Collecting AFI top 100 films
06-08-05, 02:27 PM
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Collecting AFI top 100 films
I have most of them, but would really like to know if they will rerelease:
Wuthering Heights
To Kill a Mockingbird
Double Indemnity.
Those 3 are out of print now, but thought they would be rereleased or something. Anyone heard anything? Thanks,
Joshua
Wuthering Heights
To Kill a Mockingbird
Double Indemnity.
Those 3 are out of print now, but thought they would be rereleased or something. Anyone heard anything? Thanks,
Joshua
06-08-05, 03:46 PM
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To Kil a Mockingbird would be rereleased this fall. I have the currently OOP edition, which is really good and has a great documentary on it. I've also been collecting AFI's top 100 movies and I've replaced some undeserving movies on the list (Forrest Gump, Dances With Wolves, Doctor Zhivago, Giant, Guess Who's coming To Dinner) with better ones (Sunrise, Trouble in Paradise, His Girl Friday, The Lady Eve, The General, The Big Sleep etc.)with other ones. I made my own edited version of the AFI list that excludes the undeserving titles and I've been collecting only those that are on my edited list.
06-08-05, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlie_Chaplin
To Kil a Mockingbird would be rereleased this fall. I have the currently OOP edition, which is really good and has a great documentary on it. I've also been collecting AFI's top 100 movies and I've replaced some undeserving movies on the list (Forrest Gump, Dances With Wolves, Doctor Zhivago, Giant, Guess Who's coming To Dinner) with better ones (Sunrise, Trouble in Paradise, His Girl Friday, The Lady Eve, The General, The Big Sleep etc.)with other ones. I made my own edited version of the AFI list that excludes the undeserving titles and I've been collecting only those that are on my edited list.
06-08-05, 05:11 PM
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is on the list, and thanks to Sony's inexplicable new policy of dropping the OAR widescreen versions on a number of its double sided disks, is now available only as a P&S full screen version. The previous version had a correct anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer on one side and a 4:3 P&S (not open matte) version on the other. So it is currently OOP in its OAR.
I like this movie a lot, I've got the version with the WS AR, but I too think it's overreaching a little to have it in the top 100. To each his own of course.
I like this movie a lot, I've got the version with the WS AR, but I too think it's overreaching a little to have it in the top 100. To each his own of course.
06-08-05, 08:53 PM
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Anyone thinking of collecting the AFI list might want to pick up a copy of Jonathan Rosenbaum's MOVIE WARS. He has an essay on what a joke they were and offers an even better, top 100 list. Those titles are probably more worthy of collecting than the generic AFI list.
06-08-05, 10:28 PM
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Just looked up the list and I have 50 of the 100. I may get around to finishing off the list after I complete some of the other sub-collections I'm working on.
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06-09-05, 06:44 AM
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Not that anybody asked, but I've been trying to collect the movies on this list...
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
"This list of the 1,000 Greatest Films of all-time has been compiled by using individual critics' and filmmakers' top-tens from film polls conducted by Sight & Sound (1992 & 2002), John Kobal (1988), Positif (1991), Time Out (1995), Village Voice (1999), Facets (2003) and selected top tens listed by Senses of Cinema, Combustible Celluloid, Your Movie Database's (YMDB) Critics Corner and various other sources. Commencing with John Kobal's 1988 poll, a total of 1,000 top-tens have so far been used to calculate (via some rather tricky formulas) the 1,000 Greatest Films. "
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
"This list of the 1,000 Greatest Films of all-time has been compiled by using individual critics' and filmmakers' top-tens from film polls conducted by Sight & Sound (1992 & 2002), John Kobal (1988), Positif (1991), Time Out (1995), Village Voice (1999), Facets (2003) and selected top tens listed by Senses of Cinema, Combustible Celluloid, Your Movie Database's (YMDB) Critics Corner and various other sources. Commencing with John Kobal's 1988 poll, a total of 1,000 top-tens have so far been used to calculate (via some rather tricky formulas) the 1,000 Greatest Films. "
06-09-05, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by evenswr
Not that anybody asked, but I've been trying to collect the movies on this list...
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
06-09-05, 09:38 AM
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I collect these and am up to 65. I don't go out of my way to get them, but rather put them on 'gift lists' and such, or grab them when they are on sale.
Is The African Queen on DVD? I believe that one is either OOP or never been in print. It's the highest one on the list that I don't have.
