{"id":60549,"date":"2014-02-27T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=60549"},"modified":"2018-09-16T13:09:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T20:09:39","slug":"best-director-2014-oscar-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/best-director-2014-oscar-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Poll: Best Director 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In most years, the Academy likes to pair up the Best Picture and Best Director trophies in sync. After all, how can a movie be the best picture of the year if the director didn&#8217;t do the best job making it? Will that be the case again this year, or will voters separate the categories?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A lot of our readers think that &#8216;Gravity&#8217; will win Best Picture. I&#8217;m not so confident of that. However, I do believe that Alfonso Cuaron will be rewarded for the technical achievement of making the film. Do you agree, or will &#8217;12 Years a Slave&#8217; sweep both awards?<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-519\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_519\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_519_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"95a7f00b20\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"519\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who WILL Win Best Director 2014?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-519-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-6349\" name=\"poll_519\" value=\"6349\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-6349\">Alfonso Cuaron, 'Gravity'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-6350\" name=\"poll_519\" value=\"6350\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-6350\">Steve McQueen, '12 Years a Slave'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-6351\" name=\"poll_519\" value=\"6351\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-6351\">Alexander Payne, 'Nebraska'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-6352\" name=\"poll_519\" value=\"6352\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-6352\">David O. Russell, 'American Hustle'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-6353\" name=\"poll_519\" value=\"6353\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-6353\">Martin Scorsese, 'The Wolf of Wall Street'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(519);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(519); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-519-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Josh&#8217;s prediction:<\/strong> Alfonso Cuaron.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In most years, the Academy likes to pair up the Best Picture and Best Director trophies in sync. 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