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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:01 AM Original message |
Poll question: Best film beginning of all time |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Car Wash |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Lawrence of Arabia |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. second Lawrence nomination |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 02:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
58. Second that. |
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kixot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. That movie blew some serious chunks. |
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Paragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. the Movie Answer Man says... |
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KissMyAsscroft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. Naked Gun (Police Squad) |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. Touch of Evil |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 02:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. That IS a good one |
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elperromagico (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 02:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. I concur. |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 05:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. One of the best. No cuts, either... |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. Star Wars |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. "Dazed and Confused" or "Raising Arizona" |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That is a great opening to "Dazed and Confused"... |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
55. Raising Arizona |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:30 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Good choice! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. Pulp Fiction |
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Insider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. A Beautiful Mind |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. it brings a touch of scarlet to my cheek to mention it |
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Paul Hood (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. I hated that movie, butt I loved the beginning. n/t |
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gottaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. tush-ay |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
17. Blue Velvet |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
41. yes |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. The first, best and original Star Wars....WAY cool.... |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 03:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I agree, with a close second being the first Superman movie |
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Pert_UK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 05:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Too right......in the cinema, the rumble from the Star Destroyer |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. First time I saw it was in 1976 in limited pre-release; had never heard of |
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PragMantisT (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. A Clockwork Orange |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. The Sound of Music |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
21. "Betty Blue." Opening scene is pure sex/sensuality. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. You can say that again... |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. "Groove Tube" |
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Stargleamer (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. A Hard Day's Night |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. A big second on "A Hard Day's Night". |
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Zinfandel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. Grand Illusion! |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. 2001 - A Space Odyssey |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Good choice... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. That came to my mind immediately. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Come to think of it, Dr. Strangelove had a pretty great beginning as well. |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
29. Trainspotting |
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phrenzy (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. Yes Yes |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. "The Hired Hand" - rack focus on New Mexican sun, slow pan down to river, |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
36. Millennium (spelling?) based on the John Varley story |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
37. "Contact" with Jodie Foster. A VERY cool beginning. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Contact |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. just...can't...handle...the ending |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
38. Bond movies, for sure, have to be included |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. Apocalypse Now |
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ROC (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 11:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Twelve O'Clock High |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
45. Spaceballs |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
46. Fight Club |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
47. Edward Scissorhands |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
49. The Crimson Permanent Assurance~Monty Python's The Meaning of Life... |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. Musical, Rocky Horror Picture Show |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. Seven |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-23-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. Saving Private Ryan |
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