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Poll: Oscar-winning director you'd like to see make a comeback?

A poll by yrnej
Some directors win the Oscar and continue to make high-profile prestige films. Some win and continue to work though at a lower profile. And some win and fade into obscurity. Of the Oscar-winners who fall into the two latter categories, who would you most like to return to "the big time"?

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Results of 2,186 votes:

  1. 1.

    Francis Ford Coppola

     
  2. 2.

    Mel Gibson

     
  3. 3.

    Milos Forman

     
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