#The Godfather Part 1 1972

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

WHEN IS A MOVIE SCENE TOO VIOLENT? WHEN COPPOLA DECIDES TO CUT IT FROM HIS EPIC CRIME FILM.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a deleted scene from Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" (1972), in which Michael returns to America to track down Fabrizio, his former Sicilian bodyguard and the man responsible for the death of his wife Apollonia. Finding him in a pizza parlor, Michael blows him away with a shotgun. The scene was ultimately cut from the film due to its graphic violence.

OVERVIEW: "In the "Godfather" book, Michael tracks down Fabrizio, the bodyguard that tried to kill him (but only succeeded in killing Apollonia). In "Part I," there is a scene that shows Michael recovering and ordering his men to find his former bodyguard. Coppola also filmed a scene in which Michael, toting a lupara just like Fabrizio, confronts him and blows him away, but it was so bloody that it was cut. But Coppola returned to it in "Part II," showing Michael getting the news that Fabrizio had been tracked down."

-- THE PASSION OF CHRISTOPHER PIERZNIK, "Some of My Favorite Deleted Scenes from “The Godfather” Films," published April 18, 2016

Source: https://christopherpierznik.com/2016/04/18/some-of-my-favorite-deleted-scenes-from-the-godfather-films.

[oscar-nominee-tournament]

Oscar Nominee of All Time: Round 1, Group A

(info about nominees under the poll)

LEW AYRES (1908-1996)

NOMINATIONS:

Lead- 1948 for Johnny Belinda

--

AL PACINO (1940-)

NOMINATIONS:

Supporting- 1972 for The Godfather, 1990 for Dick Tracy, 2019 for The Irishman

Lead- 1973 for Serpico, 1974 for The Godfather Part II, 1975 for Dog Day Afternoon, 1979 for And Justice For All

WINS:

Lead- 1992 for Scent of a Woman

[superfan44]

The 100 Favorite Movies Challege

As a huge movie buff, I thought I'd try something fun on here. I have decided to launch a new internet challenge: "The 100 Favorite Movies Challenge". The rules are pretty simple and straight forward. You create a list of 100 of your personal favorite movies in alphabetical order, post the list on your home page, then nominate other people/users of your choosing to do the challenge.

There is no limit to what movies can be included on your list. Films within any medium (live action or animated), genre, and decade are more than welcome. Whether it's longtime favorites you were introduced to when you were younger, favorites that you've picked up over the years, or recent discoveries or releases that quickly became your favorites, anything and everything is on the table here.

I'll start off by sharing my list. To be clear, I have way more than 100 favorite movies, but to have the number be anything past that may be a bit much for some people. Please don't judge me if it seems like there might be a few noteworthy titles missing on here. I mainly put this list together just for fun. Alright, here we go!

9 (2009)

Airplane! (1980)

American Graffiti (1973)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

The Avengers (2012)

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Baby Driver (2017)

Batman Begins (2005)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Black Dynamite (2009)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Castle in the Sky (1986)

Chicago (2002)

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Knockin' on Heaven's Door) (2001)

Deadpool (2016)

Death Proof (2007)

Desperado (1994)

Die Hard (1988)

Django Unchained (2012)

Double Indemnity (1944)

Dragon Inn (1967)

Fantasia 2000 (2000)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Flash Gordon (1980)

Ghostbusters (1984)

The Godfather (1972)

Goodfellas (1990)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

History of the World, Part 1 (1980)

Hot Fuzz (2007)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

The Incredibles (2004)

Independence Day (1996)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Italian Job (2003)

Jaws (1975)

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Logan (2017)

Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro (1980)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Meatballs (1979)

Men in Black (1997)

Moana (2016)

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)

Network (1976)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

North by Northwest (1959)

Notorious (1946)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Porco Rosso (1992)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Ready Player One (2018)

Rear Window (1954)

Rio Bravo (1959)

Robin Hood (1973)

The Rocketeer (1991)

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Scream (1996)

Seven Samurai (1954)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Skyfall (2012)

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Spaceballs (1987)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spirited Away (2001)

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Surf's Up (2007)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

The Thin Red Line (1998)

Tombstone (1993)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Treasure Planet (2002)

Tremors (1990)

Tron: Legacy (2010)

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

The Wind Rises (2013)

Wonder Woman (2017)

Yojimbo (1961)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Zombieland (2009)

Now, before I wrap things up, I would like to nominate @skygent, @is0gild , @firecraker-j, @mrcowboytoyou, and @piglets-not-so-big-adventure to do this challenge. Hopefully we can get the ball rolling so more and more people can join in. I look forward to seeing what kind of lists you guys will put together. Good luck!

[videbi]

The Best Movies

These are the movies that appealed to a large audience and had wide social impact to 1) inform, 2) educate, and 3) entertain. More movies may be added or any movie may be taken out of the list at anytime.

