AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2

Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2

We watched The Bank Dick and His Girl Friday over the past week. I'd never seen a W.C. Fields film before, so The Bank Dick was quite a surprise. Fields brand of slapstick comedy as he tries to prevent an audit of the bank he works for is uproarious. It was great to see Shemp as the bartender, too. Cary Grant stars in His Girl Friday as the newspaper man who can't let his ex-wife (and ex-coworker) leave the paper. This is a true classic, though I'm not sure how they came up with the title.

I gave The Bank Dick and His Girl Friday

Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2

Thanks to Adam_S, as I copied his post #9 as my starting point.

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M = Movies
S = Stars
L = Laughs
T = Thrills
P = Passions
H = Heroes
Sg = Songs
Q = Quotes
Sc = Scores
Mu = Musicals
C = Cheers
10 = 10th Anniversary list
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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 1968 M T V Q C 10
42ND STREET 1933 S Sg Q Mu
8 MILE 2002 Sg
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN 1948 L
ADAM'S RIB 1949 S L
ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, The 1938 T H Sc
ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES 1939 Q
AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, An 1957 P
AFRICAN QUEEN, The 1951 M S (x2) P C 10
AIRPLANE! 1980 L Q
ALIEN 1979 T V
ALIENS 1986 H
ALL ABOUT EVE 1950 M S (x2) V Q 10
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1930 M
ALL THAT JAZZ 1979 Mu
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN 1976 T H C 10
AMADEUS 1984 M
AMERICAN GRAFFITI 1973 M L 10
AMERICAN IN PARIS, An 1951 M S P Sg Mu
AMERICAN PRESIDENT, The 1995 P
ANASTASIA 1956 S
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES 1938 S
ANIMAL CRACKERS 1930 S Q
ANIMAL HOUSE (NATIONAL LAMPOON'S) 1978 L Q
ANNA KARENINA 1935 P
ANNIE HALL 1977 Q 10
APARTMENT, The 1960 M L P Q 10
APOCALYPSE NOW 1979 M S Q 10
APOLLO 13 1995 Q C
ARABESQUE 1966 S
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE 1944 S L
ARTHUR 1981 L Sg
ASPHAULT JUNGEL 1950 S
AUNTIE MAME 1958 L Q
AWFUL TRUTH, The 1937 L P
BABE 1995 C
BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER, The 1947 S
BACK TO THE FUTURE 1985 F
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK 1955 S
BALL OF FIRE 1941 S (x2) L
BAMBI 1942 V
BANANAS 1971 L
BAND WAGON, The 1953 S Sg Mu
BAREFOOT CONTESSA, The 1953 S
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK 1967 P
BATMAN 1989 H V
BEACHES 1988 Sg
BEAUTIFUL MIND, A 2001 C
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1991 P Sg Mu
BEETLEJUICE 1988 L
BEING THERE 1979 L
BEN-HUR 1959 M T Sc C 10
BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, The 1946 M C 10
BEVERLY HILLS COP 1984 L
BEYOND THE FOREST 1949 Q
BIG 1988 L
BIG BROADCAST OF 1938, The 1938 Sg
BIG CARNIVAL (ACE IN THE HOLE) 1951 S
BIG CHILL, The 1983 Sg
BIG SLEEP, The 1946 S (x2) H F
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ 1962 C
BIRDS, The 1963 T
BIRTH OF A NATION, The 1915 M
BLACK STALLION, THE 1979 C
BLACKBOARD JUNGLE 1955 Sg
BLADE RUNNER 1982 T 10
BLAZING SADDLES 1974 L
BLOOD SIMPLE 1984 T
BLUE VELVET 1986 T V
BODY HEAT 1981 T P
BODYGUARD, The 1992 Sg
BOMBSHELL 1933 S
BONNIE AND CLYDE 1967 M T P V Q 10
BORN YESTERDAY 1950 L
BOYS TOWN 1938 H C
BRAVEHEART 1995 T C
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS 1961 S P Sg
BREAKING AWAY 1979 C
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, The 1935 F
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, The 1957 M S T C 10
BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, The 1995 P
BRIGHT EYES 1934 Sg
BRINGING UP BABY 1938 M S (x2) L P 10
BROADCAST NEWS 1987 L
BULL DURHAM 1988 L
BULLITT 1968 T
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 1969 M T H Sg 10
CABERET 1972 Sg Mu 10
CADDYSHACK 1980 L Q
CAMERAMAN, The 1928 S
CAMILLE 1937 S P
CAPE FEAR 1962 S (x2) T V
CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS 1937 S C
CARRIE 1976 T
CASABLANCA 1942 M S (x2) T P H Sg Q (x6) C 10
CAT BALLOU 1965 L
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 1958 S
CHARADE 1963 S
CHARIOTS OF FIRE 1981 C
CHICAGO 2002 Sg Mu
CHINA SYNDROME, The 1979 T
CHINATOWN 1974 M T V Q Sc 10
CITIZEN KANE 1941 M S Q 10
CITY LIGHTS 1931 M S L P H C 10
CITY SLICKERS 1991 L
CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A 1971 M T V 10
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND 1977 M T C
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER 1980 C
COLOR PURPLE, THE 1985 C
COMING HOME 1978 P
COOL HAND LUKE 1967 H Q C F
COUNTRY GIRL, The 1954 S
COURT JESTER, The 1956 L
COVER GIRL 1944 Sg
CROSSFIRE 1947 S
DADDY LONG LEGS 1919 S
DANCES WITH WOLVES 1990 M C
DARK VICTORY 1939 P C
DAY AT THE RACES, A 1937 L
DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, The 1951 T C
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES 1963 Sg
