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Bambi

***Bambi*** is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book *Bambi, a Life in the Woods* by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942, and is the fifth Disney animated feature film.

The main characters are Bambi, a white-tailed deer; his parents (the Great Prince of the forest and his unnamed mother); his friends Thumper (a pink-nosed rabbit); and Flower (a skunk); and his childhood friend and future mate, Faline. In the original book, Bambi was a roe deer, a species native to Europe; but Disney decided to base the character on a mule deer from Arrowhead, California. Illustrator Maurice "Jake" Day convinced Disney that the mule deer had large "mule-like" ears and were more common to western North America; but that the white-tail deer was more recognized throughout America.

The film received three Academy Award nominations: Best Sound (Sam Slyfield), Best Song (for "Love Is a Song" sung by Donald Novis) and Original Music Score.

In June 2008, the American Film Institute presented a list of its "10 Top 10"—the best ten films in each of ten classic American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. *Bambi* placed third in animation. In December 2011, the film was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant".

In January 2020, it was announced that a photorealistic computer-animated remake was in development.
Cool Hand Luke

***Cool Hand Luke*** is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system. Set in the early 1950s, it is based on Donn Pearce's 1965 *Cool Hand Luke*.

Roger Ebert has cited *Cool Hand Luke* as an anti-establishment film shot during emerging popular opposition to the Vietnam War. Filming took place within California's San Joaquin River Delta region; the set, imitating a prison farm in the Deep South, was based on photographs and measurements made by a crew the filmmakers sent to a Road Prison in Gainesville, Florida. The film uses Christian imagery.

Upon its release, *Cool Hand Luke* received favorable reviews and was a box-office success. It cemented Newman's status as one of the era's top actors, and was called the "touchstone of an era". Newman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Kennedy won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Pearce and Pierson were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Lalo Schifrin was nominated for Best Original Score. In 2005, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, considering it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film has a 100% rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and the prison warden's (Strother Martin) line in the film, which begins with "What we've got here is failure to communicate", was listed at number 11 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes list.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

***It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World*** is a 1963 American comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer with a screenplay by William Rose and Tania Rose from a story by Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast of comedians, is about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers. It premiered on November 7, 1963. The principal cast features Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, and Jonathan Winters.

The film marked the first time Kramer directed a comedy, though he had produced the comedy *So This Is New York* in 1948. He is best known for producing and directing, in his own words, "heavy drama" about social problems, such as *The Defiant Ones*, *Inherit the Wind*, *Judgment at Nuremberg*, and *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*. His first attempt at directing a comedy film paid off immensely as *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* became a critical and commercial success in 1963 and was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning for Best Sound Editing, and two Golden Globe Awards.

The film suffered severe cuts by its distributor United Artists in order to give the film a shorter running time for its general release. The footage was excised against Kramer's wishes. On October 15, 2013, it was announced that the Criterion Collection had collaborated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, and film restoration expert Robert A. Harris to reconstruct and restore *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* to be as close as possible to the original 202-minute version envisioned by Kramer. It was released in a five-disc "Dual Format" Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on January 21, 2014.

*It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* featured at number 40 in the American Film Institute's list 100 Years...100 Laughs.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

***Alfred Hitchcock Presents*** is an American television anthology series created, hosted, and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965 it was renamed ***The Alfred Hitchcock Hour***. Hitchcock himself directed only 18 episodes during its run.

By the time the show premiered on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. *Time* magazine named *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* as one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All Time". The Writers Guild of America ranked it #79 on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series, tying it with *Monty Python's Flying Circus*, *Star Trek: The Next Generation* and *Upstairs, Downstairs*. In 2021, *Rolling Stone* ranked it 18th on its list of 30 Best Horror TV Shows of All Time.

A series of literary anthologies with the running title *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* were issued to capitalize on the success of the television series. One volume, devoted to stories that censors would not allow to be adapted for broadcast, was entitled *Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV*—though eventually several of the stories collected therein *were* adapted.
Gunsmoke (TV series)

The TV series ran from September 10, 1955, to March 31, 1975, on CBS, with 635 total episodes. It was the second Western television series written for adults, premiering on September 10, 1955, four days after *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp*.[*citation needed*] The first 12 seasons aired Saturdays at 10 pm, seasons 13 through 16 aired Mondays at 7:30 pm, and the last four seasons aired Mondays at 8 pm. During its second season in 1956, the program joined the list of the top-10 television programs broadcast in the United States. It quickly moved to number one and stayed there until 1961. It remained among the top-20 programs until 1964.
Head

The 1st Wing, known as "The Head", is a mysterious organization that rules all of the Wings and Districts, they reside in District 1, at the heart of the City. They maintain their iron grip through their Singularity and various subsidiaries that enforce their will. They directly manage A Corp, which is an extension of the Head's will that properly manages the City. Additionally, the Head is on a different timescale than the rest of the City, and regulates and measures its rules based on that timescale.

