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March 27th, 2014: Pulp Fiction

Mar27 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Indy, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged A Band Apart, Amanda Plummer, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, boxing, Bruce Willis, children of famous people, Christopher Walken, Danny DeVito, Eric Stoltz, Frank Whaley, Harvey Keitel, hit man, homage, John Travolta, Joseph Pilato, Julia Sweeney, Kathy Griffin, Miramax, non-linear timeline, Quentin Tarantino, robbery, Roger Avary, Rosanna Arquette, Samuel L. Jackson, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames

January 20th, 2014: Roman Holiday (1953)

Jan20 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Assumed Identity, Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged Audrey Hepburn, beat, before they were famous, Best Actress, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, blacklisted writer, Dalton Trumbo, drugged, Eddie Albert, Edith Head, front, Gregory Peck, Italy, location shooting, Paramount Pictures, photographer, press conference, princess, reporter, Rome, scooter, Vespa, 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

January 5th, 2014: Divorzio All Italiana aka Divorce, Italian Style (1961)

Jan5 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Movie of the Day Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, cousin, cuckold, divorce, Italy, Lux Film, Marcello Mastroianni, murder, noble, Sicily, twist

December 25th, 2013: Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Dec25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Courtroom, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged "no one believes me", "Not Santa!", 20th Century Fox, before they were famous, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, child who won't believe, Christmas, Christmas Party, courtroom scene, department store, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, it's not over, Jack Albertson, Jeff Corey, lawyers, Macy's, Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, Mae Marsh, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, parade, product placement, psychologist, Santa Claus, Thanksgiving, Thelma Ritter, twist, U.S. Postal Service

April 20th, 2013: Breaking Away (1979)

Apr20 by Professor Mortis

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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

December 24th, 2012: The Apartment (1960)

Dec24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged adultery, affair, attempted suicide, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Billy Wilder, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Fred MacMurray, I.A.L. Diamond, Jack Lemmon, New Year's Eve, Ray Walston, Shirley MacLaine, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists

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

March 27th, 2012: The Producers (1968)

Mar27 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Con, Movie of the Day, Musical, Satire, Spoof, The Original Tagged backstage, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Christopher Hewett, cross dressing, Crossbow Productions, Dick Shawn, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Gene Wilder, insanity, Joseph E. Levine, Kenneth Mars, Lee Meredith, Mel Brooks, Nazis, New York City, producer, scam, secretary, theater, William Hickey

August 22nd, 2011: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Aug22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Black Comedy, Crime, Drama, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, True Crime Tagged airport, Al Pacino, bank robbery, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Brooklyn, Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Dominic Chianese, double cross, gender reassignment surgery, hostage situation, John Cazale, Lance Henriksen, New York City, robbbery gone wrong, Sidney Lumet, transgender, Warner Brothers

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