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November 16th, 2014: It Happened One Night (1934)

Nov16 by Professor Mortis

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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

August 27th, 2014: There Will Be Blood

Aug27 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Indy, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Editing, California, capitalists, Christian fundamentalists, Ciaran Hinds, con artist, Daniel Day-Lewis, deaf people, minister, Miramax, oil, Paramount Vantage, Paul Dano, Paul Thomas Anderson, prospectors

April 21, 2014: Ben-Hur (1959)

Apr21 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Biblical Epic, Drama, Epic, Movie of the Day, Naval, Period Film, Revenge, Sword and Sandals Tagged Best Actor, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Effects-Best Special Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor, best writing nominee adapted screenplay, chariot race, Charlton Heston, galley slave, Jesus, leper colony, Rome, William Wyler

January 14th, 2014: Network (1976)

Jan14 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Drama, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged anchorman, Best Actor, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Faye Dunaway, fortune teller, insanity, Ned Beatty, New York City, news broadcasts, Paddy Chayefsky, Peter Finch, reporter, Robert Duvall, Sidney Lumet, television, terrorists, Wesley Addy, William Holden

December 21st, 2013: Patton (1970)

Dec21 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged Battle of the Bulge, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound, Bill Hickman, character study, D-Day, Francis Ford Coppola, Franklin J. Schaffner, George C. Scott, Jack Gwillim, Jerry Goldsmith, John Douchette, Karl Malden, Michael Strong, Morgan Paull, Nazis, North Africa, reincarnation, tank, U.S. Army, World War Two

December 5th, 2013: Amadeus

Dec5 by Professor Mortis

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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

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

Jan18 by Professor Mortis

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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 Professor Mortis

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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 Professor Mortis

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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 Editing, 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

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