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Old 05-08-2005, 04:58 PM   #1 of 45
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THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES -Volume #13 - The Films of BILLY WILDER


THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES -Volume #13 - The Films of BILLY WILDER

Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.

BILLY WILDER

Buddy Buddy (1981)
Fedora (1978)
The Front Page (1974)
Avanti! (1972)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Irma la Douce (1963)
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Apartment (1960)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Sabrina (1954)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Death Mills (1945)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Mauvaise graine (1934)



The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Casino, Dawn of the Dead, Death Proof, Dr No, Eastern Promises, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, Interview with the Vampire, Iron Man, JFK, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), The Mist, The Omen, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, Sleeping Beauty, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Thing, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E, Young Frankenstein DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4
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Old 05-08-2005, 05:00 PM   #2 of 45
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Seen 24
* Own 3

Buddy Buddy (1981)
Fedora (1978)
The Front Page (1974)
Avanti! (1972)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Irma la Douce (1963)
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Apartment (1960)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Sabrina (1954)
* Stalag 17 (1953)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
* Sunset Blvd. (1950)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Death Mills (1945)
* Double Indemnity (1944)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Mauvaise graine (1934)



The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Casino, Dawn of the Dead, Death Proof, Dr No, Eastern Promises, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, Interview with the Vampire, Iron Man, JFK, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), The Mist, The Omen, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, Sleeping Beauty, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Thing, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E, Young Frankenstein DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4

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Old 05-08-2005, 05:07 PM   #3 of 45
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[rant]"Will you look at that! Look how she moves! It's like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!"[/rant]

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Apartment (1960)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Double Indemnity (1944)


Rankings

1)Some Like it Hot
2)Stalag 17
3)Sunset Blvd
4)Witness for the Prosecution
5)Double Indemnity


Average Rating 3.4 out of 5



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Old 05-08-2005, 07:25 PM   #4 of 45
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*1. Sunset Blvd. - A (Top 20-30)
*2. The Apartment - A
*3. Some Like It Hot - A
4. Double Indemnity - A
(if I used A+'s all 4 of these would be)
5. One, Two, Three - A-
6. Love in the Afternoon - A-
7. Ace in the Hole - B+
8. Sabrina - B+
9. Avanti! - B+
10. Kiss Me, Stupid - B
11. Witness for the Prosecution - B
12. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - B
13. Stalag 17 - B
14. The Lost Weekend - B-
15. Irma La Douce - C+
16. The Fortune Cookie - C
17. The Seven Year Itch - C


Own: 3



I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that. - George Bailey

2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies

Last 10 Films Watched:
The Odd Couple - C / Water Lillies - B+
Foreign Correspondent - B / The Small Back Room - B+
Days of Wine and Roses - B / Redbelt - C
Torn Curtain - C+ / The Wrong Man - B+
Dial M for Murder - B+ / I Confess - A-


DVD BEAVER My Collection

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Old 05-08-2005, 07:35 PM   #5 of 45
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Great director, second only to Hitchcock as far as I'm concerned.

BILLY WILDER

Seen: 20
Like: 13
Own: 11

Rank order:

The Apartment (1960)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Stalag 17 (1953)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Sabrina (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
The Fortune Cookie (1966)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Irma la Douce (1963)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
Buddy Buddy (1981)
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Front Page (1974)
Avanti! (1972)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)



"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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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) ***
One, Two, Three (1961) ***
The Apartment (1960) ****
Some Like It Hot (1959) ****
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) ***
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) ***
Sabrina (1954) ****
Stalag 17 (1953) ****
Ace in the Hole (1951) ***
Sunset Blvd. (1950) ****
The Lost Weekend (1945) ***
Double Indemnity (1944) ****
Five Graves to Cairo (1943) ***



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