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May 24th, 2012: Brigadoon (1954)

May24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Romance, Fantasy, The Original, Movie of the Day, Musical Tagged MGM, alcoholic, New York City, warnings from townsfolk, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Scotland, cursed town, curse, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Gene Kelly, Arthur Freed, miracle, village, love at first sight, "love breaks the spell", Vincente Minnelli, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Elaine Stewart, deus ex machina

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

March 17th, 2012: The Quiet Man (1952)

Mar17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Drama, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged alcoholic, Argosy Pictures, Barry Fitzgerald, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, boxing, brawl, brothers, code of honor, Frank S. Nugent, Ireland, John Ford, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Merian C. Cooper, Republic Pictures, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond

January 24th, 2012: Marty (1955)

Jan24 by professormortis

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

September 29th, 2011: Some Like It Hot (1959)

Sep29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original Tagged all female band, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director Nominee, Billy Wilder, Chicago, con, cross dressing, Edward G. Robinson, ingenues, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, Marilyn Monroe, Miami, Mike Mazurki, millionaire, mob war, mobsters, musical interlude, musicians, on the lam, Pat O'Brien, The Mirisch Corporation, Tony Curtis, train, United Artists, yacht

August 26th, 2011: Seven Samurai (1954)

Aug26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Last Stand, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies Tagged Akira Kurosawa, bandits, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, class issues, drag, forbidden love, homage, Japan, master swordsman, old timer, orphan, peasants, Ronin, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

Brigadoon (1954)

Aug17 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Fantasy, Full Reviews, Musical, Reviews, Romance, The Original Tagged "love breaks the spell", alcoholic, Arthur Freed, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, curse, cursed town, Cyd Charisse, deus ex machina, Elaine Stewart, Gene Kelly, love at first sight, MGM, miracle, New York City, Scotland, Tudor Owen, Van Johnson, village, Vincente Minnelli, warnings from townsfolk

August 14, 2011: Empire of the Sun (1987)

Aug14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Ben Stiller, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Britain, Christian Bale, J. G. Ballard, Japan, Joe Pantoliano, John Malkovich, John Williams, Miranda Richardson, POW, Singapore, Steven Spielberg, Tom Stoppard, World War Two

August 7th, 2011: Blade Runner (1982)

Aug7 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Dark Future, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Neo-Noir, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi Tagged Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Brion James, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, Harrison Ford, James Hong, Joe Turkel, M. Emmet Walsh, Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Shaw Brothers, The Ladd Company, Vangelis, Warner Brothers, William Sanderson

July 31st, 2011: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

Jul31 by professormortis

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4 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day Tagged Alan Rickman, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, boarding school, Britain, Chris Columbus, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, J. K. Rowling, John Hurt, John Williams, Maggie Smith, magic, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Verne Troyer, Warner Brothers, Warwick Davis, witch, wizards

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