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So, what's your favorite romantic movie? (re: American Film Institute (AFI) )
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| November 16, 2001
Posted on 11/16/2001 1:23:51 PM PST by Stand Watch Listen
Will it be Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara? The dying young woman who claims love "means never having to say you're sorry'? Or the star-crossed Italian lovers from Verona?
The search for America's 100 greatest love movies was launched on Wednesday by the American Film Institute (AFI) as part of series celebrating 100 years of cinema.
The AFI sent out ballots to 1,800 actors, screenwriters, critics and historians for its "100 Years...100 passions" feature, linked to a CBS television special to be aired in June 2002.
The event follows searches over the last four years by the AFI for the top movies of the past century, the most beloved stars, the best comedies, and the scariest thrillers.
AFI director Jean Picker Firstenberg said the theme of romance was chosen for the cinema centennial series before the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
But she added "As we move forward we are now -- more than ever-- reminded that the movies tell stories that move us and bring us together; and though the lovers on screen may end up apart when the lights come up, we, the movie lovers, remain bound by their emotional journey."
Jurors are asked to choose their top 100 romantic movies from a list of 400 provided by the AFI and return their ballots by December 14.
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To: Stand Watch Listen
The Lady Eve
Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda (sorry about him)
To: Stand Watch Listen
Another great "romantic" movie - but which also was much more than that - was "El Cid" - with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren.
To: Stand Watch Listen
Braveheart
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11/16/2001 1:24:43 PM PST
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Wrigley
To: Stirner
Not the one with Sophia Loren? What about Remains of the Day-Anthony Hopkins & Emma Thompson? Actually gives a small role to Christpher Reeves-his last movie before his tragic accident.
To: Stand Watch Listen
Patton
Great love between Patton and Rommel
"Rommel, you magnificent bastard..I READ YOUR BOOK!!"--Patton
To: Stand Watch Listen
Top Ten:
Criteria: they made me cry.
An Affair to Remember
Wuthering Heights (Olivier)
All This and Heaven Too
Valley of Decision
Casablanca
Sleepless in Seattle
Gone with the Wind
Now, Voyager!
Zefferelli's Romeo & Juliet
and don't kill me, The Way We Were.
To: Stand Watch Listen
"Blue Velvet"
To: Stand Watch Listen
The Philadelphia Story.
It Happened One Night.
His Girl Friday.
The Quiet Man
Adam's Rib
And just for fun, McClintock.
To: Stand Watch Listen
Saratoga Trunk, 1945, with Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman.
To: mtngrl@vrwc
No matter how many times I see Gone with the Wind it is as good as the first time.
To: GSWarrior
Die HardNo, no. Die Hard is the best Christmas movie. Well, A Christmas Story might be better but only because you can watch that with the whole family.
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11/16/2001 1:25:02 PM PST
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JenB
To: Stand Watch Listen
The Jerk
To: All
Man Getting Hit With Football in the Groin
To: Stand Watch Listen
Princess Bride
Inconceivable!
To: Stand Watch Listen
I'm not that big on 'chick flicks', but "Shadowlands" with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger gets me sobbing every time.
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11/16/2001 1:25:04 PM PST
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Sloth
To: BikerNYC
anything with Tracy and Hepburn You know, for the life of me, I just never saw the appeal of that coupling--I just never picked up on any chemistry. IMO, K.Hepburn was AOK, though -- I always liked that WASPy type...
To: joey'smom
'iron balls' mc ginty?
To: hobbes1
you mean the song, right? lol!
To: Stand Watch Listen
"A Patch of Blue", 1965, starring Sidney Pottier. His selfless love for his blind friend (Elizabeth Hartman), which goes beyond romantic and sexual, is deeply moving, and her appreciation for him and love without knowing what he looks like is heart rending. Stark but tender, will leave you in tears every time.
To: Stand Watch Listen
CASABLANCA"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine..."
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