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January 20th, 2012: Double Indemnity (1944)

Jan20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged "make it look like an accident", adultery, Barbara Stanwyck, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Billy Wilder, bowling, California, double cross, drive-in restaurant, Edith Head, Edward G. Robinson, father-son relationship, femme fatale, flashback, Fred MacMurray, insurance agent, insurance investigator, James M. Cain, kill them for the insurance money, murder, murder on a train, narration, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, Porter Hall, Raymond Chandler, train

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

November 17th, 2011: Taxi Driver (1976)

Nov17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Thriller Tagged Albert Brooks, Best Actor Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, cab driver, character study, Columbia Pictures, Cybill Shepard, grindhouse, Harry Northup, Harvey Keitel, insanity, it's not over, Jodie Foster, Joe Spinell, low-budget, Martin Scorcese, New York City, Paul Schrader, Peter Boyle, pimp, prostitutes, racism, racists, Robert De Niro, teens, vigilantes

September 19th, 2011: Captain Blood (1935)

Sep19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Pirate, Swashbuckler, The Original Tagged Basil Rathbone, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Britain, doctor, Donald Meek, Errol Flynn, France, Guy Kibbee, Hal B. Wallis, Hippocratic Oath, incompetent doctors, J. Carrol Naish, Jack L. Warner, Jamaica, Lionel Atwill, Michael Curtiz, Olivia de Havilland, prison break, slavery, Warner Brothers

July 28th, 2011: The Sea Hawk (1940)

Jul28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adventure, Black and White, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Pirate, Remake, Swashbuckler Tagged Alan Hale Sr., Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Brenda Marshall, Britain, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Errol Flynn, Gilbert Roland, Henry Daniell, Michael Curtiz, Montagu Love, Spain, Spainish Armada, Una O'Connor, Warner Brothers

June 30th, 2011: Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Jun30 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Slapstick Tagged Angela Lansbury, animated inanimate objects, annoying children, anthropomorphic animals, armor, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Song Nominee, Best Special Effects, Britain, con artist, David Tomlinson, Disney, Hank Worden, homeguard, live action combined with animation, magic, magician, Nazis, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, The Blitz, witch, World War Two

June 19th, 2011: Chinatown (1974)

Jun19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Mystery, The Original, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Detective Tagged homage, twist, Best Picture Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Paramount Pictures, Best Actor Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Faye Dunaway, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Music Nominee, James Hong, Joe Mantell, Diane Ladd, Best Costume Design Nominee, Rance Howard, Roy Jenson, incest, conspiracy, Best Sound Nominee, John Huston, Jerry Goldsmith, water rights, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Bruce Glover, Burt Young, Robert Evans, Roman Polanski, Jack Nicholson, Penthouse, murder

June 6th, 2011: Saving Private Ryan

Jun6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged Adam Goldberg, Amblin Entertainment, Barry Pepper, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Makeup Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Dennis Farina, Dreamworks, Edward Burns, Giovanni Ribisi, Jeremy Davies, John Williams, Mutual Film Company, Nathan Fillion, Paramount Pictures, Paul Giamatti, Steven Spielberg, Ted Danson, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Vin Diesel, World War Two

May 18th, 2011: Lost Horizon (1937)

May18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Event Film, Fantasy, Lost World, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged Best Art Direction, Best Assistant Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, China, Columbia Pictures, Frank Capra, Himalayas, James Hilton, musical interlude, Robert Riskin, Ronald Coleman, Sam Jaffe, Thomas Mitchell, Tibet, utopia

April 29th, 2011: Citizen Kane

Apr29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Hermann, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Nominee, Everett Sloane, Gregg Toland, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph Cotton, Mercury Productions, newspaper, opera, Orson Welles, politician, recluse, reporter, rise and fall, RKO, Robert Wise

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