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May 28th, 2012: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)

May28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Air Operations, Based on a Book, Black and White, Campaign History, Drama, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged 20th Century Fox, B-17, Best Actor Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actor, bombers, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dean Jagger, Gary Merrill, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, stock footage, U.S. Army Air Force, World War II Veterans, World War Two

April 11th, 2012: The Elephant Man (1980)

Apr11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Anne Bancroft, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Britain, Brooksfilm, David Lynch, Dexter Fletcher, doctor, freaks, freakshow, Freddie Francis, Freddie Jones, John Gielgud, John Hurt, Kenny Baker, London, Mel Brooks, nthony Hopkins, Paramount Pictures, sideshow, Wendy Hiller

February 29th, 2012: Gone With The Wind (1939)

Feb29 by Mister Invisible

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, War Movies Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Best Visual Effects, Butterfly McQueen, Clark Gable, David O. Selznick, Hattie McDaniel, Leslie Howard, Max Steiner, Olivia de Havilland, Sidney Howard, Victor Fleming, Vivien Leigh

February 19th, 2012: Adaptation. (2002)

Feb19 by Mister Invisible

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Brian Cox, Cara Seymour, Carter Burwell, Charlie Kaufman, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage, Spike Jonze, Tilda Swinton

February 4th, 2012: The Social Network (2010)

Feb4 by Mister Invisible

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Atticus Ross, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Picture Nominee, Brenda Song, David Fincher, Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara, Trent Reznor

February 1st, 2012: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Feb1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, Gothic Horror, Movie of the Day, Satire, The Original, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged actress, Anna Q. Nilsson, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Billy Wilder, Buster Keaton, California, cameos, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Brackett, chimpanzees, Erich Von Stroheim, ex-husband, Franz Waxman, funeral, Gloria Swanson, H. B. Warner, has beens, Hedda Hopper, Hollywood, homage, insanity, Jack Webb, Los Angeles, Nancy Olsen, narration, National Film Registry, older woman, Paramount Pictures, Ray Evans, repo men, screenwriter, silent Hollywood, swimming pool, twist, washed up actress, William Holden

December 9th, 2011: Serpico (1973)

Dec9 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Al Pacino, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, corrupt cops, corruption, Dino De Laurentiis, double cross, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch, M. Emmet Walsh, maverick cops, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Sidney Lumet, Tony Lo Bianco, Tracey Walter

December 7th, 2011: From Here to Eternity (1953)

Dec7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Nominee, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, boxing, bugle player, Burt Lancaster, class issues, Claude Akins, Columbia Pictures, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Fred Zinnerman, George Reeves, hard ass seargant, Jack Warden, James Jones, Montgomery Clift, Pearl Harbor, prostitutes, World War Two

December 5th, 2011: Amadeus

Dec5 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Adaptation, "Based on a True Story", Music, Based on a Play, Movie of the Day, Independent, Biopic Tagged Best Actor, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Picture, Best Sound, child prodigy, composer, Cynthia Nixon, double cross, Elizabeth Berridge, F. Murray Abraham, jealousy, Jeffrey Jones, Kenny Baker, Milos Forman, Orion, Peter Shaffer, Simon Callow, Vincent Schiavelli, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

December 4th, 2011: The Shawshank Redemption

Dec4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Drama, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Clancy Brown, David Proval, Frank Darabont, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore, Jeffrey DeMunn, Maine, Paul McCrane, Roger Deakins, Stephen King, Thomas Newman, William Sadler

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