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Twelve Angry Men
A Double Life
Bang the Drum Slowly
Topsy-Turvy
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Wages of Fear
The Producers
Taxi Driver
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Great White Hope
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Band Wagon
On the Waterfront
The Bridge on the River Kwai
In the Heat of the Night
Inherit the Wind
Moby Dick
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Best Years of Our Lives
Patton
Gods and Monsters
Amadeus
Ran
The Verdict
A Thousand Clowns
Favorite directors:
Sidney Lumet
Martin Ritt
William Wyler
Akira Kurosawa
Frank Capra
Martin Scorsese
John Ford
William Wellman
Billy Wilder
John Huston
Favorite actors:
James Stewart
Robert DeNiro
Gregory Peck
Sidney Poitier
Anthony Hopkins
Favorite actresses:
Teresa Wright
Bette Davis
Meryl Streep
Jane Alexander
Jodie Foster
Favorite film composers:
Bernard Herrmann
Ennio Morricone
Miklos Rosza
Jerry Goldsmith
Elmer Bernstein
Carter Burwell
Least favorite movie: The Story of Us
Least favorite actor: John Gavin
Least favorite actress: Lisa Kudrow
Least favorite director: Baz Luhrmann
Favorite movie snack other than popcorn:
malted milk balls
My rating system:
***** pretty good
**** I laughed, I cried, it became
a part of me
*** great
** eh
* two hours of my life
I'll never get back
Reviews
Great Performances: King Lear (1974)
memorable and significant
This was one of the great experiences of my life, seeing this production on television, and it formed an impression that helped me develop my love for Shakespeare. The open stage in Central Park at night, with nature and the city looming in the background is the ideal venue for this great play. The titanic James Earl Jones makes Lear a force of nature, and the storm does indeed seem to be coming from inside him. I have seen other Lears, but this is the only one that represents the life and breadth and humor of this play with reducing it to an existentialist parade of stereotypes. And Rene Auborjonois' portrayal of Edgar is the quintessential performance of the role.
I also have a vivid memory of Nikki Giovanni's answer to the question of this Lear being accessible to urban audiences, "You don't know King Lear, you don't know your Mama."
Right on.