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11-05-2003, 04:41 PM
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Your 10 favourite American films?
1.Sunrise (Murnau)
2.North by Northwest (Hitchcock)
3.Some Like it Hot (Wilder)
4.Casablanca (Curtiz)
5.Letter from an Unknown Woman (Ophuls)
6.Vertigo (Hitchock)
7.Citizen Kane (Welles)
8.The Band Wagon (Minnelli)
9.Night of the Hunter (Laughton)
10.Singin in the Rain (Kelly, Donen)
also; The Searchers, Mulholland Dr, Top Hat, Apocalypse Now, To Be or Not to Be.
I'm excluding 2001 as officially British.
Just in case anyone hasn't noticed, i'm a listaholic. Humble apologies for taking up so much space. Until i've seen a shrink to resolve my underlying insecurity (anyone who sees a psychiatrist needs their head examining), i'll struggle to keep the compulsion in check...
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11-05-2003, 08:06 PM
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Right now:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Valley Girl
Last American Virgin
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jaws
The Thing
Return of the Jedi
Flash Gordon
No shirt
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NOO dice!
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11-05-2003, 08:49 PM
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Patrick J. McCart
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In no order and off the top of my head:
Citizen Kane
City Lights
Being There
The Unknown
The Cameraman
The Court Jester
Around the World in Eighty Days
North By Northwest
The Maltese Falcon
Speedy
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11-06-2003, 02:05 AM
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That's the first time i've come across The Court Jester in a top 10 (as far as i remember). Great fun! "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle".
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11-06-2003, 09:07 AM
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Unordered and just how I feel right now:
· Vertigo
· The Palm Beach Story
· Bringing Up Baby
· Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
· Singin’ in the Rain
· Raging Bull
· Citizen Kane
· Casablanca
· Apocalypse Now
· Some Like it Hot
I left all of the Kubrick’s off my list, not being able to decide if they were truly American.
ˇTime is not my master!
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11-06-2003, 09:25 AM
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No order...
Unforgiven
Casablanca
North by Northwest
Zelig
Glengarry Glenn Ross
The Usual Suspects
This is Spinal Tap
Fargo
Blade Runner
Manhattan
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11-06-2003, 11:46 AM
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Guess I'll leave off Kubrick too, and for this one will go with no more than 1 film from a single director.
Taxi Driver
It's A Wonderful Life
The Maltese Falcon
Sullivan's Travels
Singin' In The Rain
Tabu
Sunset Blvd.
Unforgiven
A.I.
Psycho
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2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies
Last 10 Films Watched:
The Guard From Underground - C / Halloween (2007) - B-
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
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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11-06-2003, 12:33 PM
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American Movie
American Graffiti
American Pie
American History X
An American Werewolf in London
American Beauty
American Pop
The American Friend
The Last American Virgin
American Pimp
But seriously, folks... this is pretty tough. Well, this is just off the top of my head and could easily change any time. I'm also going to leave off Kubrick, and just to simplify things, gonna leave off Hitchcock too.
Taxi Driver
Eraserhead
Sleeper
It's A Wonderful Life
Network
Star Wars trilogy (okay, so I'm cheating a bit)
Harold and Maude
Amadeus
Airplane!
El Norte
Boy, there's a lot that were really hard to leave off.
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11-07-2003, 01:30 AM
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10. True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993)
9. The Untouchables (Brian DePalma, 1987)
8. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
7. Escape From New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
6. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
5. The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
4. Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)
3. The Doors (Oliver Stone, 1991)
2. Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
1. Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969)
\"You can\'t be the first, and you\'ll never be the last, but baby, you can ALL be next! Woooooooo!!!\"
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11-07-2003, 09:44 PM
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1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Rudy
3. Searching for Bobby Fischer
4. Dominick and Eugene
5. Field of Dreams
6. A Midnight Clear
7. October Sky
8. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
9. King of the Hill
10. Mr. Holland's Opus
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