SCFZ

Polling the films of director Don Siegel

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Siegel films you've seen, up to a maximum of 5. So if you've seen seven of his films, for example, you can list only a top 3. It's only if you've seen ten or more of his films than you can list the maximum of five.

- i'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. unranked ballots are fine.

- deadline for ballots: next Tuesday, in seven days, whatever day that is

- if anyone is watching films for these polls, then i'll extend the deadline three days, if someone requests an extension

- next poll: whoever posts the first ballot in this thread is free to nominate the director we poll next, unless you've nominated in this round already (everyone should get a chance). Already nominated this round: brian d, greennui, ofrene, kanafani, bure, greg x, oscarwerner

umbugbene created an index on letterboxd of all of our previous polls here: letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/

one rule for nominees: at least 3 scfzers need to have seen 10+ of a nominee's films, or at least 4 scfzers need to have seen at least 8 of the nom's films, so if it isn't clear if that will be the case, we'll confirm that's true before moving forward

if 24 hours pass after a poll opens, and no one eligible to nominate has posted a ballot, then i'll nominate someone, and then we'll start over, and everyone will be able to nominate again

Charley Varrick
Private Hell 36
The Lineup

seen seven

seen 9

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dirty Harry
The Killers
The Shootist


my list includes an original that was famously remade, a remake of a famous original, the beginning of an iconic franchise, and, as the homie thoxans put it, "a poor man's liberty valance directed by sam peckinpah's less talented brother"

Seen 6:

Riot in Cell Block 11
Escape from Alcatraz
Charley Varrick

Seen 6.

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
2. The Killers
3. Jinxed!

the lineup
bodysnatchers
the killers
duel at silver creek
baby face nelson (it's good, i swear)

Seen 25. My votes:
1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
2. Dirty Harry (1971)
3. Charley Varrick (1973)
4. The Lineup (1958)
5. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

silga - you can pick our next director if you like!

flip wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:01 pm silga - you can pick our next director if you like!

Stanley Kubrick

Seen 11

1. Charly Varrick
2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
3. The Lineup
4. The Big Steal
5. The Shootist

Seen seven, plan to see The Lineup and maybe one other one this week or two. For now I'll go with

Body Snatchers
The Killers
The Shootist

kubrick it is! one of the biggest names we haven't done yet, though coppola and altman also remain unpolled (and surely others).

Nice ! Seen 10 + of Kubrick

Seen 4.

1. Charley Varrick
2. Escape from Alcatraz

The Beguiled
Hell is for Heroes
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Charley Varrick

The Lineup
Hell is for heroes
The big steal
Duel at SIlver Creek

riot in cell block 11

*seen three (woulda voted for charley varrick as well, had i seen four; just watched the shootist, and it was aight, but nothin special imo (see og review in last movie thread))

flip wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:54 pmkubrick it is!

magpies is gonna be thrilled...

seriously tho, i've seen twelve, and i'm pretty stoked

rischka wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:54 pmbaby face nelson (it's good, i swear)

whenever someone mentions andy mickey rooney, i'll forever think of

he's gross and i hate him okay. i wanted those (mick noir) movies to suck!! but they don't

i blame papa jerry

LOL yes he's probably also the source of my audie murphy vote

only seen 5

the beguiled
two mules for sister sarah

seen 18

Charley Varrick
Telefon
The Big Steal
The Duel at Silver Creek
Jinxed!

wonderful director!

01. The Beguiled (1971)
02. Hell is for Heroes (1962)
03. Dirty Harry (1971)
04. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
05. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)

Siegel seen: 10

I've seen five.

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
2. The Lineup

Seen 2:

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Seen 4

1. Charley Varrick
2. Baby Face Nelson

results

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) -- 28 pts
2. Charley Varrick (1973) -- 22 pts
3. The Lineup (1958) -- 16 pts
4. The Beguiled (1971) -- 12 pts
5. Hell is for Heroes (1962) -- 11 pts
6. Dirty Harry (1971) -- 10 pts
7. The Killers (1964) -- 9 pts
8. The Big Steal (1949) -- 7 pts
9. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) -- 6 pts
9. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) -- 6 pts
11. Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) -- 4 pts
11. Escape from Alcatraz (1979) -- 4 pts
11. Telefon (1977) -- 4 pts
14. The Shootist (1976) -- 3 pts
15. Jinxed! (1982) -- 2 pts
15. Private Hell 36 (1954) -- 2 pts
15. Baby Face Nelson (1957) -- 2 pts

Hell is for Heroes beating out Dirty Harry is a win I'l happily take. Gotta love a movie that sets aside time to give Bob Newhart a chance to do one of his phone routines in the middle of a war.