george kaplan
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Inspired by this thread, I've decided to try a tourney and see if there's any interest.
The idea is which year did the Academy most get things right. This can be a bit complicated cause the idea of having the 5 best picture nominees from the previous calendar year didn't always work that way. In the early days, there were more than 5 films, and they were often spread out over more than a 1 year period.
However, for most of our lifetimes, it's been the previous year. So, I'm going to call each Academy slate the year prior to the ceremony, even though for the early years that won't always correlate perfectly with the year of the films release.
OK, up first,
1955 vs. 1983
1955:
Marty
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
1983:
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
The idea is which year did the Academy most get things right. This can be a bit complicated cause the idea of having the 5 best picture nominees from the previous calendar year didn't always work that way. In the early days, there were more than 5 films, and they were often spread out over more than a 1 year period.
However, for most of our lifetimes, it's been the previous year. So, I'm going to call each Academy slate the year prior to the ceremony, even though for the early years that won't always correlate perfectly with the year of the films release.
OK, up first,
1955 vs. 1983
1955:
Marty
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
1983:
Terms of Endearment
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies