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Essential Movies - a list by kayzee
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The films that, for me, are as essential as air.
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Howards End - The Merchant Ivory Collection
First to recommend
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Lush Merchant Ivory period piece about class struggle. Emma Thompson rules.
Updated Feb 15, 2008
Sense & Sensibility (Special Edition)
First to recommend
3 people recommended this item
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Emma Thompson's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel is a masterpiece in its own right. It's visual, not just a literal interpretation of a book. The brilliant Ang Lee directs.
Updated Feb 15, 2008
Prelude to a Kiss
First to recommend
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A bride accidentally switches souls with a gnarly old man in Craig Lucas' meditation on the meaning of true love.
Updated Feb 15, 2008
Cold Comfort Farm (1996)
2 people recommended this item
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Old woman: "I saw something NASTY in the woodshed."
Movie producer: "Sure you did, baby, but did it see YOU?"
Funny, quirky movie. I like how the heroine fixes everyone up by helping them achieve their goals, even when they differ from hers.
Updated Feb 15, 2008
The Manchurian Candidate
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Frank Sinatra stars in this tale of brainwashing during the Korean war - that many felt was a commentary on the McCarthy era. Contains some of the oddest dialogue ever seen in a movie as Janet Leigh picks up the handsome shell-shocked soldier on a train.
Updated Feb 15, 2008
Path to War
First to recommend
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Michael Gambon is amazing as LBJ in this brilliant depiction of the path to the Vietnam war. Alec Baldwin plays McNamara.
Updated Feb 15, 2008
The Daytrippers
First to recommend
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This is a wonderful movie, and the fact that it's not available new on dvd, nor to rent on Netflix just proves that cream doesn't always rise to the top. Get this cast: Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Anne Meara, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, Campbell Scott. You might be able to get a VHS tape for cheap. I'm holding on to mine like gold, and just hoping it never breaks!
Updated Mar 8, 2008
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