DEAD POETS SOCIETY 1989 Q C
DEER HUNTER, The 1978 M T 10
DEFIANT ONES, THE 1958 C
DELIVERANCE 1972 T
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN 1939 S
DIAL 'M' FOR MURDER 1954 S T
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, THE 1959 C
DIE HARD 1988 T V
DINER 1982 L
DINNER AT EIGHT 1933 S L
DIRTY DANCING 1987 P Sg Q
DIRTY DOZEN, The 1967 T
DIRTY HARRY 1971 T H Q
DO THE RIGHT THING 1989 Sg 10 F
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO 1965 M P
DOG DAY AFTERNOON 1975 T Q
DOUBLE INDEMNITY 1944 M S (x2) T P V 10
DR. NO 1962 H Q
DR. STRANGELOVE 1964 M L Q 10
DRACULA 1931 T V Q
DRIVING MISS DAISY 1989 C
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK 1939 S
DUCK SOUP 1933 M S L 10
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL 1982 M T Q Sc C 10
EAST OF EDEN 1955 S
EASTER PARADE 1948 S (x2)
EASY RIDER 1969 M Sg 10
EL CID 1961 S
ELMER GANTRY 1960 S
EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, The 1980 V F
ENGLISH PATIENT, The 1996 P
ERIN BROCKAVICH 2000 H C
EXORCIST, The 1973 T V
FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, The 1964 S
FAME 1980 Sg C
FANTASIA 1940 M
FARGO 1996 M L H
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH 1982 L
FATAL ATTRACTION 1987 T V
FATHER OF THE BRIDE 1950 L
FEW GOOD MEN, A 1992 Q
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 1971 C
FIELD OF DREAMS 1989 Q C
FISH CALLED WANDA, A 1988 L
FLASHDANCE 1983 Sg
FLESH AND THE DEVIL 1926 S
FOOTLOOSE 1984 Sg
FORREST GUMP 1994 M Q C 10
FORT APACHE 1948 S
FRANKENSTEIN 1931 M T Q
FRENCH CONNECTION, The 1971 M T H 10
FRESHMAN, The 1925 L
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 1953 M S P
FUGITIVE, The 1993 T
FULL METAL JACKET 1987 T
FUNNY GIRL 1968 P Sg (x2) Q Mu
GANDHI 1982 H C
GASLIGHT 1944 S T
GENERAL, The 1927 S L 10 F
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES 1953 Sg
GHOST 1990 P Sg
GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, The 1947 P
GHOSTBUSTERS 1984 L
GIANT 1956 M S (x2)
GIGI 1958 P Sg
GILDA 1946 S Sg
GLADIATOR 2000 H
GLORY 1989 C
GO WEST YOUNG MAN 1936 S
GODFATHER PART II, The 1974 M V Q 10
GODFATHER, The 1972 M S T Q Sc 10
GOING MY WAY 1944 Sg
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, The 1933 S
GOLD RUSH, The 1925 M S L 10
GOLDFINGER 1964 T V Sg Q F
GONE WITH THE WIND 1939 M S (x2) P Q (x3) Sc C 10
GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM 1987 L
GOODBYE GIRL, The 1977 P
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS 1939 H
GOODFELLAS 1990 M 10
GRADUATE, The 1967 M L P Sg Q (x2) 10
GRAND HOTEL 1932 S Q
GRAPES OF WRATH, The 1940 M S H C 10
GREASE 1978 P Sg Mu
GREAT DICTATOR, The 1940 S L
GREAT ESCAPE, The 1963 T
GROUNDHOG DAY 1993 L
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? 1967 M S P C
GUNGA DIN 1939 C
GUNS OF NAVARONE, The 1961 S T
GUYS AND DOLLS 1955 Sg Mu
HAIR 1979 Sg
HALLOWEEN 1978 T
HAMLET 1948 S
HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE 1935 S
HAROLD AND MAUDE 1972 L P C
HARVEY 1950 L
HEARTBREAK KID, The 1972 L
HEIDI 1937 S
HIGH NOON 1952 M S (x2) T H Sg Sc C 10
HIS GIRL FRIDAY 1940 L F
HOLIDAY INN 1942 Sg
HOOSIERS 1986 C
HORSE FEATHERS 1932 S L
HOTEL RWANDA 2004 C
HOUSEBOAT 1958 S
HOW THE WEST WAS WON 1962 Sc
HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, The 1939 P
I'M NO ANGEL 1933 S
IMITATION OF LIFE 1934 S
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT 1967 S H Q C 10
INHERIT THE WIND 1960 S (x2)
INTOLERANCE 1916 10
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1956 T
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 1934 M S (x2) L P 10
IT'S A GIFT 1934 L
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD 1963 L
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 1946 M S P H V C 10
JAILHOUSE ROCK 1957 Sg
JANE EYRE 1944 S
JAWS 1975 M T V Q Sc 10
JAZZ SINGER, The 1927 M Q
JERK, The 1979 L
JERRY MAGUIRE 1996 P Q (x2)
JEZEBEL 1939 P
JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBURG 1961 S (x4)
JULIUS CAESAR 1953 S
JURASSIC PARK 1993 T
KARATE KID, THE 1984 C
KEY LARGO 1948 S (x2)
KID, The 1921 S
KILLERS, The 1946 S (x2)
KILLING FIELDS, THE 1984 C
KING AND I, The 1956 P Sg Mu
KING KONG 1933 M T P Q Sc 10
KLONDIKE ANNIE 1936 S
KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN 1940 Q
LADY AND THE TRAMP 1955 P
LADY EVE, The 1941 S (x2) L P
LADY FROM SHANGHAI, The 1948 S (x2)
LASSIE COME HOME 1943 H
LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE 1971 10
LAST TANGO IN PARIS 1972 P
LAURA 1944 T Sc
LAVENDER HILL MOB 1951 S
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1962 M T H Sc C 10
LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, A 1992 Q
LIBELED LADY 1936 S
LILLIES OF THE FIELD 1963 S C
LION IN WINTER, The 1968 S
LION KING, The 1994 Sg
LITTLE CAESAR 1931 V Q
LITTLE FOXES, The 1941 S V
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT 1962 S
LONGEST DAY, The 1962 S
LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2001 10
LORD OF THE RINGS, The: TWO TOWERS, The 2002 Q
