My prediction for what will win, from their list:
- The Grapes of Wrath (directed by John Ford, 1940)
My top 10 choices, in order, from the official list you posted a link to are:
- The Passion Of The Christ (directed by Mel Gibson, 2004)
- High Noon (directed by Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
- Shane (directed by George Stevens, 1953)
- To Kill A Mockingbird (directed by Robert Mulligan, 1962)
- Without Limits (directed by Robert Towne, 1998)
- THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (directed by Peter Jackson, 2001)
- The Alamo (directed by John Wayne, 1960)
- Apollo 13 (directed by Ron Howard, 1995)
- Braveheart (directed by Mel Gibson, 1995)
- Boys Town (directed by Norman Taurog, 1938)
My list of movies that should have been included on their list
- Unforgiven (directed by Clint Eastwood, 1992)
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (directed by John Ford, 1962)
- The Shootist (directed by Don Siegel, 1976)
- The Last of the Mohicans (directed by Michael Man, 1992)
- Léon (directed by Luc Besson, 1994)
- Henry V (directed by Kenneth Branagh, 1989) *not 100% that this is an "American Film"
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (directed by Mervyn LeRoy, 1932)
- The Iron Giant (directed by Brad Bird, 1999)
My "semi finalist" choices from the official ballot list (in alphabetical order)
- The Adventures Of Robin Hood (directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, 1938)
- The African Queen (directed by John Huston, 1951)
- The Alamo (directed by John Wayne, 1960)
- Apollo 13 (directed by Ron Howard, 1995)
- Boys Town (directed by Norman Taurog, 1938)
- Braveheart (directed by Mel Gibson, 1995)
- Captains Courageous (directed by Victor Fleming, 1937)
- Casablanca (directed by Michael Curtiz, 1942)
- Chariots of Fire (directed by Hugh Hudson, 1981)
- A Christmas Carol (directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951)
- El Cid (directed by Anthony Mann, 1961)
- Exodus (directed by Otto Preminger, 1960)
- Fiddler on the Rook (directed by Norman Jewison, 1971)
- Field of Dreams Phil (directed by Alden Robinson, 1989)
- Ghandi (directed by Richard Attenborough, 1982)
- The General (directed by Buster Keaton, 1927)
- Go Man Go (directed by James Wong Howe, 1954)
- Godspell (directed by David Greene, 1973)
- Going My Way (directed by Leo McCarey, 1944)
- Gone With The Wind (directed by Victor Fleming, 1939)
- The Good Earth (directed by Sidney Franklin, 1937)
- The Grapes of Wrath (directed by John Ford, 1940)
- The Great Escape (directed by John Sturges,1963)
- Gunga Din (directed by George Stevens, 1939)
- High Noon (directed by Fred Zinnemann, 1952)
- Hotel Rwanda (directed by Terry George, 2004)
- THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (directed by Peter Jackson, 2001)
- The Magnificent Seven (directed by John Sturges, 1960)
- A Man For All Seasons (directed by Fred Zinnemann, 1966)
- Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (directed by Frank Capra, 1939)
- The Natural (directed by Barry Levinson, 1984)
- The Passion Of The Christ (directed by Mel Gibson, 2004)
- Patton (directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, 1970)
- The Pride Of The Yankees (directed by Sam Wood, 1942)
- The Right Stuff (directed by Philip Kaufman, 1983)
- Rudy (directed by David Anspaugh, 1993)
- Run Silent, Run Deep (directed by Robert Wise, 1958)
- Saving Private Ryan (directed by Steven Spielberg, 1998)
- Sergeant York (directed by Howard Hawks, 1941)
- Shane (directed by George Stevens, 1953)
- The Shawsank Redemption (directed by Frank Darabont, 1994)
- Song Of Bernadette (directed by Henry King, 1943)
- Spartacus (directed by Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
- The Spirit Of St. Louis (directed by Billy Wilder, 1957)
- Stand And Delver (directed by Ramón Menéndez, 1988)
- Sullivan's Travels (directed by Preston Sturges, 1941)
- To Hell And Back (directed by Jesse Hibbs, 1955)
- To Kill A Mockingbird (directed by Robert Mulligan, 1962)
- 12 Angry Men (directed by Sidney Lumet, 1957)
- Without Limits (directed by Robert Towne, 1998)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (directed by Michael Curtiz, 1942)
- Young Mr. Lincoln (directed by John Ford, 1939)
57 posted on
11/19/2005 11:03:29 AM PST by
Phsstpok
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