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10-06-2003, 08:04 AM
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The Greatest BRITISH (BFI) Film Tournament
I’ve included the BFI Top 100 film list, so we need 28 more films for a complete field.
Rules:
British films ONLY
Theatrical films ONLY
Obscure films that get no votes will be thrown out & replaced with one of the Wild-card films that I’ll hold in reserve.
If you have to abstain, please name the film that you haven’t seen.
MASTER LIST
Black Narcissus
The Ladykillers
Lawrence of Arabia
Lord of the Flies (1963)
The Man in the White Suit
The Third Man
A Matter of Life and Death
The Red Shoes
4TH ROUND Winners
A Clockwork Orange
Hope and Glory
Horror of Dracula
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, Dr No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Incredible Hulk, JFK, La Femme Nikita, Live and Let Die, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4
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10-06-2003, 09:01 AM
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#3 of 391
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Take these as suggestions or nominations or whatever—I have not order them so if are limited nominations, let us know and I’ll pare them down.
.I Know Where I’m Going
A Passage to India
2001: A Space Odyssey (if it qualifies)
Barry Lyndon
Eyes Wide Shut (see 2001)
Brief Encounter
Nanook of the North
Man of Aran
Belles of St. Trinian’s
¡Time is not my master!
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10-06-2003, 09:36 AM
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What's scary is that I've only seen 17 on the BFI list (maybe 18, can't remember if I've seen Draughtsman's Contract or not).
Nominate:
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Chicken Run
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10-06-2003, 11:12 AM
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Nominate
The Ruling Class
Blackmail
How To Succeed In Advertising
2nd
I Know Where I'm Going!
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies
Last 10 Films Watched:
Retribution - B / Frontiers - C
The Third Mother - B+ / The Mist - A
Diary of the Dead - B+ / The Invisible Man - B+
Inside - B / The Crazies - B
Lost Boys: The Tribe - C+ / The War of the Gargantuas - B
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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10-06-2003, 11:38 AM
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Goody...I've seen 97 of those films 
Nominate:
The Devils
A Kid for Two Farthings
O Lucky Man!
Britannia Hospital
Who am I kidding...doubt many here have seen these!
I'll 2nd
Barry Lyndon
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover
Eyes Wide Shut if it qualifies for inclusion
2001: A Space Odyssey (ditto)
Other potential nominations...
Ladybird, Ladybird
The Mission
Naked
The War Zone
Sweet Sixteen
Georgie Girl
The Ruling Class
Ratcatcher
The Entertainer
Horror of Dracula
Equus
The Tales of Hoffman
The Company of Wolves
The Boyfriend
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Deep End
The Baby of Macon
Whistle Down the Wind
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Our Mother's House
The Cement Garden
Edward II
King & Country
My DVD Collection Film Lists: 2001 (416), 2002 (412), 2003 (374), 2004 (346), 2005 (302), 2006 (221) Film Tracking 2005 (862), 2006 (852) Last 15 Watched: Pretty Boy (1993,Carsten Sønder) 3/5, From the Edge of the City (1998,Constantine Giannaris) 3/5, The Holy Child (2001,Stéphane Clavier) 3/5, Boy's Choir (2000,Akira Ogata) 3/5, The Fire That Burns (1997,Christophe Malavoy) 4/5, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008,Nicholas Stoller) 3/5, Ong-bak (2003,Prachya Pinkaew) 3/5, I Want to Live! (1958,Robert Wise) 2/5, Nancy Drew (2007,Andrew Fleming) 3/5, But Forever in My Mind (1999,Gabriele Muccino) 3/5, Death at a Funeral (2007,Frank Oz) 3/5, Pumpkinhead (1988,Stan Winston) 4/5, Beach Cafe (2001,Benoît Graffin) 2/5, 15 (2003,Royston Tan) 3/5, Lonely Boy (1962,Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor) 3/5
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10-06-2003, 12:52 PM
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#7 of 391
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I'll third 2001
I'll second
Chicken Run
Odd Man Out
I'll nominate
Help!
Blackmail
A Christmas Carol or Scrooge (1951)
Dr. Strangelove
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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10-06-2003, 01:27 PM
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#8 of 391
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Second:
Scrooge
The Ruling Class
The Cook the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
How to Succeed in Advertising
Dr. Strangelove
¡Time is not my master!
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10-06-2003, 01:37 PM
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