My 1000th post - Contest. Name some films! Good luck. WINNER ANNOUNCED
VitoCo1972
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Well, it's taken me over 6 months to get to my 1000th post here. It's been fun and I hope it continues to be for a long time. Thanks fellas.
So, on to the contest. First, I'm broke right now and trying to get married, a deadly combination. So I called Steve at BBCE and asked him if I could offer up a $30 purchase there to the winner of the contest. He was fine with it. So, when the winner is chosen, I'll call Steve and give him the name (just PM me your full name if you win) and you'll be set up to rip a nice old pack or two, or you can put it toward a larger purchase. He doesn't care. Sorry I can't up the ante but times are tough. Good luck to all.
This contest will be open until 8PM EST Sunday July 6. Here goes:
I work in the movie business because when I was 18 the AFI released the top 100 movies of all time list and I looked at my VHS rack and realized that I owned 98 of them already (I was missing Frankenstein (1931) and The Searchers). So needless to say I've seen a ton of movies, but we'll keep this contest to American films only. It's kind of open to interpretation but here's what I want to know:
Name your top 5 movies of all time (I'm looking for quality, not favorites like Airplane, Caddyshack etc.)
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Name your favorite actor of all time
Name your favorite actress of all time
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
So there it is. Whoever has what I deem to be the best post, combining films I've seen and that fall in line with my tastes and a good recommendation wins. It's kind of arbitrary on my part but I don't think that I'm partial to anyone in particular winning so it should be fair enough. Plus, this could be fun to see what kind of flicks everyone is into.
Edited to change the end time of the contest. A week was just too long.
So, on to the contest. First, I'm broke right now and trying to get married, a deadly combination. So I called Steve at BBCE and asked him if I could offer up a $30 purchase there to the winner of the contest. He was fine with it. So, when the winner is chosen, I'll call Steve and give him the name (just PM me your full name if you win) and you'll be set up to rip a nice old pack or two, or you can put it toward a larger purchase. He doesn't care. Sorry I can't up the ante but times are tough. Good luck to all.
This contest will be open until 8PM EST Sunday July 6. Here goes:
I work in the movie business because when I was 18 the AFI released the top 100 movies of all time list and I looked at my VHS rack and realized that I owned 98 of them already (I was missing Frankenstein (1931) and The Searchers). So needless to say I've seen a ton of movies, but we'll keep this contest to American films only. It's kind of open to interpretation but here's what I want to know:
Name your top 5 movies of all time (I'm looking for quality, not favorites like Airplane, Caddyshack etc.)
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Name your favorite actor of all time
Name your favorite actress of all time
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
So there it is. Whoever has what I deem to be the best post, combining films I've seen and that fall in line with my tastes and a good recommendation wins. It's kind of arbitrary on my part but I don't think that I'm partial to anyone in particular winning so it should be fair enough. Plus, this could be fun to see what kind of flicks everyone is into.
Edited to change the end time of the contest. A week was just too long.
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2. Godfather Part II
3. Schindlers List
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NEst
5. The Shawshank Redemption
Raging Bull
Jack Nicholson
Katherine Hepburn
No Country For Old Men
1. Good Fellas
2. Cool Hand Luke
3. Top Gun
4. Tombstone
5. A Few Good Men
Fave sports movie; 61*
Fave actor; Robert DeNiro
Fave actress; Meryl Streep
Recomended movie; The Gods Must Be Crazy (not a favorite, but doubt you have seen it.)
Thanks for the contest!!
2. It Happened One Night
3. Once Upon a Time in America (long version)
4. His Girl Friday
5. Untouchables
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Gary Oldman
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Dodsworth ( mature adult drama from the late 30s about infidelity, way ahead of it's time)
1955 Bowman Raw complete with 90% Ex-NR or better
Now seeking 1949 Eureka Sportstamps...NM condition
Working on '78 Autographed set now 99.9% complete -
Working on '89 Topps autoed set now complete
1. Tombstone
2. Star Wars
3. It's A Wonderful Life
4. Shawshank (I'm driving one of the cruisers in that flick!)
5. Unforgiven
My favorite sports movie...Field Of Dreams (with Sandlot on top for comedy/sports)
actor- Eastwood
actress- Julia Roberts
Recommendation for you.....The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988. Wasn't very popular but I enjoy(ed) it. My wife refuses to watch it. She's a wimp.
