The Decades of Cinema Tournament

PM ME YOUR PICKS IF YOU WILL BE AWAY




Rules and Basics
-8 rounds
-16 players
-18 hour time limit between picks
-Each player will choose one movie from eight decades of the cinema (20s/30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s). I am combining the 20s and 30s cause they had a transitional period in film and therefore were much alike (though remember the later 30s were quite different).
-The standard voting system and snake-like drafting.
-You may choose whatever decade in whatever round and we'll piece them together in order of their release at the end of the draft, along side the order they were chosen.
-When choosing a film, please name the film in Italic text and the year it was released. Example: Public Enemies (2009)

FINAL ROUND

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

4. Lennytheweedwhacker (WINNER) 7-5
a. Metropolis (1920s/30s)
b. Citizen Kane (1940s)
c. The Seventh Seal (1950s)
d. The Wild Bunch (1960s)
e. Apocalypse Now (1970s)
f. This Is Spinal Tap (1980s)
g. Fargo (1990s)
h. Adaptation (2000s)

vs.

10. Bondchf007
a. The Lady Vanishes (1920s/30s)
b. Notorious (1940s)
c. Rashomon (1950s)
d. La Dolce Vita (1960s)
e. Taxi Driver (1970s)
f. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980s)
g. The Shawshank Redemption (1990s)
h. City of God (2000s)


MATCHUPS ROUND THREE

Spoiler: show

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

1. Walter Sobchak
a. Battleship Potemkin (1920s/30s)
b. The Big Sleep (1940s)
c. Sunset Blvd. (1950s)
d. Pierrot Le Fou (1960s)
e. The Godfather (1970s)
f. Amadeus (1980s)
g. The Thin Red Line (1990s)
h. The Lives of Others (2000s)

vs.

4. Lennytheweedwhacker (WINNER) 7-6
a. Metropolis (1920s/30s)
b. Citizen Kane (1940s)
c. The Seventh Seal (1950s)
d. The Wild Bunch (1960s)
e. Apocalypse Now (1970s)
f. This Is Spinal Tap (1980s)
g. Fargo (1990s)
h. Adaptation (2000s)
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10. Bondchf007 (WINNER) 7-6
a. The Lady Vanishes (1920s/30s)
b. Notorious (1940s)
c. Rashomon (1950s)
d. La Dolce Vita (1960s)
e. Taxi Driver (1970s)
f. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980s)
g. The Shawshank Redemption (1990s)
h. City of God (2000s)

vs.

8. Denverapolis
a. Gone With the Wind (1920s/30s)
b. Fantasia (1940s)
c. Ben Hur (1950s)
d. Psycho (1960s)
e. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1970s)
f. Caddyshack (1980s)
g. The Big Lebowski (1990s)
h. Children of Men (2000s)

MATCHUPS ROUND TWO

Spoiler: show

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

8. Denverapolis (WINNER) 8-5
a. Gone With the Wind (1920s/30s)
b. Fantasia (1940s)
c. Ben Hur (1950s)
d. Psycho (1960s)
e. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1970s)
f. Caddyshack (1980s)
g. The Big Lebowski (1990s)
h. Children of Men (2000s)

vs.

14. Paaks
a. The Wizard of Oz (1920s/30s)
b. The Maltese Falcon (1940s)
c. Rearwindow (1950s)
d. Cool Hand Luke (1960s)
e. Alien (1970s)
f. Wings of Desire (1980s)
g. Goodfellas (1990s)
h. Memento (2000s)
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15. Orpheus
a. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1920s/30s)
b. Rope (1940s)
c. Seven Samurai (1950s)
d. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1960s)
e. Network (1970s)
f. The Empire Strikes Back (1980s)
g. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1990s)
h. 25th Hour (2000s)

vs.

10. Bondchf007 (WINNER) 8-5
a. The Lady Vanishes (1920s/30s)
b. Notorious (1940s)
c. Rashomon (1950s)
d. La Dolce Vita (1960s)
e. Taxi Driver (1970s)
f. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980s)
g. The Shawshank Redemption (1990s)
h. City of God (2000s)

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

6. Lowlight79
a. The 39 Steps (1920s/30s)
b. All the King's Men (1940s)
c. Touch of Evil (1950s)
d. The Graduate (1960s)
e. The Godfather Part II (1970s)
f. The Shining (1980s)
g. The Silence of the Lambs (1990s)
h. The Dark Knight (2000s)

vs.

