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07 November 2007
 
six favourite performances in stanley donen directed films
1. jean hagen as lina lamont (singin' in the rain)
2. dolores gray as madeline (it's always fair weather)
3. kay thompson as maggie prescott (funny face)
4. betty garrett as hilde (on the town)
5. ray walston as mr applegate (damn yankees)
6. doris day as babe williams (the pajama game)

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20 August 2006
 
six favourite performances in peter bogdanovich directed films
1. madeline kahn as eunice burns (what's up, doc?)
2. cher as rusty dennis (mask)
3. cloris leachman as ruth popper (the last picture show)
4. tatum o'neal as addie loggins (paper moon)
5. ellen burstyn as lois farrow (the last picture show)
6. madeline kahn as trixie delight (paper moon)

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13 July 2006
 
six favourite performances in jonathan demme directed films
1. mercedes reuhl as connie russo (married to the mob)
2. mary steenburgen as lynda dummar (melvin & howard)
3. paul le mat as melvin dummar (melvin and howard)
4. ray liotta as ray sinclair (something wild)
5. jodie foster as clarice starling (the silence of the lambs)
6. christine lahti as hazel (swing shift)

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26 June 2006
 
six favourite performances in steven spielberg directed films
1. ralph fiennes as amon goeth (schindler's list)
2. karen allen as marion ravenwood (raiders of the lost ark)
3. henry thomas as elliott (e.t)
4. haley joel osment as david (a.i - artificial intelligence)
5. christian bale as jamie graham (empire of the sun)
6. oprah winfrey as sofia (the color purple)

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10 June 2006
 
six favourite performances in james ivory directed films
1. anthony hopkins as stevens (the remains of the day)
2. emma thompson as margaret schlegel (howards end)
3. joanne woodward as india bridge (mr & mrs bridge)
4. judi dench as eleanor lavish (a room with a view)
5. daniel day-lewis as cecil vyse (a room with a view)
6. vanessa redgrave as olive chancellor (the bostonians)

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23 March 2006
 
six favourite performances in john waters directed films
1. divine as dawn davenport (desperate living)
2. ricki lake as tracy turnblad (hairspray)
3. mink stole as peggy gravel (female trouble)
4. kim mcguire as hatchet-face (cry baby)
5. colleen fitzpatrick as amber von tussle (hairspray)
6. tab hunter as todd tomorrow (polyester)

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07 February 2006
 
six favourite performances in martin scorsese directed films
1. sandra bernhard as masha (the king of comedy)
2. robert de niro as rupert pupkin (the king of comedy)
3. jodie foster as iris steensma (taxi driver)
4. joe pesci as joey la motta (raging bull)
5. michelle pfieffer as ellen olenska (the age of innocence)
6. ellen burstyn as alice hyatt (alice doesn't live here anymore)

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27 January 2006
 
six favourite performances in ang lee directed films
1. heath ledger as ennis del mar (brokeback mountain)
2. sigourney weaver as janey carver (the ice storm)
3. emma thompson as elinor dashwood (sense and sensibility)
4. kate winslet as marianne dashwood (sense and sensibility)
5. jeffrey wright as daniel holt (ride with the devil)
6. christina ricci as wendy hood (the ice storm)

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05 January 2006
 
six favourite performances in peter weir directed films
1. rachel roberts as mrs appleyard (picnic at hanging rock)
2. jeff bridges as max klein (fearless)
3. linda hunt as billy kwan (the year of living dangerously)
4. laura linney as meryl burbank/hannah gill (the truman show)
5. harrison ford as john book (witness)
6. mel gibson as frank dunne (gallipoli)

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15 December 2005
 
six favourite performances in joel coen directed films
1. frances mcdormand as marge gunderson (fargo)
2. billy bob thornton as ed crane (the man who wasn't there)
3. william h macy as jerry lundegaard (fargo)
4. john turturro as bernie bernbaum (miller's crossing)
5. holly hunter as edwina mcdonnough (raising arizona)
6. m emmett walsh as loren visser (blood simple)

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26 November 2005
 
six favourite performances in hal ashby directed films
1. vivian pickles as mrs chasen (harold and maude)
2. peter sellers as chauncey gardiner (being there)
3. ruth gordon as maude (harold and maude)
4. jon voight as luke martin (coming home)
5. bud cort as harold chasen (harold and maude)
6. jack nicholson as billy 'bad ass' buddusky (the last detail)

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17 November 2005
 
six favourite performances in stanley kubrick directed films
1. peter sellers as lionel mandrake/merkin muffley/dr strangelove (dr strangelove)
2. shelley winters as charlotte haze (lolita)
3. douglas rain as hal 9000 (2001 a space odyssey)
4. george c scott as buck turgidson (dr strangelove)
5. james mason as humbert humbert (lolita)
6. charles laughton as sempronius gracchus (spartacus)

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11 November 2005
 
six favourite performances in tim burton directed films
1. paul reubens as pee-wee herman (pee-wee's big adventure)
2. michelle pfeiffer as catwoman/selina kyle (batman returns)
3. johnny depp as edward scissorhands (edward scissorhands)
4. martin landau as bela lugosi (ed wood)
5. dianne weist as as peg (edward scissorhands)
6. bill murray as bunny breckinridge (ed wood)

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02 November 2005
 
six favourite performances in mike nichols directed films
1. anne bancroft as mrs robinson (the graduate)
2. elizabeth taylor as martha (who's afraid of virginia woolf?)
3. dustin hoffman as benjamin braddock (the graduate)
4. cher as dolly pelliker (silkwood)
5. clive owen as larry (closer)
6. sigourney weaver as katharine parker (working girl)

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26 October 2005
 
six favourite performances in robert altman directed films
1. shelly duvall as millie lammoreaux (3 women)
2. julie christie as constance miller (mccabe and mrs miller)
3. henry gibson as haven hamilton (nashville)
4. ronee blakley as barbara jean (nashville)
5. geraldine chaplin as opal from the bbc (nashville)
6. shelly duvall as olive oyl (popeye)

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19 October 2005
 
six favourite performances in billy wilder directed films
1. gloria swanson as norma desmond (sunset blvd)
2. marilyn monroe as the girl (the seven year itch)
3. charles laughton as sir wilfrid robarts (witness for the prosecution)
4. walter matthau as walter gingrich (the fortune cookie)
5. barbara stanwyck as phyllis dietrichson (double indemnity)
6. joe e brown as osgood fielding III (some like it hot)

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12 October 2005
 
six favourite performances in woody allen directed films
1. dianne wiest as helen sinclair (bullets over broadway)
2. diane keaton as annie hall (annie hall)
3. judy davis as sally (husbands and wives)
4. jeff daniels as gil shepard/tom baxter (the purple rose of cairo)
5. mia farrow as tina vitale (broadway danny rose)
6. woody allen as virgil starkwell (take the money and run)

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05 October 2005
 
six favourite performances in christopher guest directed films*
1. catherine o'hara as mickey crabbe (a mighty wind)
2. jennifer coolidge as sherri ann ward cabot (best in show)
3. christopher guest as corky st clair (waiting for guffman)
4. fred willard as buck laughlin (best in show)
5. jennifer coolidge as amber cole (a mighty wind)
6. john michael higgins as scott donlan (best in show)

* topic inspired by nathaniel r

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