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Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by admin
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

One of the greatest epics of all time, Lawrence of Arabia epitomizes all that motion pictures can be. Ambitious in every sense of the word, David Lean’s Oscar-grabbing masterpiece, based loosely on the life of the eccentric British officer T.E. Lawrence and his campaign against the Turks in World War I, makes most movies pale ...

War

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by admin
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Gone with the Wind (1939)

Margaret Mitchell’s Civil War bestseller was snapped up by megalomaniac producer David O. Selznick, who resisted Mitchell’s suggestion that he cast Basil Rathbone as Rhett Butler in favor of the fans’ only choice, Clark Gable. After a nationwide talent search and a Hollywood catfight involving every potential leading lady in town, Selznick hired British Vivien ...

Romance

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by admin
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Casablanca (1942)

The most beloved Academy Award Best Picture winner of all, this romatic war melodrama epitomizes the 194os craze for studio-bound exotica, with the Warners lot transformed into a fantastical North Africa that has far more resonance than any mere real place possibly could. Casablanca also offers more cult performers, quotable lines, instant clichés, and Hollywood ...

Drama

Thursday, May 6th, 2010 by admin
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Citizen Kane (1941)

Since 1962, Sight & Sound magazine’s oft-cited critics’ poll of the greatest films ever made has placed Citizen Kane, Orson Welles’s remarkable debut film, at the top of the list. By 1998, the American Film Institute called it the greatest movie of all time. It also garnered Best Picture awards from the New York Film ...

Drama