Intolerance (1916, Griffith)

The Gold Rush (1925, Chaplin)

The General (1926, Bruckman, Keaton)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927, Murnau)

City Lights (1931, Chaplin)*

Duck Soup (1933, McCarey)

King Kong (1933)

It Happened One Night (1934, Capra)*

A Night at the Opera (1935, Wood, Goulding)

Top Hat (1935, Sandrich)*

Modern Times (1936, Chaplin)

Swing Time (1936, Stevens)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937, Cottrell, Hand, Jackson, Morey, Pearce, Sharpsteen)

Bringing Up Baby (1938, Hawks)

Gone With the Wind (1939, Fleming, Cukor, Wood)*

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939, Capra)

Ninotchka (1939, Lubitsch)

The Rules of the Game (1939, Renoir)*

The Wizard of Oz (1939, Fleming)*

Rebecca (1940, Hitchcock)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940, Ford)

The Great Dictator (1940, Chaplin)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Citizen Kane (1941, Welles)*

Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

The Maltese Falcon (1941, Huston)

Casablanca (1942, Curtiz)*

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942, Curtiz)

Double Indemnity (1944, Wilder)*

Mildred Pierce (1945, Curtiz)

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Capra)*

Notorious (1946, Hitchcock)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)*

The Big Sleep (1946, Hawks)

Out of the Past (1947, Tourneur)

Red River (1948, Hawks, Rosson)

Rope (1948, Hitchcock)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, Huston)

All About Eve (1950, Mankiewicz)*

Sunset Boulevard (1950, Wilder)*

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Kazan)*

Strangers on a Train (1951, Hitchcock)*

The African Queen (1951, Huston)*

High Noon (1952, Finnemann)

Singin’ in the Rain (1952, Donen, Kelly)*

The Quiet Man (1952, Ford)

Roman Holiday (1953, Wyler)

Shane (1953, Stevens)

Stalag 17 (1953, Wilder)

Tokyo Story (1953, Ozu)

Dial M for Murder (1954, Hitchcock)

On The Waterfront (1954, Kazan)*

Rear Window (1954, Hitchcock)

The Night of the Hunter (1955, Laughton)

The Searchers (1956, Ford)*

12 Angry Men (1957, Lumet)

Funny Face (1957, Donen)*

Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Mackendrick)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Lean)

Witness for the Prosecution (1957, Wilder)

Touch of Evil (1958, Welles, Keller)

Vertigo (1958, Hitchcock)*

Ben-Hur (1959, Wyler)

North by Northwest (1959, Hitchcock)*

Some Like It Hot (1959, Wilder)*

La Dolce Vita (1960, Fellini)*

Psycho (1960, Hitchcock)*

Spartacus (1960, Kubrick)

The Apartment (1960, Wilder)

West Side Story (1961, Robbins, Wise)

Jules and Jim (1962, Truffaut)*

Lawrence of Arabia (1962, Lean)*

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, Mulligan)*

8 1/2 (1963, Fellini)*

Hud (1963, Ritt)

The Great Escape (1963, Sturges)

Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb (1964, Kubrick)*

For a Few Dollars More (1965, Leone)

The Sound of Music (1965, Wise)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966, Leone)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966, Nichols)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967, Penn)*

In The Heat of the Night (1967, Jewison)

The Graduate (1967, Nichols)*

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Kubrick)*

Oliver! (1968, Reed)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, Leone)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, Hill)

Easy Rider (1969, Hopper)

Midnight Cowboy (1969, Schlesinger)

The Wild Bunch (1969, Peckinpah)

MASH (1970, Altman)

The Conformist (1970, Bertolucci)*

A Clockwork Orange (1971, Kubrick)

The French Connection (1971, Friedkin)

The Last Picture Show (1971, Bogdanovich)

Cabaret (1972, Fosse)

Jeremiah Johnson (1972, Pollack)

The Godfather (1972, Coppola)*

American Graffiti (1973, Lucas)

The Sting (1973, Hill)

Chinatown (1974, Polanski)*

The Godfather Part II (1974, Coppola)*

Jaws (1975, Spielberg)

Nashville (1975, Altman)*

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975, Forman)

All The President’s Men (1976, Pakula)

Network (1976, Lumet)

Rocky (1976, Avildsen)

Taxi Driver (1976, Scorsese)*

Annie Hall (1977, Allen)*

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977, Lucas)

The Deer Hunter (1978, Cimino)*

Apocalypse Now (1979, Coppola)*

Manhattan (1979, Allen)

Ordinary People (1980, Redford)

Raging Bull (1980, Scorsese)*

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Spielberg)

Blade Runner (1982, Scott)*

Diner (1982, Levinson)*

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, Spielberg)

Sophie’s Choice (1982, Pakula)

Tootsie (1982, Pollack)

Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Leone)

Platoon (1986, Stone)

Full Metal Jacket (1987, Kubrick)

Do The Right Thing (1989, Lee)

Glory (1989, Zwick)

Goodfellas (1990, Scorsese)*

Beauty and the Beast (1991, Trousdale, Wise)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Demme)

A River Runs Through It (1992, Redford)

Unforgiven (1992, Eastwood)

Farewell My Concubine (1993, Chen)

Schindler’s List (1993, Spielberg)*

Forrest Gump (1994, Zemeckis)

Pulp Fiction (1994, Tarantino)

The Lion King (1994, Allers, Minkoff)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994, Darabont)

Heat (1995, Mann)

Toy Story (1995, Lasseter)

Life Is Beautiful (1997, Benigni)

