Search found 101 matches: Billy Wilder

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by monclivie
Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Directors with a hat-trick of top-tier films
Replies: 10
Views: 7452

Re: Directors with a hat-trick of top-tier films

... City Lights (1931) Modern Times (1936) The Great Dictator (1940) Billy Wilder Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Some Like It Hot (1959) The Apartment (1960) Alfred ...
by navid.g
Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:03 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 303632

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

... Christopher Nolan (10 Movie) Others: 6. Martin Scorsese (9 Movies) 7. Billy Wilder (5 Movies) 8. David Fincher (10 Movies) 9. Stanley Kubrick (7 Movies) 10. Quentin Tarantino ...
by Caracortada
Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:03 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 303632

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

... Hitchcock 8.51 (41) 3. Robert Wise 8.40 (10) 4. David Lean 8.20 (10) 5. Billy Wilder 8.17 (18) 6. Stanley Kubrick 8.08 (12) 7. William Wyler 8.08 (13) 8. Brian De Palma ...
by dardan
Tue Aug 02, 2016 9:24 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Most Influential Directors
Replies: 3
Views: 4798

Re: Most Influential Directors

... for the allies) 3. Preston Sturges (paved the way for Orson Welles, Billy Wilder and others, by giving directors far more room for creativity) 4. F.W. Murnau or Fritz ...
by ShogunRua
Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:16 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Marilyn Monroe, Lousy Actress
Replies: 11
Views: 13545

Re: Marilyn Monroe, Lousy Actress

... Absolutely not. And borderline competence in a limited, ditzy role in a Billy Wilder comedy does not even make Marilyn Monroe a half-way decent actress.
by ShogunRua
Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:28 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Marilyn Monroe, Lousy Actress
Replies: 11
Views: 13545

Marilyn Monroe, Lousy Actress

... profusely thanked whatever deity she believes in for the existence of Billy Wilder. Some Like It Hot (1959) - Wilder directed, surrounded by unbelievable comic talent. ...
by ShogunRua
Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:35 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 303632

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

... average, brand-new entry!) 3. Sidney Lumet (7 films, 80.43 average) 4. Billy Wilder (6 films, 79.33 average, brand-new entry!) 5. Yuen Wo-Ping (6 films, 78.83 average) ...
by kyvetti
Sat Oct 04, 2014 8:29 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Top 5 Director Averages
Replies: 152
Views: 303632

Re: Top 5 Director Averages

... I like Demy on the top) Jacques Demy 83.00 4 Emeric Pressburger 80.20 5 Billy Wilder 80.00 10 Paul Verhoeven 80.00 5 Henri-Georges Clouzot 80.00 4 Preston Sturges 77.00 ...
by Paxton
Sat Aug 30, 2014 1:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite Mini-Reviews
Replies: 244
Views: 246188

Re: Favorite Mini-Reviews

... sketch. Spleen: Judge Dredd: Rob Schneider, the original Jar Jar Binks. Billy Shears: Buried: I really like the new direction of the Van Wilder franchise. joseywales: Divergent: Take one part 'Brave New World' and muddle it with ...
by ShogunRua
Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Notable missing directors
Replies: 51
Views: 77416

Re: Notable missing directors

... by Lucio Fulci Mario Bava Yasujiro Ozu Federico Fellini (ugh...) Billy Wilder (segment of "Casino Royale" doesn't count) Francois Truffaut Sam Peckinpah ...