Round Two

RESULTS AS OF OCTOBER 30, 1998

The second batch of Dirk Pitt Poll votes are in and, although there are no major changes from the last poll, there are a few fresh faces to be seen below.

DIRK PITT
George Clooney was the choice of most folks last time out, with Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and JAG's David James Eliot close behind. The latest batch of votes left Clooney in the lead with
eight but with Mel close on his tail with seven. A flurry of votes from Sean Bean fans pushed him to number 3 with four votes. A couple of fresh faces to the Pitt poll included Antonio
Banderas (?!) with two votes, and TV stars Jonathan Frakes ("Star Trek's Commander Riker) and Baywatch's David Hasselhoff receiving one vote each. Basically, it went like this:

No response/no idea: 13
GEORGE CLOONEY: 8
MEL GIBSON: 7
SEAN BEAN: 4

Receiving two votes each were:
Antonio Banderas ("Mask of Zorro," "Assassins")
Kevin Costner ("Dances With Wolves," "The Postman")
David James Elliot (TV's "JAG")
Tom Selleck (TV's "Magnum, P.I.," "High Road to China")

Receiving one vote each were:
Alec Baldwin ("The Hunt for Red October")
Pierce Brosnan ("Goldeneye," "Tomorrow Never Dies")
Tom Cruise ("Top Gun," "Mission Impossible")
David Duchovny ("The X-Files")
Jeff Fahey ("Silverado," "The Sketch Artist")
Harrison Ford ("Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Star Wars")
Jonathan Frakes (TV's "Star Trek: The Next Generation")
Thomas Gibson (TV's "Dharma & Greg")
David Hasselhoff (TV's "Baywatch")
Val Kilmer ("Batman Forever," "The Saint")
Christopher Lambert ("Highlander," "Fortress")
Matthew McConaughey "(Contact," "A Time to Kill")
Jason Patric ("Speed 2," "The Lost Boys")
Adrian Paul ("Highlander")
Mickey Rourke ("9« weeks""Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man")
Steven Seagal ("Under Siege")
Kevin Sorbo (TV's "Hercules")
Fred Ward ("The Right Stuff", "Remo Williams")
Michael T. Weiss (TV's "The Pretender")
Billy Zane ("Titanic," "The Phantom")

AL GIORDINO
Dirk's best friend Al continues to be one of the hardest Cussler characters to pin down. Bruce Willis holds the lead now with only three votes. Following close behind with two votes each are NYPD Blue's Dennis Franz, bodybuilder Franco Columbo, Jerry Doyle of TV's "Babylon 5" and Michael Madsen of TV's "Vengeance Unlimited." The voting looked like this:

No response/No Idea: 27
BRUCE WILLIS ("Die Hard," "Armageddon"): 3

Two votes each:
Franco Columbo ("Stay Hungry")
Jerry Doyle (TV's "Babylon 5")
Dennis Franz (TV's "NYPD Blue")
Michael Madsen ("Reservoir Dogs," TV's "Vengeance Unlimited")

One vote each:
Jason Alexander (TV's "Seinfeld")
Armand Assante ("Gotti," "I, the Jury")
Tony Danza (TV's "Taxi," "Who's the Boss")
James Gandolfini ("Crimson Tide")
John Goodman ("Always," TV's Roseanne")
Ed Harris ("Apollo 13")
Bob Hoskins ("Roger Rabbit," "Super Mario Bros.")
Michael Hurst ("Hercules")
Richard Kairn (TV's "Home Improvement")
Dennis Leary ("Wag the Dog," "Small Soldiers")
Al Pacino ("Devil's Advocate," "The Godfather")
Joe Pesci ("Lethal Weapon," "Goodfellas")
Brad Pitt ("Meet Joe Black," Seven")
Jeremy Piven (TV's "Cupid," "Ellen")
Michael Rooker ("Days of Thunder," "JFK")
John Turturro ("Rounders," "Do the Right Thing")
Robin Williams ("Good Will Hunting")

ADMIRAL JAMES SANDECKER
The legendary Sean Connery increased his lead as the favorite actor to play NUMA's leader, Admiral James Sandecker. Connery led with a stunning nine votes, with his next closest competitor being the Grandmaster of Adventure himself, Clive Cussler with three votes. Sandecker's voting went like this:

No response/No Idea: 16

SEAN CONNERY ("The Avengers"): 9
CLIVE CUSSLER (Grandmaster etc.): 3

With two votes each were:
Charlton Heston ("True Lies," "Planet of the Apes")
Anthony Hopkins ("Mask of Zorro," "Silence of the Lambs")
Paul Newman ("Twilight," "Color of Money")
Al Pacino ("Devil's Advocate," "The Godfather")
Jason Robards ("Raise the Titanic")
Patrick Stewart ("Star Trek: First Contact," "Conspiracy")
Rip Torn (TV's "The Larry Sanders Show")

