The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
05-31-13 | 10:46 PM
#26
Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
2010: 14
2011: 5.5
2012: 20.5
Potential List:
Hatfields & McCoys
Generation Kill
John Adams
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Dances with Wolves
Schindler's List
June 1st
1. Hatfields & McCoys: Part 1 (2012)*
June 2nd
2. Hatfields & McCoys: Part 2 (2012)*
3. Hatfields & McCoys: Part 3 (2012)*
June 5th
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)*
June 6th
5. The Impossible (2012)*
June 8th
6. Pride and Prejudice: Part 1/Part 2 (1995)*
6.5. Pride and Prejudice: Part 3 (1995)*
June 9th
7. Pride and Prejudice: Part 4 (1995)*
8. Generation Kill "Get Some"/"The Cradle of Civilization" (2008)*
June 10th
9. Pride and Prejudice: Part 5/Part 6 (1995)*
9.5. Generation Kill "Screwby" (2008)*
June 12th
10.5. The Intouchables (2011)*
June 13th
11. Generation Kill "Combat Jack" (2008)*
June 14th
12. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)*
June 16th
12.5. Generation Kill "A Burning Dog" (2008)*
June 18th
13.5. 8: The Mormon Proposition (2010)*
June 20th
14.5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)*
June 23rd
15.5. Behind the Candelabra (2013)*
June 24th
16. Generation Kill "Stay Frosty" (2008)*
June 27th
16.5. Generation Kill "Bomb in the Garden" (2008)*
June 29th
17.5. Sense and Sensibility (1995)*
June 30th
18.5. Chasing Mavericks (2012)*
2011: 5.5
2012: 20.5
Potential List:
John Adams
Dances with Wolves
Schindler's List
June 1st
1. Hatfields & McCoys: Part 1 (2012)*
June 2nd
2. Hatfields & McCoys: Part 2 (2012)*
3. Hatfields & McCoys: Part 3 (2012)*
June 5th
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)*
June 6th
5. The Impossible (2012)*
June 8th
6. Pride and Prejudice: Part 1/Part 2 (1995)*
6.5. Pride and Prejudice: Part 3 (1995)*
June 9th
7. Pride and Prejudice: Part 4 (1995)*
8. Generation Kill "Get Some"/"The Cradle of Civilization" (2008)*
June 10th
9. Pride and Prejudice: Part 5/Part 6 (1995)*
9.5. Generation Kill "Screwby" (2008)*
June 12th
10.5. The Intouchables (2011)*
June 13th
11. Generation Kill "Combat Jack" (2008)*
June 14th
12. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)*
June 16th
12.5. Generation Kill "A Burning Dog" (2008)*
June 18th
13.5. 8: The Mormon Proposition (2010)*
June 20th
14.5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)*
June 23rd
15.5. Behind the Candelabra (2013)*
June 24th
16. Generation Kill "Stay Frosty" (2008)*
June 27th
16.5. Generation Kill "Bomb in the Garden" (2008)*
June 29th
17.5. Sense and Sensibility (1995)*
June 30th
18.5. Chasing Mavericks (2012)*
Last edited by HyperWeather; 06-30-13 at 07:17 PM.
06-01-13 | 05:36 AM
#27
Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
Ash Ketchum’s 3rd Annual Historical Challenge
* - First-time viewings
June 1, 2013
1. *SONG WITHOUT END (1960/U.S., 130 min., color, biopic/musical drama/Columbia) VHS (taped off TCM)
Directors: Charles Vidor, George Cukor. Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Genevieve Page.
Dirk Bogarde plays composer Franz Liszt during the concert pianist phase of his career when he toured Europe and was treated like a rock star. Performance scenes shot on location in Vienna.
2. Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 1 (1996/Japan, 97 min., color, samurai adventure/anime TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kazuhiro Furuhashi.
#1: The Handsome Swordsman of Legend: A Man Who Fights for Love
#2: Kid Samurai: A Big Ordeal and a New Student
#3: Swordsman of Sorrow: The Man Who Slays His Past
#4: Bad! Introducing Sanosuke, Fighter-for-Hire
A swordsman who fought for the Imperialists tries to put his past behind him in Tokyo in the Meiji era, but it keeps catching up with him.
3. SHINSENGUMI: ASSASSINS OF HONOR (1970/Japan, 122 min., color, samurai drama/Toho) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Tadashi Sawajima. Star: Toshiro Mifune.
The Shinsengumi started out as a makeshift crew of ronin formed to protect the Shogun in a time of conflict with Imperial forces in the years leading up to the Meiji Restoration, which began in 1868. This film offers a powerful dramatization of their ill-fated campaign.
June 2, 2013
4. Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 2 (1996/Japan, 97 min., color, samurai adventure/anime TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kazuhiro Furuhashi.
#5: The Reverse-Blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle
#6: The Appearance of Kurogasa: Visitor from the Shadows
#7: Deathmatch under the Moon! Protect the One You Love
#8: A New Battle! The Mysterious Beauty From Nowhere
5. *THE GREAT GATSBY (2013/U.S., 142 min., color, 3-D, drama/Warner Bros.) Seen at East 86th Street Cinemas, Manhattan.
Dir.: Baz Luhrmann. Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire.
A literary work visualized through hallucinatory images. A fever dream of the Jazz Age.
June 3, 2013
6. KILLER CLANS (1976/Hong Kong, 101 min., color, historical adventure/Shaw Bros.) DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.) Dir.: Chor Yuen. Stars: Ku Feng, Yueh Hua. Intricate costume adventure involving betrayals and clan warfare. Based on a novel by Ku Lung, who specialized in elaborate tales of a fanciful “martial arts world” of competing societies of swordsmen in Old China.
June 4, 2013
7. THE BUSHIDO BLADE (1979/U.S.-UK, 90 min., color, historical adventure/Rankin-Bass) DVD
Dir.: Tom Kotani. Stars: Richard Boone, Frank Converse, Toshiro Mifune, Laura Gemser.
American film shot in Japan with a Japanese crew and a mixed cast of Americans and Japanese. Commodore Matthew Perry’s second trip to Japan (in 1854) to try and forge a treaty with the Shogun provides the background to a hackneyed plot involving three Americans who pursue a stolen sword in the Japanese countryside.
June 5, 2013
8. “Rose of Versailles” (1979/Japan, 97 min., color, animated historical drama/TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Osamu Dezaki. Based on a manga by Riyoko Ikeda.
#1: Oscar! The Destiny of the Rose
#2: Fly! The Butterfly of Austria
#3: Sparks Fly at Versailles
#4: Roses, Wine and the Conspiracy…
Beautifully designed and animated tale of a female commander assigned to guard Marie Antoinette when she comes to France to marry the Dauphin. Episode 4 includes MA's famous confrontation with Madame Du Barry.
June 7, 2013
9. SHINSENGUMI CHRONICLES: I WANT TO DIE A SAMURAI (1963/Japan, 93 min., color, historical adventure/Daiei) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kenji Misumi. Stars: Raizo Ichikawa, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Shiho Fujimura.
More streamlined version of the Shinsengumi saga than is seen in SHINSENGUMI: ASSASSINS OF HONOR (see #3) and far less a romanticization of this ill-fated motley crew. Tomisaburo Wakayama (Lone Wolf and Cub) plays the role Mifune plays in the later film.
June 8, 2013
10. THE LAST SAMURAI (2003/U.S., 154 min., color, historical adventure/WB) DVD
Dir.: Edward Zwick. Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe.
An American army captain gets involved with the last samurai rebellion in Japan in 1877. Despite its fudging of several historical details, it does have more of a genuine feel for the flavor and culture of Japan than most Hollywood movies about Japan.
June 9, 2013
11. HIGH NOON (1952/U.S., 84 min., b&w, western/UA) Seen on Encore West-HD
Dir.: Fred Zinnemann. Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly.
On his last day on the job, a marshal is alerted to the impending arrival of a vengeful outlaw and the town refuses to stand with him. Classic western that’s more about the politics of its era than actual western history. Cooper won the Best Actor Oscar for this.
June 10, 2013
12. WALK THE PROUD LAND (1956/U.S., 88 min., color, western/Universal) VHS
Dir.: Jesse Hibbs. Stars: Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft.
Murphy stars as John P. Clum, Indian Agent at the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona during the crucial period before Geronimo’s eventual capture. Rare story of a government representative who tries to improve the lot of the Indians. Clum eventually became a newspaper editor in Tombstone and an ally of Wyatt Earp, a period well covered in later westerns.