I'd like to also collect Oscar winners for the 39 years I've been alive, but there's some real stinkers on that list. I've enjoyed the few AFI films I've blind bought thus far.
Is The African Queen on DVD? I believe that one is either OOP or never been in print. It's the highest one on the list that I don't have.
I'd like to also collect Oscar winners for the 39 years I've been alive, but there's some real stinkers on that list. I've enjoyed the few AFI films I've blind bought thus far.
06-09-05, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by evenswr
Not that anybody asked, but I've been trying to collect the movies on this list...
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
"This list of the 1,000 Greatest Films of all-time has been compiled by using individual critics' and filmmakers' top-tens from film polls conducted by Sight & Sound (1992 & 2002), John Kobal (1988), Positif (1991), Time Out (1995), Village Voice (1999), Facets (2003) and selected top tens listed by Senses of Cinema, Combustible Celluloid, Your Movie Database's (YMDB) Critics Corner and various other sources. Commencing with John Kobal's 1988 poll, a total of 1,000 top-tens have so far been used to calculate (via some rather tricky formulas) the 1,000 Greatest Films. "
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
"This list of the 1,000 Greatest Films of all-time has been compiled by using individual critics' and filmmakers' top-tens from film polls conducted by Sight & Sound (1992 & 2002), John Kobal (1988), Positif (1991), Time Out (1995), Village Voice (1999), Facets (2003) and selected top tens listed by Senses of Cinema, Combustible Celluloid, Your Movie Database's (YMDB) Critics Corner and various other sources. Commencing with John Kobal's 1988 poll, a total of 1,000 top-tens have so far been used to calculate (via some rather tricky formulas) the 1,000 Greatest Films. "
06-09-05, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by lordwow
I'm not sure if I like a list that lists two of my top 10 movies (Memento, Magnolia) not even in the top 1,000.
06-09-05, 01:02 PM
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Not that anybody asked, but I've been trying to collect the movies on this list...
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
"This list of the 1,000 Greatest Films of all-time has been compiled by using individual critics' and filmmakers' top-tens from film polls conducted by Sight & Sound (1992 & 2002), John Kobal (1988), Positif (1991), Time Out (1995), Village Voice (1999), Facets (2003) and selected top tens listed by Senses of Cinema, Combustible Celluloid, Your Movie Database's (YMDB) Critics Corner and various other sources. Commencing with John Kobal's 1988 poll, a total of 1,000 top-tens have so far been used to calculate (via some rather tricky formulas) the 1,000 Greatest Films. "
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
"This list of the 1,000 Greatest Films of all-time has been compiled by using individual critics' and filmmakers' top-tens from film polls conducted by Sight & Sound (1992 & 2002), John Kobal (1988), Positif (1991), Time Out (1995), Village Voice (1999), Facets (2003) and selected top tens listed by Senses of Cinema, Combustible Celluloid, Your Movie Database's (YMDB) Critics Corner and various other sources. Commencing with John Kobal's 1988 poll, a total of 1,000 top-tens have so far been used to calculate (via some rather tricky formulas) the 1,000 Greatest Films. "
I own 50 of the top 100. Let's see how many I have out of 1000..209. I own 209 of the 1000. Although the inclusion of Donnie Darko before any Paul Thomas Anderson film has made that list null and void.
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06-09-05, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BassDude
I collect these and am up to 65. I don't go out of my way to get them, but rather put them on 'gift lists' and such, or grab them when they are on sale.
Is The African Queen on DVD? I believe that one is either OOP or never been in print. It's the highest one on the list that I don't have.
I'd like to also collect Oscar winners for the 39 years I've been alive, but there's some real stinkers on that list. I've enjoyed the few AFI films I've blind bought thus far.
Is The African Queen on DVD? I believe that one is either OOP or never been in print. It's the highest one on the list that I don't have.
I'd like to also collect Oscar winners for the 39 years I've been alive, but there's some real stinkers on that list. I've enjoyed the few AFI films I've blind bought thus far.
06-09-05, 02:34 PM
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Maybe it's because I'm older and grew up when classic movies were shown on TV all the time, but having seen most (maybe all) of the AFI listed films, I would never think of buying all of them on DVD. I guess for someone wanting to get a quick and easy overview of classic Hollywood cinema it might not be so bad, but I would recommend renting before buying in many, many cases.
06-09-05, 02:40 PM
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I started collecting the AFI 100 when most of them were available at CH. I have 95 (My AFI Top 100 collection). The ones I'm missing (not surprisingly) are African Queen, Double Indemnity, Wuthering Heights, King Kong, and the Jazz Singer.