L.A. Confidential (1997, Hanson)

Titanic (1997, Cameron)

Saving Private Ryan (1998, Howard)*

The Sixth Sense (1999, Shyamalan)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Lee)

Gladiator (2000, Scott)

A Beautiful Mind (2001, Howard)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Jackson)

City of God (2002, Meirelles

The Pianist (2002, Polanski)

Finding Nemo (2003, Stanton, Unkrich)

Mystic River (2003, Eastwood)

The Incredibles (2004, Bird)

Million Dollar Baby (2004, Eastwood)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2005, del Torro)*

The Lives of Others (2006, Donnersmarck)*

No Country For Old Men (2007, Coen, Coen)

Gran Torino (2008, Eastwood)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008, Boyle, Tandan)

The Hurt Locker (2008, Bigelow)

The King’s Speech (2010, Hooper)

The Artist (2011, Hazanavicius)

* Disclaimer: Strong sexual and/or violent content not recommended below age 16. Personal discretion or parental guidance advised.+

[thebestestwinner]

The Best Best Picture Tournament, Round 1

Join us in voting for the Best Best Picture Oscar winner! After an exciting preliminary round (and some surprises), we've narrowed down our field from all 93 Best Picture winners to 32 winners selected by you, the voters!

The bracket is seeded by each film's IMDb rating. The first round of this bracket will last a week, and each following round will last one day, concluding on Oscar Night, when a new Best Picture winner is crowned!

Follow along by following this blog or following the tag #best best picture tournament!

Links to all of this round's poll's below the cut. Happy voting!

The Godfather (1972) vs. Shakespeare in Love (1998)

The Godfather Part II (1974) vs. Chicago (2002)

All About Eve (1950) vs. Spotlight (2015)

No Country for Old Men (2007) vs. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Parasite (2019) vs. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Gladiator (2000) vs. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

The Departed (2006) vs. My Fair Lady (1964)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) vs. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) vs. The Shape of Water (2017)

Schindler's List (1993) vs. Nomadland (2020)

The Sting (1973) vs. Rebecca (1940)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) vs. The Sound of Music (1965)

Amadeus (1984) vs. It Happened One Night (1934)

Casablanca (1942) vs. Titanic (1997)

Forrest Gump (1994) vs. Moonlight (2016)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) vs. West Side Story (1961)

[jooshthepunished]

Movies similar to Goncharov (watchlist):

The Godfather parts 1&2 (1972-1974)

The Deer Hunter (1978)

At Long Last Love (1975)

Serpico (1973)

Mean Streets (1973)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Night Moves (1975)

The French Connection (1971)

The Dogs of War (1980)

The Seven-Ups (1973)

The Great Gatsby (1974)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

The Getaway (1972)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

Chinatown (1974)

The Conversation (1974)

The Mechanic (1972)

[mogwai-movie-house]

The 100 Best Films of The 1970s

In loose order of magnificence, high to low:

1. The Godfather (1972) ★★★★★★★★★★ 2. Jaws (1975) ★★★★★★★★★★ 3. Apocalypse Now (1979) ★★★★★★★★★★ 4. Star Wars (1977) ★★★★★★★★★★ 5. Annie Hall (1977) ★★★★★★★★★★ 6. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) ★★★★★★★★★★ 7. Chinatown (1974) ★★★★★★★★★★ 8. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) ★★★★★★★★★★ 9. Network (1976) ★★★★★★★★★★ 10. Alien (1979) ★★★★★★★★★★ 11. Manhattan (1979) ★★★★★★★★★★ 12. Blazing Saddles (1974) ★★★★★★★★★★ 13. The Godfather: Part II (1974) ★★★★★★★★★★ 14. Get Carter (1971) ★★★★★★★★★★ 15. Taxi Driver (1976) ★★★★★★★★★★ 16. Harold and Maude (1971) ★★★★★★★★★★ 17. Halloween (1978) ★★★★★★★★★ 18. The Man Who Would Be King (1975) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 19. A Clockwork Orange (1971)  ★★★★★★★★★☆ 20. Carrie (1976)  ★★★★★★★★★☆ 21. Don't Look Now (1973)  ★★★★★★★★★☆ 22. Cabaret (1972) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 23. The Conversation (1974)  ★★★★★★★★★☆ 24. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 25. Superman (1978) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 26. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 27. Love and Death (1975) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 28. Nashville (1975) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 29. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 30. The Jerk (1979) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 31. The Wicker Man (1973) ★★★★★★★★★☆ 32. Badlands (1973)  ★★★★★★★★★☆ 33. The Last Waltz (1978)  ★★★★★★★★★☆ 34. Sleeper (1973) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 35. The French Connection (1971) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 36. Paper Moon (1973) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 37. Robin and Marian (1976) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 38. Rocky (1976)  ★★★★★★★★½☆ 39. The Last Picture Show (1971) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 40. Le Cercle Rouge (1970) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 41. Eraserhead (1977) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 42. Murder by Death (1976) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 43. Phantom of the Paradise (1974) ★★★★★★★★½☆ 44. Marathon Man (1976) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 45. Being There (1979)  ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 46. The Duellists (1977) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 47. Play It Again, Sam (1972) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 48. Sleuth (1972) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 49. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 50. Patton (1970) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 51. Un Flic (1972) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 52. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 53. Cries and Whispers (1972) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 54. The Day of the Jackal (1973) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 55. In the Realm of the Senses (1976) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 56. The Deer Hunter (1978)  ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 57. Little Big Man (1970)  ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 58. Time After Time (1979) ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 59. Catch-22 (1970)  ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 60. Mr. Klein (1976)  ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 61. Grease (1978)  ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 62. Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) ★★★★★★★½☆☆ 63. La Cage aux Folles (1978) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 64. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 65. M.A.S.H. (1970) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 66. Watership Down (1978) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 67. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 68. The Tin Drum (1979) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 69. High Plains Drifter (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 70. The Shootist (1976)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 71. Love in the Afternoon (1972)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 72. Papillon (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 73. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 74. Bugsy Malone (1976)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 75. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 76. The Go-Between (1971)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 77. The Three Musketeers (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 78. The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 79. The Sting (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 80. Westworld (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 81. The Medusa Touch (1978)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 82. The Long Goodbye (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 83. Live and Let Die (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 84. Deliverance (1972)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 85. All the President's Men (1976)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 86. Hooper (1978)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 87. Stalker (1979)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 88. Amarcord (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 89. American Graffiti (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 90. The Silent Partner (1978) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 91. Dirty Harry (1971)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 92. The Night Porter (1974)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 93. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 94. Walkabout (1971)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 95. What's Up, Doc? (1972)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 96. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 97. Shampoo (1975)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 98. Coming Home (1978) ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 99. Fantastic Planet (1973)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 100. Last Tango in Paris (1972)  ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

