So, I have never actullay seen this movie, but since all the b&w I have seen are all taken, I had to consult my mother on this one. She loves Agatha Christie, and I have always enjoyed seeing productions of her plays, so I might have to check this movie out, considering I have picked it in the draft. Looks pretty good!
with the 331st pick overall in the Drama category:
Pleasantville
David and his twin sister Jennifer find themselves in Pleasantville, as Bud and Mary-Sue Parker, completely assimilated in black and white, in clothes a little different and with new parents...pleasant ones. David wants to get out of the situation as well as his sister, but whereas he tries to blend in (effortlessly, with his knowledge), she does what she likes to do. One event leads to the other, and suddenly there is a red rose growing in Pleasantville. The more rules are broken, the more colorful life gets in Pleasantville, USA.
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With our first wildcard pick Six Degrees of Troy McClure is proud to select Capote.
One of the best character actors ever in his best role. He pretty much swept ever major acting prize and critic award. Chris Cooper and Catherine Keener are also each excellent (and the recently mentioned Bruce Greenwood, too!). But beyond the acting, it's a stark and beautiful film, shot in Manitoba, and everything is kept simple to allow as much focus as possible on the acting.
At it's heart, the story is about an ethical dilemma that Capote writes himself into. He goes to small-town Kansas to write an article for The New Yorker, and ends up becoming fascinated with the killings and one of the killers, Perry, in particular, to the extent that he decides to write a book about it and at the same time fund legal support for the killers, in part so that he has time to interview and understand Perry. However, he begins to realize that as the trials and appeals drag out for years, Perry won't give him the details he needs to finish the book, begins to doubt his motives, and Capote is faced with the realization that the only way he's going to be able to finish the book is with Perry's death. Based on a true story, but with enough fictionalization that I didn't think I should pick it in the non-fiction category.
Sadly, can't find any clips beyond the trailer; but hopefully most of you have seen it.
in the action category, we'll take Romancing the Stone
I think I've seen this movie about 100 times. It's just so much fun. Great characters. Douglas and Turner's chemistry is tops. Devito is awesome. Alfonso Arau is great as Juan and Manuel Ojeda is superb as Zolo.
Zolo: Crocodiles shed tears when they eat their prey. You have heard of these tears I am sure. But have you seen them?
In the Pre-60s category, Direct2Video selects On The Waterfront
A really interesting film, and one that i thoroughly enjoyed the first time I watched it. Some background to put it into context (from Wikipedia):
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In 1952, director Elia Kazan was a "friendly" witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), in which he identified many alleged Communists in the film industry. That brought him severe criticism.[1] Being "friendly" before the HUAC could be a possible clue towards the name of the mob boss in the movie, Johnny Friendly.
The original screenplay (called "The Hook") was written by renowned playwright Arthur Miller, who was blacklisted as an alleged Communist. He was replaced by Budd Schulberg, also a "friendly" witness before HUAC.[2]
On the Waterfront, being about a heroic mob informer, is widely considered to be Kazan's answer to his critics (including his former friend and collaborator Miller), showing that there could be nobility in a man who "named names." In the movie, variations of that phrase are repeatedly used by Terry Malloy. The film also repeatedly emphasizes the waterfront's code of "D and D" or "Deaf and Dumb," remaining silent at all costs and not "ratting out" one's friends. In the end, Malloy does just that and his doing so is depicted sympathetically. Miller's response to the movie's message is contained in his own play, A View from the Bridge, which presents a contrasting view of those who inform on others.
Absolute thievery this late in the draft. Nice pick!
I find that is becoming a refrain for this draft; there are just so many great movies out there, and only so many selections we can make!
Also, I'm putting Jurassic Park on the trading block...if anyone is interested in trading for it, I'm looking for anything I can get, be it another movie or an upcoming pick.
It's approaching 3am, my time, so I am just going to quickly post my pick so as to not hold anyone up.
Team Pineapple Express is proud to select in the category, Best Picture, All About Eve. It won six Oscars (was nominated for 14, a record, tied only by Titanic) in 1951, including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Costume Design, Sound and Screenplay.
Unless I am mistaken, Liam is up next...
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Going to go with a Wildcard selection in this round.
Very happy to add to our stable, another of P.T. Anderson's great works... Already possessing his ode to Kubrick (There Will Be Blood) we will be adding his ode to Scorsese... A brilliant look at the rise, fall, and VHS-ization of the 70s porn industry... Presenting the principal characters as a family unit (a dysfunctional, incestuous and bizarre family, but a family none-the-less) Anderson added a human element to an industry and a part of American history that has rarely been addressed.
Boogie Nights!
So many great performances in this film. Mark Wahlberg's first starring role, and the role he was born to play, and a level of performance he will never attain again, I think that we can say for sure. Julianne Moore who is consistently fantastic, is beyond that in this film. Her tortured matriarchal figure is creepy, sympathetic, comforting, pathetic, simultaneously. A terrific supporting cast, included The Burt in his triumphant last hurrah, John C. Riley, Don Cheadle, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, and more... A terrific blend of comedy and tragedy, one of my favorite films.
And that's not to mention PTA's visual eye in Boogie Nights, which is simply astounding. I am sure Scorsese was proud. Witness:
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But it wasn't Mark's first movie. He was in Basketball Diaries and Fear before this came out and he even had a small role in that Danny Devito military movie that I cant recall the name of.......Renassance man comes to mind, but I could be wrong.
But it wasn't Mark's first movie. He was in Basketball Diaries and Fear before this came out and he even had a small role in that Danny Devito military movie that I cant recall the name of.......Renassance man comes to mind, but I could be wrong.
Good call. Don't know how I forgot Fear etc. Edited!
I'll move OCEANS ELEVEN from Thriller to Wild Card #2.
In the Thriller catagory, Team NC-17 selects, a movie that changed a genre, and movie making in general. There wasn't too many movies that slapped you in the face at the end, and made you think as hard as this one did.
Team Pineapple Express is proud to select in the category, Best Picture, [/B]All About Eve.
Well done EG.
Anyone who can't appreciate what Bette Davis brought to the table in this one needs their head checked! Can you imagine the roles she would have written for her in today's Hollywood?
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