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A cross-cut of 50 years of movies. We see the most precious film sequences that we all remember: From "Citizen Kane" to "Star Wars"... more | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. more
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The film was updated in 1996 with more recent films up to that point. more
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Features High Noon (1952) more
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As Time Goes By more

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Where's the original content?, 2 September 2008
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Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

I have seen this short film innumerable times, as Turner Classic Movies has used it as a time filler many times over the last decade or two. It consists of gobs of classic film clips all expertly pieced together in a lovely montage on the history of film. It received the Oscar for Best Short Film/Live Action, though I don't think this was a very good choice because the film bore no original content whatsoever--just a very nice job of splicing and setting it all to a rousing musical score. To me, this just seems like a rather cheap and self-serving bit of promotion by the AMPAS people (the folks that pick the Oscars) and would love to have seen something truly original and new win instead--especially since it must be frustrating to your film makers to work so hard on original stories and lose to what seems like a big commercial. Just my two cents worth.

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