Tag Archives: Best Picture
A Clockwork Orange — The Film
I have avoided watching this movie all of my life. Several years back I thought I should watch it and I asked my friend if I could borrow his copy. My friend is a film buff and loves Kubrick. He … Continue reading
The Silence of the Lambs
I remember the first time I saw The Silence of the Lambs in the theater. I was seventeen and I was visiting my best friend in California. Four years earlier I had moved from California to Colorado. Each year I … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Writing, Blog, Blogging, Hannibal Lecter, Horror Films, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme, Movies, Scott Glenn, Serial Killers, Ted Levine, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris, Thrillers
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In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night, released in 1967, won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Rod Steiger), Film Editing, Sound, and Writing for Adapted Screenplay. The film is based on a novel by John Ball. Sidney Poitier, Rod … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Actor, Best Picture, Blog, Blogging, In the Heat of the Night, John Ball, Lee Grant, Movie Review, Movies, Norman Jewison, Racial Tension in Small Towns, Racism, Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, Warren Oates
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Forrest Gump
The 76th movie on the AFI’s top 100 movies is Forrest Gump, released in 1994. Really, has it been that long. I can still remember seeing the film in the theatre. I have seen bits and pieces of it over … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Blog, Blogging, Bubba Gump, Forrest Gump, Movie Review, Movies, New York, New York City, NYC, Photography, Robert Zemeckis, Times Square, Tom Hanks
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Sunrise
The next movie on my journey to watch all the top 100 AFI films from 100 to 1 is the 1927 silent film, Sunrise. F. W. Murnau directed this film. I haven’t watched too many silent films in the past. … Continue reading
Review of GoodFellas
The movie GoodFellas, directed by Martin Scorsese is ranked number 92 on AFI’s top one hundred films. It is the ninth movie I have completed for my challenge. I watched this movie two weekends ago, which means that this review … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, AFI, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Crime, Criminals, Drugs, FBI, Goodfellas, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Mafia, Mafia Wives, Martin Scorsese, Movie Reviews, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Wise Guys
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The French Connection
The French Connection is the 8th movie I have watched from my AFI top 100 movies. William Friedkin directed this film and it was released in 1971. An interesting tidbit about this movie is that it was the first R-rated … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, Action Films, AFI, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Gene Hackman, Movie Reviews, Narcotics Underworld, NYC Elevated Trains, NYC Subway, Popeye Doyle, Roy Scheider, The French Connection, William Friedkin
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50 Year Project 