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Classic Musical Month 1 – The Wizard of Oz
It’s hard, if not impossible, to think of a movie more famous than this one. According to the Library of Congress, The Wizard of Oz is the most seen film in history. It’s among the first 25 movies that were … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, buddy ebsen, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, edgar allen woolf, fantasy, fantasy movie, florence ryerson, frank morgan, george cukor, harold arlen, if i only had a brain, jack haley, judy garland, l. frank baum, mgm, mgm studios, movie review, movies, munchkins, musical, national film registry, over the rainbow, oz, samuel goldwyn, scarecrow, the wizard of oz, tinman, victor fleming, william h. cannon, wizard of oz
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Classic Masterpieces 4: Ben-Hur (1959)
Of the four movies I looked at this month, this was the one I’ve been looking forward to the most. I had only seen it once before, but I remember it being not only very impressive from a production standpoint … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, ben-hur, ben-hur: the tale of the christ, biblical epic, cathy o'donnell, charlton heston, christian movie, christopher fry, classic masterpieces, classic movies, epic drama, gore vidal, hugh griffith, jesus, judah ben-hur, karl tunberg, lew wallace, marie ney, martha scott, maxwell anderson, mgm, mgm studios, miklos rozsa, miriam, movie remake, movie review, movies, remake, roman, rome, sam zimbalist, tirzah, warner brothers, william wyler
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Classic Masterpieces 2 – Gone with the Wind
I’ve decided on the four movies I’m looking at this month, and of the four, this is the only one I haven’t seen before. Gone with the Wind is a very famous epic historical romance film. It was immensely popular … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, american civil war, capitol theatre, civil war, clarke gamble, classic masterpieces, classic movies, george cukor, gone with hte wind, hattie mcdaniel, historical fiction, mammy, margaret mitchell, mgm, mgm studios, movie review, movies, new york times, rhett butler, romance, sam wood, scarlet o'hara, selznick international pictures, the nation, victor fleming, vivien leigh
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The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy went through a number of production difficulties, which I wrote about in my previous Hobbit movie post. To sum it up, it involved late director changes, shooting with an incomplete script, and spreading the original plan … Continue reading
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Tagged balin, battle of the five armies, bilbo baggins, cate blanchett, dwarves, elrond, elves, epic fantasy, fantasy movies, galadriel, gandalf, goblins, guillermo del toro, hugo weaving, ian mckellen, ken stott, legolas, martin freeman, mgm, mgm studios, middle earth, movie review, movies, new line cinema, orcs, orlando bloom, peter jackson, radagast, richard aritage, smaug, sylvester mccoy, the hobbit, the hobbit: battle of the five armies, thorin
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
In my previous Hobbit movie post, I teased that the production behind the Hobbit movie trilogy was a mess. It’s time to discuss exactly how much of a mess that was. Because of the massive success that was the Lord … Continue reading
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Tagged balin, benedict cumberbatch, bilbo baggins, dragon movies, dragons, dwarves, evangeline lilly, fantasy, fantasy movies, fran walsh, gandalf, guilleromo del toro, hobbits, ian mckellen, jrr tolkien, ken stott, lake-town, legolas, martin freeman, mgm, mgm studios, middle earth, movie review, movies, necromancers, new line cinema, orcs, orlando bloom, peter jackson, phillipa boyens, richard aritage, smaug, tauriel, the hobbit, the hobbit: the desolation of smaug, thorin, united artists, wizards
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