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When
you start thinking about it, it's incredibly difficult to rate
your all time favorite 100 films. There are some movies we
can watch over and over again. These will always
remain our
core movies, but may not be in our top 100 for various reasons. Hence,
we've had to append another 100 or so films to our original top 100
list, which is work in progress.
We're
very fond of adventure sea tales, yet it takes a whole raft of settings
(no pun intended) to
cater for our tastes in a modern world. Some films we like because
we first saw
them when we were young and they remind us of special times, such
as The Wizard of Oz at Christmas
when a child. Inevitably, a good new film will beat
a good oldie, just because the special effects and shooting
techniques are now so clever. However, that is not always
the case and sometimes the classic style that made an oldie an
oldie, will never be repeated, such as the 39 Steps and
Psycho. We would have put King Kong in this category, but
having seen the Dec 05 re-make we think this Kong with Jack Black
and Naomi Watts is a masterpiece that finally tops the original -
the last one didn't come close. Mind you it cost a
staggering $207 million to produce - the most expensive
movie at that time (Dec 05). Correct us if we're wrong. But today,
$200 million dollars is not so staggering when you consider the $billion
plus dollar returns of Harry Potter, Finding Nemo, Spiderman and Star
Wars (Phantom Menace). It seems that the more you invest in
production, the better the returns in the long run - especially
if you create a classic.
What
is your all time favourite film?
We
seem to like popular films judging by the
box-office earnings. we're not that keen on horror or
gangster films, unless they are stunning and superbly made, such
as The Road to Perdition. We prefer a bit
of science fiction to stretch our imagination and ripping
thrillers. But, they have
to be done well and be believable. Then there is always a
good court room drama, or a western (a dying breed). True stories also
work for us - they are sometimes the best of all, such as
Seabiscuit and Erin Brockovich. We're also romantics, although
you'd never guess it from this list. Lastly, we really enjoy a
good comedy, the more ridiculous the better - Naked Gun never
fails to make us laugh. Depending on your mood, films like this
can have you crying - Austin Powers too and Blades of Glory.
Not
that we've anything against a good remake, but we'd rather see
more new stories made into films, even if this is more risky for
film companies as investments. Fortunately, there are many good
new books and film
scripts written every year. So keep writing everyone and one day
your story may make it onto celluloid. Max.
-
GLADIATOR
- Russell Crowe - (2000, Ridley Scott)
Joaquin Phoenix
-
KING
KONG - Naomi Watts,
Jack
Black (Dir. Peter Jackson)
-
MASTER
and COMMANDER (2003) - Russell Crowe
-
TITANIC
- Kate Winslett & Leonardo di Caprio
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SEABISCUIT
- Jeff Bridges,
Tobey Maguire,
Chris Cooper
-
PIRATES
OF THE CARIBBEAN - Johnny Depp
- P2
DEAD MANS CHEST - Keira
Knightley
- Orlando
Bloom
-
ALIEN
- 1, 2 & Alien Vs Predator - Sigourney
Weaver, Ian Holm
& John Hurt
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TROY
- Brad
Pitt, Orlando
Bloom, Eric Bana
-
THE
TERMINATOR (1984, James Cameron) 2 & 3 - Arnold
Shwazenneger
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MUTINY
ON THE BOUNTY - Marlon Brando
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OVERBOARD
- Goldie Hawn &
Kurt Russell
-
A
PERFECT STORM - George Clooney
-
HORNBLOWER
- Gregory Peck
-
BABE
- James Cromwell
-
JURASSIC
PARK 1, 2 & 3 - Sam Neil
-
DEAD
CALM - Nicole Kidman & Sam Neil
-
ZULU
- Michael Cain &
Stanley Baker
-
THE
MUMMY & MUMMY RETURNS
-
Brendan
Fraser, Rachel
Weisz, Arnold
Vosloo
-
SPIDERMAN
1 & 2 - Tobey
Maguire, Willem
Dafoe, Kirsten
Dunst
-
THE
THING - Kurt Russell
-
CON
AIR - Nicholas Cage
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RAMBO
- First Blood - Slyvester Stalone
-
THE
DAMBUSTERS - B&W 1954
-
THE
SOUND OF MUSIC - Julie Andrews
-
THE
39 STEPS - B&W - Richard Hannay 1935
-
MAN
ON FIRE - Denzel
Washington
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LEON
- Jean Reno
-
WHAT
WOMEN WANT - Mel
Gibson
-
BRAVEHEART
- 1995,
Mel Gibson
-
ROB
ROY - Liam Neeson
-
THE
COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO - Gerard Depardieu
-
THE
PATRIOT - Mel Gibson
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PAYBACK
- Mel Gibson
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THE
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991, Jonathan Demme) Anthony Hopkins
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ERIN
BROCKOVICH - Julia Roberts
-
WAR
OF THE WORLDS - Tom Cruise
-
NATIONAL
TREASURE - Nicholas Cage
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CATWOMAN
- Halle Berry
-
BATMAN
- Michael Keaton
and Christian Bale
-
STAR
GATE - Kurt Russell
-
ROXANNE
- Steve Martin
-
ONE
FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975, Milos Foreman)
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CAST
AWAY (2000, Robert Zemeckis)
Tom Hanks
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JAWS
(1975, Steven Spielberg)
-
BACK
TO THE FUTURE 1, 2 & 3 - Michael J Fox
-
UNFORGIVEN
- Clint Eastwood
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THE
WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN - Anthony Hopkins
-
MEN
OF HONOUR - Robert de Niro -
Charlize
Theron
-
TREASURE
ISLAND (
)
-
DISCLOSURE
- Michael Douglas,
Demi
Moore
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MEDICINE
MAN - Sean Connery
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THE
QUIET MAN - John Wayne
-
JAMES
BOND - Goldfinger - all, latest first -
Sean
Connery Daniel
Craig Judi
Dench Mads
Mikkelsen Eva
Green Roger
Moore Pierce
Brosnan (Babara
Broccoli)
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CROCODILE
DUNDEE - Paul Hogan and
Linda Kozlowski
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PSYCHO
(1960, Alfred Hitchcock) - Anthony
Perkins, Janet
Leigh
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WIMBLEDON
- 2004 - Paul
Bettany, Kirsten
Dunst
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SHORT
CIRCUIT - 1986 - Steve
Guttenberg & Ally
Sheedy
-
THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT - Michael Douglas & Annette Bening
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WAR
OF THE WORLDS - Tom Cruise
