{"id":1530,"date":"2011-06-16T14:46:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T18:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2011-08-17T11:03:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T15:03:59","slug":"movienight-gives-big-and-the-nighty-award-results-who-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/?p=1530","title":{"rendered":"MovieNight gives BIG, plus the “Nighty” award results… who won?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks to the generosity of MovieNight guests, my mother-in-law, Maria, raised over $1,000 for the Colon Cancer Coalition, who’s slogan “Get Your Rear in Gear” inspired me to actually run some of the 4 miles I had originally intended to just walk. Not surprisingly, Maria won a medal for coming 2nd in her age group. I say, not surprising<\/em> because she’s a fighter, and a runner. Surprisingly though… I also got a medal for coming second in my age group. Ah… the perks of being “older”.<\/p>\n

This year, we asked you to vote for your three favorite MovieNight features. Since the invitation to vote online was a tad on the last-minute side, we decided to let our guests vote on actual pieces of paper at the MovieNight season final\u00c3\u00a9. We spend a lot of time deciding what to show each week during the season. Sometimes, it’s really easy… maybe something came to our attention that just screams to be a MovieNight; a lot of times it’s agony. It’s also fascinating to predict what you might want to see. We’ve pretty much concluded that the science of attendance prediction is a best hit and miss, at worst, a complete waste of time. You’ve probably noticed the little green numbers at the bottom of the review page each week. Each time the page gets a visit from a new viewer, the total goes up by one. Etc. etc. etc. There are over two hundred people on the mailing list (if\u00c2\u00a0 a quarter of you turned up at one time, there would be a bunch of floor-sitters!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, we were very proud of this season’s offerings. We showed a lot of great, modern films, along with a handful of classics. Although this ranking was totally unscientific and haphazard (some of those whose votes we most anticipated remained silent…?), the way you ranked them is ironic in that respect. Here’s how they fared:<\/p>\n

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  1. Casablanca (1942) Michael Curtiz – 16 points
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  2. City Lights (1931) Charles Chaplin – 10 points
    \n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Winter’s Bone (2010) Debra Granik – 8 points<\/span>
    \n<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Dogtooth (2009) Giogos Lanthimos – 8 points (but fewer votes)<\/li>\n
  5. Toto the Hero (1991) Jaco Van Dormael – 5 points<\/li>\n
  6. The Maid (2009) Sebasti\u00c3\u00a1n Silva – 4 points<\/li>\n
  7. I Am Love (2009) Luc Guadagnino – 4 points<\/li>\n
  8. Mother (2009) Joon-ho Bong – 4 points<\/li>\n
  9. In a Better World (2010) Susanne Bier – 4 points<\/li>\n
  10. Play it Again Sam (1972) Herbert Ross – 3 points<\/li>\n
  11. Before Night Falls (2000) Julian Schnabel- 3 points<\/li>\n
  12. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg – 3 points<\/li>\n
  13. The Mirror (1975) Andrey Tarkovskiy – 3 points<\/li>\n
  14. Another Year (2010) Mike Leigh – 3 points<\/li>\n
  15. White Material (2009) Claire Denis – 3 points<\/li>\n
  16. Capturing the Friedmans (2003) Andrew Jarecki – 2 points<\/li>\n
  17. The Killers (1964) Don Siegel – 2 points<\/li>\n
  18. The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Atom Egoyan – 2 points<\/li>\n
  19. Four Lions (2010) Christopher Morris – 2 points<\/li>\n
  20. Involuntary (2008) Ruben \u00c3\u2013stlund – 2 points<\/li>\n
  21. The Silence (1963) Ingmar Bergman – 1 point<\/li>\n
  22. The Last Seduction (1994) John Dahl – 1 point<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These ones got zero votes:<\/p>\n

    Terribly Happy (2008) Henrik Ruben Genz
    \nSamson and Delilah (2009) Warwick Thornton
    \nThe Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009) J. Blakeson
    \nL’enfant (2005) The Dardenne Brothers
    \nThe State I Am In (2000) Christian Petzold
    \nElevator to the Gallows (1958) Louis Malle
    \nKhadak (2006) Peter Brosens, Jessica Hope Woodworth
    \nLourdes (2009) Jessica Hausner
    \nEssential Killing (2010) Jerzy Skolimowski
    \nCrazy Love (2007) Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens
    \nIn My Father’s Den (2004) Brad McGann
    \nEveryone Else (2009) Maren Ade<\/p>\n

    It’s taken some time to tally up the results (complicated system detailed below), but the winner, whose vote most closely matches that of the general consensus, is:<\/p>\n

    Leif Roundtree<\/strong><\/span>, who voted:<\/p>\n

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    1. Casablanca<\/li>\n
    2. Winter’s Bone<\/li>\n
    3. I Am Love<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Leif wins a bottle of Patron!<\/p>\n

      Alex Lezberg<\/strong><\/span> came second with:<\/p>\n

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      1. Casablanca<\/li>\n
      2. Winter’s Bone<\/li>\n
      3. The Last Seduction<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Since I Am Love<\/em> was ranked higher than The Last Seduction<\/em>, Alex wins nothing, unless Leif doesn’t make arrangements to pick up his prize within the next two weeks. Fair enough?<\/p>\n

        Personally, I was astounded that Lourdes<\/em> didn’t get a single vote… I thought it was the hands-down winner, but there you go. Diff’rent strokes, etc. Our season raffle prize was won by a first-time guest (lucky, lucky, lucky!), and I was inspired to be spontaneous and give away a second raffle prize of all the films that got no votes. I mean, I’d<\/em> like a present like that! The ticket that came out of the hat belonged to Lavanya<\/strong><\/span>, the winner of last season’s grand prize. Once again… lucky, lucky, lucky!<\/p>\n

        We hope to return in September… it’s been a blast. Feel free to make suggestions<\/a> during the summer!<\/p>\n

        Oh yes… the point system, if you care to read:<\/p>\n

        To rate the movies, each 1st place vote was worth 3 points, each 2nd place vote was worth 2 points, and each 3rd place vote was worth 1 point.<\/p>\n

        Easy, right? Now the complicated part:<\/p>\n

        If the movie was overall ranked 1st, and you voted it 1st you got 10 points.
        \nRanked 1st, you voted 2nd – 9 points
        \nRanked 1st, you voted 3rd – 8 points
        \nRanked 2nd, you voted 2nd – 9 points
        \nRanked 2nd, you voted 1st – 8 points
        \nRanked 2nd, you voted 3rd – 7 points
        \nRanked 3rd, you voted 3rd – 8 points
        \nRanked 3rd, you voted 2nd – 7 points
        \nRanked 3rd, you voted 1st – 6 points<\/p>\n

        The last two rules are perhaps the wrong way around, but, whichever way you arrange them, the outcome is not effected, so we’ll worry about that another time. Or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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