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[jucadsloa]

I'll end up this Coppola serial with Godfather 2 (1974) . Beside Al Pacino , Robert Duvall , Diane Keaton...we have Robert De Niro , as young Corleone . Movie won 6 Oscars : Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Robert De Niro ) , Best Art Direction , Best Music and Best Adapted Screenplay .  
You know the story  

[jucadsloa]

I'm back , my friends , had some problems with my PC , but now , everything is fixed . So ...
Today we have Roland Joffe's (1985) , Killing Fields , with Sam Waterson , John Malkovich , Julian Sands , Haing S.Ngor
New York Times correspondent has covered the civil war in Cambodia for several years .
The key to his success is the invaluable help of a local interpreter and journalist Dith Pran .
When foreigners are evacuated after the Khmer Rouge comes to power , Sydney ( Sam Waterson ) is forced out of the country , but Pran ( Haing S.Ngor ) must remain behind to face the terrors of that regime...
Powerful movie , one of the best . Joffe is sensational director . Go for it , guys .  

[jucadsloa]

And now Lady's and Gent's something special ...

Billy Wilder's , (1950)...Sunset Blvd ...

Joe Gillis (William Holden) is unsuccessful scriptwriter . While evading car repossession agents , he drives into a private garage on Sunset Blvd . He finds that the house is inhabited by faded silent movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her butler Max (Erich von Stroheim) .
Since Joe is broke , it's easy for Norma to convince him to read the script she has been writing for her "comeback".
Joe becomes totally financially dependent on Norma....
You have to watch the rest .
This is really one of the best film ever .
I love this movie . Just look down on my signature...

[jucadsloa]

Today...Frank Darabont's (1994) , Shawshank Redemption ...
Andy DuFresne ( Tim Robbins ) a successful bankar , was convicted of murdering hi wife and her lover , sentenced to life in prison .He learns prison life in hard way .
Andy approaches Red ( Morgan Freeman ) a lifer who is known for procurement...
That's about it . You know everything about Stephen King's Shawshank .
I saw this film so many times that I'm not sure how many times it was .
Cheers ...

[jucadsloa]

This one is great...

As Good As It Gets , directed by James L. Brooks , with Jack Nicholson , Helen Hunt , Greg Kinnear ,
Cuba Gooding Jr , Shirley Knight...

Melvin Udall ( Jack Nicholson ) a successful writer with obsessive-compulsive disorder ,
likes to control every last detail of his life...

Hilarious one , won 2 Oscars , Best Actor and Actress , Jack and Helen , another 25 nominations and 23 wins .
Enjoy the movie .  

[Goodfella]

Most Excellent, superb thread! My 1st choice would have been Goodfellas but that got snapped up

[jucadsloa]

Goodfella, on 19 May 2010 - 7:08 PM, said:

Most Excellent, superb thread! My 1st choice would have been Goodfellas but that got snapped up

Except Barry Lyndon , the other movies are not lined up in row .
Every one of them is great by something , screenplay , acting , directing , you named it .
Another 347 to go .   ( this is my fav emoticon ) .

[jucadsloa]

Hi , guys ...
This movie is on first place on AFI's - 100 Best American Movies . It's...
Citizen Kane ( 1941 ) , directed by Orson Welles , starring Orson Welles , Joseph Cotten....
It's 1941 and newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane is dead .
The opening shots show Xanadu , Kane's famous estate in Florida .
The obituary presents scenes from his life and death .
Most puzzling are his last moments...

I'm not going to tell you nothing else . Watch the movie .  
Won Oscar for Best Original Screenwriting .
See ya.

[jucadsloa]

Have you seen this one ?
It's David Lean's Lawrence Of Arabia (1962), with Peter O'Toole , Alec Guiness , Anthony Quinn ,
Omar Sharif , Arthur Kennedy....
T.E.Lawrence ( Peter O'Toole ) , a British officer charged with the task of assembling the varied desert tribes
into guerrilla army to fight against Turkey in World War One...
Won 7 Oscars : Best Picture , Best Director , Best Cinematography , Best Art Direction , Best Music ,
Best Costumes , Best Editing .
Wow , it's really one of the best pictures ever .  