Acquiring one vote each were:
James Coburn ("In Like Flint", "Eraser")
Robert Duvall ("The Apostle," "Days of Thunder")
Richard Farnsworth ("The Natural," "Havana")
Scott Glenn ("Hunt for Red October," "Silence of the Lambs")
Alec Guinness ("Star Wars," "Bridge on the River Kwai")
Gene Hackman ("Crimson Tide," "Unforgiven")
Robert Loggia ("Independence Day," "Jagged Edge")
John M. Jackson (TV's "JAG")
William H. Macy ("Fargo," "Air Force One")
Jack Palance ("City Slickers")
Roy Scheider ("Jaws," TV's "Sea Quest, DSV")
George C. Scott ("Patton")
Hector Scott (?)
William Shatner ("Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan")
Tom Skerritt ("Top Gun," "Picket Fences")
Donald Sutherland ("Outbreak," "MASH")

RUDI GUNN
The ten-way tie for First Place in the Rudi Gunn race was broken with the voting this time, with "Jurassic Park's" SAM NEILL receiving three votes as NUMA's Rudi Gunn. Following close behind were David Straitharn and Mitch Pileggi with two votes each. The voting went like this:

No response/no idea: 14

SAM NEILL ("Jurassic Park," TV's "Merlin"): 3
DAVID STRAITHARN ("River Wild," "Sneakers"): 2
MITCH PILEGGI (TV's "The X-Files"): 2

Following with one vote each were:
Richard Dean Anderson (TV's "Stargate SG-1," TV's "MacGuyver")
Alec Baldwin ("Hunt for Red October," "The Shadow")
David Duchovny (TV's "The X-Files")
Robert Duvall ("The Apostle," "Something to Talk About")
Anthony Edwards (TV's "ER," "Top Gun")
Richard Gere ("Officer and a Gentleman")
Marc Harmon (TV's "Chicago Hope," "Tombstone")
Tommy Lee Jones ("The Fugitive," "Men In Black")
Chad Lowe (TV's "Life Goes On")
Liam Neeson ("Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," "Schindler's List"
Al Pacino ("Scent of a Woman," "The Godfather")
Bill Paxton ("Titanic," "Twister")
Joe Pesci ("Lethal Weapon" films)
Gary Sinese ("Ransom," "Apollo 13")
James Woods ("Cop," "John Carpenter's Vampires")

CONGRESSPERSON LOREN SMITH:
The lovely and talented SHARON STONE kept her lead as Dirk's leading lady without increasing her number of votes at all at 3. Following close on her heels, however, were Geena Davis, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock with 2 each. Judging from the number of
varied responses, this is still one of the hardest categories:

No response/No Idea: 22

SHARON STONE ("The Mighty," "Basic Instinct"): 3
GEENA DAVIS ("Beetlejuice," "The Long Kiss Goodnight"): 2
SANDRA BULLOCK ("Practical Magic," "Speed"): 2
NICOLE KIDMAN ("To Die For," "Practical Magic"): 2

Following with one vote each were:
Gillian Anderson (TV's "The X-Files")
Catherine Bell (TV's "JAG")
Lorraine Bracco ("Goodfellas")
Glenn Close ("Air Force One," "101 Dalmatians")
Wendy Crewson ("Air Force One," "From the Earth to the Moon")
Jamie Lee Curtis ("Halloween," "H20" "True Lies")
Dana Delaney (TV's "China Beach")
Terry Farrell ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine")
Linda Fiorentino ("Jade")
Linda Hamilton ("Terminator 1 & 2")
Mary Hart (TV's "Entertainment Tonight")
Teri Hatcher ("Tomorrow Never Dies," TV's "Lois & Clark")
Lauren Holly ("Dumb & Dumber," TV's "Picket Fences")
Helen Hunt ("Twister," "As Good as It Gets")
Holly Hunter ("Broadcast News," "The Piano")
Demi Moore ("Striptease," "Ghost")
Michele Pfeiffer ("The Fabulous Baker Boys," "One Fine Day")
Kathleen Quinlan ("Apollo 13," "The Doors")
Julia Roberts ("Pelican Brief," "Conspiracy Theory")
Theresa Russell ("Whore," "Black Widow")
Rene Russo ("Lethal Weapon 3 & 4," "Get Shorty")
Susan Sarandon ("Dead Man Walking," "Twilight")
Cybill Shepherd (TV's "Cybill," "Texasville")
Uma Thurman ("The Avengers," "Pulp Fiction")
Shannon Tweed (TV's "Assault on Devil's Island")