LOST IN AMERICA 1985 L
LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING 1955 P
LOVE ME TONIGHT 1932 Sg
LOVE STORY 1970 P Q
M*A*S*H 1970 M L Sg 10
MADAME CURIE 1943 C
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, The 1960 T Sc
MALTESE FALCON, The 1941 M S T Q 10
MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, The 1942 S
MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, The 1956 Sg
MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE, The 1962 S
MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, The 1962 M T V
MANHATTAN 1979 L P F
MARATHON MAN 1976 T V Q
MARK OF ZORRO, The 1940 H
MARTY 1955 P
MARY POPPINS 1964 Sg Mu
MATRIX, The 1999 T
MEET JOHN DOE 1941 S (x2) C
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS 1944 S Sg (x2) Mu
MIDNIGHT 1939 S
MIDNIGHT COWBOY 1969 M Sg Q 10
MILDRED PIERCE 1945 S
MIRACHLE ON 34TH STREET 1947 C
MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK, The 1944 L
MIRACLE WORKER, THE 1962 C
MISERY 1990 S V
MISFITS, The 1961 S
MISSION, The 1986 Sc
MISTER ROBERTS 1955 S
MODERN TIMES 1936 M S L 10
MOMMIE DEAREST 1981 V Q
MONKEY BUSINESS 1931 S L
MOONSTRUCK 1987 L P Q
MOROCCO 1930 P
MOULIN ROUGE! 2001 Sg Mu
MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE 1948 L
MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN 1936 S L C
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON 1939 M S H C 10
MRS. DOUBTFIRE 1993 L
MRS. MINIVER 1942 C
MUPPET MOVIE, The 1979 Sg
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY 1935 M S V
MY BEST GIRL 1927 S
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE 1946 S
MY FAIR LADY 1964 M S P Sg Mu
MY LITTLE CHICKADEE 1940 S
MY MAN GODFREY 1936 S L
NASHVILLE 1975 Sg 10
NATIONAL VELVET 1944 C
NAUGY NINETIES 1945 Q
NAVIGATOR, The 1924 S L
NETWORK 1976 M S Q 10
NEW YORK HAT 1912 S
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1977 Sg
NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A 1935 S L 10
NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, The 1955 S (x2) T V F
NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, The 1964 S
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1968 T
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, A 1984 V
NINE TO FIVE 1980 L Sg
NINOTCHKA 1939 S L P
NORMA RAE 1979 H C
NORTH BY NORTHWEST 1959 M S T 10
NOTHING SACRED 1937 S
NOTORIOUS 1946 S (x2) T P F
NOW, VOYAGER 1942 S P Q
NUTTY PROFESSOR, The 1963 L
ODD COUPLE, The 1968 L
OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, AN 1982 P Sg C
OMEN, The 1976 T
ON GOLDEN POND 1981 P Q Sc C
ON THE BEACH 1959 S (x2)
ON THE TOWN 1949 S Sg Mu
ON THE WATERFRONT 1954 M S H Q Sc C 10
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST 1975 M V C 10
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS 1961 V
ONE, TWO, THREE 1961 S
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS 1939 S
ORPHANS OF THE STORM, The 1921 S
OUT OF AFRICA 1985 P Sc
OUT OF THE PAST 1947 S (x2)
OX-BOW INCIDENT, The 1943 S
PALEFACE, The 1948 Sg
PALM BEACH STORY, The 1942 S L
PAPER CHASE, THE 1973 C
PATCH OF BLUE 1965 S
PATHS OF GLORY 1957 S F
PATTON 1970 M H
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, The 1925 T
PHILADELPHIA 1993 H Sg C
PHILADELPHIA STORY, The 1940 M S (x3) L P 10
PICNIC 1955 P
PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, The 1945 T
PILLOW TALK 1959 P
PINK PANTHER, The 1964 Sc
PINOCCHIO 1940 Sg C F
PLACE IN THE SUN, A 1951 M S P
PLACES IN THE HEART 1984 C
PLANET OF THE APES 1968 T Q Sc
PLATOON 1986 M T 10
POLTERGEIST 1982 T Q
PORGY AND BESS 1959 S P Sg
POSEIDON ADVENTURE, The 1972 T
POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, The 1946 P
PRETTY WOMAN 1990 P
PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, The 1942 H Q C
PRINCESS BRIDE, The 1987 P
PRIVATE BENJAMIN 1980 L
PRODUCERS, The 1968 L Sg
PSYCHO 1960 M T V Q Sc 10
PUBLIC ENEMY, The 1931 S V
PULP FICTION 1994 M T 10
QUEEN CHRISTINA 1933 S
QUIET MAN, The 1952 P
QUO VADIS? 1951 S
RAGING BULL 1980 M T 10
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 1981 M T H 10
RAIN MAN 1988 C
RAISIN IN THE SUN, A 1961 C
RAISING ARIZONA 1987 L
RANDOM HARVEST 1942 P
RAY 2004 C
REAR WINDOW 1954 M S (x2) T 10
REBECCA 1940 S T V F
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 1955 M S
RED DUST 1932 S (x2)
RED RIVER 1948 S
REDS 1981 P
RIGHT STUFF, THE 1983 C
RIO BRAVO 1959 S
RISKY BUSINESS 1983 Sg
ROAD TO MOROCCO 1942 L Sg
ROCKY 1976 M T H Sg Q C 10
ROMAN HOLIDAY 1953 S (x2) P
ROSE, The 1979 Sg
ROSEMARY'S BABY 1968 T
ROXANNE 1987 P
RUDY 1993 C
SABRINA 1954 P
SAFETY LAST 1923 T
SAN FRANCISCO 1936 S
SANDPIPER, The 1965 Sg
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 1977 Sg
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 1998 T C 10
SCARFACE 1931 V
SCARFACE 1983 Q
SCARLETT LETTER, The 1926 S
SCHINDLER'S LIST 1993 M H V C 10
SEA WOLF, The 1941 S
SEABISCUIT 2003 C
SEARCHERS, The 1956 M S 10
SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER 1993 C
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY 1995 P
