Bogart.

 

[Tommy G]

John Wayne
James Stewart
Humphrey Bogart
Basil Rathbone