All-Time Film Actor/Actress Draft

[Barkeep49]

I will take Judy Garland.

[NoMyths]

Judy Garland was already taken (3:1).

[Sun Tzu]

:sigh:

[Barkeep49]

To think I didn't look under Actor/Actress Musical... I feel dumb. Sorry about that.

With my pick I choose instead Ginger Rodgers who I am quite sure hasn't been choosen.

Sorry again about my mix-up.

[Sloan]

Ingrid Bergman, one of the all time greats, is my pick for Dramatic Actress.

She received 3 Oscars and had many more nominations including an incredible 4 years in a row at one point.
Her resume includes:
Casablanca
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Gaslight
Spellbound
The Bells of St. Mary's
Notorious
Joan of Arc
Anastasia
Indiscreet
Murder on the Orient Express

[NoMyths]

She was taken three picks ago.

[Sloan]

Originally Posted by NoMyths

She was taken three picks ago.

By me, I was just explaining me pic.

[NoMyths]

Ah...wasn't looking at the order of folks, and the earlier double pick has me jumpy.

That said, we've drafted three people today. This draft is moving slower than Bob Dole's bowels. :P

[Sun Tzu]

Lets gooooooo deacon.

[oykib]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Lets gooooooo deacon.

This past day or two of (lack of) picks sort of indicates the need for a new rule.

I think everyone should PM their next pick to WSUCougar. Maybe your guy'll get taken before the pick. But I can't escape the impression that we are wasting hours here where people know who they waant to take, the person is vailable. But they don't log on for sixteen hours and miss their picking slot for the whole day.

Everyone's got lives. And there are the time difference issues. So maybe we all need to have at least one pick sitting in the queue.

[ntndeacon]

Eleven times Nominated--Twice winner of Best Actress for Actress:drama

Bette Davis

[3ric]

Oh damn, there goes my top choice in the drama category... nice pick ntndeacon!

[oykib]

I figured that she'd slip past the goalie, too.

Ah, well... I have backup plans.

[ntndeacon]

could not leave her there any more.

[Sun Tzu]

I will only be making one of my choices for now.

In the category of Best Supporting Actor I choose...

Anthony Hopkins

I don't think I need to list his accomplishments. I will announce my consecutive pick in a few hours after I'm done with my classes.

[Sun Tzu]

Here is my pick (drumroll please)

In the category of Best Actor (Comedy) I select...

The Three Stooges

Once again, no explanation needed...Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk

[GoldenScribeGuy]

Originally Posted by NoMyths

This draft is moving slower than Bob Dole's bowels. :P

Thank you for that mental image. Regardless of who your next pick is, I will find some way of ripping you to shreds.

[WSUCougar]

ntndeacon selects (via PM):

CAROLE LOMBARD (actress/comedy)

Barkeep49 is on the clock!

[NoMyths]

Originally Posted by GoldenScribeGuy

Thank you for that mental image. Regardless of who your next pick is, I will find some way of ripping you to shreds.

Always glad to help.

[ntndeacon]

Carole Lombard--- the Queen of Screwball Comedy.
Star of such films as To Be or Not To Be (1942), Twentieth Century (1936), and Hitchcock's comedy Mr and Mrs. Smith (1941).
She was nominated in 1937 for an oscar for her performance in My Man Godfrey(1936).

[Barkeep49]

Gene Kelly one of the immortal greats of Musicals.

[ntndeacon]

Nice Pick Barkeep. Figured He would not last much longer.

[WSUCougar]

Barkeep, you already had filled your Musical slot with Ginger Rogers (it is only one, not actor & actress both). You can either take her or Gene Kelly in another category, or select someone else and put Gene Kelly back in the pool.

[Barkeep49]

I actually wanted Ginger Rodgers in my actress category so this one wasn't a mistake of mine. Sorry for not being clear about that.

[WSUCougar]

AH-HA! Cool, problem solved.

[Barkeep49]

Excuse me let me correct myself for the last time: Please put Ginger Rodgers in the Actress (Romantic) slot.

Thanks

[3ric]

Shorty is up. Sloan on deck.

[Sun Tzu]

I find the new rainbow colors on page 1 of this thread to be jutht thuper!

[WSUCougar]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I find the new rainbow colors on page 1 of this thread to be jutht thuper!

Ohhhhhhh...a wise guy, huh?

I know it looks a little swell, but it was getting too hard too read all bunched up in the same colors. I hope this way it is easier to discern.

Shorty, finish up your Frosted Flakes and make your pick!

[korme]

Director: Quentin Tarantino

[WSUCougar]

A couple of picks via PM:

Sloan selects: SIR LAWRENCE OLIVIER (actor/drama)

Karim selects: FRED ASTAIRE (musical)

Calis is on the clock...