SEPARATE TABLES 1958 S
SERGAENT YORK 1941 S H C
SERPICO 1973 H C
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS 1954 Mu
SEVEN CHANCES 1925 S
SEVEN DAYS IN MAY 1964 S (x2)
SEVEN YEAR ITCH, The 1955 S L
SHAFT 1971 Sg
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE 1998 P
SHALL WE DANCE 1937 Sg
SHAMPOO 1975 L
SHANE 1953 M H Q C 10
SHANGHAI EXPRESS 1932 S
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE 1994 C 10
SHE DONE HIM WRONG 1933 S L Q
SHEIK, The 1921 P
SHERLOCK, JR. 1924 L
SHINING, The 1980 T V Q
SHIP OF FOOLS 1965 S
SHOOTIST, The 1976 S
SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, The 1940 P
SHOT IN THE DARK, A 1964 L
SHOW BOAT 1936 Sg Mu
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, The 1991 M T H V Q 10
SILKWOOD 1983 H C
SILVER STREAK 1976 L
SINCE YOU WENT AWAY 1944 S
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN 1952 M S L P Sg (x3) Mu 10
SIXTH SENSE, The 1999 T Q 10
SLEEPER 1973 L
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE 1993 P
SLEUTH 1972 S
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 1937 M V Sg 10
SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959 M S L Q 10
SONG OF THE SOUTH 1947 Sg
SONS OF THE DESERT 1933 L Q
SOPHIE'S CHOICE 1982 10
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER 1948 S
SOUND OF MUSIC, The 1965 M P Sg (x3) Mu C 10
SOUNDER 1972 C
SOUTH PACIFIC 1958 Sg
SOYLENT GREEN 1973 Q
SPARROWS 1926 S
SPARTACUS 1960 S (x2) T H C 10
SPEED 1994 T
SPELLBOUND 1946 S
SPIRIT OF SAINT LOUIS, THE 1957 C
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS 1961 P
SPY WHO LOVED ME, The 1977 Sg
STAGE DOOR 1937 S
STAGECOACH 1939 M S
STALAG 17 1953 S
STAND AND DELIVER 1988 C
STAR IS BORN, A 1954 S P Sg Mu
STAR IS BORN, A 1976 Sg
STAR WARS 1977 M T H (x2) Q Sc C 10
STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. 1928 S
STING, The 1973 F
STORMY WEATHER 1943 Sg
STOWAWAY 1936 S
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 1951 T
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A 1951 M S (x2) P Q (x2) Sc 10
SUDDEN FEAR 1952 S
SUDDEN IMPACT 1983 Q
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS 1941 L C 10
SUMMER STOCK 1950 Sg
SUNRISE 1927 P 10 F
SUNSET BOULEVARD 1950 M S Q (x2) Sc 10
SUPERMAN 1978 H
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS 1957 S V
SWING TIME 1936 S (x2) P Sg 10
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN 1969 L
TALES OF MANHATTAN 1942 S
TARZAN THE APE MAN 1932 H
TAXI DRIVER 1976 M T V Q 10
TEN COMMANDMENTS, The 1956 S H C
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY 1991 T H Q
TERMINATOR, The 1984 T V Q
TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY 1922 S
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN 1941 S
THELMA & LOUISE 1991 T H C
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY 1998 L
THIN MAN, The 1934 L
THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, The 1951 T
THIRD MAN, The 1949 M S T V
THIS IS SPINAL TAP 1984 L
THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, The 1968 Sg
THREE MUSKETEERS, The 1948 S
TITANIC 1997 T P Sg Q 10
TO BE OR NOT TO BE 1942 S L
TO CATCH A THIEF 1955 S P
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT 1944 S P Q
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962 M S H Sc C
TOOTSIE 1980 M L 10
TOP GUN 1986 Q
TOP HAT 1935 S (x2) Sg Mu
TOPPER 1937 L
TOUCH OF EVIL 1958 S (x2) T F
TOY STORY 1995 10
TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, The: MOOR OF VENICE 1952 S
TRAINING DAY 2001 V
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, The 1948 M S T Q 10
TRUE GRIT 1969 H
TWELVE ANGRY MEN 1957 S T H C 10 F
TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH 1949 S
TWENTIETH CENTURY 1934 S
TWO FOR THE ROAD 1967 P
UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING, The 1988 P
UNFORGIVEN 1992 M 10
UNKNOWN, The 1927 S
USUAL SUSPECTS, The 1995 V
VERDICT, THE 1982 C
VERTIGO 1958 M S T P Sc 10
VICTOR/VICTORIA 1982 L
WAIT UNTIL DARK 1967 T
WALL STREET 1987 V Q
WAR OF THE WORLDS, The 1953 V
WATERLOO BRIDGE 1940 S
WAY DOWN EAST 1920 S P
WAY WE WERE, The 1973 P Sg
WEST SIDE STORY 1961 M P Sg (x3) Mu 10
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? 1962 S (x2) T V
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT 1993 C
WHAT'S UP DOC? 1972 L P
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY 1989 L P Sg Q
WHITE HEAT 1949 S V Q
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 1966 S P 10
WILD BUNCH, The 1969 M S T 10
WIND, The 1928 S
WITNESS 1985 P
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION 1957 S
WIZARD OF OZ, The 1939 M S T V Sg (x2) Q (x3) Mu C 10
WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, The 1945 S
WOMAN OF THE YEAR 1942 L P
WOMEN, The 1939 S
WORKING GIRL 1988 P Sg C
WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1939 M S P
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 1942 M S Sg Q Mu C 10
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 1974 L Sg

Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2

welcome sparky, looking forward to your thoughts:

How the West Was Won - 6 of 10
Scores minilist

I think what surprised me the most about this film was how good the script was, I expected it to be a lot worse. The cinerama is unimpressive on the dvd format, at least in this non-anamorphic version. I'd be interested in seeing this in smile-vision or the next time it runs at the arclight cinemrama dome as I've been thwarted in all my attempts to see the past revivals there. I'm hoping it'll come back this year due to the impending special edition dvd release. Jimmy Stewart was the highlight of the film for me, though the Oregon trail sequence was also very good. I wasn't as enamored by the transcontinental railroad stuff, though the post railroad stuff was grand. The civil war material was much too short, it's too bad the rest of the film didn't have the concise compact storytelling and laser precision of that segment. and even the conversation between Sherman and Grant went on a little long as it was. unfortunately the confederate deserter in that scene was an example of some of the weakest writing of the movie. A classic example of an old fashioned set piece blockbuster this still is a lot of fun and quite entertaining.

And the score is indeed fantastic.

Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2

I'm Finished.*

The Mission - 8 of 10
Scores list

Ennio Morricone's lush score and Chris Menges' amazing photography make this film fairly unforgettable. Robert Bolt's screenplay is not as incisive as his A Man for All Seasons but it is still excellent. DeNiro is very good, but has a modern intonation in his words that is hard to get past. On the other hand Jeremy Irons and the rest of the cast are outstanding. The direction is very well handled, and the film handles things fairly realistically. Bravo all around, a film I think I would like and appreciate more a second go round.

The Mission is the story of a Jesuit founded mission in the jungles of what I presume is Columbia set 300 years ago. the territory is nominally under the rule of spain, who has recently ceded or sold the territory to Portugal. The jesuits had offered the natives sanctuary, with the blessing of spain and the church, from the portuguese and spanish slavers who hunted them down and drove them from their lands. The film centers around the Jesuit's attempts to 'prove' to the judge sent to the area that spain must stay in control of the lands to save these people's lives. Unfortunately what happens depends on the politics of 5000 miles away rather than what is relevant to south america, and the judge's decision had already been made before he arrived. The struggle then for the jesuits is do they resist or turn the other cheek, lead the natives in war or lead them in prayer? DeNiro plays a man who kills his brother over a woman and in penance (and to protect himself with sanctuary) joins the Jesuits years before all this comes to a head, he is a pivotal player in what befalls the people. Jeremy Irons plays the Jesuit leader who reforms him.

I would rate this a 9, but I started listening to the commentary (for about 45 minutes) and just got so turned off by Joffe's self congratulatory attitude as well as his attitudes towards the religious themes underscoring the picture that I downgraded it a bit. Not really fair, but when the director says the film includes every possible theme in the history of film and literature (except it's nothing to do with religion) the hubris is a bit hard to swallow. Still it's a magnificent and amazing production. Much better than the Killing Fields, though in many ways very similar to that film (same director).

Ennio Morricone's score truly is one of the greatest ever written, the AFI did very very well to include it in their list.

*I've still got the HTF created list of films for the stars, but I've now seen all the films on all the official AFI lists and minilists.

Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2

Julius Caesar - 8 of 10
Stars list - Marlon Brando
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it turns out I have seen this before, in high school english but I think I slept through at least half of it. The play is excellent, one of my favorites and perhaps since I am farther removed from it now than I was then (watching it after we'd read the play in class), I think i appreciate it more. James Mason as Bruts is superb, Brando as Antony is is excellent, especially in the famous speech to the romans. outstanding. The actor who plays Caesar really delivers the dialogue so superbly that it sounds completely natural despite the shakespearian rhythm. I did love the almost coloquial way the shakespeare was delivered by virtually all the actors, much, much better than the OH SO IMPORTANT delivery of Olivier's Hamlet. actually delivering the siloqueys is much more effective than having them be voice overs. an excellent adaptation.

