Question:
You may choose up to eight ( 8 ) options.
Option 1: X This is the 1/16 match-up; please only pick one.
votes: 0
Option 2: 1 Fiddler On The Roof
votes: 2
Option 3: 16 And Now For Something Completely Different
votes: 5
Option 4: X This is the 8/9 match-up; please only pick one.
votes: 0
Option 5: 8 A Clockwork Orange
votes: 5
Option 6: 9 The Andromeda Strain
votes: 2
Option 7: X This is the 5/12 match-up; please only pick one.
votes: 0
Option 8: 5 Billy Jack
votes: 4
Option 9: 12 Le Mans
votes: 3
Option 10: X This is the 4/13 match-up; please only pick one.
votes: 0
Option 11: 4 Dirty Harry
votes: 7
Option 12: 13 The Omega Man
votes: 0
Option 13: X This is the 6/11 match-up; please only pick one.
votes: 0
Option 14: 6 Carnal Knowledge
votes: 2
Option 15: 11 Play Misty For Me
votes: 5
Option 16: X This is the 3/14 match-up; please only pick one.
votes: 0
Option 17: 3 Diamonds Are Forever
votes: 7
Option 18: 14 Plaza Suite
votes: 0
Option 19: X This is the 7/10 match-up; please only pick one.
votes: 0
Option 20: 7 The Last Picture Show
votes: 4
Option 21: 10 Escape From The Planet Of The Apes
votes: 3
Option 22: X This is the 2/15 match-up; please only pick one.
votes: 0
Option 23: 2 The French Connection
votes: 6
Option 24: 15 THX 1138
votes: 1
This is the first movie poll I've done without arbitrary ranking; of these 1971 movies I selected, I ranked them one thorough sixteen based on their box office returns. The only discrepancy I have from this is the final film - number 16,
And Now For Something Completely Different - there is no box office return listing for it, so I put it at the end of the list.
I think this resulted in some interesting match-ups, as well as makes the list more or less water tight (e.g. no more "uhhh how do you rank X over Y, that makes no sense" or "please let me out of the basement, I won't tell the cops." Whatever. Y'all will say anything. :P
In any case, here's your
1971 Sweet Sixteen of Film!BRACKET ONE: 1 vs. 161. Fiddler On The Roof ($83.3M)16. And Now For Something Completely Different (Unknown Box Office Totals)BRACKET TWO: 8 vs. 98. A Clockwork Orange ($26.5M)9. The Andromeda Strain ($12.4M)BRACKET THREE: 5 vs. 125. Billy Jack ($32.5M)12. Le Mans ($5.5M)*
*Note, this is not an official trailer, but it's one of the better ones made independently for YouTube.BRACKET FOUR: 4 vs. 134. Dirty Harry ($35.9M)13. The Omega Man ($4.0M)BRACKET FIVE: 6 vs. 116. Carnal Knowledge ($28.6M)11. Play Misty For Me ($10.6M)BRACKET SIX: 3 vs. 143. Diamonds Are Forever ($43.8M)14. Plaza Suite ($4.1M)BRACKET SEVEN: 7 vs. 107. The Last Picture Show ($29.1M)10. Escape From The Planet Of The Apes ($12.3M)BRACKET EIGHT: 2 vs. 152. The French Connection ($51.7M)15. THX 1138 ($2.4M)
Surely these films are not beyond the ken of a buncha old farts like youse...?