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9 years ago

Here is the set-up: you are in an isolated situation. No contact with the rest of the world, no phone, no electronic connections - nothing. You will be by yourself for 28 days. No books, no paper, no nothing. However, you will have a decent stash of food and beverage.

However - you have the ability to watch movies. Big screen, good sound. No popcorn, no nibbles. You have a comfortable chair, or sofa, or whatever.

You watch movies and nothing else. OK? Got it? Here's the catch: you can have only five (5) movies. Pick something that you would be willing to watch over and over and over. (This might take a while for you to select yours, but that's OK.)

What will you have to watch? Here are my choices, with a few comments:

Victor, Victoria. Not really a musical, but lots of music. Julie Andrews is wonderful and Preston is a stitch! What fun. (Close second was Mary Poppins.)

Blazing Saddles. Ya gotta have a comedy and this one is my pick. I have seen it so many times, I already know most of the dialog, yet it still makes me laugh (much to the chagrin of the missus).

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A DARK drama, but the acting is superb. Was a play and adapted very well to the big screen.

Run Silent, Run Deep. Burt Lancaster and Clark Gable. My WWII film. From 1958, it has Don Rickles in a straight roll! Great tension.

Stagecoach. 1939's John Ford classic with The Duke. Also Claire Trevor and Andy Devine. They were all so young then.

I could watch and re-watch each/all of them. Of course it might get to be somewhat boring, but I picked those that would get me through 28 days.

What about you?

Jim

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sylviatexas1
9 years ago
not really a 'movie' person, but I do love some of the oldies.

Dr Zhivago

Lawrence of Arabia

Castaway

Calendar Girls

Fried Green Tomatoes

Titanic

This post was edited by sylviatexas on Wed, Aug 6, 14 at 17:18
Jasdip
9 years ago
The Notebook!!!

Julie and Julia

Maybe the Marigold Hotel (we've watched it twice now)

Fried Green Tomatoes

An action movie is needed. Mr and Mrs Smith I think
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oldfixer
9 years ago
This better be on a nice island beach, and I would be enjoying the stash of food & beer. No movies needed to put me to sleep.
katlan
9 years ago
Dances With Wolves (Love the music)

Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (Kevin Costner one)(Music is great in this one also)

Steel Magnolias

Alien vs. Predator

Shining Through (I love this movie!!)

Cool thread. Wonder how many times I'll change my mind? haha
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
Original Author
9 years ago
When I was a working dude, I tossed this question out to my co-workers. Many would come back each week and change 2 or 3 of their picks.
Fun2BHere
9 years ago
Could I have all of the episodes of The West Wing instead? No? :-(

The American President (I have to have some Sorkin.)

Grease

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Star Wars Episode IV

3 Men and a Baby
nanny98
9 years ago
Dances with Wolves

Steel Magnolias

Pretty Woman

Grease

Castaway or Notebook

Gosh, my list could get complicated.... can't remember some that love....even more complicated; and yes, if I had time I would change and change and change up to the last second
before leaving.
wanda_va
9 years ago
Gone With the Wind

The Carpetbaggers

Kane and Abel (based on a novel by Jeffrey Archer)

Ben Hur

Back Street

No popcorn??????
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
Original Author
9 years ago
Remember, the only thing to do is watch movies. You must be prepared to view the same movies every 2 - 3 days. For 28 days. That means you might watch Gone With the Wind about 12 times in 28 days.

For OldFixer - we could put you on an island in the Dead Sea!
alisande
9 years ago
Katlan, did you read Shining Through, the book? They completely changed the story for the movie. I probably would have liked the movie if I hadn't read the book, which is a favorite of mine. Susan Isaacs wrote it.

Oh, wait--I have to come up with five movies so Jim won't think I hijacked his thread!

Camelot

Ghost

Gone With the Wind (I've never seen it, but it's about time)

A History of Violence (multi-layered, and good acting)

Anything with Deanna Durbin. Or Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers.
Shelgal
9 years ago
The African Queen\
Moonstruck
Amadeus
Some Like it Hot
Singing in the Rain

My all-time favorites.
stacey_mb
9 years ago
Hard to choose just five:

The Wizard of Oz
(this movie is referenced very often in other movies/books)
Moonstruck
Gone with the Wind
Suddenly Last Summer
A Soldier's Story

Optionals:
O Brother Where Art Thou
Waking Ned Devine
Rosebud_MS
9 years ago
Casablanca
Victor Victoria
The Quiet Man (John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara)
The African Queen
Mrs. Miniver
mare_wbpa
9 years ago
The Way We Were
Funny Girl (Can you tell I'm a Streisand fan?)
The Green Mile
Forrest Gump(Tom Hanks too)
Imitation of Life
kitz_2007
9 years ago
Somewhere in Time
The Notebook
Always
Titanic
The Help
justlinda
9 years ago
Only one, just one for the whole time, watching it over and over and over.....