I see now that Joseph Mankiewicz directed this, no wonder everything was handled so utterly superbly, a straight up shakespeare adaptation in the hands of a master.

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Congratulations, Adam.

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Way to go, Adam!

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I watched Blade Runner for the first time last night. Although I'm not a huge Sci-Fi guy, I enjoyed the story. There is excellent acting throughout, especially the outstanding Rutger Hauer. It's impossible to digest everything from it in one sitting... I'm going to come back to it again in a couple of years.

As a side note, my wife figured out that James Hong (Hannibal Chew in the movie) was also the "Seinfeld Four" guy in the Chinese Restaurant episode.

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Queen Christina - 6 of 10
Stars List - Greta Garbo

Garbo plays the Queen of Sweden. She's being pressured to marry either her country's war hero or a foreign head of state, but either way everyone feels she must marry. Eventually, fed up with all this frustrating pressure she runs off dressed as a man to explore the country (Connecticutt Yankee style). She promptly falls into the company of the envoy of Spain who is traveling to the palace. Due to a variety of improbable circumstances these two gentlemen are forced to share a bed in an extensively funny sequence that suggests the two effemminate 'men' are going to be making love to each other--the Spanish envoy seems quite pleased with this scenario, but is even more pleased when he discovers he's actually got a woman. They spend a weekend together barely moving from the bed to the complete lack of consternation from the inn owner. Evenually Queen Christina slips away back to the palace and then has to hear the envoy's plea for her to marry his king, much to his chagrin as he didn't know he was boffing the Queen.

things get complicated and silly and end sort of tragically. Garbo is excellent in the role though. The highlight is all the homosexual humor when she's pretending to be a man, though.

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Easter Parade - 6 of 10
Stars list - Fred Astaire
Stars list - Judy Garland

Great acting, okay songs (best is the title and the umbrella songs) Astaire hoofs nicely and Garland belts her numbers adequetly. But the script and plot are less than stellar, ultimately quite boring because it's simply by the numbers.

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The Cameraman - 7 of 10
Stars list, Buster Keaton

overall an excellent Buster Keaton film, unfortunately I sympathized too much with Buster and found the whole Pool scene just insanely difficult to watch (though the changing room was sort of absurdly funny). I probably will like this better on a revisit, when I know how things work out from scene to scene and won't be so anxious about Buster having every possible bad thing that could happen to him, happen to him. It's got a great ending though, in Chinatown, and then a rescue on the beach--thank goodness the ending is at least a happy one. There are some tremendously funny sequences, and Keaton is so damn good at blending comedy and action, the way his compositions work for the audiences' perspective is unparalleled. He makes us laugh by what we know (but he doesn't know) because we can see more than he can and anticipate the next moment (which causes the comedy to build and the payoff to have a better impact). It's comedy without reaction shots or cutting, or hiding to reveal a 'surprise' at the last moment. I love it.

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On the Beach - 8 of 10
stars list: Fred Astaire
stars list: Ava Gardner


Gregory Peck captains an american submarine. They surface. Nuclear holocaust. the only sanctuary is Australia, where the prevailing winds will protect it from the fallout from wasting North America Europe and Asia for about a year.

All the survivors there hope for a future. a young couple with an infant are struggling to cope with the idea of facing doom. The military and scientists hope that perhaps the weather has dampened fallout weather or that Antartica may provide a sanctuary. But humanity faces extinction, the contingency plans for suicide pills for everyone, so they may avoid the drawn out death of radiation sickness. Ava Gardner is the woman who falls for Gregory Peck and Fred Astaire is her husband, a nuclear engineer who helped design the bombs and computer delivery systems that set off the holocaust. Ridden with guilt he's long since estranged from his wife, and both are alcoholics.

A fascinating, chilling and truly incredible film. Relentless and with no happy ending, it's as bleak as a message movie about the horrors of mutually assured destruction ought to be. On the Beach will rattle you even today.

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The Three Musketeers - 7 of 10
stars list - Gene Kelly (he gets a 10)

mostly excellent vehicle where Gene Kelly shows off: A) what a great actor he was B) how much more versatile he was than a song and dance guy C) he was a hell of an romantic lead D) he was an ever better action/adventure lead.

it's interesting (and a coincidence) to watch the last Kelly film I had left on the stars list the day after watching the last Astaire film I had left. Astaire's role in On the Beach was the sort serious oscar bait type of supporting role (and just a little bit pretentious but not really that meaty) and he was great in that role but Astaire didn't seem to bring anything additional to the role that made it standout. Whereas Kelly really brought it all to Three Musketeers and made an otherwise forgettable adaptation into an almost must see just because he is simply that great. Kelly is breathtaking in this role. He's better than Errol Flynn in every respect. Unfortunately the rest of the film is not as good as Robin Hood in any respect, the women in particular are especially disappointing. verging on annoying.

The fight sequences in this film are the best I've ever seen in a classical film. I don't think there was a better sword fight in american film until The Phantom Menace
came out. The stunt work is absolutely top notch, so long as you suspend your disbelief as everyone gets stabbed between their side and their arm like in a high school play.

There's a great shot of DeWinter's bloody hand that is very memorable near the end of the film, but that is the only really iconographic image I'll take from the film.