The Godfather
Raging Bull
Apocalypse Now
Lawrence of Arabia
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Raging Bull
DeNiro
Cate Blanchett
The Music of Chance LINK (I've yet to find a copy of this on DVD, though. You'd probably have to dust off the VHS.)
2. Shane
3. Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
4. Destination Tokyo
5. Casablanca
Fav. Sports Movies :Brian's Song
Fav. Actor - John Wayne
Fav. Actress- Deborah Kerr
Recommend: Sergent Rutledge
Currency Wants: Any note with serial number 00000731
1. African Queen
2. The General
3. Papillon
4. The Swimmer
5. The Wild One
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Field of Dreams
Name your favorite actor of all time
Steve McQueen
Name your favorite actress of all time
Natalie Wood
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
The Battle of Shaker Heights
A contest right up my alley, I love films:
Top Five All Time:
1. Alien (Best version of Agatha Christies 10 Little Indians since the 1940's) The use of Technology with dirty gritty realistic depiction of Space life had never been accomplished like this on film before!
2. Time After Time (Great spin on the H. G. Wells story with great acting and a mushy Love story thrown in)
3. War of the Worlds (1956 George Pal Version) Nuff Said!!!
4. Inside Moves, Way underrated Richard Donner Film (Great Sports Movie, at least partially, nobody has ever heard of with the greatist Heart ever)
5. Creator (Peter O'Toole at his best with an awesome supporting cast of newbies, Virginia Madsen, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway)
Best Sports Movie of all
Days of Thunder with Inside Moves close second
Favorite Actor of all time
Real toughy should be Top Ten but since I had to choose one, Ever since actually crying in the Theatre at the end of Driving Miss Daisy, Morgan Freeman. Ripped off for the Oscar that year.
Favorite Actress
Not as tough but still several in the Top Ten with a squeaker in Annette O'Toole
One Recommend
Creator, One of those movies that I've seen dozens of times and still want to see again !!!
Thanks for the Contest!!!!!!!
Neil N. Duty
thedutymon
2. Goodfellas
3. Rounders
4. Godfather II
5. Star Wars Ep III - Revenge of the Sith
sports movie
The Natural
Actor
Robert DeNiro
Actress
Julia Roberts
Recommended movie
Idiocracy
Wizard of Oz - incredibly advanced for it's time
It's a wonderful life
Casablanca
The Sting
Rear Window
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Pride of the Yankees
Name your favorite actor of all time
Jimmy Stewart
Name your favorite actress of all time
Kate Hepburn
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
The Man who shot Liberty Valance
2. godfather.......... family
3. terms of endearment.............. the kid crying saying goodbye to his mom.. is tough
4. on golden pond..... a reminder to not be so tough
5. scent of a women... pacino's speech in the school gives me chills
6. backdraft.... you go, we go
7. frequency.. the concept is incredible.. my father died when I was 10.. and would love to be able to talk to him again
8. glengary glenross... coffee's for closers.. alec baldwin is a legend
sports movie.. the natural 2nd place Brians song.. the natural only because I grew up addicted to baseball
and when roy hobbs hits the light tower and that music plays.. I get a lump in my throat..
brians song.. I love brian piccolo.. and I'd like all of you to love em too
favorite actor? jack lemon or richard harris
favorite actress? Rachel Mcadams... from the notebook and family stone... stunning
recomended... dad..... (1989 ) great story about a father and son brought back together because the dad becomes ill
and the son comes home and is forced to take care of him and they become close and repair their relationship before he goes
A League Of Their Own
Charlton Heston
Sandra Bullock
Escape from New York -All star cast and holds up good for a older sci-fi movie.
Name your top 5 movies of all time (I'm looking for quality, not favorites like Airplane, Caddyshack etc.)
