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June 6th, 2013: 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

April 20th, 2013: Breaking Away (1979)

Apr20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Comedy, Coming of Age, 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

December 31st, 2012: Trading Places (1983)

Dec31 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Holiday, Movie of the Day Tagged "hooker with a heart of gold", "Not Santa!", "prince and the pauper", Al Franken, before they were famous, Best Music Nominee, bet, Bo Diddley, butler, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas Party, Cinema Group, class issues, Dan Aykroyd, Denholm Elliott, Don Ameche, double cross, drugs, Eddie Murphy, Elmer Bernstein, evil businessman, frame up, Frank Oz, Giancarlo Esposito, gorilla suit, gorillas, homeless, industrial espionage, insider trading, it's not over, jail, James Belushi, James Eckhouse, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Landis, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve Party, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Paul Gleason, prostitutes, Ralph Bellamy, Santa Claus, stock broker, Tom Davis, train, Wall Street, WASP, white collar criminals, wise servant

September 19th, 2012: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Sep19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Music, Romance, Satire, Spoof, Stalker, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged 20th Century Fox, before they were famous, Best Music Nominee, Brian De Palma, deal with the devil, disfigured face, double cross, Drive-In, George Memmoli, Gerrit Graham, homage, insanity, Jessica Harper, music industry, musicians, Paul Williams, Rod Serling, William Finley

July 23rd, 2012: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Jul23 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged Anthony Minghella, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Cate Blanchett, Gabriel Yared, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Davenport, Jude Law, Matt Damon, Patricia Highsmith, Philip Seymour Hoffman

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

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

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