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A Patch of Blue - 8 of 10
Stars list - Sidney Potier

Another excellent Sidney Potier film. This one is about a repressed/abused blind girl who is occasionally let out of her tiny NYC apartment to stay in the park for a day. Her ignorant family has provided her with no education and no access to the resources for the blind. Sidney Potier notices her as she tries to get a bug out of her blouse, and in helping her they strike up a friendship. Each is rather fascinated with the other. the story is predictable and the characters are somewhat cliche, but the performers invest them with great warmth and humanity. On the other hand Shelley Winters gets to chew the scenery with great vigor as the girl's racist mother who is considering starting up a brothel, with her 'useless' daughter as the primary prostitute. The great performances and very good script make this an exceptional film. the photography is also outstanding.

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Mr Roberts - 9 of 10
Stars list - James Cagney

this is one of those movies I've wanted to watch for a long time and never got around to it. It'd be a perfect ten if it weren't for one of the most obnoxious over-bearing and tonally out of sorts score I've ever heard attached to a movie. Most sitcoms have better underscoring. ugh.

The film has its haphazard elements, but you can't go wrong with Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, William Powell and James Cagney. What a hell of a cast. The script is quite a lot of fun, but sometimes tries to hard, however it makes up for it with a helluva ending and a whole lot of good soldiery shenanigans, like a certain firecracker that blows up the laundry--humor so clean it's almost out of a disney movie . Tonally I think the film misses the mark just a bit by going broad when it could have been surgically incisive. Dead on the mark as a tribute to the leadership philosophy of ike and marshall that won the war (rooting out the "Old Man" commanders whereever possible and promoting men like Roberts on merit), and a scathing indictment of the old guard that whined and moaned about the changes. I'm sort of reminded of the life and death of colonel blimp, but I saw that so long ago I can't find the right way to clarify the comparison.

Still an outstanding and extremely entertaining film, one I'll probably buy if it ever comes out in a better edition.

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Key Largo - 9 of 10
Stars list - Edward G Robinson
Stars list - Lauren Bacall

Great noir with Bogey and Bacall. Edward G Robinson plays the heavy, an exiled gangster who's planning on making a play and moving back into the states (from Cuba). Bogart shows up at Key Largo to tell the family running a hotel how their son died in the war (the son was under his command) and gets mixed up in the gangster goings on that have descended upon the key and hotel. Lionel Barrymore is still around doing a great job, and the chemistry between B&B is as amazing as it always is. One of their best.

John Huston's direction is absolutely superb, terrific editing, particularly during the hurricane, and stunning noir photography make this an absolute gem to watch (I've actually been meaning to watch it for nearly seven years now, but just now got around to it )

Adam

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Seven Days in May - 10 of 10
Stars list - Kirk Douglas
Stars list - Ava Gardner
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An utterly incredible John Frankenheimer political thriller about an attempted coup of the United States goverenment. From the stunning opening titles you know you're in for something special. The film opens on a riot outside the white house just after the senate has ratified a nuclear disarmanment treaty with russia. And the joint chiefs aren't very happy about it. Fredrich March plays President Lyman who has overseen the treaty. Burt Lancaster plays the chairman of the joint chiefs, Kirk Douglas plays his legal assistant and Ava Gardner plays Lancaster's former lover. A few odd things come to Douglas' attention and soon he's suspicious that a highly secretive coup is in the works to overthrow the presidency and install a military dictator. As more pieces fall into place the days until the coup tick away and time becomes shorter and the stakes become higher. Simply extraordinary from start to finish with utterly superb performances from every participant. The editing, photography and score are especially noteworthy, all are breathtaking. Fabulous film.

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Adam,

You've been watching some great ones lately - Mr. Roberts, Key Largo, Seven Days in May - all fantastic.

I won't say too much cause of the forum rules, but I think that Seven Days in May is particularly relevant in today's political atmosphere - Gen. James Matoon Scott would fit in quite well with the current administration.

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agreed george, the review for seven days is a lot longer in my mind and shortened quite a bit for HTF. Yeah I've hit a lot of solid ones, Elmer Gantry is up next and as I've watched the first fifteen minutes I already know it's another amazing one.

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I agree with George, you are on a roll—and I could put a present day name to the General.

FWIW, I probably like Mr. Roberts more than you, as I think it a movie that was even better than the very fine novel (and play) from which it was taken.

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I did love Mr. Roberts, the only thing I really disliked was the score. everything else in the film was pretty much note perfect, despite my initial reservations about whether or not it was biting enough, I think with a little distance from the film that it was more effective for taking the tack it did.

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Good point Lew. I actually like both Mr. Roberts and Key Largo a bit better - they're both 10 out of 10 in my book.

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We watched The Bridge of the River Kwai yesterday. It's only the second David Lean movie I've seen, the first being Lawrence of Arabia, and I was skeptical that it could live up to such an amazing film. Let's just say that my skepticism was misplaced. It's a spectacularly well made film. My favorite part of the film is the battle of wills between Nicholson and Saito. Even though I understood the viewpoints of both sides, I had a giant grin on my face when Nicholson was let out of the oven. It's those kind of scenes that make movies really special.

What David Lean movie should we see next?

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Bridge on the River Kwai is one of my favorite movies and my first introduction to the great david lean. One I should revisit sometime soon.