1. Angels with dirty faces
2. Somebody up there likes me
3. True Believer
4. The Hustler
5. Million Dollar Baby
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
The Hustler
Name your favorite actor of all time
James Woods (because of True Believer)
Name your favorite actress of all time
Deborah Kerr
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
The Gallant Hours
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Ricky Schroder version),
Inside Man,
Vertigo,
Lucky Number Slevin,
My Fair Lady (I had a thing for Audrey Hepburn as a kid)
2. The Program
3. Edward Norton
4. Catherine Zeta Jones
5. comedy: 'Buying the Cow'
No particular order - Top 5 Movies
Chinatown
Empire Strikes Back
Almost Famous - Spectacular writing, music, break out performances
Dazed and Confused - Music is perfect
Spinal Tap - Great example of life later imitating art
Sports movie - Heaven can wait
Actor - Tommy Lee Jones
Acress - Reese Witherspoon
Might not have seen - Houseguest - good clean comedy
Thanks for the contest.
Need some 2007 A&G Regular Back Mini's PM if you have any and I will send my needs list.
Name your top 5 movies of all time (I'm looking for quality, not favorites like Airplane, Caddyshack etc.)
1. The Pianist
2. Scrooge (1951)
3. Bullets Over Broadway
4. Schindler's List
5. Double Indemnity
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time: Hoosiers
Name your favorite actor of all time: John Cusack
Name your favorite actress of all time: Gina Davis
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen: Double Indemnity (1944)
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1. Pulp Fiction
2. Blue Velvet
3. Lawrence of Arabia
4. Empire Strikes Back
5. Goodfellas
Favorite Sports Movie: Field of Dreams
Name your favorite actor of all time: Gene Hackman
Name your favorite actress of all time: Sigourney Weaver
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen:
In the Company of Men
1. American Beauty
2. High Fidelity
3. Boondock Saints
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Sports Movie: Bull Durham
Favorite Actor: Kevin Spacey
Favorite Actress: Kate Blanchet
Movie you probably haven't seen: The Tao of Steve
Chris
My small collection
Want List:
'61 Topps Roy Campanella in PSA 5-7
Cardinal T206 cards
Adam Wainwright GU Jersey
1. The Godfather
2. Reservior Dogs
3. Casablanca
4. Wizard of OZ
5. The Shawshank Redemption
sports Bull Durham
actor John Wayne/James Cagney
actress Julia Roberts
unseen movie: Living in Oblivion, especially if your in the movie business/Trees Lounge
thanks
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
1. Beverly hills cop
2. A Bronx Tale
3. John Q
4. Dog Day afternnon
5. The Rock
Favorite Sports Movie: Remember the Titans
Name your favorite actor of all time: Denzell Wahington
Name your favorite actress of all time: Drew Barrymore
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen:
Hearts in Atlantis with Anthony Hopkins, very cool Movie.
1) Fight Club
2) The Big Lebowski
3) Pulp Fiction
4) Shaun of the Dead (not US, but widely seen/released here)
5) Red Dawn
Sports Movie - 1) Rocky, 1A) The Natural
Actor - Denzel, with Gary Oldman a close 2nd
Actress - Uma Thurman
Movie - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
1. Tombstone
2. 8 Men Out
3. Casino
4. The Natural
5. The Champ
Field of Dreams is unbeatable
Robert Deniro
Reese Witherspoon (always had a thing for her)
Fool's Gold - new movie with Kate Hotson, I mean Hudson, that men will actually enjoy watching with their wives
Cool idea for a contest Mike. I thought I posted too much here but we joined at the same time and you are 150 posts ahead of me.
2) Jaws
3) The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
4) Godfather II
5) Donnie Darko
Rocky
Tom Hanks
Robin Wright
Near Dark, Fear of a Black Hat
Titanic
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jaws
Giant
Romeo & Juliet (Zefferelli)
Hon. Mention (unerrated):
Running Scared
Man About Town
Sports:
The Longest Yard
Favorite actors:
Gregory Peck, Jodie Foster
GREAT film you maybe haven't seen (only Academy nominated full-length film I ever heard of with a cast of 2):
Sleuth
1. Star Wars -- Love it or Hate it, today's "Blockbuster" movies all owe homage to this film from Story to Special Effects to marketing.