[Calis]

Ok, to go ahead and get this out of the way, and because I know very little about musicals..I'll pick while there are still some "big" names left, otherwise I'll have no clue.

Doris Day
Actress/Musical

[oykib]

I'll select the best person in any category left available. I wasn't going to go this route. But I have to take the BPA when he's this great.

Liberation of L.B. Jones, The (1970)
Funny Girl (1968)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
... aka How to Steal a Million Dollars and Live Happily Ever After (1966)
Collector, The (1965)
... aka Butterfly Collector, The (1965) (UK)
Children's Hour, The (1961)
... aka Loudest Whisper, The (1961) (UK)
Ben-Hur (1959)
... aka Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1959) (USA: alternative title)
Big Country, The (1958)
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Desperate Hours, The (1955)
"Producers' Showcase" (1954) TV Series
Roman Holiday (1953)
Carrie (1952)
Detective Story (1951)
Heiress, The (1949)
Thunderbolt (1947)
Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress, The (1944)
... aka Memphis Belle, The (1944) (USA: short title)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Little Foxes, The (1941)
Letter, The (1940)
Westerner, The (1940)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Jezebel (1938)
Dead End (1937)
... aka Cradle of Crime (1937)
Come and Get It (1936) (completed film)
... aka Roaring Timbers (1936) (USA: reissue title)
Dodsworth (1936)
These Three (1936)
Barbary Coast (1935) (uncredited; replaced by Howard Hawks)
Gay Deception, The (1935)
Good Fairy, The (1935)
Glamour (1934)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Her First Mate (1933)
Tom Brown of Culver (1932)
House Divided, A (1931)
Storm, The (1930)
Hell's Heroes (1929)
Love Trap, The (1929)
Shakedown, The (1929)
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
... aka Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) (UK)
Thunder Riders (1928)
Daze of the West (1927)
Desert Dust (1927)
Border Cavalier, The (1927)
Horse Trader, The (1927)
Square Shooter, The (1927)
Phantom Outlaw, The (1927)
Gun Justice (1927)
Home Trail, The (1927)
Ore Raiders, The (1927)
Lone Star, The (1927)
Hard Fists (1927)
Haunted Homestead, The (1927)
Galloping Justice (1927)
Shooting Straight (1927)
... aka Range Riders (1927/II)
... aka Straight Shootin' (1927)
Blazing Days (1927)
Silent Partner, The (1927)
Tenderfoot Courage (1927)
Kelcy Gets His Man (1927)
Two Fister, The (1927)
Stolen Ranch, The (1926)
Lazy Lightning (1926)
Martin of the Mounted (1926)
Pinnacle Rider, The (1926)
Don't Shoot (1926)
Fire Barrier, The (1926)
Ridin' for Love (1926)
Gunless Bad Man, The (1926)
Crook Buster (1925)

He is the man credited by Bette Davis as making her a star with his direction of her in her breakthrough movie, Jezebel. He has a record 12 Academy Award Directing Nominations (*in bold above) and three category wins (*bold and italics above).

He directed in a broad range of genres. He was nominated for such diverse movies as Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday, Mrs. Miniver, The Heiress, and Detective Story. He also directed over forty westerns. Like Speilberg, forty years later, he also produced many of his films and has three best picture nomnations.

My fourth round pick is:

William Wyler

[ntndeacon]

Very nice Pick with Wyler. I was thinking the next director was gonna be someone else. (I actually saw this guy going before Tarantino) But Wyler is someone completely forgot about...even though he was the director of a very good The Best Years of Our Lives. (If you haven't seen it you should!! World War II fighters come home and adjust to lives back in the states)

[oykib]

Originally Posted by ntndeacon

Very nice Pick with Wyler. I was thinking the next director was gonna be someone else. (I actually saw this guy going before Tarantino) But Wyler is someone completely forgot about...even though he was the director of a very good The Best Years of Our Lives. (If you haven't seen it you should!! World War II fighters come home and adjust to lives back in the states)

I think I know the other guy that you're talking about. He's another great. But I thought Wyler wa better-- probably the best pck in this category. The other guy'd probably be 1b. I think it's Wyler, the other guy, and then Speilberg, at the top.

[3ric]

Actress(comedy) is another very difficult category. My pick here is an actress who's as funny as she's versatile and talented - she has six Oscar nominations, winning for her role in the drama "Terms of Endearment". Many people remember other roles, such as the lead in "Irma LaDouce", "The Apartment", and even with Mr. Eastwood (who's been picked already) in "Two mules for sister Sara". Ladies and gentlemen, my choice here is Shirley MacLaine.

(Edit: the sixth, and only non-acting Oscar nom, was in the "Best Documentary" category.)

