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Tag Archives: AFI
The Shawshank Redemption
Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. The above is the tagline for the film The Shawshank Redemption. I saw this movie when it came out in 1994 and to be honest, it didn’t have a huge impact on me. … Continue reading
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
When the idea for my 50 year project began to germinate I looked over the American Film Institute’s top 100 movies list. I saw the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on it. That weekend the movie was on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, Action and Adventure, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Cinematography, Best Music (Song), Best Original Score for a Motion Picture, Best Writing, Blog, Blogging, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Comedy, Katharine Ross, Movie Reviews, Movies, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Westerns
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The Silence of the Lambs
I remember the first time I saw The Silence of the Lambs in the theater. I was seventeen and I was visiting my best friend in California. Four years earlier I had moved from California to Colorado. Each year I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Writing, Blog, Blogging, Hannibal Lecter, Horror Films, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme, Movies, Scott Glenn, Serial Killers, Ted Levine, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris, Thrillers
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In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night, released in 1967, won five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Rod Steiger), Film Editing, Sound, and Writing for Adapted Screenplay. The film is based on a novel by John Ball. Sidney Poitier, Rod … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Actor, Best Picture, Blog, Blogging, In the Heat of the Night, John Ball, Lee Grant, Movie Review, Movies, Norman Jewison, Racial Tension in Small Towns, Racism, Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, Warren Oates
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Forrest Gump
The 76th movie on the AFI’s top 100 movies is Forrest Gump, released in 1994. Really, has it been that long. I can still remember seeing the film in the theatre. I have seen bits and pieces of it over … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, Academy Awards, AFI, American Film Institute, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Blog, Blogging, Bubba Gump, Forrest Gump, Movie Review, Movies, New York, New York City, NYC, Photography, Robert Zemeckis, Times Square, Tom Hanks
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Modern Times and Chaplin
After watching The Wild Bunch from the AFI top 100 list, I was a little hesitant about the next movie. I was not a huge fan of the western and I was hoping the rest of the movies on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Travel, Canada, Montreal, Photography, AFI, Life, Movie Reviews, Travel Journal, 50 Year Project, Travel Blog, Travel Photo, American Film Institute, Silent Films, Reviews, Charlie Chaplin, Hollywood, Movie History, Modern Times, Assembly Lines, The Little Tramp, Paulette Goddard
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The Wild Bunch
Now that the weather is starting to cool off, I’m finding that I’m spending more time indoors. In the summer, I crave being outside. This makes progress on my movie goal difficult. The next movie on my list is The … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Year Project, AFI, American Film Institute, Ben Johnson, Colorado, Ernest Borgnine, Jaime Sanchez, Life, Movies, Nature, Photography, Photos, Robert Ryan, Sam Peckinpah, The Wild Bunch, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Journal, Travel Photos, Warren Oates, Westerns, William Holden
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Review: The Apartment
After watching Spartacus from the AFI’s top 100 movies I was relieved to see that the next movie on the list was the romantic comedy-drama, The Apartment. I’ve always been a sucker for these. And how can you go wrong … Continue reading
Spartacus
There has been a little delay in my movie challenge. And the reason is I had a difficult time tracking down a copy of the movie. The 81st movie on the top 100 AFI list is Spartacus. After watching Sunrise, … Continue reading
Sunrise
The next movie on my journey to watch all the top 100 AFI films from 100 to 1 is the 1927 silent film, Sunrise. F. W. Murnau directed this film. I haven’t watched too many silent films in the past. … Continue reading