[nastykris]

Another one from me Get Carter Michael Caine's best ever role; a great supporting cast of characters; gritty location shooting; endlessly quotable dialogue; great theme tune; wonderful downbeat ending; just gets better and better with age.

[jucadsloa]

It's time for...

The Deer Hunter (1978) , directed by Michael Chimino , with Robert De Niro , Meryl Streep ,
Christopher Walken , John Savage....
Three friends from a small Pennsylvania town are drafted to serve in Vietnam ,
and their lives are forever changed...

Won 5 Oscar Rewards : Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor In Supporting Role ( Christopher Walken ) ,
Best Editing and Best Sound .

This is brilliant movie , my friends , guess you all know that ...

[jucadsloa]

What do you think about Patton

Directed 1970 by Franklin J. Schaffner , with George C. Scott , Karl Malden...

As the film begins , we meet General George S. Patton ( George C. Scott ) taking command
of II Corps in North Africa following major defeat...

Won "only"     7 Oscars : Best Actor , Best Picture , Best Director , Best Editing , Best Sound ,
Best Art Direction and Best Writing .
Awards are speaking about the movie .
This is 22nd . Another 300 something to go .

[jucadsloa]

Now , few words about The Hours ( 2002 ).
Directed by Stephen Daldry .
Starring : Meryl Streep , Nicole Kidman , Julianne Moore , Ed Harris , Miranda Richardson ...

The Hours is centered on the book " Mrs. Dalloway " by Virginia Woolf and its effects on three very
different women in very different time periods...

Oscar for Best Actress in Leading Role : Nicole Kidman .
Wonderful screenplay with awesome acting .
This movie was made for truly drama fans .

See ya , folks .  

[nastykris]

Where is 'Double Indemnity'? ''Ace in the Hole'? 'The Wild Bunch'? 'Les Enfants du Paradis'? 'Viriandana'? They just all seem to be Oscar worthy so far.....what is 'Patton' all about?.....george c scott at his finest see 'the hustler'

[Goodfella]

Not seen Patton either, is it good?

How about more De Niro Oscar nominated movies?  

[jucadsloa]

Goodfella, on 03 June 2010 - 5:34 PM, said:

Not seen Patton either, is it good?

How about more De Niro Oscar nominated movies?  

Great .

Hold your horses .     Patients ...
Another 300 something to go .

[nastykris]

Goodfella, on 03 June 2010 - 5:34 PM, said:

Not seen Patton either, is it good?

How about more De Niro Oscar nominated movies?  

'Patton' is one of these pro American film at about the time of the vietnam war, even tho Patton was in the 2nd world war and they give the oscar to george c scott, just like they did with john wayne in 'True Grig' ...a year or two before Patton......Robert deNiro ...wasn't he in meet 'the fookers 3 (get a grip of that ice cream sunnday)?

[jucadsloa]

nastykris, on 03 June 2010 - 5:28 PM, said:

Where is 'Double Indemnity'? ''Ace in the Hole'? 'The Wild Bunch'? 'Les Enfants du Paradis'? 'Viriandana'? They just all seem to be Oscar worthy so far.....what is 'Patton' all about?.....george c scott at his finest see 'the hustler'

Easy , dude . Chill out .     Have only two hands and two fingers for typing .  
The Patton is about Patton .
The Wild Bunch is my fav western , man ( 26 on this list ) The Hours was 23rd .

[nastykris]

jucadsloa, on 03 June 2010 - 5:52 PM, said:

Easy , dude . Chill out .     Have only two hands and two fingers for typing .  
The Patton is about Patton .
The Wild Bunch is my fav western , man ( 26 on this list ) The Hours was 23rd .

should seriously get your priorities in order......put the wild bunch in there earlier and leave patton and the hours till a bit later. Favourit waesterns has got to be 'rio bravo' or 'stagecoach' or.....''shane' is a good un

[jucadsloa]

nastykris, on 03 June 2010 - 6:01 PM, said:

should seriously get your priorities in order......put the wild bunch in there earlier and leave patton and the hours till a bit later. Favourit waesterns has got to be 'rio bravo' or 'stagecoach' or.....''shane' is a good un

This list is not in order  Top 365 Movies .
I'm writing them down , not to forget some of them .
Anyway , it's really long list .
I was inspired wit Julie&Julia . Instead of food , we have movies , lol .