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So, what's your favorite romantic movie? (re: American Film Institute (AFI) )
American Blue ^ | 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: Yaelle
i've been avoiding k-pax in spite of jeff. i'll wait for it to come out on cable or rent the video. AAO was a very LA movie, it captured the mood of the city back then with the drugs and clubs. i just saw mulholland dr. which was great (but i'm digressing).
161 posted on 11/17/2001 12:43:22 PM PST by contessa machiaveli
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To: Stand Watch Listen
Love is a Many Splendoured Thing.... William Holden and Jennifer Jones.
162 posted on 11/17/2001 12:44:52 PM PST by Churchillspirit
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To: Stand Watch Listen
200 Motels.
163 posted on 11/17/2001 12:46:29 PM PST by MistrX
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To: contessa machiaveli
chamberlain is the most asexual man i've ever seen.

Let's just say he doesn't impress as even remotely heterosexual. As for me, I'll take the sailing scene in "High Society," the musical remake of "The Phildelphia Story." Der Bingle Crosby and Grace Kelly honeymoon on a sailboat, and he sings "True Love" to her. *sigh*

164 posted on 11/17/2001 12:48:18 PM PST by mountaineer
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To: Sophie
A&E's Pride and Prejudice is my favorite.

Wonderful movie! My favorite scene is when they meet unexpectedly at Pemberlee. I'm sure you know the one. :o)

165 posted on 11/17/2001 12:49:41 PM PST by theophilusscribe
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To: Stand Watch Listen
Terminator. Seriously! The relationship between Sara Connor and the Michael Beihn character (can't remember his name) was soo sweet.:-)
166 posted on 11/17/2001 12:52:39 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: blue jeans
I never saw the original of "An Affair to Remember", but the Warren Beatty, Annette Bening remake of "Love Affair" was great.
167 posted on 11/17/2001 12:52:53 PM PST by SC DOC
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To: keri
Somewhere in Time.

Oh, yes, I forgot about that one. Wonderful movie.

168 posted on 11/17/2001 12:56:35 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: Stand Watch Listen
"Splendor in the Grass", dir. Elia Kazan, music David Amram. Stunning, and oh, such heartache.
169 posted on 11/17/2001 12:58:10 PM PST by Old Fud
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To: ArrogantBustard
TWO DOLLARS!!!!!!
170 posted on 11/17/2001 1:09:11 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: stands2reason
KEYS!!!!!
171 posted on 11/17/2001 1:10:09 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: Darlin'
Oh yeah, Ghost! How could I forget Ghost!!
172 posted on 11/17/2001 1:12:46 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: Stand Watch Listen
One From the Heart by Coppola with Frederick Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassia Kinski, Harry Dean Stanton. Fast paced, outrageous scenes, visually interesting, and great dialogue ("Adam & Eve on a raft, wreck'em!" barks Teri Garr to the short order cook).
173 posted on 11/17/2001 1:19:21 PM PST by Cruising Speed
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To: Stand Watch Listen
Sorry about that. "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House." A man....his tools.....for his family.
174 posted on 11/17/2001 1:20:01 PM PST by Dakota gal in Seattle
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To: Stand Watch Listen
She's Having a Baby
Believe it or not, a "guy's movie" (but the girls will love it too).
175 posted on 11/17/2001 1:28:32 PM PST by pke
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To: Sophie
Me too! Me too! I have the tape set and have watched it numerous times. Isn't it, however, English?
176 posted on 11/17/2001 1:29:10 PM PST by juliabrock
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To: Stand Watch Listen
About Last Night. More of a guy's romance. :)
177 posted on 11/17/2001 1:51:46 PM PST by VA Advogado
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To: BlueAngel
You & my wife, Noel, must be clones!

Doc

178 posted on 11/17/2001 5:12:46 PM PST by Doc On The Bay
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To: Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
I wish she had lived longer. (re Jane Austen)

So do I. Did you know that when she was 12 or 13 she entered a marriage in the official records of the church that her father pastored at the time -- it's still there. She wrote that on such and such a date, Jane Austen was married to: and then she listed, at about age 12, the names of each of her six male protagonists! I can't remember the order in which they appeared, but she wrote it in this manner: "Jane Austen married Edward Henry George Frederick Edmund Fitzwilliam on such and such date." She had inklings so early it is astonishing! The name of the protagonist in her final, unfinished book, Sandition, which she had to set aside because she was terminally ill, does not appear in the age 12-wedding notice. Truly a gift from God, both she and her writings.

179 posted on 11/17/2001 8:07:39 PM PST by GretchenEE
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To: BikerNYC
Shakespeare in Love
180 posted on 11/17/2001 8:12:21 PM PST by Ciexyz
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