My favorite movies:

I was asked today for my favorite movie. 
Didn't hesitate on the first title, "Dr. Ziavago", I said.
Then I thought for a bit, and listed several others...

 
 

Dr. Ziavago

(1965. Directed by David Lean. Starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie.)

Lawrence of Arabia

(1962. Directed by David Lean. Starring Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif)

Both set around the time of World War I. One about the Russian Revolution, one about Allied activities in the Middle East, on the periphery of the war. Both epics, classics. Both with great stars, great music and great photography.

 

Dr. Strangelove

(1964. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott.)

Fail Safe

(1964. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau.)

Both about erroneous releases of nuclear weapons. One a comedy, one totally serious. Both black and white, for effect, made in the ‘60’s, both classics.

 

Of course:

To Kill a Mocking Bird
(1962. Directed by Robert Mulligan. Starring Gregory Peck, John Megna.)

About the segregated south. A total classic.

 

War movies:

 

Full Metal Jacket
(1987. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Starring Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey.)

Apocalypse Now

(1979. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando.)

Both Viet Nam era war movies. Both with more reality that some people can stand. Great music of the kind I was hearing growing up.

 

Other cool / cult following films:

 

Harold and Maude
(1971. Directed by Hal Ashby. Starring Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles.)

Easy Rider

(1969. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper.)

Repo Man

(1984. Directed by Alex Cox. Starring Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez.)

A Boy and His Dog

(1975. Directed by L.Q. Jones. Starring Don Johnson, Jason Robards.)

 

Scariest…?

 

Psycho (I)
(1960. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh.)

Jaws (I)
(1975. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw.)

Alien (I)

(1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt.)

 

If you ask Brenda …?

 

Pretty Woman
(1990. Directed by Garry Marshall. Starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts.)



So, tell me yours…

 

Movie data courtesy www.imdb.com

 

 

(great question FH...think of another one)

-       Mark W. Laughlin