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[jucadsloa]

My next choice is (2001) Moulin Rouge , directed by Baz Luhrman ,
with Ewan McGregor , Nicole Kidman , John Leguizamo , Jim Broadbent...

The movie opens upon Christian (Ewan Mc Gregor) , a young writer ,typing the story about his greatest love .
In 1899 Christian goes to Paris to pursue a writing career .
There he meets Satine ,a Parisian courtesan and Moulin Rouge star , at the peak of her career .
Innocent Christian and beautiful Satine fall in love...



Wonderful film , great costumes , more than beautiful music , songs .
I love this movie .

[jucadsloa]

This is (1980)



Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick , with Jack Nicholson , Shelly Duvall...

Basically unemployable Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) is thrilled to get a job as caretaker of the
Overlook Hotel . He , his wife Wendy (Shelly Duvall) and his son move there for the winter .
Before leaving , summer chef warns Jack that he may see scary things in the hotel
but that he shouldn't worry , because they aren't real...

If you like horror movies this is the one .

[jucadsloa]

Here is another great movie...12 Monkeys

Director Terry Gilliam , cast : Bruce Willis , Brad Pitt , Madeleine Stowe , Christopher Plummer...

A fantastic view of a bleak future created by the outbreak of a virus in the year 1996 .
James Cole (Bruce Willis) is forced to travel back in time to periods between 1990-1996 to try to
discover who or what was responsible for the outbreak...

2 Oscar nominations .

Brad Pitt was brilliant , but he missed Oscar for Best Supporting Actor because of
Kevin Spacey and his Usual Suspect .

But I have to be honest , guys and admit that Brad Pitt was better even he is not on that list
20 Best Actors of All Time . Great performance .

[jucadsloa]

In 1991 Oliver Stone releases his director's cut of JFK .

Starring : Kevin Costner , Tommy Lee Jones , Kevin Bacon , Donald Sutherland , Gary Oldman ,
Sissy Spacek , Jack Lemmon , Joe Pesci , Sally Kirkland , John Candy and many others .

District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) doesn't believe that the official investigation in
murder of President John F. Kennedy has uncovered all the truths .
Is it a coverup or is it just another conspiracy theory waiting to be disproved ?
As Garrison investigates deeper , the threats to his family begin making him feel that
he's on right track...

Awesome film . Won 2 Oscars : Best Cinematography and Best Editing .

[jucadsloa]

This FIFA World Cup is killing me , lol .

Whatever...Next is Troy (2004) . Director is Wolfgang Petersen .
Starring : Brad Pitt , Eric Bana , Orlando Bloom , Peter O'Toole...

The movie " Troy " chronicles the classic story The Iliad by Homer .
Helen , who is the wife of Menelaus , falls in love with Troyan Prince Paris...

You know the tale , but have you see the movie ?
2 Oscar nominations .

Great spectacle .

[jucadsloa]

Now it's time for Johnathan Deeme's  Philadelphia (1993)
with Tom Hanks , Denzel Washington , Antonio Banderas , Joanne Woodward , Mary Steenburgen...

Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) is one of the best young lawyers in city of Philadelphia .
He works for a group of very conservative lawyers , and that's the reason why he is keeping his
homosexuality and the fact that he had AIDS , a secret .
One day  however , Andrew is being fired and he assumes his secret had gotten out....

That scene when Tom Hanks listen Maria Callas singing is sensational .

Won 2 Oscars : Best Actor (Tom Hanks) and Best Music , Original Song (Bruce Spreengstin) .

Recommended .  

[jucadsloa]

You know this one ?  

Scent Of A Woman (1992) , director Martin Brest .
Cast : Al Pacino , Chris O'Donnell , Philip Saymour Hoffman ...

Charlie (Chris O'Donnell) , a poor student on scholarship at a prestigious university , accepts a job
for the Thanksgiving holiday . A woman needs someone to stay with her blind brother while she's away .
What seems like easy money and quiet weekend turns into an adventure .
As soon as they are alone , a limousine arrives and Lt.Colonel Frank Slade (Al Pacino)
drag Charlie off to New York City...

Won Oscar , Best Actor ( Al Pacino ).

Just watch this one , that's an order ...

[jucadsloa]

This movie is great , thank's to two fabulous actresses , Bette Davis and Joan Crawford .

Robert Aldrich (1962) What Ever Happened To Baby Jane ?




Baby Jane Hudson was a renowned child vaudeville star because she was cute and perky .
Her older sister  Blanche , stayed in the background .
However , as the girl grown up , the roles reverse .
Jane (Bette Davis) becomes a has-been , and Blanche (Joan Crawford)  becomes a star .
This is hard for Jane to swallow .
One day , psychotic drunk Jane and Blanche are in car accident and Blanche is crippled...

Won Oscar for Best Costume Design .

   I love Bette Davis .

[jucadsloa]

This is no. 66 , another 299 to go , lol .  

William Friedkin's French Connection (1971)
with Gene Hackman , Roy Scheider , Fernando Ray...

The fictional retelling of one of the biggest actual world drug smuggling ring active
in the '60's and '70's referred as the "French Connection" .

The film follows the exhausting investigation of two New York City cops ,
Det. Jimmy "Popaye" Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Det. Buddy (Roy Scheider)...

Famous "live " car chasing all over New York ,
because William Friedkin couldn't get permission for shooting the desired scenes .

WON 5 Oscars : Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor (Gene Hackman) , Best Editing and Best Writing .

[Supraman079]

Just my opinion, but I think The French Connection is 10 times the movie Troy is.