[WSUCougar]

We're kinda rolling now. NoMyths is on the clock.

[NoMyths]

With my pick, I select the kind of action hero a man could be proud to emulate: suave, sophisticated, cool gadgets...and he always got the girl. I draft: Bond. James Bond.

That is to say, for Actor (Action): Sir Sean Connery

Aside from cementing Bond as a figure of 20th century entertainment, Connery has been a fine dramatic actor as well, with key parts in films like The Longest Day (with the Duke), Murder on the Orient Express, A Bridge Too Far, Highlander, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, and The Hunt for Red October. The key to a truly great action star is not his brawn -- it's his charm, and Connery's characters have always had a wit and intelligence most action stars could never approach. We'll take the knight.

[WSUCougar]

I'm going to grab one of my top two in this category...

PETER SELLERS (actor/comedy)

The Pink Panther series. Dr. Strangelove. The Mouse That Roared. The man was a maestro of comedic characterization.

SplitPersonality1 is on the clock for two...

[SplitPersonality1]

With the last pick of the fourth round, I will select the man who has played such diverse roles as Michelangelo, Andrew Jackson, Marc Anthony, Cardinal Richelieu, and of course Moses.

I give you the man who made the line "Get your hands off me, you damn dirty ape!" famous and who won an Oscar for the leading role in one of the greatest epic films of all-time.

I give you one of my personal favorites - Charlton Heston for Actor/Action

Although many of his movies are not cinematic masterpieces, most are entertaining and Heston usually performed at a high level. He did historical dramas, westerns, disaster flicks and wasn't afraid to do sci-fi at a time when many other actors felt it was beneath them.

Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
Heston was and is an actor of absolutely undeniable presence, and was never more so than during his late-1950s/early-1960s heyday, when Hollywood needed all the presence it could get to compete with television.

As a side note, my grandmother met him in about 1960, four years after The Ten Commandments came out. He had a small entourage and was a bit obnoxious. She told us that he acted as if he really was Moses. I believe that a famous actress basically said the same thing years later.

[SplitPersonality1]

I feel fairly confident that my picks in the remaining categories are safe, so I choose an actor will probably not make it back around for me.

The first pick in round five is: Gene Hackman - Supporting Actor

Although he won a Best Actor Oscar in 1971 for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle in the French Connection, Hackman is at his best in supporting roles. His list of movies is quite impressive: "Bonnie & Clyde", "The Poseiden Adventure", "Young Frankenstein", "A Bridge Too Far", "Superman", "Uncommon Valor", "No Way Out", "Wyatt Earp", Get Shorty", "Unforgiven", and "The Birdcage" are just a few of his movies.

Dramas, comedies, westerns, whatever. Gene Hackman can, and has done it all.

[WSUCougar]

NICOLE KIDMAN (actress/drama)

This goes beyond the fact that I've always thought she was extremely hot. She has become one of the most critically-acclaimed actresses of this generation, with an impressive range of roles. Of particular critical note were To Die For, Moulin Rouge, & The Hours, although I liked many of her other roles more.

Some might call this a reach but I wanted to grab her (in more ways than one) now since it's a long haul until my next selection.

NoMyths is up...

[SplitPersonality1]

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

with an imrpessive range of roles.

What the heck is imrpessive?

[WSUCougar]

[NoMyths]

Not a lot of time for comments, but this pick probably needs none...he's a legend.

For Supporting Actor, I select Paul Newman.

[Calis]

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

NICOLE KIDMAN (actress/drama)

This goes beyond the fact that I've always thought she was extremely hot. She has become one of the most critically-acclaimed actresses of this generation, with an impressive range of roles. Of particular critical note were To Die For, Moulin Rouge, & The Hours, although I liked many of her other roles more.

Some might call this a reach but I wanted to grab her (in more ways than one) now since it's a long haul until my next selection.

Bah, I was going to draft Nicole last round, but figured I could wait another round. I was mistaken.

[WSUCougar]

Originally Posted by Calis

Bah, I was going to draft Nicole last round, but figured I could wait another round. I was mistaken.

Good, now you'll time to shuffle over to the Combat Mission dynasty and give you platoon some orders!

[ntndeacon]

Wow a few really nice picks today. I really like the Sellers and Hackman pick. Especially hoped Hackman would get back to me. Oh well, Time to search some more.

[SplitPersonality1]

Have our judges abandoned us?

[3ric]

This is a need pick, because this category are quickly running out of good candidates. She has starred in "My Fair Lady", "Mary Poppins", "Victor/Victoria", and of course, "Sound of Music". Blessed with one of the finest voices in the genre, this one-time Oscar winner, three-time Oscar nominee and my pick for the Musical category is Julie Andrews.