June 12, 2013
13. Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 (2001/U.S., 67 min., color and b&w, documentary/Starz Encore Entertainment) VHS
Dir.: Keith R. Clarke. Host: Dennis Weaver.
Documentary about cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy and the actor, William Boyd, who forged a successful 20-year career playing him. Excellent chronicle of the whole "Hoppy" phenomenon, which took the country by storm in the 1950s.
June 13, 2013
14. *Susan B. Anthony Slept Here (1995/U.S., 47 min., color, documentary/Alvin Cooperman Productions) VHS
Dir.: Alvin Cooperman. Host: Lynn Sherr. Special guests: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mae Jemison, Blair Brown, Donna de Varona.
Guided tour of American sites where notable women lived and worked, including Babe Zacharias, Georgia O'Keefe, Madame C.J. Walker, Susan B. Anthony, and Christa McAuliffe.
15. *Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen, Part 1: The Early Decades (1996/U.S., 49 min., color and b&w, documentary/Showtime) DVD
Narrator: Raquel Welch.
Compilation of film clips from the silent era to the pre-Code films of the early 1930s, illustrating Hollywood's obsession with sex and its constant battles with the censors.
June 15, 2013
16. SAMURAI X: THE MOTION PICTURE (aka RUROUNI KENSHIN: REQUIEM FOR MEIJI RESTORATION PATRIOTS, 1997/Japan, 90 min., color, historical adventure) VHS (English-dubbed) Dir.: Hajiki Tsuji.
Kenshin and his entourage arrive in Yokohama only to get caught up in the middle of a new revolt against the Meiji government. Not as exciting as the other Rurouni Kenshin productions, but still an intriguing take on that period of Japanese history.
June 18, 2013
17. GOODFELLAS (1990/U.S., 146 min., color, crime drama/WB) DVD
Dir.: Martin Scorsese. Stars: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta.
The antics of three mob-connected hoods from the 1950s to the 1980s. Based on a true story. As honest and unflinching a depiction of low-life, amoral criminality as any in American cinema.
June 21, 2013
18. WAR ARROW (1953/U.S., 78 min., color, western/Universal) DVD
Dir.: George Sherman. Stars: Jeff Chandler, Maureen O’Hara.
Chandler plays an army major who has to convince a band of forcibly relocated Seminoles out west to fight the Kiowas on the army’s behalf. Quite an unusual angle for an army-vs.-Indians western.
19. THE COCKPIT (1994/Japan, 83 min., color, animated war drama) VHS (English-dubbed)
Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takashi Imanishi, Ryosuke Takahashi.
Three stories, each by a different director, based on WWII-themed manga stories by Leiji Matsumoto. The first one’s about a Nazi fighter pilot, the second is about a Japanese suicide pilot in the last days of the war, while the third is about a Japanese soldier riding a motorcycle to certain death on a Philippines island after the Americans have landed. Rare opportunity to see war stories told from the viewpoint of this viewer’s onetime enemies.
June 22, 2013
20. *COLORADO SERENADE (1946/U.S., 68 min., color, western/PRC) Seen on EWST-HD
Dir.: Robert Emmett Tansey. Stars: Eddie Dean, Dave Sharpe.
Rare color B-western about a singing cowboy investigating gold robberies in a town run by bad elements. Stuntman-turned-co-lead Sharpe enlivens the action scenes.
21. IRON MONKEY (1993/Hong Kong, 86 min., color, martial arts adventure) Blu-ray
Dir.: Yuen Wo Ping. Stars: Donnie Yen, Yu Rong Guang.
Yen stars as Wong Kei-Ying, father of Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924), who’s played as an eleven-year-old here by a 12-year-old female martial arts student. Yu Rong Guang plays a doctor who masquerades as the Robin Hood-like Iron Monkey who robs from the corrupt to give to the poor.
22. *BHOWANI JUNCTION (1956/U.S.-UK, 110 min., color, historical drama/MGM) Seen on TCM-HD
Dir.: George Cukor. Stars: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger.
The turbulent build-up to India’s independence serves as a backdrop for a tepid Hollywood romantic melodrama involving an Anglo-Indian (played by white American southern girl Ava) and the three men she has to choose from: a British officer, an Anglo-Indian bureaucrat, and an Indian of the Sikh religion, all played by English actors. Gandhi makes a cameo.
23. *“Rose of Versailles” (1979/Japan, color, historical drama/TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
#5: With Tears of Dignity…
#6: The Silk Dress and the Ragged Dress
#7: Who Wrote the Love Letter
#8: Oscar in My Heart
Marie Antoinette visits Paris for the first time and revels in the adoration of the crowd. She also meets a handsome Swedish nobleman who becomes a regular visitor of hers at the palace, while Marie’s husband, the future king of France, neglects her.
June 23, 2013
24. *MARIE ANTOINETTE (1938/U.S., 157 min., b&w, historical drama/MGM) VHS (taped off TCM) Dir. W.S. Van Dyke II. Stars: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, Robert Morley.
Lavish production of the life of the late Queen of France, from her arrival in Versailles as a teenager to her sad end in the midst of the French Revolution. Powerful, wonderfully acted Hollywood drama and one of the best of its type. Benjamin Franklin makes a cameo appearance.
June 24, 2013
25. *MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006/U.S., 123 min., color, historical drama/Columbia) DVD
Dir.: Sofia Coppola. Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman.
Coppola’s portrait of the ill-fated queen focuses on her pampered life within the palace, that of a bird in a gilded cage, but suffers from its distanced approach which avoids an emotional attachment to the subject.
June 25, 2013
26. KILLER CONSTABLE (1980/HK, 92 min., color, kung fu adventure/Shaw Bros.) R3 DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.)
Dir.: Kuei Chih-hung. Star: Chen Kuan Tai.
The robbery of the Imperial court’s royal treasury in China in 1876 leads to the “killer constable” being assigned to find and kill the robbers, leading to the revelation of high-level treachery in court. Attempt to make a more serious and moody kung fu drama means less fun. The Empress Dowager makes a cameo appearance.
June 27, 2013
27. *RED LION (1969/Japan, 116 min., color, historical drama) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kihachi Okamoto. Star: Toshiro Mifune.
Mifune plays a slightly nutty peasant who joins an advance troop of the Imperial Army and returns to his hometown, after ten years, to try and shake off the influence of the Shogun before the Imperial troops get there. With his Red Lion clip-on "mane," he becomes like a god to the villagers and takes on the local bosses--to comic effect. Quite an unusual look at life in a backwater village during that turbulent period in Japan when the Shogun's power was waning and the Meiji Emperor was about to take control.
28a. *“Rose of Versailles” (1979/Japan, color, historical drama/TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
#9: The Sun Sets, the Sun Rises
#10: The Beautiful Devil, Jeanne
King Louis XV dies and the Dauphin, Marie Antoinette's husband, becomes King Louis XVI.
28b. “Animated Classics of Japanese Literature” (1986/Japan, 48 min., color, drama) VHS (in Japanese with English subs.
“The Tale of Shunkin” based on a story by Junichiro Tanizaki
“Friendship” based on a story by Saneatsu Mushanokoji
TV episodes based on Japanese stories about young love during the Meiji era.
June 29, 2013
29. GATE OF HELL (1953/Japan, 89 min., color, historical drama/Daiei) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Teinosuke Kinugasa. Stars: Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa.
Only the second color film made in Japan and the first to have a historical setting. This was awarded an Honorary Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film and also won an Oscar for Costume Design. In the 12th century, a samurai hero is asked what reward he wants and demands the wife of one of the court nobles. A deceptively simple storyline is given elegant treatment aided by stunning use of color.
30. SHAOLIN MANTIS (1978/Hong Kong, 100 min., color, kung fu drama/Shaw Bros.) DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.)
Dir.: Lau Kar Leung. Stars: David Chiang, Wong Hang Sau.
The director died a few days ago so I decided to watch one of his best films. This is a tale of a Qing spy in 17th century China who infiltrates a household of Ming holdouts and marries the patriarch’s granddaughter and then has to fight his way out, with her at his side. A great kung fu movie.
June 30, 2013
31. *INSIDE THE FORBIDDEN CITY (1963/Hong Kong, 98 min., color, historical drama/Shaw Bros.) R3 DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.) Dir.: Kao Li. Star: Ivy Ling Po.
Convoluted story done in the “Huangmei Opera” style, in which much of the dialogue is sung. In the court of the Sung Dynasty emperor (11th century China), one concubine’s jealousy leads to another’s exile and the abandonment of her baby, who winds up in a relative’s household, gets adopted by the Empress and eventually becomes Emperor. A traveling judge hears the story from the exiled concubine and agrees to plead her case.