In a way, the "Head" is made up of three Guilds, A Guild, B Guild, and C Guild, run by the Head, Eye, and Claw respectively.

A reclusive group, the Head's identity is completely unknown. No one even knows much about District 1, other than the fact that its heavily guarded. Anyone who violates the laws of the City or attempt to further discover the Head's identity quickly and quietly disappear.

For handling threats or securing dangerous artifacts, the Head has its own personal army of Fixers, and modified soldiers. In addition to this, the Head also uses the "Arbiters", Singularity-infused assassins whose power surpass even Grade 1 Fixers, a single Arbiter can lay waste to an entire wing.

The Eye handles the surveillance network that watches over the City, anything detected that is deemed against the Head's laws will be reported immediately. Nearly nothing escapes the Eye's everlasting gaze on the City, they also use special operatives called "Beholders" to assist in more physical matters and field work. They appear as spectral forms magically projected out, whether this is their "true" body or not is unknown.

The Claw is the military branch of the Head, they command the "Claws", highly augmented super soldiers that follow orders with unwavering obedience and ferocity. Claws are some of the fiercest troops the Head has at it's disposal, and when a Claw is put to their limit, they use a choice of injections to greatly empower themselves. These injections are selected from Singularities, such as W and K Corp. Veteran Claws are known as "Executioners."

The Head, and by extension the Wings, all tax the City for nearly every service. Its nearly impossible to not have to pay taxes for something, whether that be food, rent, or services. Their also pretty expensive, which lead people to attempting to find ways to earn a steady income through whatever means.

Refusing taxes will result in 4 warnings, if the fourth is ignored, the Eyes will send "Tax Collectors" to track down and kill the evader.

The Head also uses various other patented technology asides from their Singularity, such as the "flesh liquidation" process for turning people into Sweepers.

When the Head designates a threat as an "Impurity", they can banish it to the Outskirts by using the Territory Expulsion Procedure. Through this method, anything from singular entities to entire structures can be instantly teleported to the wastes.
Million Dollar Mermaid

***Million Dollar Mermaid*** (also known as ***The One Piece Bathing Suit*** in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the cinematography by George Folsey and the choreography by Busby Berkeley.

George Folsey received a 1953 Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, Color.

The film stars Esther Williams, Victor Mature, and Walter Pidgeon, with David Brian and Donna Corcoran.
4 for Texas

***4 for Texas*** is a 1963 American comedy Western film starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, and Ursula Andress, and featuring screen thugs Charles Bronson and Mike Mazurki, with a cameo appearance by Arthur Godfrey and the Three Stooges (Larry Fine, Moe Howard, and Curly Joe DeRita). The film was written by Teddi Sherman and Robert Aldrich, who also directed.
Fun and Fancy Free

***Fun and Fancy Free*** is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy package film produced by Walt Disney and released on September 27, 1947 by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the ninth Disney animated feature film and the fourth of the package films the studio produced in the 1940s in order to save money during World War II. The Disney package films of the late 1940s helped finance *Cinderella* (1950), and subsequent others, such as *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), and *Peter Pan* (1953).

The film is a compilation of two stories, the first of which, *Bongo*, is hosted by Jiminy Cricket and narrated by Dinah Shore. Based on the tale *Little Bear Bongo* by Sinclair Lewis, *Bongo* tells the story of a circus bear cub named Bongo who longs for freedom from captivity. Bongo escapes the circus and eventually forms a romantic relationship with a female bear cub named Lulubelle in the wild, realizing that he must prove himself in order to earn Lulubelle as his mate. The second story, *Mickey and the Beanstalk*, is narrated by Edgar Bergen and is a retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" featuring Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as three peasants who discover the temperamental Willie the Giant's castle in the sky through the use of some magic beans. They must battle the greedy but lovable giant in order to restore peace to their valley. Though the film is primarily animated, it also uses live-action segments to join its two stories together. *Mickey and the Beanstalk* was the last time Walt Disney voiced Mickey Mouse, because he was too busy on other projects to continue voicing the character. Disney replaced himself with sound effects artist Jimmy MacDonald.
Captain from Castile

***Captain from Castile*** is a historical adventure film released by 20th Century Fox in 1947. Directed by Henry King, the Technicolor film stars Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, and Cesar Romero. Shot on location in Michoacán, Mexico, the film includes scenes of the Parícutin volcano, which was then erupting. *Captain from Castile* was the feature film debut of Jean Peters, who later married industrialist Howard Hughes, and of Mohawk actor Jay Silverheels, who later portrayed Tonto on the television series *The Lone Ranger*.

