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Old 06-27-2005, 06:47 AM   #1 of 15
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FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #155 - The Films of BARRY SONNENFELD


THE FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #155 - The Films of BARRY SONNENFELD


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

BARRY SONNENFELD

Men in Black II (2002)
Big Trouble (2002)
Wild Wild West (1999)
Men in Black (1997)
Get Shorty (1995)
Addams Family Values (1993)
For Love or Money (1993)
The Addams Family (1991)



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Old 06-27-2005, 06:49 AM   #2 of 15
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Seen 6
* Own 1

Men in Black II (2002)
Big Trouble (2002)

Wild Wild West (1999)
* Men in Black (1997)
Get Shorty (1995)
Addams Family Values (1993)

For Love or Money (1993)
The Addams Family (1991)



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 06-27-2005, 07:20 AM   #3 of 15
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Men in Black II (2002)
Big Trouble (2002)
Wild Wild West (1999)
Men in Black (1997)
Get Shorty (1995)
Addams Family Values (1993)

For Love or Money (1993)
The Addams Family (1991)


Bolded films I've seen.



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Old 06-27-2005, 08:23 AM   #4 of 15
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[rant]"They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky,
they’re altogether ooky, the Addams Family!"[/rant]

Men in Black II (2002)
Wild Wild West (1999)
Men in Black (1997)
Get Shorty (1995)
Addams Family Values (1993)
For Love or Money (1993)
The Addams Family (1991)


Rankings

1)Men in Black
2)The Addams Family
3)Addams Family Values
4)Get Shorty
5)Men in Black II
6)Wild Wild West
7)For Love or Money



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Old 06-27-2005, 10:38 AM   #5 of 15
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1. The Addams Family - B+
2. Get Shorty - B+
3. Men In Black - C+
4. Addams Family Values - D

Own: 0



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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


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Old 06-27-2005, 03:28 PM   #6 of 15
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BARRY SONNENFELD

Seen: 2
Like: 1
Own: 1

Rank order:

Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black II (2002)



"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder

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Old 06-27-2005, 07:51 PM   #7 of 15
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RV (2006)
Men in Black II (2002)
Big Trouble (2002)
Wild Wild West (1999)
Men in Black (1997) (Own the DVD)
Get Shorty (1995)
Addams Family Values (1993)
For Love or Money (1993)
The Addams Family (1991)

Seen 9
Own 1




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: 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, Privilege (1967,Peter Watkins) 4/5, Risky Business (1983,Paul Brickman) 4/5, The Free Will (2006,Matthias Glasner) 5/5, Speed Racer (2008,The Wachowski Brothers) 4/5, Lakeview Terrace (2008,Neil LaBute) 3/5, Burn After Reading (2008,Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) 4/5

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