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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 01-08-2000 06:41 AM

Some shows just take forever to run through the machine and others seem to breeze by and before you know it, it's time to run it again. Titanic was a breezer for me. Legends Of The Fall was definately not.

But what is your favorite film, either a breezer or just your favorite?

My favorite to run would also be my favorite film of all time and that's Raiders Of The Lost Ark, closely followed by Casablanca.

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 01-08-2000 12:33 PM

My favorite film of all time remains....

2001: A Space Odyssey

Steve

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Tyler Skinner
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 115
From: Pa
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 01-08-2000 01:58 PM

David Lynch's Lost Highway.

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Martin Frandsen
Master Film Handler

Posts: 270
From: Denmark, Europe
Registered: Jun 99

posted 01-08-2000 03:05 PM

Let's not forget 'My Fair Lady'( in 70mm )

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Masao Garcia
Film Handler

Posts: 34
From: Lancaster, CA, USA
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 01-08-2000 04:20 PM

My fav movie to watch when I'm sick and in bed, is The Princess Bride....hey, don't laugh....something happens to the brain when you're running high fevers...

Goonies was a childhood favorite....oh!, and A Christmas Story....ah, memories.

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Chris Erwin
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 195
From: Olive Hill,KY
Registered: Oct 1999

posted 01-08-2000 05:59 PM

One of my all-time favs is the Walking Tall films. I never saw it in 35mm,just VHS.

My favorite seeing at the Drive-In was Gremlins or Bordello of Blood.

Indoor:Mr. Holland's Opus or Pleasantville

--Chris

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Ari Nordström
Master Film Handler

Posts: 283
From: Göteborg, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 01-08-2000 06:02 PM

In the booth, my all-time favorites will probably always be the 70mm prints of "Ben Hur" and "2001". I will never get tired of running them. They're wonderful movies, too.

OTOH, I never got tired of running "The Three Amigos", either. I still know the dialogue by heart.

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Christopher A Kerr
Film Handler

Posts: 43
From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 01-08-2000 07:04 PM

Fight Club takes the cake. Every night, it was the last show to end, so i just locked up and watched the end of the last show every night. Never got sick of it. I love that film!

Who hasn't considered reproducing Tyler Durden's little projectionist's "contiribution"?

I know i have

Cheers Chris

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99

posted 01-08-2000 09:39 PM

Classics like Raiders and Star Wars are fantastic flicks and all, but the movies that earn repeated viewings for me are comedies.

Some of my all time watching them over and over favorites...

Kids in the Hall-Brain Candy (This one just gets funnier with every viewing!)
The Ref (Who doesn't enjoy watching people get all bent out of shape and bitch at each other for 2 hours? Makes those customer complaints seem tame.)
Orgazmo (Yes, I just find this movie to be extremely funny, even if it IS in poor taste. Southpark was great too!)
Tremors (This may be my enjoying the overdone Texas accents, but what great low budget filmmaking!)

What sucks is these type of films are always 1.85 flat. Flat movies should be illegal!

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Scott Norwood
Film God

Posts: 8146
From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99

posted 01-08-2000 11:05 PM

So many titles, so little time. I have too many favorites to count.

I think that my personal favorites that I've run in the booth would be "The Graduate," "Blade Runner," and "Bonnie and Clyde." (All on 20-minute reels, I might add.) Another booth favorite (for a midnight show): Ferris Bueller.

In general, though, there are a ton of films that I like for different reasons: Citizen Kane, Wizard of Oz, Trainspotting, Snow White, Modern Times, Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould, Lawrence of Arabia (must be seen in 70mm!), 2001 (have never seen this in 70mm...only 35mm mono), and way too many others that I can't think of right now. I've been fortunate to have seen nice 35mm or 70mm prints of all of these!

Some favorites of the last year: The War Zone, Run Lola Run, SLC Punk, Holy Smoke, October Sky, and maybe a few others.

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George Roher
Master Film Handler

Posts: 266
From: Washington DC
Registered: Jul 99

posted 01-08-2000 11:11 PM

Some of the films I enjoyed running in a theatre:

Waiting for Guffman
Brother of Sleep
Everyone Says I Love You
Underground
The Graduate

Favorite films I have not run in a theatre:

Blade Runner
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Rear Window
Love and Death

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Andrew D'Vrey
Film Handler

Posts: 92
From: St. Paul, MN USA
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 01-09-2000 02:12 AM

I am a lover of comedies. My favorite comedy of all time is Monty Python's the Holy Grail. I am also a big fan of the Back to the Future series.

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Erika Hellgren
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 168
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: Jun 99

posted 01-09-2000 02:15 AM

Can't pick just one favorite:

The Truman Show
Hamlet (Ken Branagh version)
Interview with the Vampire
Amadeus
Heavenly Creatures
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Seven
Blair Witch Project
The Matrix
Life is Beautiful
The Abyss
The Shawshank Redemtion
Shakespeare in Love
Better Than Chocolate
Man on the Moon

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Tom Ferreira
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 203
From: Conway, NH, USA
Registered: Jun 99

posted 01-09-2000 08:59 AM

My favorite films that I've persoally run-
UHF(no one came to see it, so we watched it over and over again. The night SWE1 opened, I ran an hour of old trailers to kill time before we could legally start the film at midnight. By far the biggest pop was for UHF-they were reciting the lines with the trailer-I wanted to scream-"Why didn't you see it in a theatre?")
Other favorites I've ran:
Princess Bride
Serial Mom
Star Wars Trilogy SE
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
South Park
Beetlejuice
I'm sure here's a ton more I'm not thinking of this early in the morning.

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Ken Layton
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1452
From: Olympia, Wash. USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 01-09-2000 11:05 AM

Stanley Spadowski rules! UHF Yes! Can I still be the janitor?
Need to go to Spatula City.

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