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John Wilson
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From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-29-2000 04:31 AM
I was training a new projectionist the other day (he's 18 years old) and we were chatting about movies and such. I got on to some older titles and asked if he'd seen them to which he answered "No."This got me thinking about how many movies there were that I really liked, even loved from the seventies and eighties that these guys wouldn't ever know about unless someone like you or I told them about them. This way, maybe they'll take the time to rent them from the video store, or if they turn up on the rep circuit... It may be a blockbuster of its time or an obscure title that came and went in the blink of an eye, but would be worth a look to prove to these guys that good movies were made in those days which didn't necessarily have the words 'Star' or 'Wars' in the title and were not linked to Steven Spielberg. So, here's my list... Top Secret, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Deerhunter, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, The Right Stuff, The Conversation, The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3, Three Days Of The Condor, Deliverence, Airplane, The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane, The Goodbye Girl, American Graffiti, Smokey and the Bandit, The Towering Inferno, Airport, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Trading Places, The Killing Fields, Rocky, Romancing The Stone, Breaking Away, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. OK, so I was kidding with the last one. Which others would you recommend? ------------------
"It's not the years honey, it's the mileage".
Indiana Jones.
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Dwayne Caldwell
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From: Rockwall, TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 04-29-2000 05:17 AM
From the seventies, I'd recommend Godfathers I and II, Rocky, The Marathon Man, Jaws, Apocalyse Now, and Mad Max. I still haven't seen the classics Chinatown and All the President's Men, and I need to rent them when I can actually remember to do so. As far as the eighties go, I enjoyed First Blood, Dogs of War, Superman II, Life of Brian (though I wouldn't recommend it to any religious buffs out there), Real Genius, Fright Night (both mid eighties), and of course The Terminator. And those are just movies off the top of my head as far as those decades go. ------------------
The man with the magic hands.
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Martin Frandsen
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From: Denmark, Europe
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 04-29-2000 05:34 AM
Here's mine:Kelly's Heros, The Poseidon Adventure, Oliver, Earthquake, A Bridge To Far, The Blue Lagoon, Flashdance, Blue Thunder, Octopussy, The Bear, Ghostbusters, Gremlins, The Killing Fields, The Last Starfighter, The Goonies, Dirty Dancing, Pale Rider, Silverado, The Fly, The Breakfast Club, Top Gun, Good Morning Vietnam, Robocop, Stakeout, Who Framed Roger Rabbit. What great films! I'm happy that i am not a teenager today, geez in 20 years they will be talking about great movies from the nineties, they will say 'Do you remember The Mummy, wow it was cool!'  ------------------
It's the new small talk. You do it so awfully well! - My Fair Lady
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Ky Boyd
Hey I'm #23
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From: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 04-29-2000 08:11 PM
Ok, here's my list:Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep (not the "restoration with added footage"), Breakfast at Tiffany's, Cabaret, What's Up Doc?, Diva, Cinema Paradiso, The Man in the Moon (not the recent Jim Carrey pic), Like Water For Chocolate, Strictly Ballroom, A Room With A View, Belle Epoque, To Catch A Thief, Rear Window, The Trouble With Harry, Notorious, Suspicion, Dial M For Murder (in 3-D), Vertigo, Psycho, Frenzy, Family Plot, Still of the Night, After Life, Lone Star, The Celluloid Closet, Victor Victoria, Bob Roberts Yes its a very eclectic list and written totally stream of conscious with no particular order.
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Scott Magie
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From: St. Albans, VT USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 04-30-2000 12:10 AM
I'd just like to give a heartfelt "Amen!" to the aforementioned films, (except for Like Water for Chocolate).
A special even more heartfelt "Amen!" to the following:
The Conversation
Apocalypse Now
The Godfather
The Holy Grail
Good Morning Vietnam
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Rain Man
CabaretTo add a few of my own...
The Princess Bride
Honey, I shrunk the Kids (I'm not joking)
On the Waterfront (a bit older, but...)
Raging Bull
Field of Dreams
Hoosiers
The Sting
Chariots of Fire
Annie Hall
Rear Window
Scent of a Woman and I'm sorry, but I must list a few 90's movies that I think alot of people missed... The Hudsucker Proxy
Dead Man Walking
The Rocketeer (the most overlooked film ever!
October Sky
Crimson Tide
Red Rock West
Rounders
Everyone says I Love You
The Player
Fargo (everyone saw it, but I gotta list it)
Braveheart (ditto) Okay, I better stop before the sun comes up. ------------------
Scott A. Magie scoooot@hotmail.com
"Anybody wanna peanut?"
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I'd also recommend most of Woody Allen's stuff from the 70's. And I must mention the best film of the 80's, Blade Runner. A lot of other good films have already been mentioned.
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