The film is an adaptation of the 1945 best-selling novel *Captain from Castile* by Samuel Shellabarger. The film's story covers the first half of the historical epic, describing the protagonist's persecution at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition and his escape to the New World to join Hernán Cortés in an expedition to conquer Mexico.
Bathing Beauty

***Bathing Beauty*** is a 1944 musical film starring Red Skelton, Basil Rathbone, and Esther Williams, and directed by George Sidney.

Although this was not Williams' screen debut, it was her first Technicolor musical. The film was initially to be titled "Mr. Co-Ed", with Red Skelton having top billing. However, once MGM executives watched the first cut of the film, they realized that Esther Williams' role should be showcased more, and changed the title to "Bathing Beauty", giving her prominent billing and featuring her bathing-suit clad figure on the posters.

The film is also Janis Paige's film debut. After this film, Paige would go to Warner Brothers to make such films as *Of Human Bondage*, *Hollywood Canteen*, and *Romance on the High Seas*. In later years, Paige would return to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in few films.
Ben-Hur (2016 film)

***Ben-Hur*** is a 2016 American epic historical drama film directed by Timur Bekmambetov and written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley. It is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel *Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ* by Lew Wallace following the 1907 silent short film, the 1925 silent film, the Academy Award-winning 1959 film and the 2003 animated film of the same name. It is the third version of *Ben-Hur* released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It has been termed a "re-adaptation", "reimagining", and "new interpretation" of the novel. The film stars Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell, Nazanin Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer, and Rodrigo Santoro.

Principal photography began on February 2, 2015 in Matera, Italy and lasted about five months, finishing in June 2015. *Ben-Hur* premiered on August 9, 2016 in Mexico City and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 19, 2016 in the United States in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D, Digital 3D, and IMAX 3D. It received generally negative reviews and was a box office failure, grossing $94 million worldwide against its $100 million production budget plus a large amount spent on marketing and distribution.
City Lights

***City Lights*** is a 1931 American pre-Code silent romantic comedy film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows the misadventures of Chaplin's Tramp as he falls in love with a blind girl (Virginia Cherrill) and develops a turbulent friendship with an alcoholic millionaire (Harry Myers).

Although sound films were on the rise when Chaplin started developing the script in 1928, he decided to continue working with silent productions. Filming started in December 1928 and ended in September 1930. *City Lights* marked the first time Chaplin composed the film score to one of his productions and it was written in six weeks with Arthur Johnston. The main theme, used as a leitmotif for the blind flower girl, is the song "La Violetera" ("Who'll Buy my Violets") from Spanish composer José Padilla. Chaplin lost a lawsuit to Padilla for not crediting him.

*City Lights* was immediately successful upon release on January 30, 1931, with positive reviews and worldwide rentals of more than $4 million. Today, many critics consider it not only the highest accomplishment of Chaplin's career, but one of the greatest films of all time. Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance believes "*City Lights* is not only Charles Chaplin's masterpiece; it is an act of defiance" as it premiered four years into the era of sound films which began with premiere of *The Jazz Singer* (1927). In 1991, the Library of Congress selected *City Lights* for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked it 11th on its list of the best American films ever made. In 1949, the critic James Agee called the film's final scene "the greatest single piece of acting ever committed to celluloid".
Marty (film)

***Marty*** is a 1955 American romantic drama film directed by Delbert Mann in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay of the same name, which was broadcast on The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and starred Rod Steiger in the title role.

The film stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair. In addition to winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, the film enjoyed international success, becoming the fourth American film to win the Palme d'Or. *Marty*, *The Lost Weekend* (1945) and *Parasite* (2019) are the only three films to win both organizations' grand prizes.

In 1994, *Marty* was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
Camp Rock

***Camp Rock*** is a 2008 American musical television film directed by Matthew Diamond and starring Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Meaghan Martin, Maria Canals-Barrera, Daniel Fathers, and Alyson Stoner. It is about Mitchie (Demi Lovato), a young girl aspiring to be a singer, and her time at Camp Rock, a summer music camp, where she will discover friends, adversaries, romance, and her voice.