4. Lennytheweedwhacker (WINNER) 9-5
a. Metropolis (1920s/30s)
b. Citizen Kane (1940s)
c. The Seventh Seal (1950s)
d. The Wild Bunch (1960s)
e. Apocalypse Now (1970s)
f. This Is Spinal Tap (1980s)
g. Fargo (1990s)
h. Adaptation (2000s)
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1. Walter Sobchak (WINNER) 8-7
a. Battleship Potemkin (1920s/30s)
b. The Big Sleep (1940s)
c. Sunset Blvd. (1950s)
d. Pierrot Le Fou (1960s)
e. The Godfather (1970s)
f. Amadeus (1980s)
g. The Thin Red Line (1990s)
h. The Lives of Others (2000s)

vs.

12. SmilinSkullRing
a. Modern Times (1920s/30s)
b. The Grapes of Wrath (1940s)
c. 12 Angry Men (1950s)
d. Once Upon A Time in the West (1960s)
e. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1970s)
f. Back to the Future (1980s)
g. American Beauty (1990s)
h. The Departed (2000s)

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Denverapolis vs. Paaks
Orpheus vs. Bondchf007

MATCHUPS ROUND ONE

Spoiler: show

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

8. Denverapolis (WINNER) 8-6
a. Gone With the Wind (1920s/30s)
b. Fantasia (1940s)
c. Ben Hur (1950s)
d. Psycho (1960s)
e. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1970s)
f. Caddyshack (1980s)
g. The Big Lebowski (1990s)
h. Children of Men (2000s)

vs.

11. The Argonaut
a. M (1920s/30s)
b. The Bicycle Thief (1940s)
c. Vertigo (1950s)
d. Yojimbo (1960s)
e. The Clockwork Orange (1970s)
f. Do the Right Thing (1980s)
g. Dead Man (1990s)
h. Punch Drunk Love (2000s)
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2. Koopee27
a. Frankenstein (1920s/30s)
b. It's A Wonderful Life (1940s)
c. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1950s)
d. The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (1960s)
e. The Deer Hunter (1970s)
f. Blade Runner (1980s)
g. Magnolia (1990s)
h. The Pianist (2000s)

vs.

14. Paaks (WINNER) 9-5
a. The Wizard of Oz (1920s/30s)
b. The Maltese Falcon (1940s)
c. Rearwindow (1950s)
d. Cool Hand Luke (1960s)
e. Alien (1970s)
f. Wings of Desire (1980s)
g. Goodfellas (1990s)
h. Memento (2000s)


Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

5. Wes C. Addle
a. The General (1920s/30s)
b. Casablanca (1940s)
c. North By Northwest (1950s)
d. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960s)
e. The Sting (1970s)
f. Full Metal Jacket (1980s)
g. Schindler's List (1990s)
h. Amelie (2000s)

vs.

15. Orpheus [b](WINNER) 10-6[/b]
a. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1920s/30s)
b. Rope (1940s)
c. Seven Samurai (1950s)
d. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1960s)
e. Network (1970s)
f. The Empire Strikes Back (1980s)
g. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1990s)
h. 25th Hour (2000s)
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10. Bondchf007 (WINNER) 11-5
a. The Lady Vanishes (1920s/30s)
b. Notorious (1940s)
c. Rashomon (1950s)
d. La Dolce Vita (1960s)
e. Taxi Driver (1970s)
f. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980s)
g. The Shawshank Redemption (1990s)
h. City of God (2000s)

vs.

7. Mercury
a. Freaks (1920s/30s)
b. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1940s)
c. The Night of the Hunter (1950s)
d. Night of the Living Dead (1960s)
e. The Conversation (1970s)
f. Robocop (1980s)
g. Pulp Fiction (1990s)
h. No Country For Old Men (2000s)

Monday, October 26, 2009

12. SmilinSkullRing (WINNER) 9 to 5
a. Modern Times (1920s/30s)
b. The Grapes of Wrath (1940s)
c. 12 Angry Men (1950s)
d. Once Upon A Time in the West (1960s)
e. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1970s)
f. Back to the Future (1980s)
g. American Beauty (1990s)
h. The Departed (2000s)

vs.

