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Classic Movie Countdown: Best Picture # 1 — Casablanca (1943)

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Josh Kaye

1. Casablanca (1943) Other Nominated Films: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, The Human Comedy, In Which We Serve, Madame Curie, The More the Merrier, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Song of Bernadette, Watch on the Rhine Casablanca is … Continue reading →

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Classic Movie Countdown: Best Picture # 6 — All About Eve (1960)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Josh Kaye

6. All About Eve (1960) Other Nominated Films: Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon’s Mines, Sunset Boulevard 14 Academy Award nominations. Four female acting nominations. #28 ranking on AFI’s Top 100 films. One of the first 50 films to be … Continue reading →

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Classic Movie Countdown: Best Picture # 7 — Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Josh Kaye

7. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Other Nominated Films: The Longest Day, The Music Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, To Kill a Mockingbird Before I go on to talk about this film, I would just like to say one thing: David Lean is … Continue reading →

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Classic Movie Countdown: Best Picture #’s 14 and 13 — The Sound of Music (1965) and Marty (1955)

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Josh Kaye

14. The Sound of Music (1965) Other Nominated Films: Darling, Doctor Zhivago, Ship of Fools, A Thousand Clowns Now this is one of the weeks I’ve been looking forward to writing about! There are a lot of movies I’ve enjoyed … Continue reading →

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