Elmer Gantry - 9 of 10
Stars list - Burt Lancaster
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Burst Lancaster and Jean Simmons are phenomenal in this film. Set in 1920s Nebraska, Gantry is a traveling salesman who was once killed out of seminary years before for fooling around with the girls too much. he's still fooling around with the girls too much. And he's down on his luck, basically a bum, hoboing it down the railroad tracks. He comes into Sister Sharon Falconer's revival and he is in love. Not just with the woman but with her whole enterprise. it's what he wants to be doing preaching and grandstanding before an appreciative rapt audience. Perhaps that might make a difference in their lives but its the attention and respect he craves. He works and worms his way onto the staff and then up and becomes a crowd warmer for Sister Sharon whose rhetoric is much more beatific than his. Revivalism is all the rage in the country as the conservative values recently etched into law with prohibition clash with resistence to those edicts. Gantry has a past, and Sister Sharon has dreams, and they both desperately want to be legitimate, but they may not be that, they may simply be human, only able to work the ordinary evangelism, unable to change the country--and that may be enough. Or it might not. Arthur Kennedy play

An incredible script, just a mesmerizing film from start to finish. I'm tempted to buy it because I think I'd like it even more on repeat viewings. Arthur Kennedy, as the reporter covering the revival is exceptional as well.

Adam

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The Kid - 8 of 10
Stars list - Charlie Chaplin
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Finally filled in this gap in my chaplin films. It's a charmer and Jackie Coogan is very good as the title role. A woman abandons her child (out of wedlock) only the ritzy car she left it in is stolen and when the thieves discover the baby they abandon it in the street. Moment's later the little tramp discovers it and after attempting to foist the baby off on someone else decides to raise it as his own. Flash forward five years to the two of them scraping and scamming by, quite the interdependent and charming pair. Naturally they evade the law, the boy gets in a fight that leads to Chaplin getting in a fight and the boy gets sick and his mother, who is now a successful actress discovers him. When the doctor comes he discovers the boy is an orphan and sicks the orphanage on the boy and Chaplin and the Kid must evade the authorities determined to separate them. After a humorous dream sequence in heaven it all ends happily.

Chaplin is in fine form throughout and the film looks surprising excellent for vintage 1920.

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The Kid is great. It's the earliest Chaplin I've seen where he's hit his stride. His early shorts are sometimes funny, but too short to tell a story, and where Chaplin excelled was in mixing pathos and comedy, and the shorts didn't have enough time to do so. I do have Shoulder Arms recorded from TCM, and that predates the Kid, so we'll see where that fits in.

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I really should see The Kid. I have two Chaplin pictures on my wall, both from the film (one with Chaplin and the kid sitting on a step, and one of Chaplin and the kid looking around a corner with a policeman standing behind them), and I really love these photos, but I've never seen the film itself. Which I realise is embarrassing.

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East of Eden - 10 of 10
stars list - James Dean
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Canted angles!!!

(yes they deserve three exclamation points because they are everywhere)

despite that (you know they show the skewed and destabilizing world of the family) this film is outstanding with great cinematography, script, performances. But it's really the final 20 minutes that transform this into a great film.

James Dean and Richard Avalos are twin brothers, raised by their father (Raymond Massey) ignorant that their mother is still alive and running a brothel. Dean is a rebellious, troubled youth who discovers the truth and he doesn't know how to deal with his father and family any more. What's more his brother's girlfriend, Abra, is really in love with him. It all comes crashing down in the finale when his father spurns Dean for the final time (granted Dean was trying to buy love he'd never gotten in the first place) and the simmering conflict between him and his brother comes to a head.

Fabulous, a movie that just keeps getting better as it plays on.

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Houseboat - 6 of 10
stars list - Sophia Loren

filmed in VistaVision with Cary Grant this is a fairly humdrum 'romantic' comedy. Grant's wife has been killed in an auto accident months ago. He and his three children (boy girl boy) live with his sister-in-law, but they're moving back into DC now that things have sort of settled down again. The boys are given decent characterizations but the girl's main moment is that she is afraid of thunder. the youngest boy runs off in protest the night they move back and straight off he encounters Sophia Loren running off from her oppressive Italian father to have a night of fun on the town. They hit the midway together, have a good time and she brings him home and asks Cary Grant to hire her as a maid (she's with her father touring america and is very rich, but he doesn't know how to do that). Grant naturally rebuffs her but the next day she shows up again and he has to admit he needs aid handling his three kids as they're moving. They're moving out into the country because Grant decided the city was too dangerous after the youngest boy ran off. On the way some very unlikely circumstances cause them to settle in a dilapidated houseboat instead and various circumstances (wait for it, shocker coming up) cause Grant and Loren to fall in love. then various situations crop up to prevent them from getting married. There is one very nice moment with the eldest son as Grant tries to bridge the gulf that's occured between them since his wife's death, and it is one of the better points of the film and script. Nothing like a son giving his father a fishing lesson to go over some of lifes harder truths about life and death.

The photography is pretty good, Loren is gorgeous throughout and Grant makes a bland script much more real and human than it was written. But it lacks the charm and wit of the Parent Trap, which is a pretty fair comparison.

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Twelve O'Clock High - 10 of 10
Stars list - Gregory Peck

One hell of a war film. Twelve O'Clock High is about the airforce use of precision daylight bombing in wwii and the men who managed to do it. the 918th division of the airforce is in bad shape, their commander cares so much about them that poor discipline in the air and on the ground has resulted. General Savage is sent in to relieve the commanding officer and he begins restoring and enforcing discipline wherever he sees an infraction. While it starts off slow, once Gregory Peck, as Savage, appears the film becomes electric, almost energetic. his presence ennervates the film as well as the men under his command. a fantastic film.