Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Ultimate Films: towards the top

The journey continues:

Seen
39 The Towering Inferno 1975 - Like The Wizard of Oz and The Great Escape, this was a staple of bank holiday schedules in my youth
36 Doctor In The House 1954 - Rescued by the endearing naivety of Dirk Bogarde, I feel SLIGHTLY less embarrassed about this being 'seen' than any of the Carry On films... but not by much...
35 The Great Caruso 1951 - Ah, afternoon movies! Reminds me as well of the wonderful song by Everything But the Girl The Night I Heard Caruso Sing from their album Idlewild.
34 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 - "No body does it better..." Bond films eh? Took my years to work out you didn't need to see them from the start...
33 The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 - Maybe I am too generationally removed from the historical moment, but I never found this moved me half as much as everyone suggested it should.
32 The Greatest Show On Earth 1952 - DeMille brings to the big screen the Barnum and Bailey circus...
31 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1983 - Even my MUM saw this on a pirate video cassette...

Not Sure
38 Random Harvest 1943 - I know about it, and have seen clips, but I just can't be sure about the whole thing...

Unseen
40 Fanny By Gaslight 1944 - Nope.
37 Toy Story 2 2000 - Loved the first film but somehow didn't get around to seeing the second...

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