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Posted on 06/21/2007 8:04:26 AM PDT by teddyballgame
LOS ANGELES — The years have been kind to "Citizen Kane," including the last decade. The 1941 Orson Welles classic — the story of a wealthy young idealist transformed by scandal and vice into a regretful old recluse — was again rated the best movie ever Wednesday by the American Film Institute.
In the CBS special "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies — 10th Anniversary Edition," "Citizen Kane" held the same No. 1 billing it earned in the institute's first top-100 ranking in 1998.
There were notable changes elsewhere, though, with Martin Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece "Raging Bull" bounding upward from No. 24 in 1998 to No. 4 on the new list and Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller "Vertigo" hurtling from No. 61 to No. 9 this time.
Charles Chaplin's 1931 silent gem "City Lights" jumped from No. 76 to No. 11, while the 1956 John Ford-John Wayne Western "The Searchers" took the biggest leap, from No. 96 all the way to No. 12.
"The ones that made the huge jumps are really, really fascinating," said Jean Picker Firstenberg, chief executive at AFI, which has done top-10 lists every year since 1998 showcasing best comedies, thrillers, love stories and other highlights in American cinema.
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I didn’t like “Citizen Kane” much either. Too much over-acting. The story is also a bit dull.
A more interesting list, IMHO:
RockinRight’s Top Ten Comedy Films of the 1980s:
10. The Naked Gun
9. National Lampoon’s Vacation
8. Revenge of the Nerds
7. Fletch
6. Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
5. Porky’s
4. Spaceballs
3. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
2. Airplane!
1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Never seen it, but my fiance says it’s boring.
McLintock.
Interesting. I’ve only seen the last 3 on the list.
And some kind of western.
Yeah...
Shane
My Darling Clementine
Stagecoach
The Searchers
Real Americana.
Raging Bull, my ass....
how about the top 10 B movies?
Billy Jack?
Walking Tall?
Gator?
Mr.Majestyk
Helter Skelter?
Killing Zoe?
ect.....
They snubbed her in "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" too.
Agreed. Somewhat peripheral to the thread topic, but kind of cool nonetheless, I stumbled across San Simeon on Google Earth a few days ago...kind of neat to look at if you've got a few minutes to kill.
“1956 John Ford-John Wayne Western “The Searchers” took the biggest leap, from No. 96 all the way to No. 12.”
‘bout time...great, great movie...
i liked pink floyd’s
the wall.
I love “Vertigo.”
You have to log in to see their whole list. I hope “The Quiet Man” is on it somewhere.
“Films that dropped out of the top-100 this time included 1965’s “Doctor Zhivago,” which had been No. 39 on the 1998 list”
One of very few films ever made which had an anticommunist leaning.
What! No Caveman?
And 11 through 20:
20. Beetlejuice
19. Back to School
18. Uncle Buck
17. UHF
16. Better off Dead
15. History of the World — Part I
14. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
13. Weird Science
12. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
11. Caddyshack
Never saw it.
Honorable Mention:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Comes in at #21 on my list...it loses points for portraying abortion nonchalantly, but gains points for being one of the first real “teen” comedies and having Phoebe Cates nude.
No “Dude, Where’s My Car?”
Lawrence....Lawrence of Arabia
He was an English Guy
He came to fight the Turkish
(Needless to say, 'Hollywood Knights' is in my Top Ten List)
Nice list. In fact when people ask my which Star Wars movie I thought was best, I always reply “Spaceballs.”
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