Personal Checklist
* - First-time viewings
June 1, 2013
1. *SONG WITHOUT END (1960/U.S., 130 min., color, biopic/musical drama/Columbia) VHS (taped off TCM)
Directors: Charles Vidor, George Cukor. Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Genevieve Page.
Dirk Bogarde plays composer Franz Liszt during the concert pianist phase of his career when he toured Europe and was treated like a rock star. Performance scenes shot on location in Vienna.
2. Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 1 (1996/Japan, 97 min., color, samurai adventure/anime TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kazuhiro Furuhashi.
#1: The Handsome Swordsman of Legend: A Man Who Fights for Love
#2: Kid Samurai: A Big Ordeal and a New Student
#3: Swordsman of Sorrow: The Man Who Slays His Past
#4: Bad! Introducing Sanosuke, Fighter-for-Hire
A swordsman who fought for the Imperialists tries to put his past behind him in Tokyo in the Meiji era, but it keeps catching up with him.
3. SHINSENGUMI: ASSASSINS OF HONOR (1970/Japan, 122 min., color, samurai drama/Toho) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Tadashi Sawajima. Star: Toshiro Mifune.
The Shinsengumi started out as a makeshift crew of ronin formed to protect the Shogun in a time of conflict with Imperial forces in the years leading up to the Meiji Restoration, which began in 1868. This film offers a powerful dramatization of their ill-fated campaign.
June 2, 2013
4. Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 2 (1996/Japan, 97 min., color, samurai adventure/anime TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kazuhiro Furuhashi.
#5: The Reverse-Blade Sword vs. the Zanbatou: Beyond the Battle
#6: The Appearance of Kurogasa: Visitor from the Shadows
#7: Deathmatch under the Moon! Protect the One You Love
#8: A New Battle! The Mysterious Beauty From Nowhere
5. *THE GREAT GATSBY (2013/U.S., 142 min., color, 3-D, drama/Warner Bros.) Seen at East 86th Street Cinemas, Manhattan.
Dir.: Baz Luhrmann. Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire.
A literary work visualized through hallucinatory images. A fever dream of the Jazz Age.
June 3, 2013
6. KILLER CLANS (1976/Hong Kong, 101 min., color, historical adventure/Shaw Bros.) DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.) Dir.: Chor Yuen. Stars: Ku Feng, Yueh Hua. Intricate costume adventure involving betrayals and clan warfare. Based on a novel by Ku Lung, who specialized in elaborate tales of a fanciful “martial arts world” of competing societies of swordsmen in Old China.
June 4, 2013
7. THE BUSHIDO BLADE (1979/U.S.-UK, 90 min., color, historical adventure/Rankin-Bass) DVD
Dir.: Tom Kotani. Stars: Richard Boone, Frank Converse, Toshiro Mifune, Laura Gemser.
American film shot in Japan with a Japanese crew and a mixed cast of Americans and Japanese. Commodore Matthew Perry’s second trip to Japan (in 1854) to try and forge a treaty with the Shogun provides the background to a hackneyed plot involving three Americans who pursue a stolen sword in the Japanese countryside.
June 5, 2013
8. “Rose of Versailles” (1979/Japan, 97 min., color, animated historical drama/TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Osamu Dezaki. Based on a manga by Riyoko Ikeda.
#1: Oscar! The Destiny of the Rose
#2: Fly! The Butterfly of Austria
#3: Sparks Fly at Versailles
#4: Roses, Wine and the Conspiracy…
Beautifully designed and animated tale of a female commander assigned to guard Marie Antoinette when she comes to France to marry the Dauphin. Episode 4 includes MA's famous confrontation with Madame Du Barry.
June 7, 2013
9. SHINSENGUMI CHRONICLES: I WANT TO DIE A SAMURAI (1963/Japan, 93 min., color, historical adventure/Daiei) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kenji Misumi. Stars: Raizo Ichikawa, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Shiho Fujimura.
More streamlined version of the Shinsengumi saga than is seen in SHINSENGUMI: ASSASSINS OF HONOR (see #3) and far less a romanticization of this ill-fated motley crew. Tomisaburo Wakayama (Lone Wolf and Cub) plays the role Mifune plays in the later film.
June 8, 2013
10. THE LAST SAMURAI (2003/U.S., 154 min., color, historical adventure/WB) DVD
Dir.: Edward Zwick. Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe.
An American army captain gets involved with the last samurai rebellion in Japan in 1877. Despite its fudging of several historical details, it does have more of a genuine feel for the flavor and culture of Japan than most Hollywood movies about Japan.
June 9, 2013
11. HIGH NOON (1952/U.S., 84 min., b&w, western/UA) Seen on Encore West-HD
Dir.: Fred Zinnemann. Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly.
On his last day on the job, a marshal is alerted to the impending arrival of a vengeful outlaw and the town refuses to stand with him. Classic western that’s more about the politics of its era than actual western history. Cooper won the Best Actor Oscar for this.
June 10, 2013
12. WALK THE PROUD LAND (1956/U.S., 88 min., color, western/Universal) VHS
Dir.: Jesse Hibbs. Stars: Audie Murphy, Anne Bancroft.
Murphy stars as John P. Clum, Indian Agent at the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona during the crucial period before Geronimo’s eventual capture. Rare story of a government representative who tries to improve the lot of the Indians. Clum eventually became a newspaper editor in Tombstone and an ally of Wyatt Earp, a period well covered in later westerns.
June 12, 2013
13. Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 (2001/U.S., 67 min., color and b&w, documentary/Starz Encore Entertainment) VHS
Dir.: Keith R. Clarke. Host: Dennis Weaver.
Documentary about cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy and the actor, William Boyd, who forged a successful 20-year career playing him. Excellent chronicle of the whole "Hoppy" phenomenon, which took the country by storm in the 1950s.
June 13, 2013
14. *Susan B. Anthony Slept Here (1995/U.S., 47 min., color, documentary/Alvin Cooperman Productions) VHS
Dir.: Alvin Cooperman. Host: Lynn Sherr. Special guests: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mae Jemison, Blair Brown, Donna de Varona.
Guided tour of American sites where notable women lived and worked, including Babe Zacharias, Georgia O'Keefe, Madame C.J. Walker, Susan B. Anthony, and Christa McAuliffe.
15. *Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen, Part 1: The Early Decades (1996/U.S., 49 min., color and b&w, documentary/Showtime) DVD
Narrator: Raquel Welch.
Compilation of film clips from the silent era to the pre-Code films of the early 1930s, illustrating Hollywood's obsession with sex and its constant battles with the censors.
June 15, 2013
16. SAMURAI X: THE MOTION PICTURE (aka RUROUNI KENSHIN: REQUIEM FOR MEIJI RESTORATION PATRIOTS, 1997/Japan, 90 min., color, historical adventure) VHS (English-dubbed) Dir.: Hajiki Tsuji.
Kenshin and his entourage arrive in Yokohama only to get caught up in the middle of a new revolt against the Meiji government. Not as exciting as the other Rurouni Kenshin productions, but still an intriguing take on that period of Japanese history.
June 18, 2013
17. GOODFELLAS (1990/U.S., 146 min., color, crime drama/WB) DVD
Dir.: Martin Scorsese. Stars: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta.
The antics of three mob-connected hoods from the 1950s to the 1980s. Based on a true story. As honest and unflinching a depiction of low-life, amoral criminality as any in American cinema.
June 21, 2013
18. WAR ARROW (1953/U.S., 78 min., color, western/Universal) DVD
Dir.: George Sherman. Stars: Jeff Chandler, Maureen O’Hara.
Chandler plays an army major who has to convince a band of forcibly relocated Seminoles out west to fight the Kiowas on the army’s behalf. Quite an unusual angle for an army-vs.-Indians western.
19. THE COCKPIT (1994/Japan, 83 min., color, animated war drama) VHS (English-dubbed)
Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takashi Imanishi, Ryosuke Takahashi.
Three stories, each by a different director, based on WWII-themed manga stories by Leiji Matsumoto. The first one’s about a Nazi fighter pilot, the second is about a Japanese suicide pilot in the last days of the war, while the third is about a Japanese soldier riding a motorcycle to certain death on a Philippines island after the Americans have landed. Rare opportunity to see war stories told from the viewpoint of this viewer’s onetime enemies.