9. The Platypus
a. Age of Gold (1920s/30s)
b. Out of the Past (1940s)
c. The 400 Blows (1950s)
d. 8 1/2 (1960s)
e. The Mirror (1970s)
f. The Breakfast Club (1980s)
g. Fight Club (1990s)
h. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2000s)
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3. Edzeppe
a. King Kong (1930s)
b. Double Indemnity (1940s)
c. Paths of Glory (1950s)
d. Midnight Cowboy (1960s)
e. Jaws (1970s)
f. Gremlins (1980s)
g. L.A. Confidential (1990s)
h. Idiocracy (2000s)

vs.

1. Walter Sobchak (WINNER) 8-6
a. Battleship Potemkin (1920s/30s)
b. The Big Sleep (1940s)
c. Sunset Blvd. (1950s)
d. Pierrot Le Fou (1960s)
e. The Godfather (1970s)
f. Amadeus (1980s)
g. The Thin Red Line (1990s)
h. The Lives of Others (2000s)



Friday, October 22nd, 2009

13. I Hail Randy Moss
a. All Quiet On the Western Front (1920s/30s)
b. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1940s)
c. The Searchers (1950s)
d. Lawerence of Arabia (1960s)
e. Days of Heaven (1970s)
f. Raging Bull (1980s)
g. Unforgiven (1990s)
h. There Will Be Blood (2000s)

vs.

4. Lennytheweedwhacker (WINNER) 13-3
a. Metropolis (1920s/30s)
b. Citizen Kane (1940s)
c. The Seventh Seal (1950s)
d. The Wild Bunch (1960s)
e. Apocalypse Now (1970s)
f. This Is Spinal Tap (1980s)
g. Fargo (1990s)
h. Adaptation (2000s)
__________________________________________

6. Lowlight79 (WINNER) 9-7
a. The 39 Steps (1920s/30s)
b. All the King's Men (1940s)
c. Touch of Evil (1950s)
d. The Graduate (1960s)
e. The Godfather Part II (1970s)
f. The Shining (1980s)
g. The Silence of the Lambs (1990s)
h. The Dark Knight (2000s)

vs.

16. Cutuphalfdead
a. Nosferatu (1920s/30s)
b. The Third Man (1940s)
c. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1950s)
d. Dr. Strangelove (1960s)
e. Chinatown (1970s)
f. Airplaine (1980s)
g. Pi (1990s)
h. Americna Psycho (2000s)

Monday, October 26th, 2009

12. SmilinSkulling vs. 9. The Platypus
3. Edzeppe vs. 1. Walter Sobchak

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

5. Wes C. Addle vs. 15. Orpheus
10. Bondchf007 vs. 7. Mercury

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

8. Denverapolis vs. 11. The Argonaut
2. Koopee27 vs. 14. Paaks

Draft Order

Spoiler: show

1. Walter Sobchak
a. The Godfather (1970s)
b. Sunset Blvd. (1950s)
c. The Big Sleep (1940s)
d. Battleship Potemkin (1920s/30s)
e. Amadeus (1980s)
f. The Lives of Others (00s)
g. Pierrot Le Fou (1960s)
h. The Thin Red Line (1990s)

2. Koopee27
a. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1960s)
b. It's a Wonderful Life (1940s)
c. The Pianist (00s)
d. Magnolia (1990s)
e. Blade Runner (1980s)
f. Frankenstein (1930s)
g. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1950s)
h. The Deer Hunter (1970s)

3. Edzeppe
a. L.A. Confidential (1990s)
b. Jaws (1970s)
c. Gremlins (1980s)
d. King Kong (1930s)
e. Double Indemnity (1940s)
f. Paths of Glory (1950s)
g. Midnight Cowboy (1960s)
h. Idiocracy (00s)

4. Lennytheweedwhacker
a. Apocalypse Now (1970s)
b. Citizen Kane (1940s)
c. Metropolis (1920s/30s)
d. This Is Spinal Tap (1980s)
e. Fargo (1990s)
f. The Seventh Seal (1950s)
g. Adaptation (00s)
h. The Wild Bunch (1960s)

5. Wes C. Addle
a. Casablanca (1940s)
b. North By Northwest (1950s)
c. The Sting (1970s)
d. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960s)
e. Full Metal Jacket (1980s)
f. The General (1920s)
g. Schindler's List (1990s)
h. Amelie (00s)

