Tuesday, December 28, 2010

2010 National Film Registry Picks

'All the President's Men,' 'The Exorcist,' 'Malcolm X' among 2010 National Film Registry picks [Video] | 24 Frames | Los Angeles Times "'The year 2010 will mark yet another December to remember in film preservation. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today named 25 motion pictures—Hollywood classics, documentaries and innovative shorts reflecting genres from every era of American filmmaking—to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress."

Here's the list. I've seen the ones in bold. and aside from 16, I haven't even heard of the others (though most of them are early short documentaries).

1) Airplane! (1980)
2) All The President's Men (1976)
3) Bargain, The (1914)
4) Cry of Jazz (1959)
5) Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)
6) Empire Strikes Back, The (1980)
7) Exorcist, The (1973)
8) Front Page, The (1931)
9) Grey Gardens (1976)
10) I Am Joaquin (1969)
11) It's a Gift (1934)
12) Let There Be Light (1946)
13) Lonesome (1928)
14) Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
15) Malcolm X (1992)
16) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
17) Newark Athlete (1891)
18) Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
19) The Pink Panther (1964)
20) Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
21) Saturday Night Fever (1977)
22) Study of a River (1996)
23) Tarantella (1940)
24) Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945)
25) Trip Down Market Street, A (1906)

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