[passed-out-real]

Abe Vigoda Filmography Part 1

The Godfather (1972)

The Don Is Dead (1973)

Having Babies (1976)

The Bionic Woman (1976)

Vega$ (1978)

The Rockford Files (1974‑1978)

Barney Miller (1975‑1981)

Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

MacGyver (1990)

Jury Duty (1995)

[brainpickings]

Variety’s Top 100 Greatest Movies of All Time

Well these are always fun for debate, in my humble opinion there are way to many American movies on this list. 

100 The Graduate 1967

97 Alien 1979

96 A Hard Day’s Night 1964

95 Toy Story 1995

94 Bridesmaids 2011

93 Le Samourai 1967 France

92 Pink Flamingos 1972

91 Scenes From a Marriage 1974 Sweden

90 The Shining 1980

89 Belle de Jour 1967 France

88 Malcolm X 1992

87 The Sound of Music 1965

86 Close-Up 1990 Iran

85 Natural Born Killers 1994

84 Pan’s Labyrinth 2006

83 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979

82 Parasite 2019 South Korea

81 The Dark Knight 2008

80 Pixote 1980 Brazil

79 Waiting for Guffman 1996

78 Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975 Belgium

77 Goldfinger 1964

76 The Tree of Life 2011

75 Boogie Nights 1997

74 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Japan

73 Intolerance 1916

72 Breaking the Waves 1996

71 My Best Friend’s Wedding 1997

70 12 Years a Slave 2013

69 Beau Travail 1999 France

68 King Kong 1933

67 Bicycle Thieves 1948 Italy

66 Paris Is Burning 1990

65 A Man Escaped 1956 France

64 Carrie 1976

63 Bambi 1942

62 Dazed and Confused 1993

61 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 France

60 Moulin Rouge! 2001

59 Vagabond 1985 France

58 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

57 Brokeback Mountain 2005

56 Rosemary’s Baby 1968

55 Pather Panchali 1955 Bengali

54 The Road Warrior 1981

53 In the Mood for Love 2000 China

52 The General 1926

51 Apocalypse Now 1976

50 Breathless 1960 France

49 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974

48 The Piano 1993

47 Mean Streets 1973

46 Notorious 1946

45 Titanic 1997

44 L’Avventura 1960

43 Shoah 1985

42 Moonlight 2016

41 The Wild Bunch 1969

40 Fargo 1996

39 Some Like It Hot 1959

38 Lawrence of Arabia 1962

37 Annie Hall 1977

36 On the Waterfront 1954

35 The Silence of the Lambs 1991

34 Stagecoach 1939

33 8 1/2 1963

32 Vertigo 1958

31 Network 1976

30 The Empire Strikes Back 1980

29 Double Indemnity 1944

28 City Lights 1931

27 Bonnie and Clyde 1967

26 The 400 Blows 1959 France

25 Bringing Up Baby 1938

24 Tokyo Story 1953 Japan

23 The Apartment 1960

22 Chinatown 1974

21 Gone With the Wind 1939

20 Blue Velvet 1986

19 The Godfather Part II 1974

18 Persona 1966 Sweden

17 Nashville 1975

16 Casablanca 1942

15 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927

14 Do the Right Thing 1989

13 The Rules of the Game 1939 France

12 Goodfellas 1990

11 Singin’ in the Rain 1952

10 Saving Private Ryan 1998

9 All About Eve 1950

8 It’s a Wonderful Life 1946

7 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

6 Seven Samurai 1954

5 Pulp Fiction 1994

4 Citizen Kane 1941

3 The Godfather 1972

2 The Wizard of Oz 1939

1 Psycho 1960

[thegoosecast]

Entity designation: 1973-023-A

Threat class: Mass mental; real cohesion (possible); timeline (possible)

Category: Tulpaform, other; conceptform, persistent; media, text and visual; transmissible

Potential category/categories: Evolving; retroeffective; precursory.