6. Lowlight79
a. The Godfather Part II (1970s)
b. The Graduate (1960s)
c. The Shining (1980s)
d. The Silence of the Lambs (1990s)
e. Touch of Evil (1950s)
f. The Dark Knight (00s)
g. The 39 Steps (1930s)
h. All the King's Men (1940s)

7. Mercury
a. Night of the Living Dead (1960s)
b. Robocop (1980s)
c. Pulp Fiction (1990s)
d. The Conversation (1970s)
e. No Country For Old Men (00s)
f. The Night of the Hunter (1950s)
g. Freaks (1930s)
h. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

8. Denverapolis
a. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1970s)
b. Children of Men (00s)
c. The Big Lebowski (1990s)
d. Psycho (1960s)
e. Gone With the Wind (1930s)
f. Fantasia (1940s)
g. Ben Hur (1950s)
h. Caddyshack (1980s)

9. The Platypus
a. 8 1/2 (1960s)
b. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (00s)
c. Fight Club (1990s)
d. The Mirror (1970s)
e. The 400 Blows (1950s)
f. The Breakfast Club (1980s)
g. Age of Gold (1930s)
h. Out of the Past (1940s)

10. Bondchf007
a. The Shawshank Redemption (1990s)
b. City of God (00s)
c. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980s)
d. Taxi Driver (1970s)
e. La Dolce Vita (1960s)
f. Rashomon (1950s)
g. Notorious (1940s)
h. The Lady Vanishes (1930s)

11. The Argonaut
a. Vertigo (1950s)
b. A Clockwork Orange (1970s)
c. Do the Right Thing (1980s)
d. The Bicycle Thief (1940s)
e. M (1930s)
f. Dead Man (1990s)
g. Yojimbo (1960s)
h. Punch Drunk Love (00s)

12. SmilinSkullRing
a. American Beauty (1990s)
b. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1970s)
c. Once Upon A Time in the West (1960s)
d. 12 Angry Men (1950s)
e. Modern Times (1930s)
f. Back to the Future (1980s)
g. The Departed (00s)
h. The Grapes of Wrath (1940s)

13. I Hail Randy Moss
a. Raging Bull (1980s)
b. Lawrence of Arabia (1960s)
c. Unforgiven (1990s)
d. There Will Be Blood (00s)
e. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1940s)
f. Days of Heaven (1970s)
g. The Searchers (1950s)
h. All Quiet On the Western Front (1920s/30s)

14. Paaks
a. Goodfellas (1990s)
b. Rearwindow (1950s)
c. Alien (1970s)
d. Memento (00s)
e. The Wizard of Oz (1930s)
f. Wings of Desire (1980s)
g. Maltese Falcon (1940s)
h. Cool Hand Luke (1960s)

15. Orpheus
a. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1960s)
b. Seven Samurai (1950s)
c. Rope (1940s)
d. Network (1970s)
e. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980s)
f. 25th Hour (00s)
g. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1920s/30s)
h. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1990s)

16. Cutuphalfdead
a. Dr. Strangelove: Or I How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1960s)
b. Nosferatu (1920s/30s)
c. Chinatown (1970s)
d. The Third Man (1940s)
e. PI (1990s)
f. Airplane (1980s)
g. American Psycho (00s)
h. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1950s)

i say comedies and as the co-champion of the first one, i'm in.

i'm in for whatever

Not a big fan of one genre tourneys. That and comedies are not my forte.


I personally like the going by decade idea.

i really like the decade idea...i'd like to give this a try, but my 30's and 40's knowledge is definitely subpar

when in doubt

that and im highly doubting there will be too many obscure picks from the 30's. I'm sure people will pick from the norm.

oh yeah, i can come up with something

how many participants do these usually have?

usually aim for 16.

I'm in.

I'm in and will lose during the first round no doubt

In!

I don't know if I want you in just yet. I run tourneys where people actually try.

I've never not tried at a tournament I give a shit about.
I don't give a shit about 90s music.

Also, question: will late-20s talking pictures qualify as 30s picks? I can think of a handful that would be worthy picks.

well alright then.
give a shit in this one



oh jesus christ, i don't care fine.

See? Tournament hasn't even started and I'm already schooling y'all.

can i take Fight Club in each decade?

sure why not?

i´m so in! i´ve been missing my fix of tourneys

and i´m with platypus on the 20´s...