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1800iareyay 
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Joined: November 18 2006
Location: United States
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Points: 2492
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 Topic: Essential Movies
Posted: November 29 2006 at 20:43 |
Which movies are classics of cinema?
starters:
Godfather 1 and 2
Apocalypse Now
Citizen Kane
Lord of the Rings
Gone With the Wind
This Is Spinal Tap
Dr. Strangelove
Animal House
Dogma
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
The Producers
Psycho
Jaws
Clerks
Office Space
Memento
Yojimbo
Seven Samurai
Pulp Fiction
Update
Scarface
Indiana Jones trilogy
Full Metal Jacket
Airplane
Goldfinger
Mulholland Drive
Dr. Strangelove
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
It's a Wonderful Life
Sunset Boulevard
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rear Window
American Beauty
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Clockwork Orange
Deliverance
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Fargo
The Shining
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2001
Alien
The Man Who Knew Too Much
North by Northwest
Patton
Amadeus
Star Wars
Brazil
The Matrix
Gladiator
Fight Club
Edited by 1800iareyay - November 30 2006 at 18:14
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video vertigo
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Joined: September 17 2004
Location: United States
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Points: 1930
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 20:51 |
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12 Monkeys
Star Wars
Serenity
Brazil (see the thread)
The Matrix
Memento
Gladiator
Fight Club
The Good the Bad and The Ugly
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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Scapler
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Joined: June 18 2006
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Points: 2567
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 21:36 |
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Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Nightmare Before Christmas
Tombstone
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Bassists are deadly
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The T
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Joined: October 16 2006
Location: FL, USA
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Points: 17493
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 22:09 |
The Godfather I, II, III
Goodfellas
Battleship Potemkin
Nosferatu Eine Symphonie des Grauens
Citizen Kane
Fellini Roma (I didn't get it but it just baffled me)
Cinema Paradiso
The Olsen Twins: kick it again
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Malaria
Status: Offline
Points: 89372
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 00:47 |
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Debby Does Dallas (not our Debby)
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KoS
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Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 00:49 |
 Geck0 wrote:
Debby Does Dallas (not our Debby)
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you wish it, don't lie 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Malaria
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Points: 89372
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 00:56 |
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A genuine recommendation: Schindler's List
An amazing film.
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Atavachron
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Joined: September 30 2006
Location: Pearland
Status: Online
Points: 65599
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 01:01 |
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Dr. Strangelove
Failsafe
Seven Days in May
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2001
Alien
The Man Who Knew Too Much
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Vertigo
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Barfly
The French Connection
JFK
Zelig
Patton
Amadeus
This is Spinal Tap
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Witchwoodhermit
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Joined: February 23 2006
Location: Canada
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Points: 871
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 01:17 |
CLOCKWORK ORANGE
STRAW DOGS
DELIVERANCE
ONE FLEW OVER THE COOKOOS NEST
PULP FICTION
THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD
MAGNOLIA
FARGO
FULL METAL JACKET
THE SHINING
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Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan
ringed by ants and musing over man.
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Vompatti
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Joined: October 22 2005
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Points: 67451
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 08:47 |
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In totally random order:
Mulholland Drive
Dr. Strangelove
Blade Runner
The Seven Samurai
Taxi Driver
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
It's a Wonderful Life
Sunset Boulevard
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Rear Window
American Beauty
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Bj-1
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Joined: June 04 2005
Location: No(r)Way
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 08:58 |
Scarface
Indiana Jones trilogy
They Call Me Trinity/They STILL Call Me Trinity
Full Metal Jacket
Airplane
Grand Theft Auto
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective/When Nature Calls
007: Goldfinger
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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1800iareyay
Prog Reviewer
Joined: November 18 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2492
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 18:15 |
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Killer suggestions. A lot of my faves (Full Metal Jacket, Star Wars). Would have added a lot of these last night but had to give up the comp
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richardh
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Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
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Points: 29402
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 02:48 |
The Last Seduction
Bound
Blade Runner
John Carpenters The Thing
Alien
The Howling
The Long Good Friday
Brazil
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Donnie Darko
Memento
21 Grams
The Pledge
The Butterfly Effect
Barbarella
American Beauty
The Mothman Prophecies
Godfather II
Serpico
The French Connection
The Wicker Man
Apocalypse Now
Straw Dogs
Insomnia
Monsters Ball
Fight Club
Flash Gordon
Sin City
Dog Soldiers
American Werewolf In London
Single White Female
The Enemy At The Gates
The Game
The Name Of The Rose
Shallow Grave
The Hunt For Red October
The Time Machine (original)
The Sixth Sense
The Class of Nukem High  |
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R o V e R
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Joined: July 13 2005
Location: India
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Points: 2747
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 02:58 |
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Atavachron
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Joined: September 30 2006
Location: Pearland
Status: Online
Points: 65599
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 04:23 |
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Good photo, R o V e R, whomever wrote that lineage on the blackboard actually knew something.
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