killerbush
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:33 AM
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Writers Guild of America's top ten movies of all time |
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10, Godfather 2 9, Some Like it Hot 8, Network 7, Sunset Boulevard 6, Annie Hall 5, All About Eve 4, Citizen Kane 3, Chinatown 2, The Godfather 1, Casablanca I know you here at DU have some opinions on this . Go for it!!! Find the rest of the 100 best at http://www.wgaeast.org/greatest_screenplays/2006/04/03/list/index.html
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:36 AM
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1. I'm surprised "Glengarry Glenross" isn't in there... |
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If there was ever a "writers' movie", that's it.
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:39 AM
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2. The Wizard of Oz is 25th |
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Sat Apr-08-06 09:45 AM
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3. I always thought "Chinatown" was considered the greatest script. |
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Sat Apr-08-06 12:11 PM
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4. On the Waterfront, East of Eden, A Face in the Crowd & A Tree Grows in |
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Brooklyn. All Elia Kazan, if I remember correctly. Some written by Budd Shulberg. :thumbsup:
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Sat Apr-08-06 01:58 PM
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There are at least a 100 scripts better than that!
Sixth Sense? Who put that on here? What is going on at the WGA these days, it's like they'll let anyone walk in the door and vote for this list.
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Sat Apr-08-06 02:01 PM
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6. I'd add "One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest |
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Nicholson and a lot of great character actors, including Will Sampson. somebody asked "Chief" if he was a fighter. He said he'd never been knocked down by a white man.
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Sat Apr-08-06 02:23 PM
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7. Where's Porky's 2? Police Academy 5? |
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:54 PM
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8. No "Airplane!" ... No "Blazing Saddles" ... No "Roadhouse" |
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What a scam. Clearly these people don't know their craft.
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:55 PM
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9. What? No Dodgeball? What the FUKC are they thinking? That was a seminal |
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Sat Apr-08-06 04:58 PM
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10. I've only seen one of those (#1) |
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Though I did see Sunset Blvd on Broadway, and loved it. Petula Clark is amazing.
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Sat Apr-08-06 05:02 PM
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It's not the 100 greatest movies, but the 100 greatest screenplays. For whatever that's worth.
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