2. Citizen Kane -- Great Movie, filiming techniques way ahead of it's time. Great twist ending.
3. The French Connection -- Taught movie goers that all films did not have to have a nice tidy ending.
4. Alien -- In my opinion the first truly "scary" movie. Makes everything before look cheesy.
5. Lord of The Rungs: The Fellowship of the Rings -- Reintroduced the "Epic" film to a new generation of film goers.
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
The Natural -- This film always gives me goosebumps.
Name your favorite actor of all time
Jack Nicholson -- Always gives a top notch performance, even in his old age.
Name your favorite actress of all time
Jodie Foster -- I usually enjoy her movies. An actress who can act, and not just look pretty.
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
Run Lola Run -- Very Cool Movie which keeps the heart pounding and underscores the power of love.
thank for the contest (who needs an excuse to review great films ?)
So many to choose from, but here are my favs for today only: (Recommendations if you never saw them)
1. KING KONG (1933)
2. Pi (1998)
3. Frenzy (1972)
4. Empire of the Sun (1987)
5. Shadow of Doubt (1943)
sub: Island on Bird Street (1998)
Top Sports movie:
Tuesday's with Morrie (Jack Lemon)
sub: Gladiator (are you not entertained ?)
Fav actor:
classic: Edward G. Robinson
modern: Johnny Depp
Fav actress:
classic: Bette Davis
modern: Liv Tyler
Recommended film(s):
The Machinist (2004)
Goal! (2005)
cheers
Note: I think I'm actually going to end this contest Sunday night instead of next Thursday - a whole week is just too long.
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Note: I think I'm actually going to end this contest Sunday night instead of next Thursday - a whole week is just too long. >>
Hey Vito--
So have you filmed at major championships or what?? Seriously--how DID you get the flags AND the sigs??? That's the most amazing frikking golf collection I've ever heard of--LOTTO!!
Also--did you see Sleuth?
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Hey Vito--
So have you filmed at major championships or what?? Seriously--how DID you get the flags AND the sigs??? That's the most amazing frikking golf collection I've ever heard of--LOTTO!!
Also--did you see Sleuth? >>
The golf stuff has been a collection I've been accumulating since I worked at the 2001 US Senior Open at Salem Country Club. I was in college and working for a security detail that was escorting players through the course. It was there that I met Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. I had been a big time golf fan for awhile but I didn't know just how nice those guys were. I got Arnie and Gary to sign balls for me and Jack signed my program (he doesn't sign many balls). Since that tournament I've been going to 6 tournaments/year. I buy the balls and flags unsigned on eBay and take them with me. Some of the older guys I've had to mail to but that's pretty much it. This year I went to Buick Invitational, Bob Hope Classic, Los Angeles Open at Riviera, US Open at Torrey Pines, AT&T Senior event at Valencia and the Toshiba Classic in Orange County. Other tourneys that I've been to are: Bank of America Senior event outside of Boston, Greater Hartford Open, the tournament that used to be at Westchester CC in NYC, the US Open at Winged Foot, the AT&T Pebble Beach NPA and the First Tee Challenge at Pebble. I've become what I believe to be one of the stalwarts of the hobby and an expert on most living player's signatures. One of these days I'll ask Joe O if he needs work done for golf stuff
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Lonesome Dove
The Punisher
Jurassic Park
Rio Bravo
Sports movie - Rocky
Actor - The Duke
Actress - Kathleen Turner
Movie you haven't seen - Hatari
"Molon Labe"
1. Top Gun
2. Gladiator
3. Cinderella Man
4. Godfather I
5. 300
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
1. Remember the Titans
Name your favorite actor of all time
1. Tom Cruise
Name your favorite actress of all time
1. Meg Ryan
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have
The Guardian (Kevin Costner/Ashton Kutcher)
<< <i>Name your top 5 movies of all time
1. Top Gun
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Arsenal, if you were trying to get my attention with Top Gun #1, you did. You win....last place...the good news is consolation prize for last place is that I checked my commons from your need list and came up with 1982 Topps #488 - Joe Montana. It's slightly OC but it's yours, PM me your address. Congratulations!!!