June 22, 2013
20. *COLORADO SERENADE (1946/U.S., 68 min., color, western/PRC) Seen on EWST-HD
Dir.: Robert Emmett Tansey. Stars: Eddie Dean, Dave Sharpe.
Rare color B-western about a singing cowboy investigating gold robberies in a town run by bad elements. Stuntman-turned-co-lead Sharpe enlivens the action scenes.
21. IRON MONKEY (1993/Hong Kong, 86 min., color, martial arts adventure) Blu-ray
Dir.: Yuen Wo Ping. Stars: Donnie Yen, Yu Rong Guang.
Yen stars as Wong Kei-Ying, father of Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924), who’s played as an eleven-year-old here by a 12-year-old female martial arts student. Yu Rong Guang plays a doctor who masquerades as the Robin Hood-like Iron Monkey who robs from the corrupt to give to the poor.
22. *BHOWANI JUNCTION (1956/U.S.-UK, 110 min., color, historical drama/MGM) Seen on TCM-HD
Dir.: George Cukor. Stars: Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger.
The turbulent build-up to India’s independence serves as a backdrop for a tepid Hollywood romantic melodrama involving an Anglo-Indian (played by white American southern girl Ava) and the three men she has to choose from: a British officer, an Anglo-Indian bureaucrat, and an Indian of the Sikh religion, all played by English actors. Gandhi makes a cameo.
23. *“Rose of Versailles” (1979/Japan, color, historical drama/TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
#5: With Tears of Dignity…
#6: The Silk Dress and the Ragged Dress
#7: Who Wrote the Love Letter
#8: Oscar in My Heart
Marie Antoinette visits Paris for the first time and revels in the adoration of the crowd. She also meets a handsome Swedish nobleman who becomes a regular visitor of hers at the palace, while Marie’s husband, the future king of France, neglects her.
June 23, 2013
24. *MARIE ANTOINETTE (1938/U.S., 157 min., b&w, historical drama/MGM) VHS (taped off TCM) Dir. W.S. Van Dyke II. Stars: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, Robert Morley.
Lavish production of the life of the late Queen of France, from her arrival in Versailles as a teenager to her sad end in the midst of the French Revolution. Powerful, wonderfully acted Hollywood drama and one of the best of its type. Benjamin Franklin makes a cameo appearance.
June 24, 2013
25. *MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006/U.S., 123 min., color, historical drama/Columbia) DVD
Dir.: Sofia Coppola. Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman.
Coppola’s portrait of the ill-fated queen focuses on her pampered life within the palace, that of a bird in a gilded cage, but suffers from its distanced approach which avoids an emotional attachment to the subject.
June 25, 2013
26. KILLER CONSTABLE (1980/HK, 92 min., color, kung fu adventure/Shaw Bros.) R3 DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.)
Dir.: Kuei Chih-hung. Star: Chen Kuan Tai.
The robbery of the Imperial court’s royal treasury in China in 1876 leads to the “killer constable” being assigned to find and kill the robbers, leading to the revelation of high-level treachery in court. Attempt to make a more serious and moody kung fu drama means less fun. The Empress Dowager makes a cameo appearance.
June 27, 2013
27. *RED LION (1969/Japan, 116 min., color, historical drama) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Kihachi Okamoto. Star: Toshiro Mifune.
Mifune plays a slightly nutty peasant who joins an advance troop of the Imperial Army and returns to his hometown, after ten years, to try and shake off the influence of the Shogun before the Imperial troops get there. With his Red Lion clip-on "mane," he becomes like a god to the villagers and takes on the local bosses--to comic effect. Quite an unusual look at life in a backwater village during that turbulent period in Japan when the Shogun's power was waning and the Meiji Emperor was about to take control.
28a. *“Rose of Versailles” (1979/Japan, color, historical drama/TV series) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
#9: The Sun Sets, the Sun Rises
#10: The Beautiful Devil, Jeanne
King Louis XV dies and the Dauphin, Marie Antoinette's husband, becomes King Louis XVI.
28b. “Animated Classics of Japanese Literature” (1986/Japan, 48 min., color, drama) VHS (in Japanese with English subs.
“The Tale of Shunkin” based on a story by Junichiro Tanizaki
“Friendship” based on a story by Saneatsu Mushanokoji
TV episodes based on Japanese stories about young love during the Meiji era.
June 29, 2013
29. GATE OF HELL (1953/Japan, 89 min., color, historical drama/Daiei) DVD (in Japanese with English subs.)
Dir.: Teinosuke Kinugasa. Stars: Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa.
Only the second color film made in Japan and the first to have a historical setting. This was awarded an Honorary Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film and also won an Oscar for Costume Design. In the 12th century, a samurai hero is asked what reward he wants and demands the wife of one of the court nobles. A deceptively simple storyline is given elegant treatment aided by stunning use of color.
30. SHAOLIN MANTIS (1978/Hong Kong, 100 min., color, kung fu drama/Shaw Bros.) DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.)
Dir.: Lau Kar Leung. Stars: David Chiang, Wong Hang Sau.
The director died a few days ago so I decided to watch one of his best films. This is a tale of a Qing spy in 17th century China who infiltrates a household of Ming holdouts and marries the patriarch’s granddaughter and then has to fight his way out, with her at his side. A great kung fu movie.
June 30, 2013
31. *INSIDE THE FORBIDDEN CITY (1963/Hong Kong, 98 min., color, historical drama/Shaw Bros.) R3 DVD (in Mandarin with English subs.) Dir.: Kao Li. Star: Ivy Ling Po.
Convoluted story done in the “Huangmei Opera” style, in which much of the dialogue is sung. In the court of the Sung Dynasty emperor (11th century China), one concubine’s jealousy leads to another’s exile and the abandonment of her baby, who winds up in a relative’s household, gets adopted by the Empress and eventually becomes Emperor. A traveling judge hears the story from the exiled concubine and agrees to plead her case.