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MEET
JOE BLACK - Brad Pitt
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THE
LITTLE MERMAID - Walt Disney
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JUST
LIKE HEAVEN - Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo
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BEAUTY
AND THE BEAST - Walt Disney
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FAR
AND AWAY - Tom Cruise &
Nicole Kidman
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PLANET
OF THE APES - Charlton Heston
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OCEANS
11 - George Clooney
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CASABLANCA
(1942, Micheal Curtiz) -
Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart
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PINOCCHIO
(1940, Walt Disney)
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THE
GREEN MILE - Tom Hanks
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DEATH
MACHINE -
-
SLEEPY
HOLLOW - Johnny Depp
-
THE
GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966, Sergio Leone)
- Clint Eastwood
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ROBIN
HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES - Kevin Costner
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BEN
HUR - Charlton Heston
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UNDER
SEIGE - Steven Segal
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THE
SOUND OF MUSIC - Julie Andrews
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FLY
AWAY HOME - Jeff Daniels 1996
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SPEED
- Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock
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ROBOCOP
- 1987 - Peter
Weller, Nancy
Allen & Ronny Cox
-
20,000
LEAGUES BENEATH THE SEA - James Mason & Kirk Douglas
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LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE WORLD - Kirk Douglas & Yul Bryner
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PHENOMENON
- John Travolta
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SOMETHINGS
GOTTA GIVE - Jack Nicholson & Diane Keaton
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TOP
GUN - Tom Cruise
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PEARL
HARBOUR - Ben
Affleck
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APOLLO
13 - Tom Hanks
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DOLORES
CLAIBORNE -
Kathy Bates
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THE
MASK OF ZORRO - Anthony Hopkins & Antonio Banderas
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FORREST
GUMP (1994, Robert Zemechis) - Tom Hanks
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SUPERMAN
1 & 2 - Christopher Reeve
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2001:SPACE
ODYSSEY (1968, Stanely Kubrick)
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THE
STAR WARS TRILOGY (1979-1983, Irvin Kershner) - Harrison
Ford
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RAIDERS
OF THE LOST ARK (1981, Steven Spielberg) - Harrison Ford
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THE
MASK - Jim
Carrey, Cameron
Diaz
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THE
MAN WITH TWO BRAINS - Steve Martin
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TRADING
PLACES (1983, John Landis) - Eddie Murphy
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GONE
IN 60 SECONDS - Nicholas Cage
- Angelina
Jolie
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FACE
OFF - Nicholas Cage and
John Travolta
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TRUE
GRIT - John Wayne
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FRENCH
KISS - Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline
100
is never enough - another 100 films +
OTHER
FILMS OF NOTE
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PRETTY
WOMAN - Richard Gere and Julia Roberts
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ATONEMENT
- Keira
Knoghtley and James
McAvoy
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BREAKFAST
AT TIFFANY'S - Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard
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TRADING
PLACES - Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd
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FINDING
NEMO
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50
FIRST DATES - Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore
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JUST
LIKE HEAVEN - Reese Witherspoon & Mark Ruffalo
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NAKED
GUN and Leslie Neilson
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AUSTIN
POWERS and Mike Myers (all)
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MISERY
- Kathy Bates
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THELMA
and LOUISE - Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis
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BILLY
ELLIOT - Jamie Bell and Julie Walters
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RACE
THE SUN - Halle Berry and James Belushi
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GHOST
- Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore
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MINORITY
REPORT (2002, Steven
Spielberg) - Tom Cruise
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THE
FUGITIVE - Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones
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THE
FLY - 1986 Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis
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SCHINDLERS
LIST (1993, Steven Spielberg)
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A
CIVIL ACTION - John Travolta
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DIE
HARD - Bruce Willis
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MARS
ATTACK - Jack Nicholson
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OFFICER
and a GENTLEMAN - Richard Gere
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AUSTIN
POWERS - Mike Myers
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BLADES
OF GLORY -
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CHINATOWN
(1974, Roman Polanski) - Jack Nicholson
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SEVEN
(1996, David Fincher) - Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt
