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Post by rra on Dec 28, 2007 13:47:13 GMT -5
Every year, the government's National Film Registry picks 25 movies of American Cinema to represent the wide quality and diversity.
Well, their picks for the year of 2007:
"Back to the Future" (1985)
"Bullitt" (1968)
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977)
"Dance, Girl, Dance" (1940)
"Dances With Wolves" (1990)
"Days of Heaven" (1978)
"Glimpse of the Garden" (1957)
"Grand Hotel" (1932)
"The House I Live In" (1945)
"In a Lonely Place" (1950)
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962)
"Mighty Like a Moose" (1926)
"The Naked City" (1948)
"Now, Voyager" (1942)
"Oklahoma!" (1955)
"Our Day" (1938)
"Peege" (1972)
"The Sex Life of the Polyp" (1928)
"The Strong Man" (1926)
"Three Little Pigs" (1933)
"Tol'able David" (1921)
"Tom, Tom the Piper's Son" (1969-71)
"12 Angry Men" (1957)
"The Women" (1939)
"Wuthering Heights" (1939)
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Post by krill on Dec 28, 2007 13:51:36 GMT -5
I have only seen 2 of those films.
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Post by gsguy on Dec 28, 2007 13:52:02 GMT -5
Interesting.
Always love it when they put silent films in the registry though I haven't heard of the ones selected this year.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 28, 2007 13:53:18 GMT -5
Out of the stuff I've seen on that list, I don't feel the need to complain. BTTF's a solid-enough film.
And here I thought 12 Angry Men was already registered...
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Post by Michael Coello on Dec 28, 2007 13:55:37 GMT -5
For those who have no idea what that means..........what does that mean?
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Post by B.A. on Dec 28, 2007 14:28:38 GMT -5
12 angry men...wonderful movie, and im glad it made the list..the remake was ok
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Dec 28, 2007 19:28:23 GMT -5
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Post by Next Level was WRONG on Dec 28, 2007 19:32:19 GMT -5
Yet another year that Naughty Cheerleaders 14 gets overlooked.
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Post by maxx420 on Dec 28, 2007 19:35:07 GMT -5
Yet another year that Naughty Cheerleaders 14 gets overlooked. When will they realize the genius of that movie? The dildo scene ALONE deserves an induction! |
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Post by T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens on Dec 28, 2007 19:52:54 GMT -5
What took them so long?
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Post by tomservo23 on Dec 28, 2007 20:22:55 GMT -5
"The Sex Life of the Polyp" (1928)"
I thought "The Sex Life of the Tumor", released in 1960, was way more genre-defining.
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Post by THE Dinobot on Dec 28, 2007 20:29:26 GMT -5
What took so long for 12 Angry Men? It's only been 51 years since its release. And well, basically 40 years for McQueen's Bullitt, yet Dances With Crap doesn't have to wait half that.  Whoo-hoo for Back to the Future...? |
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Dec 28, 2007 21:08:19 GMT -5
Back To The Future and Bullitt added to the National Registry!? f*** YEAH!!!!
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Post by Original Gansta - Charisma on Dec 28, 2007 21:13:09 GMT -5
There's some solid picks there. My only nit-pick is that Wuthering Heights murdered two hours of my life without remorse and with no positive benefits and I can't seem to figure out why people are so into that film. But aside from that good choices all around.
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Post by Ass Dan on Dec 28, 2007 21:44:57 GMT -5
About time BTTF got added. Best film ever.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 28, 2007 22:03:20 GMT -5
For those who have no idea what that means..........what does that mean? The National Film Registry basically is a gigantic vault buried deep in the Earth's core(not really, but that would be cool). In case of a giant nuclear war that destroys all movie theaters, video stores, Best Buys and every personal DVD collection in the world...The NFR will still have a copy of that film in the vault. Or if the films just start breaking down from age/studios not preserving them, etc. It's a way to ensure that classic films will always exist. At least in America. The rest of you Commies can build your own underground super-vaults. |
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Post by rra on Dec 28, 2007 22:44:32 GMT -5
For those who have no idea what that means..........what does that mean? The National Film Registry basically is a gigantic vault buried deep in the Earth's core(not really, but that would be cool). In case of a giant nuclear war that destroys all movie theaters, video stores, Best Buys and every personal DVD collection in the world...The NFR will still have a copy of that film in the vault. Or if the films just start breaking down from age/studios not preserving them, etc. It's a way to ensure that classic films will always exist. At least in America. The rest of you Commies can build your own underground super-vaults. Also, your film getting selected means that the NFR thinks you're an "elite" quality picture of American cinema. |
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