Status: Active uncontained

Status history:

Note: records below are based on incomplete and actively threatened data. Missing context or content should be expected.

1972: Motion picture director Martin Scorsese involved in vehicle collision. Is clinically dead 30 seconds during emergency surgery. Inquires to multiple associates about screenplay he says they had been developing with him; no associates recall any such project. Scorsese is last seen at wrap party following conclusion of film Boxcar Bertha, one of only two feature films he directed in his short career.

1987: advertising for the film The Last Temptation of Christ is first known film credit to Scorsese, credited as director, in 16 years. Material refers to fictional previous works titled Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Several articles published in trade magazines questioning authenticity of all three films. (Articles no longer present in magazine archives.)

1988: Microfiche image search indicates a small number of movie theaters list The Last Temptation of Christ on their showtimes. No film reviews can be found. Actor Willem Dafoe is interviewed by Entertainment Weekly about the film. Interview as printed references other alleged Scorsese films The Color of Money and The King of Comedy. Dafoe states he’s not familiar with those works. Interview as printed cuts off mid-sentence.

1995: The film Casino is released. Director Brian De Palma refuses all press interviews, except to give credit to “the true creator, Martin Scorsese.” (Current public archives do not show any such quote, and have Scorsese credited from beginning of production.)

2002: First public appearance by Martin Scorsese in 30 years during promotion of film Gangs of New York. All recorded interviews with Scorsese stored on Warded servers show him mute and motionless, responding to no inquiries though all interviews proceed as though he is behaving normally. Interviews seem to make reference to various films attributed to Scorsese, but audio and video distortions make the titles unintelligible. Publicly available archival footage shows no such anomalous behavior by either Scorsese nor the footage itself. A full history of each named film is easily found via Internet searches on non-Warded computer networks. Public media searches indicate no disagreement among the public with Scorsese’s credited work.

2003: Warded computer misses a security update and during a network outage, an intern connects it to a wireless hotspot. An estimated 5TB of data is corrupted, including most records related to Scorsese.

2004: Scorsese releases The Aviator. Anomalous interview behavior repeats. Several more films are added to his history.

2011: Scorsese releases Hugo. Interviews are all recorded as normal. The film The Departed now exists, credited release date in 2006.

2019: Scorsese releases The Irishman.

2022 (present): internet message boards begin referring to a previously unreal Scorsese film titled Goncharov, allegedly released in 1973. Current public discussion split between intense discussion and analysis of Goncharov (including high level of specificity), and active denial. Scorsese has not been publicly seen since the first mention of Goncharov. Warded server archives compared with public websites show Scorsese is now publicly credited with directing over 270 films, including The Godfather parts 1 and 2, Alien, Batman (1989), Heat, Inception, Mortal Kombat, and The Simpsons Movie, as well as the television program Friends (Seasons 1-5).

This record will be updated as becomes prudent and as remains possible.

[derekfoxwit]

The Best Picture Oscar My Way (1951-1979)

Here is Part 3 of my “Best Picture My Way” series. The last two are found here. My stipulations can be found in Part 1.

For convenience sake, I’ll relay this message. For Best Picture, I’m only gonna list the nominated producer for newly added films (here’s the Wikipedia page for the rest). I will mostly go with the ones credited as “produced by” or “p.g.a.” (if the latter is shown) on IMDB as the nominees. Limit is five.

Also, if you’re wondering why there are more years listed here than the other two, that’ll be answered in the next part.

1951

Rashomon - Minoru Jingo

Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder

A Place in the Sun

Strangers on a Train - Alfred Hitchcock

A Street Called Desire

1952

High Noon

Forbidden Games - Robert Dorfmann

Singing in the Rain - Arthur Freed

Moulin Rogue

The Quiet Man

1953

Roman Holiday

From Here to Eternity

Shane

The Big Heat - Robert Arthur

The Stalag 17 - Billy Wilder

1954

On the Waterfront (still)

Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock

The Caine Mutiny

Dial M for Murder - Alfred Hitchcock

Johnny Guitar - Nicholas Ray

1955

Marty (still)

The Night of the Hunter - Paul Gregory

Rebel Without a Cause - David Weisbart

The Long Grey Line - Robert Arthur

Mister Roberts

1956

Tea and Sympathy - Pandro S. Berman

The Ten Commandments

Giant

The Killing - James B. Harris

The Searchers - Patrick Ford

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai (still)

12 Angry Men

Nights of Cabiria - Dino De Laurentiis

Witness for the Persecution

The Seventh Seal - Allan Ekelund

1958

Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock

Mon Oncle - Jacques Tati

Touch of Evil - Albert Zugsmith

Auntie Mame

The Defiant Ones

1959

Ben-Hur (still)

Anatomy of a Murder

North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock

Some Like It Hot - Billy Wilder

The Diary of Anne Frank

1960

The Apartment (still)

Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock

Elmer Gantry

The Magnificent Seven - John Sturges

The Alamo

1961

West Side Story (still)

Through a Glass Darkly - Allan Ekelund

The Hustler

Judgment at Nuremberg

Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Martin; Jurow; Richard Shepherd

1962

Lawrence of Arabia (still)

To Kill a Mockingbird

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - Willis Goldbeck

The Longest Day

1963

8 1/2 - Angelo Rizzoli

The Great Escape - John Sturges

Lillies of the Field

America, America

Cleopatra

1964

Mary Poppins

Dr. Strangelove

My Fair Lady

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Mag Bodard

Woman in the Dunes - Kiichi Ichikawa; Tadashi Ono

1965

The Sound of Music (still)

Doctor Zhivago

A Patch of Blue - Pandro S. Berman; Guy Green

Darling

Ship of Fools

1966

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woof?

A Man for All Seasons

The Professionals - Richard Brooks

The Sand Pebbles

A Man and A Woman - Claude Lelouch

1967

Persona - Ingmar Bergman

The Graduate

The Jungle Book - Walt Disney

In The Heat of the Night

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick

Oliver!

Funny Girl

The Lion in Winter

Rosemary’s Baby - William Castle

1969

Midnight Cowboy (still)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Z

The Wild Bunch - Phil Feldman

Easy Rider - Peter Fonda

1970

Patton (still)

M*A*S*H

Five Easy Pieces

Love Story

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Marina Cicogna; Daniele Senatore

1971

The French Connection (still)

The Last Picture Show

McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Mitchell Brower; David Foster

A Clockwork Orange

Fiddler on the Roof

1972

The Godfather (still)

The Emigrants

Cabaret

The Heartbreak Kid - Edgar J. Scherick

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Serge Silberman

1973

Cries and Whispers

The Sting

The Exorcist

American Graffiti

Paper Moon - Peter Bogdanovich

1974

The Godfather Part II (still)

A Woman Under the Influence - Sam Shaw

Chinatown

The Conversation

Blazing Saddles - Michael Hertzberg

1975 (kept the same)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (still)

Barry Lyndon

Dog Dag Afternoon

Jaws

Nashville

1976

Rocky (still)

Taxi Driver

Network

Mikey and Nicky - Michael Hausman

All the President’s Men

1977

Annie Hall (still)

Star Wars

The Goodbye Girl

Eraserhead - David Lynch

3 Women - Robert Altman

1978

The Deer Hunter (still)

Heaven Can Wait

Midnight Express

Days of Heaven - Bart Schneider; Harold Schneider

Dawn of the Dead - Richard P. Rubinstein

1979

Apocalypse Now

All That Jazz

Manhattan - Charles H. Joffe

Alien - Gordon Carroll; David Giler; Walter Hill

Kramer vs. Kramer

[melis-writes]

💌 Gif requests are: OPEN. 💌

About • FAQ • Fanfic Requests Info • My Gif Tag.

📬 Please read below on the films/shows I make gifs for. Anything outside of this list below, I don't take any requests for. This list updates every now and then with new films/shows I currently make gifs for and is current as of: 07.15.2022.

📩 Requests will be made/posted in order of submission.

📣 Requests are only taken via my ask box.

❌ Requests can be rejected if I feel uninterested in the idea, but it's nothing personal!

🎭 Films I make gifs for:

1970s:

• The Panic in Needle Park (1971). •  The Godfather (1972). •  Scarecrow (1973). • Serpico (1973). • The Godfather Part II (1974). • Dog Day Afternoon (1975).  • Bobby Deerfield (1977).  •  ...And Justice For All (1979). • 

1980s:

• American Gigolo (1980). • Cruising (1980). • Scarface (1983).    •  After Hours (1985). • Sea of Love (1989).

1990s:

• Carlito's Way (1993). • The Age of Innocence (1993).

2000s:

• American Psycho (2000). • The Aviator (2004).  • Batman Begins (2005).

2010s:

• Joker (2019).

🎭 TV Shows I make gifs for:

• American Horror Story (season 1).

• The Vampire Diaries (season 1).

[dan6085]

Determining the "top" movies of all time can be subjective and vary based on personal preferences and critical opinions. However, here is a list of 20 widely acclaimed movies, each with a brief description:

1. **Citizen Kane (1941):** Directed by Orson Welles, this film is often regarded as one of the greatest in cinema history, exploring the life of a wealthy newspaper magnate.

2. **The Godfather (1972):** Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it's a crime epic chronicling the Corleone crime family, based on the novel by Mario Puzo.

3. **The Shawshank Redemption (1994):** Directed by Frank Darabont, it follows the story of a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary and forms a strong bond with a fellow inmate.

4. **Pulp Fiction (1994):** Directed by Quentin Tarantino, this film weaves interconnected stories of crime, violence, and redemption in a non-linear narrative.

5. **Schindler's List (1993):** Directed by Steven Spielberg, it tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.

6. **Casablanca (1942):** Directed by Michael Curtiz, this classic romantic drama set during World War II stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and is known for its memorable quotes and iconic scenes.

7. **Gone with the Wind (1939):** Directed by Victor Fleming, this epic historical romance film is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era.