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2) Donnie Brasco
3) Shawshank Redemption
4) Atonement
5) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Vision Quest
Johnny Depp
Keira Knightley
White Mans Burden
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Hey Vito--
So have you filmed at major championships or what?? Seriously--how DID you get the flags AND the sigs??? That's the most amazing frikking golf collection I've ever heard of--LOTTO!!
Also--did you see Sleuth? >>
The golf stuff has been a collection I've been accumulating since I worked at the 2001 US Senior Open at Salem Country Club. I was in college and working for a security detail that was escorting players through the course. It was there that I met Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. I had been a big time golf fan for awhile but I didn't know just how nice those guys were. I got Arnie and Gary to sign balls for me and Jack signed my program (he doesn't sign many balls). Since that tournament I've been going to 6 tournaments/year. I buy the balls and flags unsigned on eBay and take them with me. Some of the older guys I've had to mail to but that's pretty much it. This year I went to Buick Invitational, Bob Hope Classic, Los Angeles Open at Riviera, US Open at Torrey Pines, AT&T Senior event at Valencia and the Toshiba Classic in Orange County. Other tourneys that I've been to are: Bank of America Senior event outside of Boston, Greater Hartford Open, the tournament that used to be at Westchester CC in NYC, the US Open at Winged Foot, the AT&T Pebble Beach NPA and the First Tee Challenge at Pebble. I've become what I believe to be one of the stalwarts of the hobby and an expert on most living player's signatures. One of these days I'll ask Joe O if he needs work done for golf stuff
Who are you Mr Vito????
From what I can tell you are leading a very fun and interesting life.
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Here are my answers, for what it's worth:
Name your top 5 movies of all time (I'm looking for quality, not favorites like Airplane, Caddyshack etc.)
Casablanca (I could watch this 1000 times)
It's A Wonderful Life (Just try watching this and not feeling good)
North by Northwest (Hitch at his best)
Star Wars (George Lucas re-invented the movies with this one)
Forrest Gump (A classic of our time)
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Pride of the Yankees (A great story, perfect casting and Babe Ruth at his acting best - what more could you want?)
Name your favorite actor of all time
John Wayne (greatly underappreciated as an actor - his range was incredible)
Name your favorite actress of all time
Bette Davis (incredible body of work - she did it all)
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
The Clock (If you and your fiancee haven't seen this little known Judy Garland film, rent it and watch it together)
Those are mine. It's been fun reading everyone else's.
- John Wooden
<< <i>Who are you Mr Vito????
From what I can tell you are leading a very fun and interesting life. >>
It beats selling insurance in Des Moines - apologies to anyone who does that. Quite honestly I don't make a lot of money but it's enough that I can have a few hobbies and enjoy what I do for a living. I've got a lovely lady that I'm marrying next Summer and a small but comfortable apartment in Burbank. If you know anyone who works in Hollywood, understand that the real money doesn't start rolling in through the executive chain until you become a VP or higher. The hierarchy goes like this:
Assistant (did that for 2 years)
Coordinator (did that for 2 years)
Manager (have been doing this for a year and a half or so)
Director
VP
SVP
EVP
COO/CEO/CMO etc.
I'm just a manager now. Hopeful to be getting bumped to Director sometime in the near future. We'll see.
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1. The Godfather
2. The Quiet Man
3. Braveheart
4. Casablanca
5. Amadeus
Top Sports Movie: Raging Bull
Favorite Actor: Robert De Niro
Favorite Actress: Rita Hayworth
Recommend: "Shakespeare in Love" (It has something in it for everyone!)
Caine/Olivier
Tiger/Jack
Mano a mano
Name your top 5 movies of all time (I'm looking for quality, not favorites like Airplane, Caddyshack etc.)
1. Annie Hall
2. Godfather I & II in chronological order, as one movie.
3. North by Northwest
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. It's a Wonderful Life
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Field of Dreams
Name your favorite actor of all time
Jimmy Stewart
Name your favorite actress of all time
Susan Sarandon
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
Local Hero
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Name your top 5 movies of all time (I'm looking for quality, not favorites like Airplane, Caddyshack etc.)