Personal Checklist
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06-01-13 | 10:56 PM
#28
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
Cable
Blu-ray
June 1
1.Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic
June 10
2.)The Comancheros
June 19
3.)Life- Challenges Of Life
June 25
4.)Life- Reptiles and Amphibians
5.)Life- Mammals
Blu-ray
June 1
1.Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic
June 10
2.)The Comancheros
June 19
3.)Life- Challenges Of Life
June 25
4.)Life- Reptiles and Amphibians
5.)Life- Mammals
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06-02-13 | 08:08 PM
#29
Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
4th Annual Historical Film Challenge
June 1
1. Ripper Street - Season 1:E1&2 (I Need Light / In My Protection)
June 2
2. Public Enemies
June 3
3. Ken Burn's The Civil War - Season 1:E1 (The Cause)
June 5
4. Topsy Turvy
June 6
5. Lincoln
June 7
6. Centurion
June 9
7. The Color of Friendship
June 10
8. A Fistful of Dollars
9. For A Few Dollars More
June 11
10. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
June 12
11. Jane Eyre
June 13
12. Ripper Street - Season 1:E3&4 (The King Came Calling / The Good of This City)
13. Once Upon A Time in the West
June 16
14. Ripper Street - Season 1:E5&6 (The Weight of One Man's Heart / Tournament of Shadows)
June 23
15. Ripper Street - Season 1: E7&8 (A Man of My Company / What Use Our Work?)
June 27
16. Valhalla Rising
June 28
17. Heaven's Gate
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06-03-13 | 08:46 AM
#30
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
Undeadcow's Remedial 9th Grade History Attempt
* = first time viewing
June 1
1. The Searchers* [Blu-ray]
June 2
2. Tora Tora Tora* [Blu-ray]
June 3
3. The Hurt Locker [Blu-ray]
June 4
4. Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas [Blu-ray]
5. Ran [Blu-ray]
June 6
6. Django* [Blu-ray]
7. Four of the Apocalypse* [DVD]
June 8
8. Keoma* [Blu-ray]
9. Unforgiven* [Blu-ray]
June 9
10. The Hi-Lo Country* [Netflix Steaming]
June 10
11. Django Kill (If You Live Shoot...)* [Blu-ray]
June 11
12. Patton* [Blu-ray]
June 12
13. Black Hawk Down [Blu-ray]
June 14
14. Saving Private Ryan [Blu-ray]
June 15
15. Salon Kitty [Blu-ray]
16. The Devil's Double* [Netflix Streaming]
17. Goodfellas* [Blu-ray]
18. The Last of the Mohicans (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]
June 17
19. Centurion* [Netflix Streaming]
June 18
20. Lawrence of Arabia* [Blu-Ray]
June 19
21. Gandhi* [Blu-ray]
June 22
22. Battle of the Bulge* [Blu-ray]
23. 13 Assassins (2011) [Blu-ray]
June 24
24. In the Realm of the Senses [Blu-ray]
25. WWE: n.W.o. The Revolution* [Netflix Streaming]
June 25
26. Fish Out of Water [Netflix Streaming]
June 27
27. The Sand Pebbles [Blu-ray]
June 28
28. Samsara* [Blu-ray]
29. Ozzfest - 10th Anniversary* [Blu-ray]
June 29
30. Badlands* [Blu-ray]
31. Cave of Forgotten Dreams* [Netflix Streaming]
31. The Black Power Mixtapes* [Netflix Streaming]
Currently Planning: Heaven and Earth, The Other Boleyn Girl
Checklist
* = first time viewing
June 1
1. The Searchers* [Blu-ray]
June 2
2. Tora Tora Tora* [Blu-ray]
June 3
3. The Hurt Locker [Blu-ray]
June 4
4. Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas [Blu-ray]
5. Ran [Blu-ray]
June 6
6. Django* [Blu-ray]
7. Four of the Apocalypse* [DVD]
June 8
8. Keoma* [Blu-ray]
9. Unforgiven* [Blu-ray]
June 9
10. The Hi-Lo Country* [Netflix Steaming]
June 10
11. Django Kill (If You Live Shoot...)* [Blu-ray]
June 11
12. Patton* [Blu-ray]
June 12
13. Black Hawk Down [Blu-ray]
June 14
14. Saving Private Ryan [Blu-ray]
June 15
15. Salon Kitty [Blu-ray]
16. The Devil's Double* [Netflix Streaming]
17. Goodfellas* [Blu-ray]
18. The Last of the Mohicans (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]
June 17
19. Centurion* [Netflix Streaming]
June 18
20. Lawrence of Arabia* [Blu-Ray]
June 19
21. Gandhi* [Blu-ray]
June 22
22. Battle of the Bulge* [Blu-ray]
23. 13 Assassins (2011) [Blu-ray]
June 24
24. In the Realm of the Senses [Blu-ray]
25. WWE: n.W.o. The Revolution* [Netflix Streaming]
June 25
26. Fish Out of Water [Netflix Streaming]
June 27
27. The Sand Pebbles [Blu-ray]
June 28
28. Samsara* [Blu-ray]
29. Ozzfest - 10th Anniversary* [Blu-ray]
June 29
30. Badlands* [Blu-ray]
31. Cave of Forgotten Dreams* [Netflix Streaming]
31. The Black Power Mixtapes* [Netflix Streaming]
Currently Planning: Heaven and Earth, The Other Boleyn Girl
Checklist
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06-04-13 | 02:42 PM
#31
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Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
My First Challenge
*= first time watching
Counting Method: 2 hours of Television Content = 1 item
Potential List:
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Young Victoria
Titanic's Final Mystery
Jane Eyre
All You Need Is Klaus
The Hurt Locker
June 6
1. The Young Victoria * (1)
June 9
2. Bowling for Columbine * (1)
2.5. All You Need Is Klaus * (1/2)
3.5. The Hurt Locker * (1)
June 10
4.5. Titanic's Final Mystery * (1)
June 11
5.5. The Other Boleyn Girl * (1)
June 13
6. Museum Secrets Revealed - Inside the Louvre S1 Ep02 * (1/2)
6.5. White House Revealed * (1/2)
June 14
7.5. Birders: The Central Park Effect * (1)
June 17
8. Cromwell: God's Executioner - Part 1 * (1/2)
June 18
8.5. 9/11: Stories in Fragments * (1/2)
June 21
9.5. Love, Marilyn * (1)
June 26
10.5. Schindler's List (1)
11.5 Jane Eyre * (1)
*= first time watching
Counting Method: 2 hours of Television Content = 1 item
Potential List:
June 6
1. The Young Victoria * (1)
June 9
2. Bowling for Columbine * (1)
2.5. All You Need Is Klaus * (1/2)
3.5. The Hurt Locker * (1)
June 10
4.5. Titanic's Final Mystery * (1)
June 11
5.5. The Other Boleyn Girl * (1)
June 13
6. Museum Secrets Revealed - Inside the Louvre S1 Ep02 * (1/2)
6.5. White House Revealed * (1/2)
June 14
7.5. Birders: The Central Park Effect * (1)
June 17
8. Cromwell: God's Executioner - Part 1 * (1/2)
June 18
8.5. 9/11: Stories in Fragments * (1/2)
June 21
9.5. Love, Marilyn * (1)
June 26
10.5. Schindler's List (1)
11.5 Jane Eyre * (1)
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06-04-13 | 10:10 PM
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Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
i followed the rules from the first year, as the following years were too complicated - it's all in fun anyway.
first challenge i didn't bail on (though i didn't participate at all)
* = first viewing
Movies
01 Night Train to Munich (1940 Carol Reed) ***** WWII thriller
02 *The Battle of the River Plate (1956 Powell & Pressburger) *** WWII action
03 *The Last King of Scotland (2006 Kevin Macdonald) * historical thriller
04 *The Madness of King George (1994 Nicholas Hytner) *** historical drama
05 Destry Rides Again (1939 George Marshall) *** western comedy
06 I Was a Male War Bride (1949 Howard Hawks) *** military comedy
07 *Rio Bravo (1959 Howard Hawks) * western drama
08 Blazing Saddles (1974 Mel Brooks) *** western comedy
09 *The 317th Platoon (1965 Pierre Schoendoerffer) **** Vietnam War drama
10 Caught in the Draft (1941 David Butler) *** military comedy
11 *Cropsey (2009 Brancaccio & Zeman) ***** crime documentary
12 *Tom Jones (1963 Tony Richardson) * period comedy
13 *Topez (1969 Alfred Hitchcock) *** cold war thriller
14 *49th Parallel (1941 Powell & Pressburger) ***** WWII thriller
15 Danger Within (1959 Don Chaffey) *** WWII drama
16 *The Man from Laramie (1955 Anthony Mann) ** western drama
17 *Malta Story (1953 Brian Desmond Hurst) ** WWII drama
18 *Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941 Walter Forde) *** WWII comedy
19 Kidnapped (1960 Robert Stevenson) *** period drama
20 *Tanganyika (1954 Andre De Toth) ** western thriller, set in Africa
21 *Man with a Movie Camera (1929 Dziga Vertoz) *** experimental documentary
22 *Stamboul Quest (1934 Sam Wood) ** WWI spy dramedy
23 *The Adventures of Tartu (1943 Harold S. Bucquet) ** WWII spy thriller
24 *Surviving Hitler: A Love Story (2010 John Keith Wasson) **** WWII documentary
25 *Winter in Wartime (2008 Martin Koolhoven) *** WWII drama
26 *The Way Back (2010 Peter Weir) **** historical drama
27 *Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974 Boulting Brothers) * WWII comedy
28 *Room 237 (2012 Rodney Ascher) *** entertainment documentary
