With my 15th round selection, 379th overall, The Team With No Name is proud to select, in the Pre-60's category, Sabrina!
Awesome choice Dis - the classic was way better than the remake but both were pretty great flicks...loved Audrey Hepburn in this and the whole society issue of upper vs lower class made more sense back then than in the 90's(?) when it was re-made.
Bump...hope people aren't reading the thread title only and not checking the actual picks.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
I'm so sorry I took so long guys, it was my Grandpa's 80th birthday this weekend and I was out most of it. So in honour of my Grandpa's 80th birthday, in the Western category, Team MissTeeks selects Cat Ballou.
This is one of the few westerns I have seen but it's also a family favorite in our house. It stars a young Jane Fonda as a woman named Cat Ballou who becomes an outlaw when her father is killed because he won't sell his land to the railroad company. The best part of this movie is Lee Marvin as the drunkard Kid Shelleen. The best scene is when he pulls into town on his drunk horse. It also included the Ballad of Cat Ballou sung by Nat King Cole and Stubby Cay.
Jackson Two-Bears: Kid, Kid, what a time to fall off the wagon. Look at your eyes. Kid Sheleen: What's wrong with my eyes? Jackson Two-Bears: Well they're red, bloodshot. Kid Sheleen: You ought to see 'em from my side.
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Jed: [to Cat, on the train] Ma'am, I apologize for my disgusting condition and I assure you I will not inflict myself on you any further.
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Cat: You won't make me cry. You'll never make me cry!
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The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true. Go Flames Go!
^ To that end I will make it known that the only offers I think I am going to entertain are going to have to be pretty compelling, because overall I am pretty happy with what I've got - most of my selections have worked out perfectly. I think the only trade I might look to make would be to fortify my Musical category...
It's Just a Flesh Wound are proud to select with our 15th selection a movie I'm really surprised has lasted this long. Movie buffs here will recognize the classic FANTASY,
"Harvey" (1950)
Difficult decision this one as there are more recent fantasy movies, much more recognisable to the average person, that I considered for this category but, ultimately, I went with the best player available.
Harvey stars one of my favourite actors, Jimmy Stewart, and is the story of a man whose best friend is a 6'3" rabbit called...Harvey, that only he can see!
The movie was ranked #35 on AFI's 100 years 100 Laughs and was #7 on their Top Fantasy movies. As this one was produced in 1950 I'm willing to bet that there are plenty of you who haven't seen it before. I would recommend you give it a try but stay with it, don't give up after the first 15 minutes or so. The movie grows on you and you will 'get it' by the end.
^ I will be the first to admit I have not seen that one Jagger, but it sounds like a film I should definitely check out! This draft is providing me with a solid list of must-sees.
OK. So only 2 non-wildcard picks to go here for me. For their next selection Team Clint Eastwood is pleased to announce Frederico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (1957) in the Pre-1960's category.
Frederico Fellini is a director whose work I wish I could say I stumbled on accidentally, because his films (the ones I have seen, anyway) are so often a wondrous joy, Cabiria being the most successful in this regard.
This movie is a beautiful experience, and I would like to spend some time trying to do it justice with my write-up... so as has been the trend as of late I will have to put this off for the time being. For now, I will share an excerpt of someone else's take on the film, to give you an idea:
I am not much in favor of "best" lists--I wouldn't make it in Cusack's "High Fidelity" world--but I can usually offer a range of titles of films that I consider the most powerful experiences I have had in front of a screen--Bicycle Thief, Ran, Ordet, Seventh Seal, Citizen Kane, L'Avventura, Rear Window, Blade Runner, quite a few others. But if I had to pick just one title, it would be Nights of Cabiria. I saw it when it first came out in this country--I was a junior in high school and fortunate enough to live near a theater that showed foreign films. It ran for several weeks and I kept going back to see it over and over, giving myself permission by dragging friends to see it. No one was ever disappointed...
^^ I thought Harvey was already taken, bugger!!
Good pick.
Funnily enough so did I. After checking Windom's updated Draft Board I couldn't find it. I'm pretty happy to get that movie in the 15th round, seems like a bit of a steal.
For their next selection Team Clint Eastwood is pleased to announce Frederico Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) (1957) in the Pre-1960's category.
I thought this was an okay film, except for the ending. Hate, hate, hate the ending.
