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May 10th, 2013: Mary Poppins (1964)

May10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film Tagged "England", Alan Napier, annoying children, Arthur Malet, bank, banker, before they were famous, Best Actress, Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, chimney sweep, comedic working class, David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Disney, Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, feminist, Glynis Johns, Jane Darwell, Julie Andrews, live action combined with animation, Marnie Nixon, nanny, suffragettes, terrible accent, Walt Disney

May 4th, 2013: Frost/Nixon (2008)

May4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged behind the scenes, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Clint Howard, double cross, former child stars, Frank Langella, Hans Zimmer, Imagine Entertainment, interview, Kevin Bacon, less famous parents, less famous siblings, Michael Sheen, Oliver Platt, Oscar bait, Patty McCormack, President of the United States, Rance Howard, Relativity Media, Richard Nixon, Ron Howard, Sam Rockwell, Studio Canal, Toby Jones, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films

April 20th, 2013: Breaking Away (1979)

Apr20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day, Sports Tagged 20th Century Fox, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, bicycle race, blue collar, classical music, college, cycling, Daniel Stern, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Hart Bochner, Indiana, it's not over, Jackie Earle Hayley, John Ashton, Little 500, P.J. Soles, Paul Dooley, Peter Yates, quarries, serenade, snobs vs. slobs, teens, used car salesman

March 9th, 2013: The Professionals (1966)

Mar9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Columbia Pictures, Conrad L. Hall, double cross, explosives, Hispanic-face, hostage, Jack Palance, kidnapping, Lee Marvin, Maurice Jarre, mercenary, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Ralph Bellamy, ransom, Robert Ryan, Texas, trackers, train, veteran, Woody Strode

February 4th, 2013: The Social Network (2010)

Feb4 by professormortis

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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

January 25th, 2013: Battleground (1949)

Jan25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Black and White, Campaign History, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged 101st Airborne, Battle of the Bulge, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, German Army, James Arness, James Whitmore, MGM, Nazis, Ricardo Montalban, snow, U.S. Army, Van Johnson, William A. Wellman, winter, World War Two

January 21st, 2013: Hugo (2011)

Jan21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in 3D, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Coming of Age, Computer Animation, Drama, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film Tagged Asa Butterfield, automaton, Ben Kingsley, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Brian Selznick, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, clockwork, dad bomb, Emily Mortimer, father-son relationship, film history, fire, George Melies, godfather, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, magician, Martin Scorces, orphan, Paramount Pictures, Paris, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron Cohen, train station, uncle

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

January 12th, 2013: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Jan12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Space Travel, Speculative Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged A.I., Arthur C. Clarke, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, evil computer, futures past, Keir Dullea, MGM, Stanley Kubrick, The Moon

December 14th, 2012: The Miracle Worker (1962)

Dec14 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Biopic, Movie of the Day Tagged Anne Bancroft, Arthur Penn, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Costume Design Black-and-White Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Nominee, Laurence Rosenthal, Patty Duke, Victor Jory, William Gibson

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