HIRAM YAEGER
Star Trek's BRENT SPINER (whose character is appropriately named "Data") took the lead as first choice for NUMA's computer expert with four votes. He was followed closely by ranter Dennis Miller with three votes and Jeff Goldblum and Jeff Daniels with two apiece. We would expect Goldblum to creep up a little in future voting thanks to those Mac commercials he's doing. The voting broke down like this:

No response/No idea: 26

BRENT SPINER ("Star Trek: First Contact"): 4
DENNIS MILLER ("The Net," "Bordello of Blood"): 3
JEFF GOLDBLUM ("Jurassic Park," "ID4"): 2
JEFF DANIELS ("Pleasantville," "Arachnophobia"): 2

Following with one vote apiece were:

Bruce Campbell ("Army of Darkness," "The Evil Dead")
George Carlin ("Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure")
Tommy Chong ("Cheech & Chong's Next Movie")
Danny Glover ("Lethal Weapon" films, "Beloved"
Dean Hagland (TV's "The X-Files")
Peter Horton (TV's "Thirtysomething," TV's "Brimstone")
Christopher Lloyd ("Back to the Future," TV's "Taxi")
Joe Pesci ("Lethal Weapon" films, "Goodfellas")
Brad Pitt ("Seven" "Legends of the Fall")
Oliver Platt ("Flatliners," "Three Musketeers")
James Spader ("Stargate," "Sex, Lies & Videotape")
Jon Voight ("Mission Impossible")
"Weird" Al Yankovich ("Johnny Dangerously")

ST. JULIEN PERLMUTTER
John Rhys-Davies of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Sliders" fame stole the lead from comic/chef Dom DeLuise in this category. Rhys-Davies received six votes to DeLuise's four. Following close behind were Michael McShane of "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"
with three votes. The voting went like this:

No response/no idea: 25

JOHN RHYS-DAVIES ("Raiders of the Lost Ark," TV's "Sliders"): 6
DOM DELUISE ("Cannonball Run," "Hot Stuff"): 4
MICHAEL McSHANE ("Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"): 3

Following with two votes each were:
Sir Richard Attenborough ("Great Escape," "Jurassic Park")
Bob Hoskins ("Roger Rabbit," "Super Mario Bros.")
William Shatner ("Star Trek")
Bud Spencer ("They Call Me Trinity")

Receiving one vote each were:
James Doohan ("Star Trek's" Scotty)
Michael Gough ("Batman")
James Earl Jones ("Hunt for Red October," "Sneakers")
Nathan Lane ("The Birdcage")
Charles Nelson Reilly (TV's "Ghost & Mrs. Muir")
Paul Sorvino ("The Godfather")
David Ogden Stiers (TV's "M.A.S.H.")
Peter Ustinov "Death on the Nile"

BEST NOVEL TO MAKE INTO A MOVIE
INCA GOLD increased its lead here going from nine votes last time out to sixteen votes this time. Coming in at the halfway mark was SAHARA with eight votes. The rest of the voting went like this:

No response/No Idea: 2

INCA GOLD: 16
SAHARA: 8
TREASURE: 6
SHOCK WAVE: 5
FLOOD TIDE: 4
NIGHT PROBE!: 4
ICEBERG: 3
CYCLOPS: 2
DRAGON: 2
MEDITERRANEAN CAPER, THE: 2
VIXEN 03: 1

BEST DIRECTOR FOR A DIRK PITT MOVIE
Not surprisingly, Steven Spielberg held on to the top spot as the director most readers would like to see direct a Dirk Pitt film. Spielberg received a whopping sixteen votes, followed not-so-
closely by James "Titanic" Cameron and Ron "Apollo 13" Howard with four votes each. The rest of the voting went like this:

No Response/No Idea: 16

STEVEN SPIELBERG ("Jaws," "E.T." "Saving Private Ryan"): 16
James Cameron ("True Lies," "Titanic," "Terminator 1 & 2"): 4
Ron Howard: ("Apollo 13," "Ransom," "Willow"): 4
Michael Bay ("Bad Boys," "Armageddon"): 3
George Lucas ("Star Wars," "American Graffiti"): 3
John Woo: ("Broken Arrow," "Face/Off"): 2
Jonathan Frakes: ("Star Trek: First Contact"): 2
Martin Campbell ("Goldeneye," "Mask of Zorro"): 2
Richard Donner ("Lethal Weapon" films," "Superman"): 2
Jan DuBont ("Speed 1 & 2" "Twister"): 1
John Glen ("Moonraker," "The Wild Geese"): 1
John Landis ("The Blues Brothers," "Animal House"): 1
Mel Gibson ("Braveheart," "The Man Without A Face"): 1
Mimi Leder ("Deep Impact," "The Peacemaker"): 1
Simon Wincer (TV's "Lonesome Dove," "The Phantom"): 1

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