The film premiered on Disney Channel on June 20, 2008. *Camp Rock* was the second DCOM to air on ABC's *The Wonderful World of Disney* after its premiere on Disney Channel and was placed on the iTunes Store for digital purchase shortly after its premiere. The film was watched by 8.9 million viewers on the night of its premiere and is currently the third highest viewed DCOM of all time, behind *High School Musical 2* and *Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie*.

The film was followed by a sequel, *Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam* (2010).
Darby O'Gill and the Little People

***Darby O'Gill and the Little People*** is a 1959 American fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, adapted from the *Darby O'Gill* stories of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. Directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, the film stars Albert Sharpe as O'Gill alongside Janet Munro, Sean Connery, and Jimmy O'Dea.
Monsters, Inc.

***Monsters, Inc.*** is a 2001 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Mary Gibbs and Jennifer Tilly, the film was directed by Pete Docter in his directorial debut, and executive produced by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. The film centers on two monsters—James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and his one-eyed partner and best friend Mike Wazowski—employed at the titular energy-producing factory *Monsters, Inc.*, which generates power by scaring human children. However, the monster world believes that the children are toxic, and when one sneaks into the factory, that child must be returned home before it is too late.

Docter began developing the film in 1996, and wrote the story with Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston. Stanton wrote the screenplay with screenwriter Daniel Gerson. The characters went through many incarnations over the film's five-year production process. The technical team and animators found new ways to simulate fur and cloth realistically for the film. Randy Newman, who composed the music for Pixar's three prior films, returned to compose for its fourth.

Upon its release on November 2, 2001, *Monsters, Inc.* received critical acclaim and was a commercial success, grossing over $577 million worldwide to become the third highest-grossing film of 2001. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "If I Didn't Have You" and was nominated for the first Best Animated Feature, but lost to DreamWorks' *Shrek*, and was also nominated for Best Original Score and Best Sound Editing. *Monsters, Inc.* saw a 3D re-release in theaters on December 19, 2012. A prequel titled *Monsters University*, which was directed by Dan Scanlon, was released on June 21, 2013. A television series/sequel titled *Monsters at Work* premiered on Disney+ on July 7, 2021.
My 100 Favorite Movies

## Movies

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (100)
2. We Bought a Zoo (99)
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark (98)
4. Hello Dolly (97)
5. Mrs. Doubtfire (96)
6. Swiss Family Robinson (95)
7. The Miracle Worker (94)
8. Silverado (93)
9. Ocean's Eleven (92)
10. Swing Time (91)
11. Aladdin (90)
12. All the President's Men (89)
13. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (88)
14. Remember the Titans (87)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (86)
16. Ratatouille (85)
17. Home Alone (84)
18. Miracle of 34th Street (1947) (83)
19. The King's Speech (82)

## Honorable Mentions

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (100)
2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (99)
3. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (98)
4. The Music Man (97)
5. Singin' in the Rain (96)
6. The Sound of Music (95)
7. Dead Poets Society (94)
8. The Wizard of Oz (93)
9. Dr. No (92)
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (91)
11. Tarzan (90)
12. Ocean's 11 (1960) (89)
13. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (88)
14. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (87)
15. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (86)
16. Sixteen Candles (85)
17. Pretty in Pink (84)
18. The Breakfast Club (83)
19. Finding Nemo (82)
20. Monsters Inc. (81)
21. The Incredibles (80)
22. Up (79)
23. Toy Story (78)
24. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (77)
25. Elf (76)
26. It's a Wonderful Life (75)
27. The Muppet Christmas Carol (74)
28. White Christmas (73)
29. Miracle on 34th Street (72)
30. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (71)
31. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (70)
32. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (69)
33. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (68)
34. Good Will Hunting (67)
35. The Magnificent Seven (66)
36. 42 (65)
37. Bring It On (64)
38. McFarland USA (63)
39. The Rookie (62)
40. The Sandlot (61)
41. Woodlawn (60)
42. White Men Can't Jump (59)
43. Million Dollar Arm (58)
44. The Social Network (57)
Cheyenne (TV series)

***Cheyenne*** is an American Western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1962. The show was the first hour-long Western, and was the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Bros. original series produced by William T. Orr.
Lady and the Tramp

***Lady and the Tramp*** is a 1955 American animated musical romance film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske, and features the voices of Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Bill Thompson, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton, and Peggy Lee. Based on the 1945 *Cosmopolitan* magazine story "Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog" by Ward Greene, *Lady and the Tramp* tells the story of a female American Cocker Spaniel named Lady who lives with a refined, upper-middle-class family and a male stray mutt called Tramp. When the two dogs meet, they embark on many romantic adventures and fall in love.

