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Only 83 films have won Best Picture to date and the general sentiment is that winning the big prize ensures that your film will have a place among the classics. Here are 10 films that won the grand prize that are not considered classics today: 10. The Broadway Melody, 1929 Since sound was introduced into [...]
Posted by Orrin Konheim on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 12:01 am
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In the 80 or so years of its existence, the Academy Awards has made some poor choices. Dances With the Wolves over Goodfellas? Bleh. And try finding someone who could justify The Greatest Show On Earth or Around the World In 80 Days winning- let alone getting nominated. The list goes on. We know what [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Filed under Movies · Tagged A Clockwork Orange, A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Picture, academy awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American film directors, American Film Institute, Around the World In 80 Days, Cinema of the United States, Citizen Kane, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, epic films, Faye Dunaway, film, full metal jacket, Grand Illusion, It Happened One Night, Jack Nicholson, La Grande Illusion, Network, orson welles, Reds, Robert De Niro, Rocky, Sierra Madre, Taxi Driver, The Grapes of Wrath, The Shawshank Redemption, The Third Man, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Vittorio Storaro, vivien leigh, You Can't Take It With You
As any film aficionado will tell you, the world of film noir is a vast expanse that can be intimidating to dive into. There are so many films that are considered “classics” that it can be difficult to decide where to begin exploring the genre. Some films have been cemented in time as quintessential examples [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 12:01 am
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