everybody likes to argue about their FAVORITE MOVIE!!!!

I chose Red Dawn as my favorite movie. Red Dawn was released on August 10th, 1984 and was directed by John Milius. It was an American war film set in the 1980s in which the Soviet Union and it's Latin American allies invaded the United States of America [1]. Red Dawn should have won the "Best Picture" award for the following reasons: The Cast: The main cast of this movie was excellent. Consisting of Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, and Jennifer Grey, this movie showed the true potential of these young actors. This cast is one of a kind and they all fit their specific role perfectly. This whole cast has been successful in multiple other films. For example, we see Swayze and Jennifer Grey together in Dirty Dancing. This low budget film became a massive box office hit. As of 2009, it earned over $214 million worldwide [2]. The Outsiders starred Swayze and Howell and was nominated for four "Young Artist Awards. " Howell won the award for "Best Young Motion Picture Actor in a Feature Film. " Lea Thompson won "Best Supporting Actress" in the 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful, as well as "Favorite Movie Actress" in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II[3]. Lastly, Charlie Sheen is most known for his role in Platoon. This 1986 war film won the "Best Picture Award" and was ranked number six in "Channel 4's 100 Greatest War Films" [4]. Sheen is always widely known for his role in "Two and a Half Men. " Just this year a news article in The New York Times called it "the biggest hit comedy of the past decade" [5]. As we can see, all the actors in Red Dawn have had very successful and awarding careers in America's media. Therefore, Red Dawn's excellent cast shows that it is award material. The Director: John Milius is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. His most popular films that he worked on were Apocalypse Now, Conan the Barbarian, and Dirty Harry. Apocalypse Now won multiple awards including the Oscar award for "Best Cinematography" in 1980 and in 1979 won the "Palme d'Or" in the Cannes Film Festival [7]. The film was also deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation by the National Film Registry in 2001 [8]. Conan the Barbarian grossed more than $300 million by 2007 [9]. The film also gave Arnold Schwarzenegger, who starred as Conan, worldwide recognition as an action star. Last but not least, Dirty Harry was selected by Empire magazine as one of "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time in 2008" [10]. All of the films listed had Milius contributing to their success. These awards show that John Milius was a professional at motion picture directing, screenwriting, and producing. Thus, his incredible work should have been noticed in the film Red Dawn and won an award for "Best Picture". In conclusion, my choice of film should have won the award for "Best Picture" in 1984 not only because of the amazing cast but also the implausible work and dedication of the director. As we can see from my argument, the cast and director are quite capable of achieving awards and succeeding in making great films. WOLVERINES! Sources: [1] . http://www.imdb.com... [2] . http://www.telegraph.co.uk... [3] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [4] . http://www.thependragon.co.uk... [5] . http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com... [6] . http://www.austinfilmfestival.com... [7] . http://www.imdb.com... [8] . http://en.wikipedia.org... [9] . http://en.wikipedia.org...(1982_film) [10] . http://www.empireonline.com...