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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 05:20 PM
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'Airplane,' 'Empire Strikes Back,' Among 25 Films Named to National Historic Registry
thewrap.com / 12-28-10 (link at http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/airplane-empire-strikes-back-exorcist-among-25-films-named-national-historic-registry)

This year's list:

1. Airplane (1980)

2. All the President’s Men (1976)

3. The Bargain (1914)

4. Cry of Jazz (1959)

5. Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)

6. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

7. The Exorcist (1973)

8. The Front Page (1931)

9. Grey Gardens (1976)

10. I Am Joaquin (1969)

11. It’s a Gift (1934)

12. Let There Be Light (1946)

13. Lonesome (1928)

14. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)

15. Malcolm X (1992)

16. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

17. Newark Athlete (1891)

18. Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)

19. The Pink Panther (1964)

20. Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)

21. Saturday Night Fever (1977)

22. Study of a River (1996)

23. Tarantella (1940)

24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

25. A Trip Down Market Street (1906)
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 05:26 PM
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1. Grey Gardens
"Big Edie" Bouvier craved fame. Who knew it would come from the documentary and being on this list?
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 05:27 PM
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2. McCabe and Mrs. Milller....Warren Beatty and Julie Christie...
One of the greatest western films ever because....it was directed by Robert Altman.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 05:34 PM
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3. It's a Gift -- W.C. Fields
Perhaps his greatest film.
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virgogal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 05:51 PM
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4. Newark Athlete-----1891----wow!
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-28-10 06:16 PM
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5. It's a big building where Historians work, but that's not important right now. n/t
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