Goodfellas. Classic. #1 quoted movie of all time, great music
Godfather part II
Star wars
Princes Bride. Fencing, fighting, giants, romance
Crash. I cried
#6 Alt. Raiders of the lost Ark I. I hate snakes!
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Tin Cup. I hate movies where the hero comes from behind and wins. Costner implodes in the end of this movie and loses. Kind of like Rocky, but a little funnier
Name your favorite actor of all time
Marlon Brando.
Name your favorite actress of all time
Katherine Hepburn
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
#1 The Game. Michael Douglas, Sean Penn. Cool movie, great twists, seriously cool ending
joe
1) Life As A House (for any kid ever who can remember their father playing with them in the ocean, this movie is special)
2) With Honors (class act of a movie, about the importance of helping people and not jusy helping yourself)
3) It's A Wonderful Life (classic Christmas flick)
4) Men of Honor (great acting by Cuba Gooding and of course Mr. DeNiro)
5) Meet the Parents (awkward humor moments in films are the best)
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Wow...just one? I'd have to go with Field of Dreams. Getting to play baseball in your backyard on a real field with lights with past superstars of the game would be, well, any sports fan's dream. Beyond that, to see the philanthropy from Moonlight Graham, a man giving up what he thought was his dream to heal children. What a great movie all around.
Name your favorite actor of all time: Has to be Denzel Washington. Every role I've ever seen him in he's been powerful. He seems to never act in movies that are "below" him. He's always in great films, and is always the star of the show.
Name your favorite actress of all time: Rachael McAdams (from The Notebook, Red Eye, Mean Girls, Wedding Crashers, etc.) Not necessarily because she's the best actress, but she's played many versatile roles and shows she can cover any part. And the fact that she's drop-dead gorgeous certainly doesn't hurt at all.
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
I would recommend "Life As A House" if you haven't seen it. It has Kevin Kline and Hayden Christensen in it. It truly magnifies the need for a strong father/son relationship from both sides. I dare any person on these boards to watch it and not cry at all. GREAT movie.
1. Glory
2. The Maltese Falcon
3. The Sting
4. Master and Commander
5. The French Connection
Invincible (as Yogi Berra might say: if it wasn't a true story, you wouldn't believe it was true)
Robert Duvall (most underrated actor of our time)
Audrey Hepburn
Modern Times (1936)
2. The Godfather II
3. Scarface
4. Goodfellas
5. Saturday Night Fever (I know, weird)
#1 Sport Movie: Brians Song
Favorite Actor: Al Pacino w/Deniro and Willis a close 2nd and 3rd
Favorite Actress: Drew Barrymore. Another weird one but I seem to like every movie she does
Recommend one movie: "Lust in the Dust". My gut hurt for days after I first seen this move due to laughing so much.
<< <i>Texoma, looking me up on IMDB and pandering bad credits that I have won't help
You mean Santa's Slay isn't one of your all time favorite movies?
Patton
Schindler's List
Chariots of Fire
It's a Wonderful Life
Stalag 17
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
The Natural
Name your favorite actor of all time
Tie: Paul Newman and Robert Dinero
Name your favorite actress of all time
Tie: Audrey Hepburn and Shirley Jones
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
Paths of Glory - "You've" probably seen it, but it's not a "household name" movie.
1. Good Will Hunting
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. The Deer Hunter
4. God Father 1
5. Gone with the Wind
Name your (1) top sports movie of all time (anything goes)
Field of Dreams-I cry everytime he has that catch with his dad in the end
Name your favorite actor of all time
Sean Connery- Even though he is not in any of my top 5 movies
Name your favorite actress of all time
Glen Close
Recommend one movie to me that you think I may not have seen
The worlds fastest Indian- A great movie based on a true story
Sweet Morsels Toffee and Chocolates
Nam - Hey, don't get me wrong, I LOVE Angels With Dirty Faces, it's a better Cagney performance than White Heat and Pat O'Brien is fantastic in it, but I just can't put it as the #1 movie ever. Great taste in flicks though Nick.