8. **Lawrence of Arabia (1962):** Directed by David Lean, it portrays the World War I experiences of T.E. Lawrence in the Arabian Peninsula.

9. **The Wizard of Oz (1939):** Directed by Victor Fleming, it's a musical fantasy film based on L. Frank Baum's novel, following the adventures of Dorothy in the magical land of Oz.

10. **The Godfather Part II (1974):** Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, this sequel further explores the Corleone family saga, juxtaposing the story with the rise of patriarch Vito Corleone.

11. **One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975):** Directed by Milos Forman, it depicts life inside a mental institution and stars Jack Nicholson as a patient who rebels against the oppressive nurse.

12. **Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977):** Directed by George Lucas, it's the first installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, introducing iconic characters and a galaxy far, far away.

13. **Seven Samurai (1954):** Directed by Akira Kurosawa, this Japanese epic follows a group of samurai warriors defending a village from bandits, exploring themes of honor and sacrifice.

14. **Apocalypse Now (1979):** Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it's a war film set during the Vietnam War, loosely based on Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness."

15. **The Matrix (1999):** Directed by the Wachowski siblings, this science fiction film explores the concept of reality and artificial intelligence in a dystopian future.

16. **Schindler's List (1993):** Directed by Steven Spielberg, it tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust.

17. **The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003):** Directed by Peter Jackson, it's the final installment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel.

18. **Raging Bull (1980):** Directed by Martin Scorsese, it's a biographical film about the life of boxer Jake LaMotta, starring Robert De Niro in an Academy Award-winning role.

19. **Goodfellas (1990):** Directed by Martin Scorsese, it's a crime film based on the life of mobster Henry Hill and his involvement with the Italian-American mafia in New York City.

20. **Forrest Gump (1994):** Directed by Robert Zemeckis, it follows the life of a man with low intelligence (played by Tom Hanks) who unwittingly influences several defining historical events in the 20th century United States.

These movies have received critical acclaim for their storytelling, direction, performances, and impact on cinema.

[thebestestwinner]

Preliminary Round Results

Congratulations to our winners! Bracket and polls for our next round will be up soon!

Group 1 1st Place: The Godfather (1972) 2nd Place: West Side Story (1961)

Group 2 1st Place: Rebecca (1940) 2nd Place: The Godfather Part II (1974)

Group 3 1st Place: Schindler's List (1993) 2nd Place: It Happened One Night (1934)

Group 4 1st Place: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 2nd Place: The Sound of Music (1965)

Group 5 1st Place: Forrest Gump (1994) 2nd Place: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Group 6 1st Place: My Fair Lady (1964) 2nd Place: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Group 7 1st Place: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 2nd Place: Spotlight (2015)

Group 8 1st Place: Moonlight (2016) 2nd Place: The Departed (2006)

Group 9 1st Place: Parasite (2019) 2nd Place: All About Eve (1950)

Group 10 1st Place: Gladiator (2000) 2nd Place: Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Group 11 1st Place: Casablanca (1942) 2nd Place: Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Group 12 1st Place: Titanic (1997) 2nd Place: Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Group 13 1st Place: The Shape of Water (2017) 2nd Place: In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Group 14 1st Place: Amadeus (1984) 2nd Place: Nomadland (2020)

Group 15 1st Place: No Country for Old Men (2007) 2nd Place: The Sting (1973)

Group 16 1st Place: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 2nd Place: Chicago (2002)

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[tilbageidanmark]

Movies I watched this Week #136 (Year 3/Week 32):

The outside man, my second thriller by Frenchman Jacques Deray (after the so much better ‘La Piscine’). So much wasted potential in this early 1970's mobster out of water tale, which was co-written by Jean Claude Carrière. Jean-Louis Trintignant is a hit-man sent to Beverly Hills to assassinate a big gangster, but Roy Scheider is another killer on his tail, so they chase each other all over, with Ann-Margaret, Angie Dickinson, 'Moe Green' and 'Russ Yelburton' mixing it up.

It serves up a very touristy picture of 1972 Los Angeles (which is nice), and it also has some plot twists which clearly inspired later films. Most notably, some very distinct scenes from 'Three days of the condor' (The kidnapping of a random female with her car, the tense sharing of an elevator between the chaser and his pray, too tired to fall asleep...). Also the mob funeral procession from 'Godfather'. So this forgotten film was hugely influential at the time. 3/10.

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2 with Denholm Elliott:

🍿 In 2014, Steven Soderbergh re-edited 'Raiders of the lost ark' in order to show how brilliant Spielberg's 'Staging' was; how the shots are built and laid out, what the rules of movement are, what the cutting patterns are. The result was Raiders, a black-and-white version of the original, stripped of its colors, music and dialogue, and with a new, electronic score by Trent Reznor.

Found it on a video essay by CinemaStix, When the director is really good at their job.

Also there: When the director prioritizes character over plot, about Soderbergh's Ocean 11.

🍿 I should have watched William Friedkin’s ‘sorcerer’ (Photo Above) for the first time, but instead I picked his subpar 1968 The night they raided Minsky’s, a lame shtick about an Amish girl who discovers burlesque in 1925 New York. Even dancing-singing Jason Robards can’t saves it. 1/10.

