The American Film Institute
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The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1965 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. The American Film Institute focuses on training through hands-on experience with established figures, as well as on preserving old film, which is subject to degradation of its film stock. In spite of its name, AFI does not focus exclusively on film, but also on television and video.In 1973, the AFI established a Life Achievement Award.
In 1998, the 100th aniversary of American film, AFI began its 100 Years Series, celebrating and promoting interest in film history. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institute [Oct 2004]
100 Years...100 Movies
The following is a list of the 100 greatest English-language movies as compiled by the American Film Institute.
The Complete List:
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Casablanca (1942)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Gone With The Wind (1939)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Graduate (1967)
- On the Waterfront(1954)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Singin' In The Rain (1952)
- It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
- Sunset Boulevard(1950)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Star Wars (1977)
- All About Eve (1950)
- The African Queen (1951)
- Psycho (1960)
- Chinatown (1974)
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- High Noon (1952)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- North by Northwest (1959)
- West Side Story (1961)
- Rear Window (1954)
- King Kong (1933)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Jaws (1975)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- From Here to Eternity (1953)
- Amadeus (1984)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- M*A*S*H (1970)
- The Third Man (1949)
- Fantasia (1940)
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Tootsie (1982)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Network (1976)
- The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- An American in Paris (1951)
- Shane (1953)
- The French Connection (1971)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- Wuthering Heights (1939)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- Dances with Wolves (1990)
- City Lights (1931)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- Rocky (1976)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Giant (1956)
- Platoon (1986)
- Fargo (1996)
- Duck Soup (1933)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Easy Rider (1969)
- Patton (1970)
- The Jazz Singer (1927)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- A Place in the Sun (1951)
- The Apartment (1960)
- Goodfellas (1990)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- The Searchers (1956)
- Bringing up Baby (1938)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
"This is an exciting moment in American film history," said AFI Director and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg. "As the end of this century approaches and we reflect on its defining achievements, among the most powerful and successful is, without question, the motion picture. Through the collective judgment of leaders from across the American film community, from both in front of and behind the camera, AFI has identified 100 movies which set the standard and mark the excellence of the first century of American cinema. Movies are an intensely personal experience, and it's certain that this list will generate a broad range of opinion and discussion. AFI welcomes this dialogue and hopes to achieve an increased regard, respect and appreciation for this great American art form." --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Film_Institute [Oct 2004]
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