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Old 04-09-13 | 01:33 PM
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I thought about going with this answer, but passed on it for one I thought would be more obvious.
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game



Spoiler:

Children of Men
Fist of Doom -2
Groucho -2







Spoiler:

A Clockwork Orange
sauce07 -5
bootsy -5
Arpeggi -5
Jules Winfield -5
Super X -5
Old 04-09-13 | 01:41 PM
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If you picked Citizen Kane, get ready to be very happy
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Ebert DID record a DVD commentary for Citizen Kane! Enjoy!

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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

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Spoiler:

A Clockwork Orange
sauce07 -5
bootsy -5
Arpeggi -5
Jules Winfield -5
Super X -5
Glad to see a handful of others picked up on this as a good option for this question.
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I was very pleased to see our top scorer. A great selection. As a fan of Ebert’s commentaries, one on this film would have been a lot of fun

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Chinatown
Shannon Nutt -7
Drexel -7
Tommyp007 -7
TBC -7
Kal Varnsen -7
Howie2000 -7
Rocket1312 -7
Old 04-09-13 | 02:04 PM
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

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Screw you guys ... this is a great answer.
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_98fDQM0sAo
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

WTF? Nobody else said The Shining for the alcoholic one?

I'm glad I at least didn't choose City Lights or Chungking Express for the commentary question like I considered at first.
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game



Rocket1312 -129
Jules Winfield -121
Howie2000 -112
Shannon Nutt -108
TBC -106
sauce07 -106
Obi-Wan Jabroni -102
Kal Varnsen -101
Groucho -98
ivelostr2 -96
Cruzness -92
hasslein -85
wishbone -82
Fist of Doom -82
dhmac -77
Palaver -75
Tommyp007 -74
bootsy -73
brainee -72
Auto -72
Super X -70
Tarantino -61
Arpeggi -56
Rbrown498 -42
sleepyhead55 -35
Drexel -25
Cardsfan111 -14

Rocket1312 and Jules Winfeld continue to hold the lead! But with more big questions coming up, will it last, or will other Sheep out graze them?
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S:11 -When a Russ Myers biopic was announced, Ebert wrote the actor he would like to see play himself was Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Name a movie not directed by Paul Thomas Anderson featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Some people decided to go with PTA anyway. How did it work out?
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Nope.

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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

I missed a very important word on this question.
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Phillip worked with Tom Cruise a couple of times. How did that go?
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Not too shabby.

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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

Now I'm nervous about my answer because he had a minor role (but in a film with a big following).
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

Which was picked higher? His work with Cameron Crowe or the Coen Bros?

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The Big Lebowski
Auto -3
Drexel -3
Arpeggi -3



Almost Famous
sauce07 -3
Kal Varnsen -3
Rocket1312 -3
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So that leaves only two types of answers...

Spoiler:

The bad ones...

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Doubt
Fist of Doom 0

Money Ball
Tommyp007 0

Talented Mr Ripley
Dhmac 0

The Insider
sleepyhead55 0

Cold Mountain
Wishbone 0

Synecdoche, New York
Palaver 0


And the good ones

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Capote
Shannon Nutt -8
Brainee -8
Tarantino -8
Hasslein -8
Bootsy -8
Howie2000 -8
Rbrown498 -8
Obi-Wan Jabroni -8

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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

If Capote ends up being a good answer, I'm going to be mad. At the last second I changed because I thought Almost Famous was pretty beloved in these parts.

edit: Damn.
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

Originally Posted by rocket1312
If Capote ends up being a good answer, I'm going to be mad. At the last second I changed because I thought Almost Famous was pretty beloved in these parts.

edit: Damn.
Same here, but for TBL.
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

Capote seemed like the sheepy answer to me, since that's the one that won him the Oscar.
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Rocket1312 -131
Jules Winfield -127
Howie2000 -120
Shannon Nutt -116
TBC -112
Obi-Wan Jabroni -110
sauce07 -109
Cruzness -104
Kal Varnsen -104
ivelostr2 -102
Groucho -98
hasslein -93
wishbone -82
Fist of Doom -82
bootsy -81
brainee -80
dhmac -77
Super X -26
Palaver -75
Auto -75
Tommyp007 -74
Tarantino -69
Arpeggi -59
Rbrown498 -50
sleepyhead55 -35
Drexel -28
Cardsfan111 -20

Phillip Seymour Hoffman scores Tarantino a 69! The Cruzness's slamdunk puts him into the -100 club!

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Me, PSH, and a 69. Dinner for two!
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Re: Two Bleats Up: The Roger Ebert Memorial Sheep Game

Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
Capote seemed like the sheepy answer to me, since that's the one that won him the Oscar.
Which is what I was thinking originally, but then I over thought it and decided that despite the Oscar, Capote seems like a pretty forgotten film.
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I'm gaining on you, Drexel! You should be very afraid.
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A little bit of funky ordering in the 70's.
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S:12 -Each year, Ebert compiled a list of the year’s best film. Name a movie on his list of the year’s best from between 1990-1999.



First up is Rbrown498, who would have gotten a match for himself and a fellow Sheep on the previous question.

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Boogie Nights
Rbrown498 0
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Originally Posted by Super X
A little bit of funky ordering in the 70's.
Fixed!


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