Elemenopeo - just an all around solid post.
Blackborder - You're right on about Robert DuVall being the most underrated actor of his time. He was amazing in like 10 different movies starting with the small role in To Kill A Mockingbird, right up through MASH, the Godfather flicks, Tender Mercies, The Great Santini and The Apostle. Nice mention there
Aragorn the Bold - You may have won, but your recommendation just didn't get by. You needed to come up with something you really thought someone who is huge movie guy and works in the industry (and gets academy screening occasionally) hasn't seen.
So, before I present the winner, note that I picked him because of the all around excellence. He may only have one movie in my top 5, but he has 3 in my top 20 and I had not only never seen his sports film (I've been trying to find and buy it all day), but I have never seen his recommendation either. That means he has to win in my eyes.
For reference, here are my answers:
Top 5 films of All Time
1 - The Third Man (1949) - really combines every genre of excellent filmmaking. It's a drama with comedy, suspense, the greatest setting ever for a film (burnt out Vienna right after WWII) and two of the best actors ever (Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton). If you have not seen it, watch it, then watch it again to see every great thing you missed the first time.
2 - City Lights (1931) - Simply the greatest romantic comedy there will ever be. It's Chaplin at his apex, and this movie came out in 1931 - AFTER the introduction of sound into film. None of these BS films like a Sleepless in Seattle or any other modern RomCom will ever come close. The closest I've seen come to City Lights are #5 on this list and 1995's Before Sunrise - another phenomenal film
3 - The Godfather Part II (1974) - Just a phenominal epic. Superior to the first one because it's so grounded in reality. Yes the first one was based on fact but the second one is just more intricate. The Corleone family has real problems that don't involve other families. The scenes infront of Congress are captivating. "Don't worry about anything Frankie Five Angels." Nothing more needs to be added.
4 - The Manchurian Candidate (1958) - So good it was banned in it's time. Laurence Harvey and Sinatra with a vile Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Islin. She played Harvey's mother but was only 2 years older then him if memory serves.
5 - It Happened One Night (1934) - Gable and Colbert. Wow. Along with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Silence of the Lambs, it's one of the 3 films to win Oscars for Best Picture, Actor, Actress and Director in the same year. Just a great film in every way.
Sports Film - Well, now I'm dying to see the winner's choice, but my dad passed away when I was 14 so Field of Dreams always does it for me as an American man who loves baseball.
Actor - Tie between Orson Welles and Robert DuVall. I even love Welles cameo in The Muppet Movie when he asks his secretary to "prepare the STANDARD rich and famous contract for Kermit the Frog and company"
Actress - No one ever better than Kate Hepburn. Meryl Streep can kiss her ***.
So without further adieu, the winner is LostDart58. Please PM me your full name and I'll call Steve at BBCE in the morning. You'll have a $30 credit there to spend as you wish. Congratulations and you have great taste in films, sir. I even loved your choice of Gary Oldman - another of my favorites! Nice job everyone.
Best,
Mike
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I did not want to make my selections as mainstream and predictable as others. I went with the boxing flick "The Prizefighter and the Lady" as my sports film not because it is the greatest sports movie of all time but because it actually starred a real boxer in the lead role as well as other boxers of the era. Real life boxing champion Max Baer, (father of Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies) is surprizingly good as is Jack Dempsey is a lesser role. The leading lady is Myrna Loy, who has always been my favorite "old time" actress.
Gary Oldman's career isn't what I thought it would be as he has been more of a character actor then a mainstream star. He acting range allows him to play a wide variety of roles convincingly from Sid Vicious in "Sid and Nancy", to a repressed homosexual in '50s England (Pr*ck up your Ears) to a southern prisoner in Chattahoochie. He recently plays Serious Black in the Harry Potter movies.
I had wanted to see the movie Dodsworth for a long time having read about it in one of my many movie guides. They finally started showing it on Turner Classic Movies. I was very impressed after seeing it.
Thanks for the contest. I will save the $30 credit with BBCE and pick out something at the National in Chicago at the end of the month.
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