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Old 05-12-2005, 06:51 AM   #1 of 33
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THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES -Volume #18 - The Films of JOHN HUSTON


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

JOHN HUSTON

The Dead (1987)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Under the Volcano (1984)
Annie (1982)
Victory (1981)
Phobia (1980)
Wise Blood (1979)
Independence (1976)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Fat City (1972)
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
Sinful Davey (1969)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
The Bible (1966)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Freud (1962)
The Misfits (1961)
The Unforgiven (1960)
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Moby Dick (1956)
Beat the Devil (1953)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The African Queen (1951)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
We Were Strangers (1949)
Key Largo (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Across the Pacific (1942)
In This Our Life (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)



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Old 05-12-2005, 06:53 AM   #2 of 33
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Seen 28
* Own 6

The Dead (1987)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Under the Volcano (1984)
Annie (1982)
Victory (1981)
Phobia (1980)
Wise Blood (1979)
Independence (1976)
* The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Fat City (1972)
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
Sinful Davey (1969)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
The Bible (1966)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Freud (1962)
The Misfits (1961)
The Unforgiven (1960)
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
* Moby Dick (1956)
Beat the Devil (1953)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The African Queen (1951)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
* The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
We Were Strangers (1949)
* Key Largo (1948)
* The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Let There Be Light (1946)
Across the Pacific (1942)
In This Our Life (1942)
* The Maltese Falcon (1941)



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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Old 05-12-2005, 07:59 AM   #3 of 33
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The Dead (1987)
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Under the Volcano (1984)

Annie (1982) *
Victory (1981)
Phobia (1980)
Wise Blood (1979)
Independence (1976)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Fat City (1972)

The Kremlin Letter (1970)
A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
Sinful Davey (1969)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
The Bible (1966)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Freud (1962)
The Misfits (1961)
The Unforgiven (1960)

The Roots of Heaven (1958)
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Moby Dick (1956)
Beat the Devil (1953)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The African Queen (1951)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

We Were Strangers (1949)
Key Largo (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Let There Be Light (1946)
Across the Pacific (1942)
In This Our Life (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)


Bolded films I've seen.

* Seen parts of it.

No Moulin Rouge, Jimbo? The DVD is cheap and looks darn good...



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Old 05-12-2005, 10:18 AM   #4 of 33
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Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Victory (1981)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Bible (1966)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
The Misfits (1961)
Moby Dick (1956)
Beat the Devil (1953)
The African Queen (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Key Largo (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Across the Pacific (1942)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)


Rankings

1)Treasure of the Sierra Madre
2)The Man Who Would Be King
3)The Maltese Falcon
4)Moby Dick
5)The African Queen
6)Key Largo
7)The List of Adrian Messenger
8)The Asphalt Jungle
9)Across the Pacific
10)Victory



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Old 05-12-2005, 11:29 AM   #5 of 33
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JOHN HUSTON

Seen: 13
Like: 5
Own: 4*

Rank order:

The African Queen (1951)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Key Largo (1948)
Across the Pacific (1942)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Beat the Devil (1953)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Misfits (1961)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Moby Dick (1956)


* I own The African Queen, though it's burned onto dvd from the laser disc. Unforunately no copy of any sort of Across the Pacific is available.



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Old 05-12-2005, 11:35 AM   #6 of 33
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*1. The Maltese Falcon - A (top 10 all-time, and it was his 1st film!)
*2. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre - A
3. The African Queen - A-
4. Key Largo - B+

*5. The Asphault Jungle - B+
6. Annie - B
(probably shouldn't rate this as it has been way too long since I've seen it)
7. Under the Volcano - B-
8. Prizzi's Honor - C (Nicholson can do almost no wrong in my eyes, but this movie did absolutely nothing for me. I couldn't believe all the awards it won)

Own: 3

Lots of his I'd like to see.



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Old 05-12-2005, 01:25 PM   #7 of 33
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JOHN HUSTON

Love some, despise one, want to see more. Ranked in order:

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The African Queen (1951)
Annie (1982)
The Unforgiven (1960)