AMERICAN GRAFFITI
pammyfay
9 years ago
Forget Paris (Billy Crystal; the scene where Debra Winger's character is trying to take a bird to the vet cracks me up every time!)

The Princess Bride ("Have fun stormin the castle!" Love, love, love that line.)

While You Were Sleeping

Moonstruck

And any one of The Thin Man movies, as long as Asta the dog has decent camera time!

(Yeah, I know -- all "chick" flicks!)
katlan
9 years ago
I've never read the book Shining Through.

o.k. Moonstruck is def a good one. Cher was awesome in that movie. And I ADORE The Quiet Man. Shoot, I knew I would change my mind, haha.
blfenton
9 years ago
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Voyage Home

STNG: First Contact
STNG: Insurrection

Star Wars VI (and IV and V if a boxed set of the three of them counts as one movie.
Jodi_SoCal
9 years ago
Don Juan DeMarco
Evita (the musical with Madonna)
You've Got Mail
A Mighty Wind
Somewhere in Time
Lindsey_CA
9 years ago
Some of mine have already been named by others -- great minds think alike.

Same Time, Next Year
Dirty Dancing
Ghost
The Princess Bride
The Notebook
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
Pretty woman
Monty Python, pretty much any of the great ones.
Castaway or Forrest Gump
To kill a mocking bird
My last choice would be one with a great soundtrack that makes me want to dance, not so much for the movie, this would give me another option besides just watching a movie.
I don't know what I would pick possibly
Woodstock
Pulp fiction
Blues brothers
Footloose.
Easy rider
Pink Floyd The wall
Flash dance

And I would be changing my mind too.
yayagal
9 years ago
The Godfather
Picnic
Meet me in St. Louis
An affair to remember
Annie Hall
jafralady
9 years ago
Forrest Gump
Titanic
Rain Man
Grease
One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest
marilyn_c
9 years ago
It is hard to imagine (for me to imagine) that I used to be a movie buff. Before my daughter was born, my husband and I saw just about every movie that came out. Back then, you didn't have the multiplex cinemas and you might have to drive 40 miles to see a movie somewhere. We lived that far from town, so had to drive that far to see about any of them. I quit going when my daughter was born because I was nursing and didn't want to leave her. I eventually got out of the habit of going. The last movie I was was Buffalo 66, (saw it in 1999!!) when my daughter was a freshman in college. Now I can't remember a movie much past the time that I watched it. I have been known to rent a movie and get it home, only to realize I have already seen it. Now I have a hard time staying awake to watch a movie.

Sorry to write so much and not give a list, The first three movies I own and have watched many times.

The Piano

The Sheltering Skies

Grey Gardens (documentary)

The next one I just remember watching and enjoying:
Seven Years in Tibet

And the last one....trying to think of one I really enjoyed....

Having to steal one from someone else's list:
American Graffiti

Now I will be thinking about this all day. I wish my memory was better.

The only other movie I remember watching over and over was Rocky Horror.
User
9 years ago
Iron Weed - Jack Nicholson/Meryl Streep
Up!
Lion King
Baghdad Cafe - Marianne SÃÂ¤gebrecht/Jack Palance
It's a Wonderful Life
Jasdip
9 years ago
Just asked hubby and here is his list:

The Firm
The Hunt for Red October
You've got Mail
The Road to Perdition
Castaway
joaniepoanie
9 years ago
Way too hard to pick just 5....how about 5 from each genre?
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
Original Author
9 years ago
For every one beyond the five - you have to spend another 5 days in that environment. Make your own decision.
joann_fl
9 years ago
Same time next year
Nights in Rodanthe
The parent Trap (old one)
Yours, mine & ours
Bridges of Madison Co.
fran1523
9 years ago
Rainman
Amadeus
Casablanca
Mama Mia
Joy Luck Club
Shelgal
9 years ago
Stacey_mb, I like your optionals, too.

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