Sure, it's not really the best 100 American Movies--not even close to my list since my favorites are darker movies, like Blue Velvet, Brazil, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, etc., but so what, I've enjoyed collecting them (and last I checked, the reason to collect DVDs is because you have fun doing it), and I've seen some movies I wouldn't have otherwise that I enjoyed.
Sure, it's not really the best 100 American Movies--not even close to my list since my favorites are darker movies, like Blue Velvet, Brazil, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, etc., but so what, I've enjoyed collecting them (and last I checked, the reason to collect DVDs is because you have fun doing it), and I've seen some movies I wouldn't have otherwise that I enjoyed.
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06-09-05, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by wendersfan
Maybe it's because I'm older and grew up when classic movies were shown on TV all the time, but having seen most (maybe all) of the AFI listed films, I would never think of buying all of them on DVD. I guess for someone wanting to get a quick and easy overview of classic Hollywood cinema it might not be so bad, but I would recommend renting before buying in many, many cases.
Not all of us collect JUST to watch them. Like the person who collects spoons...they don't eat off of them. Or shot glases from every state...ya don't drink from them.
Watching them is a nice bonus tho!
06-09-05, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BassDude
Not all of us collect JUST to watch them. Like the person who collects spoons...they don't eat off of them. Or shot glases from every state...ya don't drink from them.
06-10-05, 01:40 AM
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Maybe it's because I'm older and grew up when classic movies were shown on TV all the time, but having seen most (maybe all) of the AFI listed films, I would never think of buying all of them on DVD. I guess for someone wanting to get a quick and easy overview of classic Hollywood cinema it might not be so bad, but I would recommend renting before buying in many, many cases.
07-06-05, 03:03 PM
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Well, I guess they are releasing To Kill A Mockingbird in September, YAY. now if they would only hurry up and release Wuthering Heights and Double Indemnity I will be in great shape.
06-06-07, 09:15 AM
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With AFI beginning the process to create a 2.0 version of their Top 100 Movies Of All Time List, I thought I'd resurrect this thread to ask.... how many of the current AFI Top 100 movies to *you* have?
Here's the link: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx
Here's the list:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) Discontinued
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
58. FANTASIA (1940) Discontinued
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) Discontinued
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
AFI Top 100 movies not known by me to be presently available are in RED. Those are:
#17 African Queen
#90 Jazz Singer
Three other movies (#49 Snow White, #58 Fantasia, and #73 Wuthering Heights) were available at one time but are currently discontinued. You might find them used or on eBay.
So y'all can boast, I'm missing 10 of the 98 available titles:
#44 Birth Of A Nation
#52 From Here To Eternity
#58 Fantasia
#61 Vertigo
#62 Tootsie
#69 Shane
#73 Wuthering Heights
#80 The Wild Bunch
#85 Duck Soup
#92 A Place In The Sun
Here's the link: http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx
Here's the list:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
18. PSYCHO (1960)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48. JAWS (1975)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) Discontinued
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
58. FANTASIA (1940) Discontinued
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) Discontinued
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
91. MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
94. GOODFELLAS (1990)
95. PULP FICTION (1994)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
AFI Top 100 movies not known by me to be presently available are in RED. Those are:
#17 African Queen
#90 Jazz Singer
Three other movies (#49 Snow White, #58 Fantasia, and #73 Wuthering Heights) were available at one time but are currently discontinued. You might find them used or on eBay.
So y'all can boast, I'm missing 10 of the 98 available titles:
#44 Birth Of A Nation
#52 From Here To Eternity
#58 Fantasia
#61 Vertigo
#62 Tootsie
#69 Shane
#73 Wuthering Heights
#80 The Wild Bunch
#85 Duck Soup
#92 A Place In The Sun
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06-06-07, 09:38 AM
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I own a whopping 6/100 Movies on DVD on AFI's 100 films. Some of those movies I wouldn't own on DVD if i was dead because me personally I didn't like them & some I now realize i should buy on DVD & will now end up looking for them next tuesday on my DVD weekly shopping day, thanks to this thread.Anyways here's the wons I own...
Star wars
Psycho
E.T.
M*A*S*H -*note*: I bought this as a blind buy and althrough I might get some heat for this, I absolutely hated the movie and it has none of the things that made the TV show genius & one of the greatest shows ever.
Forrest Gump
Platoon