RIP, William Friedkin!

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Long story short, my second drama by talented May el-Toukhy, a Danish-Egyptian female director (made before her complex erotic thriller 'Queen of heart'). A group of friends in their 30's and 40's going through love, heartbreaks and life changes, told in 8-parts which are broken into celebrations: birthdays, weddings, christening and mid-summer parties.

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6 Spanish-speaking movies:

🍿 Marshland ("La isla Minima") swept the 2014 Spanish Goya awards, and won in 10 categories. It's a slow-burn procedural Noir about two policemen from Madrid who are send to the backward South to investigate the disappearance of two girls. Before 'True detective', it created a different, atmospheric world. 8/10.

🍿 Death of a cyclist, a classic Spanish Noir from 1955 by J.A. Bardem (Javier's uncle), rich and dramatic. A high society married woman cheating on her husband kills a random man on a deserted road while driving with her lover. A different Hitchcokian murder mystery, made more interesting by Bardem's leftist politics vis-a-vis the Franco censorship of his time. 7/10.

🍿 The Chambermaid, another exploration of South American domestic workers, the silent and invisible service multitudes, that movies don't usually pay attention to. A shy and introverted cleaning lady at an upscale Mexico City hotel has a hard time trying to find a voice, however small.

This was a debut feature by a young filmmaker Lila Avilés. I can't wait for her new, acclaimed Tótem. The trailer. 7/10.

🍿 Wild tales is the most-seen Argentine film of all time, and deservedly so. A hilarious, unexpected anthology, comprising of 6 unrelated stories of 'People under stress': 2 passengers on a plane discover that they both know a person named Gabriel Pasternak, a waitress at a night restaurant serves a loan shark who had destroyed her life, a wild road rage incident that escalates, the car of a demolition expert is being towed away, a rich teenager had a hit and run, and the funnest, a fancy Jewish wedding which goes off the rails.

Absurdist black humor, the most entertaining movie of the week! 9/10.

🍿 The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, my 14th film by Buñuel, 'The Scourge of the Bourgeoisie'. On its surface, it's a normal 1950's Mexican drama about a serial killer, but it's not: it's kinky, off kilter, unpredictable, and always with an extra artificial leg or two that falls off.

🍿 Kiki was made by Paco León ("The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"). It's another funny anthology film, a remake of an Australian film 'The little death' which I'll watch next week. It's an hilarious kinky comedy with 5 or 6 separate sets of characters exploring their deep desires and (less common) fetishes: One woman is turned on by tears, another by the touch of silk, one by being physically attacked, one sells her used underwear, three are getting into a polyamory. It's explicit, light and funny. Not for prudes. 8/10.

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My first 2 by Georges Franju:

🍿 Franju was the co-funder of the Cinémathèque Française in 1936 (together with Henri Langlois). His scary Eyes without a face was the first French horror movie. A monstrous, mad surgeon who tortures dogs and cut off women's faces, in order to find a suitable graft for his disfigured daughter. Morbid poetry.

🍿 Blood of the beasts (Le Sang des Bêtes) was Franju's first film, a stark, non-sentimental documentary about a slaughterhouse. Contrasting scenes from the Parisian suburbs with the most horrifying matter-of-fact killings of horses, cows and sheep, is a study in surrealism. 8/10.

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The Runaways, a run of the mill pop music biography, the story of Joan Jett and her first all-girls rock'n'roll band. These bios are all alike, and even Kristen Stewart and Michael Shannon can't redeem it. (It's my 3rd woman-directed film this week). 3/10.

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Ali Wong X 3, again:

🍿 OK, so I'm crazy about Ali Wong's dirty humor, so sue me. Still, I will watch her Hard Knock Wife comedy special again and again. Best female comedian!

🍿 The Hero, a tender 'End of life' story, with golden-voiced Sam Elliott as an aging western star who discovers he has incurable cancer. He starts a sweet romance with the wonderful actress Laura Prepon, and has to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Great cinema, that could have been perfect if only there was just another small layer to draw from. 8/10.

Anyway, I am going to look for indie director Brett Haley's other films. Ali Wong played herself in a single stand-up comedy scene.

🍿 “… I have orgasms. He has wargasms…”

Savages is a top-tier Oliver Stone action-thriller about some hip pot growers in Laguna Beach who has to fight a brutal Mexican cartel operators. Loud and exciting, similar to Tarantino's 'True Romance' but faster, and with Blake Lively in a loving threesome with 2 dudes. Ali Wong appeared only in one scene as an underground hacker. 7/10.

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No hard feelings, a new sex comedy ("Do you mind if I touch your wiener... dog?"), where Jennifer Lawrence is hired to deflower a 'Superbad'-era Michael Cera-type, because she's broke. Some cliched sitcoms jokes about the 1%-ers in Montauk, NY vs. ordinary people. And for that she came out of retirement? 3/10.

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"Editing is all about the eyes". Another old 'Every frame a picture' essay, How Does an Editor Think and Feel?

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Reflections on the 70th Anniversary of the Danish Rescue of the Jews: Talk at the American-Scandinavian Foundation about why the Danish Jews were saved.

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(My complete movie list is here)