29 *Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons - English dub (1978 various) * animated western comedy
30 *Saving Private Ryan (1998 Steven Spielberg) *** WWII action
31 From Hell (2001 Hughes Brothers) **** historical thriller
32 Gangs of New York (2002 Martin Scorsese) *** period drama
33 Fire in the Sky (1993 Robert Lieberman) *** historical drama
34 LA Confidential (1997 Curtis Hanson) **** period thriller
35 *All the President's Men (1976 Alan J Pakula) **** historical drama
36 *J. Edgar (2011 Clint Eastwood) *** historical drama
37 High Plains Drifter (1973 Clint Eastwood) * western thriller
37 The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975 Norman Tokar) ** western comedy
39 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979 Vincent McEveety) *** western comedy
40 *Firecreek (1968 Vincent McEveety) **** western thriller
41 *Django Unchained (2012 Quentin Tarantino) * western action
42 *Django, Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967 Giulio Questi) * western action
43 *The Eagle Has Landed (1976 John Sturges) *** WWII thriller
44 Bad Day at Black Rock (1955 John Sturges) **** neo-western
45 *Last Train from Gun Hill (1959 John Sturges) **** western thriller
46 The Magnificent Seven (1960 John Sturges) *** western drama
47 *Ice Station Zebra (1968 John Sturges) **** cold war thriller
48 *Joe Kidd (1972 John Sturges) *** western action
49 *Operation Crossbow (1965 Michael Anderson) *** WWII thriller
50 *The Dam Busters (1955 Michael Anderson) ** WWII drama
51 Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978 Robert Butler) *** western comedy
52 *A Film Unfinished (2010 Yael Hersonski) *** WWII documentary
53 MASH (1970 Robert Altman) * Korean War comedy
54 *Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009 Andrew Monument) * entertainment documentary
55 *Violated Paradise (1963 Marion Gering) * mondo movie of sorts
56 Spartacus (1960 Stanley Kubrick) ***** historical drama; one of the greatest films ever made
57 Dr. Strangelove (1964 Stanley Kubrick) **** cold war comedy
58 *Barry Lyndon (1975 Stanley Kubrick) * period drama
59 The Adventures of Tintin (2011 Steven Spielberg) *** animated period action
60 *Lincoln (2012 Steven Spielberg) ** historical drama
61 *The Secret Agent (1996 Christopher Hampton) *** period thriller
62 *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Extended English Version (1966 Sergio Leone) **** western action
TV
01 *Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: The Common People (2013 Michael Wadding) ***** historical documentary
02 *Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013 Robert Trachtenberg) **** entertainment documentary
03 *The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982 Richard Patterson) *** entertainment documentary
04 *Uomini Forti (2006 Steve Della Casa) *** entertainment documentary
05 *The Search for Atlantis (2000 Shaun Trevisick) *** historical documentary
06 *Murder on the Victorian Railway (2013 Chris Durlacher) **** historical documentary
07 *Ripper Street: I Need Light (2012 Tom Shankland) *** period thriller
08 *Ripper Street: In My Protection (2012 Tom Shankland) *** period thriller
09 *Ripper Street: The King Came Calling (2013 Andy Wilson) *** period thriller
10 *Ripper Street: The Good of This City (2013 Andy Wilson) *** period thriller
11 *Ripper Street: The Weight of One Man's Heart (2013 Colm McCarthy) ** period thriller
12 *Ripper Street: Tournament of Shadows (2013 Colm McCarthy) **** period thriller
13 *Ripper Street: A Man of My Company (2013 Andy Wilson) *** period thriller
14 *Ripper Street: What Use Our Work? (2013 Andy Wilson) **** period thriller
15 *Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: The Rich (2013 Michael Wadding) *** historical documentary
16 *Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: Brave New World (2013 Michael Wadding) *** historical documentary
17 *Headhunters of World War II (2010 Mark Radice) **** WWII documentary
18 *Plebs: The Orgy (2013 Sam Leifer) *** period comedy
19 *Plebs: The Gladiator (2013 Sam Leifer) *** period comedy
20 *Plebs: The Erotic Vase (2013 Sam Leifer) ** period comedy
21 *Plebs: The Herpes Cat (2013 Sam Leifer) ** period comedy
22 *Plebs: Bananae (2013 Sam Leifer) *** period comedy
23 *Plebs: Saturnalia (2013 Sam Leifer) *** period comedy
24 *Great Escape: Revenge on the Gestapo (2010) **** WWII documentary
25 *Citizen X (1995 Chris Gerolmo) **** historical thriller
26 *A History of Horror: Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood (2010 John Das) *** entertainment documentary
27 *A History of Horror: Home Counties Horror (2010 Rachel Jardine) *** entertainment documentary
28 *A History of Horror: The American Scream (2010 John Das) **** entertainment documentary
29 *The Dark Ages: An Age of Light - The Clash of the Gods (2012 Waldemar Januszczak) *** historical documentary
30 *The Dark Ages: An Age of Light - What the Barbarians Did for Us (2012 Waldemar Januszczak) ** historical documentary
31 *The Dark Ages: An Age of Light - The Wonderof Islam (2012 Waldemar Januszczak) ** historical documentary
32 *The Dark Ages: An Age of Light - The Men of the North (2012 Waldemar Januszczak) *** historical documentary
Shorts
01 *6 Little Jungle Boys (1945 Halas & Batchelor) **** WWII cartoon
02 Chicken Little (1943 Clyde Geronimi) **** WWII cartoon
03 Herr Meets Hare (1945 Friz Freleng) **** WWII cartoon
04 *Wacky Blackout (1942 Robert Clampett) ** WWII cartoon
05 The Ducktators (1942 Norman McCabe) *** WWII cartoon
06 1:42.08 (1966 George Lucas) **** sports documentary
07 *The Sun's Gonna Shine (1969 Les Blank) *** experimental documentary
08 *Bon Voyage (1944 Alfred Hitchcock) **** WWII thriller
09 *Aventure Malgache (1944 Alfred Hitchcock) *** WWII drama
10 You Nazty Spy! (1940 Jules White) *** WWII comedy
11 I'll Never Heil Again (1941 Jules White) *** WWII comedy
12 *Duck and Cover (1952 Anthony Rizzo) *** instructional cold war documentary
13 *Freud a Fumetti (1970 Corrado Farina) ** entertainment documentary
Books
01 *Free Agent (2010 Jeremy Duns) * cold war thriller
02 *A Most Wanted Man (2008 John le Carre) war on terror - currently reading, didn't finish on time
first challenge i didn't bail on (though i didn't participate at all)
* = first viewing
Movies
01 Night Train to Munich (1940 Carol Reed) ***** WWII thriller
02 *The Battle of the River Plate (1956 Powell & Pressburger) *** WWII action
03 *The Last King of Scotland (2006 Kevin Macdonald) * historical thriller
04 *The Madness of King George (1994 Nicholas Hytner) *** historical drama
05 Destry Rides Again (1939 George Marshall) *** western comedy
06 I Was a Male War Bride (1949 Howard Hawks) *** military comedy
07 *Rio Bravo (1959 Howard Hawks) * western drama
08 Blazing Saddles (1974 Mel Brooks) *** western comedy
09 *The 317th Platoon (1965 Pierre Schoendoerffer) **** Vietnam War drama
10 Caught in the Draft (1941 David Butler) *** military comedy
11 *Cropsey (2009 Brancaccio & Zeman) ***** crime documentary
12 *Tom Jones (1963 Tony Richardson) * period comedy
13 *Topez (1969 Alfred Hitchcock) *** cold war thriller
14 *49th Parallel (1941 Powell & Pressburger) ***** WWII thriller
15 Danger Within (1959 Don Chaffey) *** WWII drama
16 *The Man from Laramie (1955 Anthony Mann) ** western drama
17 *Malta Story (1953 Brian Desmond Hurst) ** WWII drama
18 *Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941 Walter Forde) *** WWII comedy
19 Kidnapped (1960 Robert Stevenson) *** period drama
20 *Tanganyika (1954 Andre De Toth) ** western thriller, set in Africa
21 *Man with a Movie Camera (1929 Dziga Vertoz) *** experimental documentary
22 *Stamboul Quest (1934 Sam Wood) ** WWI spy dramedy
23 *The Adventures of Tartu (1943 Harold S. Bucquet) ** WWII spy thriller
24 *Surviving Hitler: A Love Story (2010 John Keith Wasson) **** WWII documentary
25 *Winter in Wartime (2008 Martin Koolhoven) *** WWII drama
26 *The Way Back (2010 Peter Weir) **** historical drama
27 *Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974 Boulting Brothers) * WWII comedy
28 *Room 237 (2012 Rodney Ascher) *** entertainment documentary
29 *Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons - English dub (1978 various) * animated western comedy
30 *Saving Private Ryan (1998 Steven Spielberg) *** WWII action
31 From Hell (2001 Hughes Brothers) **** historical thriller
