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January 18th, 2013: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Jan18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Assumed Identity, Based on a Play, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged alcoholic, Best Actor, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Cary Grant, class issues, comedic alcoholic, divorcee, ex-husband, ex-wife, Franz Waxman, George Cukor, interrupted wedding, James Stewart, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Katharine Hepburn, lady reporter, Loew's, MGM, National Film Registry, photographer, publisher, reporter, wedding, wedding night

November 27th, 2012: Milk (2008)

Nov27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Biopic, Drama, Indy, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged activists, assassination, Best Actor, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, children of famous people, Danny Elfman, Diego Luna, Emile Hirsch, Focus Features, gay rights, Gus Van Sant, James Franco, Josh Brolin, mayor, murder, San Francisco, Sean Penn, stock footage

July 2nd, 2012: The Godfather (1972)

Jul2 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Al Pacino, Best Actor, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Writing, Diane Keaton, Francis Ford Coppola, Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture, Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture - Drama, Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama, Golden Globe - Best Original Score, Golden Globe - Best Screenplay, Grammy - Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special, James Caan, John Cazale, Mario Puzo, Marlon Brando, Nino Rota, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden

June 26th, 2012: The French Connection (1971)

Jun26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day Tagged Alan Weeks, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editng, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, drug dealers, drugs, Ernest Tidyman, Fernando Rey, Frank Adonis, Gene Hackman, heroin, New York City, Roy Scheider, subway, Tony Lo Bianco, William Friedkin

June 24th, 2012: The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)

Jun24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Special Operations, Suicide Mission, War Movies Tagged Alec Guinness, Andre Morell, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Britain, Columbia Pictures, David Lean, Jack Hawkins, Pierre Boulle, POW, POW camp, Sessue Hayakawka, William Holden, World War Two

May 17th, 2012: Wall Street (1987)

May17 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Actor, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, Hal Holbrook, John C. McGinley, Martin Sheen, Michael Douglas, Oliver Stone, Razzie - Worst Supporting Actress, Stewart Copeland, Terence Stamp

January 24th, 2012: Marty (1955)

Jan24 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a TV Show, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Remake, Romance Tagged Best Actor, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Betsy Blair, Burt Lancaster, butcher, dance, Ernest Borgnine, Harold Hecht, Jerry Paris, Joe Mantell, meet cute, mother, New York City, Paddy Chayefsky, Palme D'Or, slice of life, The Bronx, United Artists

December 5th, 2011: Amadeus

Dec5 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Biopic, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Music, Period Film 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

November 16th, 2011: It Happened One Night (1934)

Nov16 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, The Original Tagged Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Columbia Pictures, Frank Capra, New York City, Ward Bond

November 13th, 2011: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Nov13 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Horror, Lycanthropy/Jekyll and Hyde, Mad Scientist, Remake Tagged Adolph Zukor, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, doctor, father-in-law, Frederic March, Hayes Code, Miriam Hopkins, overbearing father, Paramount Pictures, prostitutes, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rouben Mamoulian

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