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Author Topic: This Year's Significant Movie Anniversaries Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-23-2008 04:54 AM                     Purely unscientific survey... What movies celebrating this year a 10th-50th anniversary do you believe deserve to be feted with extra attention such as a theatrical re-release, a DVD Special Edition or a retrospective journalism piece? Just curious because I may be involved with a couple of such projects. For myself, the following come to mind. I'm curious what your picks might be. 10th (1998) Saving Private Ryan 15th (1993) Jurassic Park The Nightmare Before Christmas Schindler's List 20th (1988) Bull Durham Die Hard A Fish Called Wanda Rain Man Tucker: The Man And His Dream Who Framed Roger Rabbit 25th (1983) A Christmas Story Fanny And Alexander Flashdance Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life National Lampoon's Vacation Return Of The Jedi The Right Stuff Scarface Strange Brew Terms Of Endearment 30th (1978) Days Of Heaven The Deer Hunter Grease Halloween National Lampoon's Animal House Superman 35th (1973) American Graffiti Day For Night (La Nuit Americaine) The Exorcist Paper Moon The Sting 40th (1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey Bullitt Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Funny Girl Oliver! Planet Of The Apes The Producers 45th (1963) 8½ (Otto e Mezzo) The Birds Cleopatra From Russia With Love Hud It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World Tom Jones 50th (1958) The Big Country Gigi The Hidden Fortress (Kakushi-toride no san-akunin) My Uncle (Mon Oncle) South Pacific Vertigo  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-23-2008 06:11 AM                        10th (1998) Saving Private Ryan - Needs a Blu-Ray release to commemorate. Perhaps an "extra body parts" edition or something would be nice. 15th (1993) The Nightmare Before Christmas - Needs a Blu-Ray release in the worst way as the DVD is just gawdawful.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 01-31-2008 07:41 PM                     DIE HARD and THE BIG LEBOWSKI are the two that come to mind as most worthy. But thinking outside of the box, I'd love to see the theatrical cut of John McNaughton's WILD THINGS on BD, and John Carpenter's VAMPIRES is in need of a special edition. Semi-realistically though, how about THE X-FILES? The new movie even comes out this summer.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-31-2008 08:01 PM                     1958 is the 50th Anniversary of the greatest drive-in picture of all time...... THUNDER ROAD with Robert Mitchum. Its time for a serious DVD set of this title.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 02-01-2008 03:54 AM                        Going back past 50 years... 100th (1908) Formation of the Motion Picture Patents Company 90th (1918) Ingmar Bergman born Hearts of the World 80th (1928) Lights of New York - generally considered to be Hollywood's first 'all talking' (i.e. the plot is all communicated through recorded dialogue - no intertitles) feature. Several iconic Hollywood late silents, notably: The Wind and The Crowd. La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc - not exactly popcorn-munching light entertainment, but deserves a mention on account of its critical impact, I guess. 1928 was a pretty dire year for British film, but Underground is a little-known masterpiece, IMHO. 75 Years (1933) King Kong 42nd Street Gold Diggers of 1933 Queen Christina Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse - Fritz Lang's last film in Germany before moving to Hollywood. 70 Years (1938) Jezebel The Adventures of Robin Hood Alexander Nevsky Death of Florence 'The Vitagraph Girl' Lawrence, generally considered to be the first film star in the modern sense of the term. 65 Years (1943) Casablanca The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Münchhausen Death of Leslie Howard (in action) 60 Years (1948) Bicycle Thieves The Red Shoes Treasure of the Sierra Madre Rope - Hitchcock's first film in colour Death of D.W. Griffith 55 Years (1953) CinemaScope (release of The Robe) The Big Heat Le Salaire de la peur  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-01-2008 11:47 AM                       Here are some of my picks for the 30th (1978): Midnight Express La Cage aux folles Up in Smoke Watership Down Faces of Death  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-02-2008 02:24 AM                     (...as an old 60 sec ad clip said that we were playing during that time - "Movies are Great in 'Seventy-Eight!") A Paramount Summer: "Heaven can Wait" "Foul Play" "Grease" - Highest grossing film for 1978 Universal with: "Nat'l Lampoon's Animal House" "Jaw'd 2" "Deer Hunter" - best pict oscar Fox with: "Boys of Brazil" "Magic" Columbia with "the Buddy Holly Story" Warner introducing Christopher Reeve as "Superman" ..but some 'doozies' hit the list.... "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" "the Swarm" "Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke" and finally - John Carpenter's "Halloween"  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-02-2008 05:25 PM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer "Jaw'd 2" Hey Monte...your MAD comic-ness is showing.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-03-2008 04:34 AM                     quote: John Wilson "...your MAD comic-ness is showing" Sorry..just HAD to put that title in..(You must have been an "Alfred E. Neuman" fan also..) .."The Poopsie-Down Adventure" - "Star Warts" - "A Crockwork Yellow" - "Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind" - "A Crock of Shit Now" ..."Harry Plodder" ...to name a few to begin with... (..and Jack Davis could draw those episodes...)  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-03-2008 12:56 PM                        quote: Monte L Fullmer A Crock of Shit Now Really? MAD had that title? Doesn't sound like them.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 02-03-2008 02:24 PM                     lol...the "shit" was bleeped out in the title.  |  IP: Logged

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