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My AFI Project: June 2012
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Singin' in the Rain. My wife and I have had a running debate of sorts for a number of years. I have always contended that Fred Astaire is the greatest movie dancer of all time while my wife holds the opinion that the title belongs to Gene Kelly. Coming in at #5 on the AFI list, Singin’in the Rain. An irrepressible diva played by JeanHagen. And finds himself falling for plucky newcomer Kathy Selden who is playe...
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My AFI Project: It Happened One Night
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Sunday, July 1, 2012. It Happened One Night. What’s your favorite road movie? Is it Midnight Run. Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Possibly The Sure Thing. Whatever it is, you have the number 46 movie on the AFI 100 list, It Happened One Nigh. T to thank because it practically invented the genre. And its influence can be seen in all of these films. Directed in 1934 by Frank Capra. And starring Clark Gable. While this is not a movie I ...
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My AFI Project: Singin' in the Rain
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Singin' in the Rain. My wife and I have had a running debate of sorts for a number of years. I have always contended that Fred Astaire is the greatest movie dancer of all time while my wife holds the opinion that the title belongs to Gene Kelly. Coming in at #5 on the AFI list, Singin’in the Rain. An irrepressible diva played by JeanHagen. And finds himself falling for plucky newcomer Kathy Selden who is playe...
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My AFI Project: All About Eve
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Sunday, March 4, 2012. Last night I watched All About Eve. For the second time in my little project , I watched a classic which I had never seen before ( I’m not sounding like much of movie buff am I? In the movie Eve Harrington ( Ann Baxter. Is a seemingly star struck, naive young woman who works her way into the life of Broadway star Margo Channing ( Bette Davis. Margo’s fiancé and play director Bill ( Gary Merrill. The other stand...
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My AFI Project: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Sunday, March 11, 2012. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Three films have won all five of the major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay.) Those movies are It Happened One Night, Silence of the Lambs and the subject of today's post, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Directed by Milos Forman. And starring Jack Nicholson,. When McMurphy enters Ratched's world he starts out as a mere d...
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My AFI Project: July 2012
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Tuesday, July 24, 2012. The term “classic movie” is often very broadly applied. When we call a film a classic are we talking about its quality? Or are we using it to establish a movie’s historical impact or significance? 8221; If we are going to use that as our definition then I think my latest stop on my sojourn through the AFI Top 100 would definitely qualify. 1954 movie Rear Window. First of all, you have Jimmy Stewart. I’m ...
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My AFI Project: February 2012
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Thursday, February 23, 2012. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. As hard as it is to believe, this was my first viewing of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Of course I have seen clips of some of the iconic scenes (the bicycle, the jump.) and I knew about the Bolivian shootout, but I really did not know much about the plot line so I was really looking forward to watching it. Posted by Heavy G. Sunday, February 19, 2012. Win the Bes...
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My AFI Project: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Thursday, February 23, 2012. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. As hard as it is to believe, this was my first viewing of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Of course I have seen clips of some of the iconic scenes (the bicycle, the jump.) and I knew about the Bolivian shootout, but I really did not know much about the plot line so I was really looking forward to watching it. Posted by Heavy G. February 25, 2012 at 4:03 PM. I think ...
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My AFI Project: And So It Begins
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A trip through the American Film Institute's 100 years 100 movies list. Sunday, February 19, 2012. And So It Begins. Win the Best Picture Oscar when I was 8 year's old. (I didn't know anything about the movie but I knew that it won Best Picture.). Growing up in the three network era of television my movie viewing options were definitely limited. I can remember the annual airing of The Wizard of Oz. Another annual viewing tradition with my family was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World. I'm not placing any t...
