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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:03 PM Original message |
Poll question: The Most Important film of ALL Time. Influential, Artistic. Made a dif |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've never heard of Wings---oh lord, I'm a failure! |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Allow the silent movie geek to step in here... |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Wow! You're fast! EOM |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. i know it had the first colour footage (the ballroom scene) |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. IMHO, significant only for it's place as a first drama that captured the |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Billy and flamingyouth---so basically Pearl Harbor ripped off this plot? |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Puh-LEEZE Check out Modern Times |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
88. hell yeah |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
60. PM me if you want some silent film recommendations |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Office Space |
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Lovecrafty (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Dawn of the Dead for me because.. |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. And that's why I picked it. It was practically subliminal in its |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Kind of long in parts. I'm more a night of the living dead guy. |
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Radius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
62. cheery movie |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. What About Its Thematic Predecessor, "Falling Down" |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Ouch! Another sleeper that recieved a large audience and |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Great choice! Comedy that says a lot about the social condition. |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Yes. Yes. Yes. Love it. But not enuf flare to be greatest of all time. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Battleship Potempkin |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I agree with you here |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. I haven't seen it. I will look for it now. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Me Too. Heard So Much About it, Yet Never Seen it n/t |
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sundog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Interesting tidbit I just read on imdb... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. In Potempkin Look For Scene With Baby Carraige & Stairs |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. No film as yet has |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Nonsense |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. That's what got me thinking about this.... (I deal in rare books) |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. "Birth of a Nation" |
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argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 11:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. "Birth of a Nation" as a film is a true historical document.Not as an |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:15 AM Response to Reply #80 |
84. i was replying to post # 5 |
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Kenneth ken (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:54 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. thanks - those were intersting posts |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
74. I agree. |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Deer Hunter |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Oh Yes, The Deer Hunter Rocks! |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Ack! i meant to put that in the list..... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. I voted for Strangelove |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. or failsafe, umberto D |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 06:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
89. I almost died from diabetes 2 years ago... |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. There is no such film as DAWN OF THE LIVING DEAD. |
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Lovecrafty (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Blaspheme! |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Dawn of the Living Dead. That is brilliant. |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Don't diss the Dead films, Tom Savini is a straight up guy and as |
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Tamyrlin79 (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Several of these I have not seen....Most, actually. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. You HAVE to see Dr. Strangelove... |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. "What Kind of Uniform is That?" |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
78. I think General Ripper found out about your preversions |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. I tried to give representation to a wide time span since it was a |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Star Wars |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
55. I felt I could only include 2 Kubrick films and regretted that Spielberg |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. No Jaws??? |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I was going to add Jaws to my list |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Critics generally hail "Citizen Kane" as the most important film ever. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I Think "Citizen Kane" is Over Rated |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 11:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
82. there was one kind of film before citizen kane and many others after it. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 08:20 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. Nicely said |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. Strangelove, Then . . . |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Definitely "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Ben Hur Not so Political |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Ah, I Wasn't Thinking About it as Politically Influential |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Homeric |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:08 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. I Loved the Names of the Horses |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. This poll is fixed. Dr. Strangelove is great but come on.. #1?? |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Chinatown. |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. "Chinatown" is a Documentary, You Know |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. I was paying my DWP bill and I saw that big exhibit with the old photos |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. "She's my sister. She's my daughter." |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. "Forget it Jake!" |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. No fighting in the war room!!!! |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
93. A truly classic line! |
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obiwan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 06:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
90. You had to be there during the height of the Cold War... |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. Most important movie ever? "The Day After", hands down |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
79. That was a very influential movie |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. To Kill A Mockingbird... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
46. BRAZIL! How Could I Forget! |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I thought about Brazil & 12 Monkeys as well... Even Baron Munchausen |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yellow Submarine |
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rednek_Liberal (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
59. Apocylpse Now |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 08:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Another one I should have included.... BUT just how many SK |
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rednek_Liberal (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. All of them... |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 06:33 AM Response to Reply #72 |
91. Don't see it as it is bound to disappoint. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
66. Rocky Horror Picture Show & The Idea: Don't Dream It- Be It. |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Good ones! I'm afraid I missed both of those completely. |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
68. when you say "sweep' what do you mean? |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:27 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Picture, actor, Actress, Director |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 10:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. actually, in 1927, the awards were just starting up: only 12 awards |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
70. other: Battleship Potemkin |
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Bombtrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
71. The 3 most important Oliver Stone films. Platoon, JFK, Nixon |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
75. A Clockwork Orange got my vote |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
77. I didn't read the whole thread |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-04 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
81. Requiem for a Dream |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
83. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. All time fave, I think....made a huge |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
86. The Great Dictator |
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sir_captain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
87. The Best Years of Our Lives |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
92. Grapes of Wrath.... How did I forget that one? |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
94. Cabin Boy |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 06:16 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. The great Daniel Stern and the importance of clean pipes... |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
95. to kill a mocking bird |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-04 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
97. The Jazz Singer--First Sound movie! n/t |
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theemu (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-04 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
99. A few answers |
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