2017 National Film Registry Is More Than a 'Field of Dreams'

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Library of Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2017

2017 National Film Registry Is More Than a 'Field of Dreams'

Guess Whos Coming to Dinner, Titanic, Superman, Among the Titles

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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the 2017 selections to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Selected for their cultural, historic and/or aesthetic importance, these 25 motion pictures range from an early film of the New York subway in 1905 and the musical biopic La Bamba to the holiday action thriller Die Hard and The Goonies, the adventure tale of a band of misfits.
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The public can tune into Turner Classic Movies (TCM) at 8 p.m. E.T. tonight to view a selection of films named to the registry this year. The Librarian joins movie critic Leonard Maltin to discuss the films. The Library also announced that 64 motion pictures, previously named to the National Film Registry, are now freely available online at loc.gov/collections/selections-from-the-national-film-registry/about-this-collection/. Follow the conversation about the 2017 registry on Twitter at @librarycongress and #NatFilmRegistry.

Among this years selections are the 1939 aviation adventure starring Cary Grant, Only Angels Have Wings; Elia Kazans 1947 study of anti-Semitism, Gentlemans Agreement; Stanley Kramers 1967 groundbreaking drama Guess Whos Coming to Dinner, featuring powerhouse performances by Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier; Yvonne Rainers 1972 experimental film Lives of Performers; the Steven Spielberg-executive produced 1985 adventure The Goonies; the 1989 inspirational fantasy Field of Dreams, starring Kevin Costner; Titanic, James Camerons 1997 blockbuster about the great maritime disaster; Christopher Nolans 2000 breakthrough thriller Memento; two very different films starring Kirk Douglas, the historical epic Spartacus and the film noir Ace in the Hole; and the 1978 version of the quintessential superhero, Superman, directed by Richard Donner, who also was the director of The Goonies.

Read more: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-178/

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Something other than politics, for a needed break.

As Floyd R. Turbo said over on the DU Lounge the other day:

Good choices! It isnt Christmas until Hans Gruber falls off the Nakatomi Tower! 😂
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10181014082#post4



The end of this is really creepy:

Titanic sinks in REAL TIME - 2 HOURS 40 MINUTES
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029422904#post7

[snooper2]

1. Die Hard? ROFLMAO, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas still isn't on the list, but Die Hard?

full list here
https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/

[yallerdawg]

4. "Yippie-ki-yay...

something something."

An American treasure for the holidays epitomizing American values and can-do spirit that makes us great!

Plus blowing up shit!

What more do you want?

[LanternWaste]

8. I laugh too when people don't share my opinions.

I laugh too when people don't share my opinions. It's much easier to trivialize others than to convince them how much more evolved we are than they.

Fear and Loathing....

[snooper2]

9. "We were somewhere areound Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold"

BEST MOVIE EVER

If one doesn't agree yes you trivialize their opinion. We both agree LOL

[Honeycombe8]

2. I don't have cable, so..... nt

[Plucketeer]

3. The Phony President

starring the Three Stooges.

[edbermac]

5. Porkys not on there yet???

Call Congress right now!!!!

[Little Star]

6. Thanks.......

Your post just made me order myself two dvd's, Field of Dreams & La Bamba. They were missing from my collection. My Christmas present to myself. I'm worth it!

[femmocrat]

7. Finally a list of things I have seen! LOL

I didn't see anything that was nominated for a Golden Globe!