Raw edgy energy, great acting, great story, top rated car chase sequence next to Bullitt for the time period, and well all the awards confirm it.

Overall a nice list to pay attention to.

[jucadsloa]

1985 , Sydney Pollack's Out Of Africa .
Cast : Maryl Streep , Robert Redford , Klaus Maria Brandauer , Michael Kitchen...

Biography about Karen Blixen (Maryl Streep) who leaves the comfort of her home in Denmark
for life on a coffee plantation in Africa .
She's a new wed to Baron Blixen (Klaus Maria Brandauer) who seeks to cultivate coffee at heights of Kenya .
That had never be successfully attempted .
In Africa , Karen meets Denys (Robert Redford) .
He woos Baroness and they embark on a passionate love affair...

Won 7 Oscars : Best Picture , Best Director , Best Music , Best Art-Direction ,Best Sound ,
Best Cinematography nd Best Writing .

                    

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Supraman079, on 07 July 2010 - 5:16 PM, said:

Just my opinion, but I think The French Connection is 10 times the movie Troy is.

Raw edgy energy, great acting, great story, top rated car chase sequence next to Bullitt for the time period, and well all the awards confirm it.

Overall a nice list to pay attention to.

This is not Top 365 all time movies .
I'm putting them one by one in no specific order . Maybe the last will be the best , who knows .
Just trying not to forget some great movie .

[jucadsloa]

Here is one Akira Kurosawa movie from 1954 , Seven Samurai .

During the warring states period in Japan a village of poor farmers is repeatedly attacked
by a gang of forty bandits .
A young villager suggests they hire someone to fight the bandits which means hiring samurai .
The villagers don't trust samurai as their rapacious appetites can make them as bad as
the bandits and because they have little with which to pay them...

Great movie , if you like this kind of films .
Anyway , this one deserve a place among the other movies for all time .



2 Oscar nominations .

[jucadsloa]

I've decided to put An Officer And A Gentleman on the list even you don't like this movie .
Director Taylor Hackford , cast : Richard Gere , David Keith , Louis Gossett Jr.
Debra Winger , Robert Loggia...

Zack Mayo (Richard Gere   ) , the loner son of a hard-boiled , sailor father (Robert Loggia) ,
enrolls in Pensacola's famed Naval Aviation Officer Candidate School to ,
as the cadets say it , "get jets" .
Along the way , Zack befriended with naive Oklahoma guy Sid (David Keith)...

Won 2 Oscars : Best Actor in Supporting Role (Louis Gossett Jr.) and Best Music .

[jucadsloa]

Here I am...

1992 , Clint Eastwood and his Unforgiven .
Starring : Gene Hackman , Clint Eastwood , Morgan Freeman , Richard Harris , Frances Fisher...

A widower (Clint Eastwood) , retired gunfighter and ex-drunker is summoned to a frontier town
to avenge the disfigurement of one of the town whores ,
by the hand of young ranch worker...

Won 4 Oscar Awards .
Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor in Supporting Role (Gene Hackman) and Best Film Editing .

Extraordinary film . I'd re-watch this one last night . Looks even better than before . Awesome movie .

[jucadsloa]

1992 , Chaplin by Richard Attenborough .
Cast : Robert Downey Jr , Anthony Hopkins , Geraldine Chaplin , Kevin Kline , Diane Lane ,
Dan Aykroyd , Moira Kelly...

Biographical film about the life and times of Charles Chaplin (Robert Downey Jr.) .
The film is narrated by older Chaplin and follows Charlie's life in England as a child and a teen ,
all the way his adult life in America .
Even though Charlie was an extraordinary filmmaker and actor ,
he was always haunted by a sense of loss...

Only nominated for 4 Oscar Awards .
Somehow Robert Downey Jr. missed that Best Actor Award . That's unbelievable , because Downey IS Chaplin . Look at this picture above .
His best performance ever . Shame on Academy , really . Just watch the movie .

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jucadsloa, on 13 July 2010 - 6:32 PM, said:

Here I am...

1992 , Clint Eastwood and his Unforgiven .
Starring : Gene Hackman , Clint Eastwood , Morgan Freeman , Richard Harris , Frances Fisher...

A widower (Clint Eastwood) , retired gunfighter and ex-drunker is summoned to a frontier town
to avenge the disfigurement of one of the town whores ,
by the hand of young ranch worker...

Won 4 Oscar Awards .
Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor in Supporting Role (Gene Hackman) and Best Film Editing .

Extraordinary film . I'd re-watch this one last night . Looks even better than before . Awesome movie .

Very Awesome Movie!

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Here we are...1997 , Curtis Hanson and L.A. Confidential .
Starring : Guy Pearce , Russell Crowe , Kevin Cpacey , Kim Basinger , Danny DeVito...

Murder at an all night dinner , three policeman different as sunshine and lightning bolts and
a beautiful girl make the perfect backdrop for this 1950' set crime/drama...



Won 2 Oscars .

[jucadsloa]

You all know this one , Braveheart (1995) .

Won 5 Oscars : Best Picture , Best Director (Mel Gibson) , Best Cinematography , Best Makeup
and Best Effects .

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jucadsloa, on 15 July 2010 - 3:44 PM, said:

You all know this one , Braveheart (1995) .

Won 5 Oscars : Best Picture , Best Director (Mel Gibson) , Best Cinematography , Best Makeup
and Best Effects .

LOL - what great timing with Mel being all over the news. Nevertheless, it's still a great film and we can all appreciate his work as an artist.