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WOLF
- Jack Nicholson & Michelle
Pfeiffer
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EVERY
WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE - Clint Eastwood
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NORTH
BY NORTHWEST (1959, Alfred Hitchcock)
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BRIDGET
JONES DIARY - Rennie Zellwegger
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LADY
IN RED - Julia
Roberts
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THE
MASK - Jim Carrey
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CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
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IT'S
A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946, Frank Kapra) - James Stewart
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THE
WIZARD OF OZ (1939, Victor Fleming) - Judy Garland
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ET
- Richard Dreyfus
(1977 Steven Spielberg)
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DIE
HARD - Bruce Willis
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A
MAN CALLED HORSE - Richard Harris
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BORN
FREE - 1966
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PRETTY
WOMAN - Richard
Gere and Julia
Roberts
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THE
AVIATOR - Leonardo di Caprio
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SCOTT
OF THE ANTARCTIC -
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JASON
AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)
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CHITTY
CHITTY BANG BANG - Dick Van Dyke
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WATERLOO
BRIDGE - Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor
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STAIRWAY
TO HEAVEN - David Niven and Kim Hunter
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DANCES
WITH WOLVES (1990, Kevin Kostner)
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FREE
WILLY
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THE
AWAKENING - Charlton Heston
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DIRTY
ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Steve
Martin and Michael
Caine - Comedy
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MAD
MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985, George Miller)
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LOLITA
(1997, Adrian Lyne)
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WALL
STREET (1987, Oliver Stone)
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ROCKY
(1976, John Avildsen)
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SHAWSHANK
REDEMPTION (1994, Frank Darabont)
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STIR
CRAZY - Gene Wilder and Richard Prior
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TWELVE
MONKEYS (1995, Terry Gilliam)
- Bruce Willis
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WESTWORLD
- Yul Bryner
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FLIPPER
- Paul
Hogan
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EDWARD
SCISSORHANDS (1990, Tim Burton) - Johony Depp
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APOCALYPSE
NOW (1979, Francis Ford Coppola)
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LAWRENCE
OF ARABIA (1962, David Lean -
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KING
KONG - Faye Wray B&W 1933
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OUT
OF TIME - Denzel Washington
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ROBOCOP
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-
MOBY
DICK - Herbert
Melville's tale of a whale
that gives as good as it gets.
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THE
ROAD TO PERDITION - Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig and Paul Newman
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TRANSFORMERS
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-
WELCOME
TO THE JUNGLE
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REAR
WINDOW (1954, Alfred Hitchcock) - James Stewart
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THE
HULK - 2003 Eric
Bana & Jennifer
Connelly
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AMERICAN
BEAUTY (1999, Sam Mendes) - Kevin Spacey,
Annette Bening
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THE
SHINING (1980, Stanely Kubrick) - Jack Nicholson
CARTOONS
OF NOTE
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THE
LITTLE MERMAID
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SHREK
-
FINDING
NEMO
-
TOY
STORY
-
THE
LION KING
-
BEAUTY
AND THE BEAST
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DUMBO
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DONALD
DUCK
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MICKEY
MOUSE
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So,
what makes a good film? A film is a story told in such a
way that it captures the imagination. It may also be
informative as a portrayal of a particular human characteristic
or event - love, strength, skill. Hence, you need a good
story to begin with and this is where it gets complicated.
But, before we get lost in storylines, you also need great
actors. People who can breath life into a script.
Then you need great production, and this starts with directors
and producers. Producers, recognise they have a good story
and put all the ingredients together; actors, locations, special
effects and finance. Directors, turn words on a page into
pictures, then paste them together to keep the story
moving. It is an art. It is also an expensive art
where the rewards are well worth the investment, provided you
have that something special to begin with.
There
are still so many good films to be made. New stories will
always come along to inspire a film. Equally, some good
old films need remaking, and that is the reason why the list
above is forever changing.
I
hope one day some brave soul will tell my story. The story
of an inventor from
England with a vision to build a
solar
boat. At least if this story is not told in my lifetime,
I've created this website to capture the projects of interest,
which will be lodged with the British Library. Remember, it is not the winning that
matters, it is the taking part. Although, it's nice to
have a win every now and again. NK
AWARD
and NOMINATIONS
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