32 Gangs of New York (2002 Martin Scorsese) *** period drama
33 Fire in the Sky (1993 Robert Lieberman) *** historical drama
34 LA Confidential (1997 Curtis Hanson) **** period thriller
35 *All the President's Men (1976 Alan J Pakula) **** historical drama
36 *J. Edgar (2011 Clint Eastwood) *** historical drama
37 High Plains Drifter (1973 Clint Eastwood) * western thriller
37 The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975 Norman Tokar) ** western comedy
39 The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979 Vincent McEveety) *** western comedy
40 *Firecreek (1968 Vincent McEveety) **** western thriller
41 *Django Unchained (2012 Quentin Tarantino) * western action
42 *Django, Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967 Giulio Questi) * western action
43 *The Eagle Has Landed (1976 John Sturges) *** WWII thriller
44 Bad Day at Black Rock (1955 John Sturges) **** neo-western
45 *Last Train from Gun Hill (1959 John Sturges) **** western thriller
46 The Magnificent Seven (1960 John Sturges) *** western drama
47 *Ice Station Zebra (1968 John Sturges) **** cold war thriller
48 *Joe Kidd (1972 John Sturges) *** western action
49 *Operation Crossbow (1965 Michael Anderson) *** WWII thriller
50 *The Dam Busters (1955 Michael Anderson) ** WWII drama
51 Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978 Robert Butler) *** western comedy
52 *A Film Unfinished (2010 Yael Hersonski) *** WWII documentary
53 MASH (1970 Robert Altman) * Korean War comedy
54 *Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009 Andrew Monument) * entertainment documentary
55 *Violated Paradise (1963 Marion Gering) * mondo movie of sorts
56 Spartacus (1960 Stanley Kubrick) ***** historical drama; one of the greatest films ever made
57 Dr. Strangelove (1964 Stanley Kubrick) **** cold war comedy
58 *Barry Lyndon (1975 Stanley Kubrick) * period drama
59 The Adventures of Tintin (2011 Steven Spielberg) *** animated period action
60 *Lincoln (2012 Steven Spielberg) ** historical drama
61 *The Secret Agent (1996 Christopher Hampton) *** period thriller
62 *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Extended English Version (1966 Sergio Leone) **** western action
TV
01 *Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: The Common People (2013 Michael Wadding) ***** historical documentary
02 *Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (2013 Robert Trachtenberg) **** entertainment documentary
03 *The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982 Richard Patterson) *** entertainment documentary
04 *Uomini Forti (2006 Steve Della Casa) *** entertainment documentary
05 *The Search for Atlantis (2000 Shaun Trevisick) *** historical documentary
06 *Murder on the Victorian Railway (2013 Chris Durlacher) **** historical documentary
07 *Ripper Street: I Need Light (2012 Tom Shankland) *** period thriller
08 *Ripper Street: In My Protection (2012 Tom Shankland) *** period thriller
09 *Ripper Street: The King Came Calling (2013 Andy Wilson) *** period thriller
10 *Ripper Street: The Good of This City (2013 Andy Wilson) *** period thriller
11 *Ripper Street: The Weight of One Man's Heart (2013 Colm McCarthy) ** period thriller
12 *Ripper Street: Tournament of Shadows (2013 Colm McCarthy) **** period thriller
13 *Ripper Street: A Man of My Company (2013 Andy Wilson) *** period thriller
14 *Ripper Street: What Use Our Work? (2013 Andy Wilson) **** period thriller
15 *Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: The Rich (2013 Michael Wadding) *** historical documentary
16 *Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: Brave New World (2013 Michael Wadding) *** historical documentary
17 *Headhunters of World War II (2010 Mark Radice) **** WWII documentary
18 *Plebs: The Orgy (2013 Sam Leifer) *** period comedy
19 *Plebs: The Gladiator (2013 Sam Leifer) *** period comedy
20 *Plebs: The Erotic Vase (2013 Sam Leifer) ** period comedy
21 *Plebs: The Herpes Cat (2013 Sam Leifer) ** period comedy
22 *Plebs: Bananae (2013 Sam Leifer) *** period comedy
23 *Plebs: Saturnalia (2013 Sam Leifer) *** period comedy
24 *Great Escape: Revenge on the Gestapo (2010) **** WWII documentary
25 *Citizen X (1995 Chris Gerolmo) **** historical thriller
26 *A History of Horror: Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood (2010 John Das) *** entertainment documentary
27 *A History of Horror: Home Counties Horror (2010 Rachel Jardine) *** entertainment documentary
28 *A History of Horror: The American Scream (2010 John Das) **** entertainment documentary
29 *The Dark Ages: An Age of Light - The Clash of the Gods (2012 Waldemar Januszczak) *** historical documentary
30 *The Dark Ages: An Age of Light - What the Barbarians Did for Us (2012 Waldemar Januszczak) ** historical documentary
31 *The Dark Ages: An Age of Light - The Wonderof Islam (2012 Waldemar Januszczak) ** historical documentary
32 *The Dark Ages: An Age of Light - The Men of the North (2012 Waldemar Januszczak) *** historical documentary
Shorts
01 *6 Little Jungle Boys (1945 Halas & Batchelor) **** WWII cartoon
02 Chicken Little (1943 Clyde Geronimi) **** WWII cartoon
03 Herr Meets Hare (1945 Friz Freleng) **** WWII cartoon
04 *Wacky Blackout (1942 Robert Clampett) ** WWII cartoon
05 The Ducktators (1942 Norman McCabe) *** WWII cartoon
06 1:42.08 (1966 George Lucas) **** sports documentary
07 *The Sun's Gonna Shine (1969 Les Blank) *** experimental documentary
08 *Bon Voyage (1944 Alfred Hitchcock) **** WWII thriller
09 *Aventure Malgache (1944 Alfred Hitchcock) *** WWII drama
10 You Nazty Spy! (1940 Jules White) *** WWII comedy
11 I'll Never Heil Again (1941 Jules White) *** WWII comedy
12 *Duck and Cover (1952 Anthony Rizzo) *** instructional cold war documentary
13 *Freud a Fumetti (1970 Corrado Farina) ** entertainment documentary
Books
01 *Free Agent (2010 Jeremy Duns) * cold war thriller
02 *A Most Wanted Man (2008 John le Carre) war on terror - currently reading, didn't finish on time
Last edited by konekonoir; 06-30-13 at 07:49 PM. Reason: watched more movies :)
06-05-13 | 06:00 PM
#33
Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
1. Third Reich: The Fall (DVR; 2010)
2. Alcatraz: Living Hell (DVR; 2007)
3. Vanished from Alcatraz (DVR; 2011)
2. Alcatraz: Living Hell (DVR; 2007)
3. Vanished from Alcatraz (DVR; 2011)
Last edited by hbsvb; 06-10-13 at 08:01 PM.
06-05-13 | 07:26 PM
#34
Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
Doc Moonlight's 2013 Historic Challenge List
"I think I learned something today..." Stan Marsh
June 1
1. LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962)*
June 2
2. CROMWELL (1970)*
June 3
3. JOHN PAUL JONES (1959)
June 4
4. KEOMA (1976)*
June 6
5. HUBRIS: THE SELLING OF THE WAR IN IRAN (2013)*
6. WINTER IN WARTIME (2008)*
June 7
7. ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (1986)
June 8
8. SACCO AND VANZETTI (2006)*
June 9
9. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1961)
June 10
10. BENEATH THE CANDELABRA (2013)*
June 11
11. THE IRON MISTRESS (1952)*
June 12
12. THE CONSPIRATOR (2010)
June 13
13. THE JACKALS (1967)*
June 14
14. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episodes 1: "Surviving Death" and Episode 2 "Husbands and Fathers"
15. HITCHCOCK (2012)*
June 16
16. THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1935)*
17. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episode 3: "In the Hands of an Angry God" and Episode 4 "The Empty Locket"
June 17
18. NORTHWEST PASSAGE (1940)*
June 18
19. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episode 5: "LA TEMPETE" and Episode 6: "Arsenic and Old Cake"
June 20
20. THE RED BARON (2008)*
June 21
21. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episode 7: "The Hudson River School" and Episode 8: "Better Times Are Coming"
22. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episode 9:"A Day to Give Thanks" and Episode 10: "A Vast and Fiendish Plot"
June 22
23. THE GREEN BERETS* (1968)
June 23
24. THE DOCTOR* (2013)
25. COPPER (2013)* Season 2, Episode 1 "Home Sweet Home"
MAD MEN (21013)* Season 6, Episode 13 "In Care Of"
June 24
26. THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (1941)
June 25
27. ULZANA's RAID (1972)
June 27
28. CROMWELL: GOD'S EXECUTIONER (2008)*
June 30
29. VALKYRIE (2008)
Checklist
"I think I learned something today..." Stan Marsh
June 1
1. LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962)*
June 2
2. CROMWELL (1970)*
June 3
3. JOHN PAUL JONES (1959)
June 4
4. KEOMA (1976)*
June 6
5. HUBRIS: THE SELLING OF THE WAR IN IRAN (2013)*
6. WINTER IN WARTIME (2008)*
June 7
7. ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS (1986)
June 8
8. SACCO AND VANZETTI (2006)*
June 9
9. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1961)
June 10
10. BENEATH THE CANDELABRA (2013)*
June 11
11. THE IRON MISTRESS (1952)*
June 12
12. THE CONSPIRATOR (2010)
June 13
13. THE JACKALS (1967)*
June 14
14. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episodes 1: "Surviving Death" and Episode 2 "Husbands and Fathers"
15. HITCHCOCK (2012)*
June 16
16. THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1935)*
17. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episode 3: "In the Hands of an Angry God" and Episode 4 "The Empty Locket"
June 17
18. NORTHWEST PASSAGE (1940)*
June 18
19. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episode 5: "LA TEMPETE" and Episode 6: "Arsenic and Old Cake"
June 20
20. THE RED BARON (2008)*
June 21
21. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episode 7: "The Hudson River School" and Episode 8: "Better Times Are Coming"
22. COPPER (2012)* Season 1, Episode 9:"A Day to Give Thanks" and Episode 10: "A Vast and Fiendish Plot"
June 22
23. THE GREEN BERETS* (1968)
June 23
24. THE DOCTOR* (2013)
25. COPPER (2013)* Season 2, Episode 1 "Home Sweet Home"
MAD MEN (21013)* Season 6, Episode 13 "In Care Of"
June 24
26. THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON (1941)
June 25
27. ULZANA's RAID (1972)
June 27
28. CROMWELL: GOD'S EXECUTIONER (2008)*
June 30
29. VALKYRIE (2008)
Checklist
Spoiler:
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06-05-13 | 10:34 PM
#35
Moderator
Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
FOURTH ANNUAL HISTORICAL APPRECIATION CHALLENGE
01. Queen & Country [episode 1] 6-3 ☼
02. H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer / 2003 / 6-6 ☼
03. National Geographic [episode: 'The Last Royals'] / 2004 / 6-7 ☼
04. Inside the Actor's Studio ['250th Episode Special'] / 6-7 ☼
05. The Dead Files [episode: 'Hotel Nowhere - California'] / 6-7 ☼
06. American Experience [episode: 'The Crash of 1929'] / 6-8 ☼
07. Special When Lit - A Pinball Documentary / 2010 / 6-8 ☼
08. Hitler's Children / 2011 / 6-9 ☼
09. Mad Men [episode: Favor] / 6-10 ☼
10. Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood / 6-10 BD ☼
11. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson / 2004 / 6-11 ☼
12. The Great Gatsby (3D) / 2012 / 6-11 ☼
13. The Grandmaster / 2012 / 6-11 BD ☼
14. Little Buddha / 1993 / 6-12 BD
15. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat / 1999 / 6-12 ☼
16. Fantasia 2000 / 2000 / 6-12 BD
-----"Pomp and Circumstance – Marches 1, 2, 3 and 4" [extract]
-----"Rhapsody in Blue" [extract segment + segment with animator's commentary with Al Hirschfeld]
17. We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks / 2013 / 6-12 / 35mm ☼
18. Stories We Tell / 2012 / 6-12 / 35mm ☼
19. Lidice / 2011 / 6-12
20. 1492: Conquest of Paradise / 1992 / 6-13 BD
21. Lisztomania / 1975 / 6-13 / DVD ☼
22. Midway / 1976 / 6-13 BD ☼
-----Film Viewing
-----Supplements:
------ Sensurround: The Sounds of 'Midway'
------ Scenes Shot for the T.V. Version
------ The Score of 'Midway'
23. Cleopatra / 1963 / 6-14 BD ☼
24. Paranormal Witness [episode: The Lost Boy] / 6-15 ☼
25. In Search Of... [episode: Glenn Miller] / 6-15 ☼
26. The Runway / 2010 / 6-15 ☼
27. Mad Men [episode: The Quality of Mercy] / 6-16 ☼
28. Nazi Medicine / 1997 / 6-17 ☼
29. Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War / 2006 / 6-17 ☼
30. Ministry of Fear / 1944 / 6-17 ☼
31. Auschwitz: The Nazis & The 'Final Solution' / 2005 / 6-18 ☼
32. History of the Eagles / 2012 / 6-18 ☼
33. Senna / 2010 / 162min version / 6-19 BD ☼
34. The Last of the Mohicans / 1992 / 6-20
-----Commentary track ☼
35. Paranormal Witness [episode: The Curse of Lonergan Farm] / 6-20 ☼
36. The Dead Files [episode: Violated, Fort Wayne Indiana] / 6-21 ☼
37. Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius / 1989 / 6-21 ☼
38. The Dead Files [episode: Battlefield; Flint, Michigan] / 6-22 ☼
39. All Quiet on the Western Front / 1930 / BD / 6-23 ☼
40. Disneyland: Secrets, Stories & Magic / 6-24
------ Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair (50min) ☼
------ Disneyland Around the Seasons (50min) ☼
------ Building Walt's Dream: Disneyland Under Construction (38min) ☼
41. Mad Men [episode: In Care of] / 6-24 ☼
42. Storm / 2009 / 6-25 ☼
43. Frontline [episode The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan] / 2010 / 6-25 ☼
44. Of Dolls & Murder / 2011 / 6-25 ☼
45. Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen / 2012 / 6-25 ☼
46. Regular Show [episode: 'The Last Laserdisc Player'] / 6-25 ☼
47. American Experience [episode: John D. Rockefeller] / 2000 / 6-25 ☼
48. The Adonis Factor / 2010 / 6-26 ☼
49. Naqoyqatsi / 2002 / BD / 6-26 ☼
50. People and Places: Disneyland U.S.A. / 1956 / 6-26 ☼
------ film viewing
------ film viewing with commentary track
51. Playoff / 2011 / 6-26 ☼
52. Saint of 9/11 / 2006 / 6-27 ☼
53. Chariots of the Gods / 1970 / 6-27 ☼
54. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream / 2012 / 6-27 ☼
55. Paris 1924: Birth of the Modern Games ['Chariots of Fire' supplement] / 2012 / 6-27 ☼
56. Page One: Inside the New York Times / 2011 / 6-27 ☼
57. Chasing Ice / 2012 / 6-27 ☼
58. Prehistoric Disasters [episode: Planet of Fire[/b] / 2009 / 6-27 ☼
59. Mumford and Sons - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 24, 2011 / 62min. / 6-28 ☼
60. Queen - Live Aid: July 13, 1985 / BD / 6-28 ☼
61. Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (Live At Live Aid) July 13, 1985 / 6-28 ☼
62. Elbow - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 25, 2011 (9 songs + BBC interview) / 6-28 ☼
63. Noah and the Whale - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 25, 2011 (2 songs extract) / 6-28 ☼
-----"5 Years Time"
-----"L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N"
64. U2 - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 24, 2011 / 92min. / 6-28 ☼
65. Daft Punk - Vegoose Music Festival - Oct. 27, 2007 / 88min. / 6-28 ☼
66. ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, From Script to Stage / 2013 / 6-29 ☼
67. Dubstar - "Stars" - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 28, 1997 / 6-29 ☼
68. Lightning Seeds - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 26, 1998 / 6-29 ☼
-----"The Life of Riley"
-----"3 Lions"
-----"You Showed Me"
69. M People - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 25, 1994 / 6-29 ☼
-----"Moving On Up"
-----"One Night in Heaven"
70. Belly - "Super Connected" - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 23, 1995 / 6-29 ☼
71. Veruca Salt - "Seether" - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 25, 1995 / 6-29 ☼
72. Elastica - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 25, 1995 / 6-29 ☼
-----"Connection"
-----"Blue"
-----"Vaseline"
73. Echobelly - "Close But" - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 26, 1994 / 6-29 ☼
74. Arcade Fire - Glastonbury Music Festival: June 22, 2007 / 48min. / 6-29 ☼
75. The Dead Files [episode: Lethal Waters: Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania] / 6-29 ☼
76. Lawless / 2012 / 6-29 ☼
77. Anima Mundi / 1992 / BD / 6-30 ☼
78. Savage Messiah / 1972 / 6-30 ☼
79. 20 Feet From Stardom / 2013 / 6-30 ☼
80. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp / 1943 / BD / 6-30 ☼
Film's bolded, short films Italicized
☼: First Time View
Last edited by Giles; 06-30-13 at 11:26 PM.
06-06-13 | 08:42 PM
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Re: The Fourth Annual Historical Appreciation Challenge - List Thread
June 5th
1. Hang 'Em High (1968) BD ☼
June 10th
2. Background to Danger (1943) TCM ☼
June 13th
3. History of the World: Part I (1981) BD ☼
June 26th
4. True Grit (2010) NWI ☼
June 28th
5. Monterey Pop (1968) BD ☼
1. Hang 'Em High (1968) BD ☼
June 10th
2. Background to Danger (1943) TCM ☼
June 13th
3. History of the World: Part I (1981) BD ☼
June 26th
4. True Grit (2010) NWI ☼
June 28th
5. Monterey Pop (1968) BD ☼
Last edited by Chad; 06-28-13 at 10:25 PM.