*Lady and the Tramp* was released to theaters on June 22, 1955, to box office success. It was the first animated film to be filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen film process., as well as Disney's first animated film to be distributed by their Buena Vista division. It initially received mixed to negative reviews by film critics, but critical reception for the film has been generally positive in modern times, and the film is now seen as one of the best animated films from Disney. A direct-to-video sequel, *Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure*, was released on February 27, 2001, and a live-action/CGI hybrid remake premiered on November 12, 2019, as a launch title for the Disney+ streaming service.
Pirates at the Movies

A musical video montage of pirates in films, TV shows and video games, featuring "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" written by George Bruns, performed by Xavier Atencio, Paul Frees, Thurl Ravenscroft and J. Pat O'Malley.

## Featuring the Films:

* Blackbeard's Ghost
* Castle in the Sky
* Cutthroat Island
* Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
* Hook
* Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
* Muppet Treasure Island
* One Piece Film: Stampede
* Pan
* Peter Pan
* Peter Pan (2003)
* Peter Pan Live
* The Pirates! Band of Misfits
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
* The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
* Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun
* Shipwrecked
* Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
* Six Days, Seven Nights
* Stardust
* Swiss Family Robinson
* Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
* Treasure Island (1950)
* Treasure Planet
Pillow Talk (film)

***Pillow Talk*** is a 1959 American romantic comedy film in CinemaScope directed by Michael Gordon and starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The supporting cast features Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio and Lee Patrick. The film was written by Russell Rouse, Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro, and Clarence Greene.

It tells the story of Jan Morrow (Day), an interior decorator and Brad Allen (Hudson), a womanizing composer/bachelor, who share a telephone party line. When she unsuccessfully files a complaint on him for constantly using the line to woo his conquests, Brad decides to take a chance on Jan by masquerading as a Texas rancher, resulting in the two falling in love. The scheme seems to work until Brad's mutual friend and Jan's client Jonathan Forbes (Randall) finds out about this, causing a love triangle in the process.

According to a "Rambling Reporter" (August 28, 1959) item in *The Hollywood Reporter*, RKO originally bought the script by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in 1942, but since it was not produced, the writers bought it back in 1945. In 1947, they sold it as a play, but bought it back once again four years later, finally selling it in 1958 to Arwin Productions, the company owned by Doris Day's husband, Martin Melcher. Although the film was originally titled *Pillow Talk*, according to a February 2, 1959 "Rambling Reporter" item in *The Hollywood Reporter*, the title "displeased" the PCA, and was changed to *Any Way the Wind Blows*. In August 1959, however, the original title was reinstated.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Doris Day), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color (Richard H. Riedel, Russell A. Gausman, Ruby R. Levitt) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.

This is the first of three romantic comedies in which Day, Hudson and Randall starred together, the other two being *Lover Come Back* (1961) and *Send Me No Flowers* (1964).

Upon its release, *Pillow Talk* brought in a then staggering domestic box-office gross of $18,750,000 and gave Rock Hudson's career a comeback after the failure of *A Farewell to Arms* two years earlier.

On July 14, 1980, Jack Martin reported on *Pillow Talk* as "biggest hit of 1959".

In 2009, it was entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant and preserved.
Monty Python's Flying Circus

***Monty Python’s Flying Circus*** (also known as simply ***Monty Python***; sometimes abbreviated ***MPFC***) is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring the comedy group Monty Python, consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam, aka the "Pythons". The first episode was recorded at the BBC on 7 September 1969 and premiered on 5 October on BBC1, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974, plus two episodes for German TV.

The series stands out for its use of absurd situations, mixed with risqué and innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines. Live action segments were broken up with animations by Gilliam, often merging with the live action to form segues. The overall format used for the series followed and elaborated upon the style used by Spike Milligan in his groundbreaking series *Q5*, rather than the traditional sketch show format. The Pythons play the majority of the series characters themselves, along with supporting cast members including Carol Cleveland (referred to by the team as the unofficial "Seventh Python"), Connie Booth (Cleese's first wife), series producer Ian MacNaughton, Ian Davidson, musician Neil Innes, and Fred Tomlinson and the Fred Tomlinson Singers for musical numbers.

The programme came about as the six Pythons, having met each other through university and in various radio and television programmes in the 1960s, sought to make a new sketch comedy show unlike anything else on British television at the time. Much of the humour in the series' various episodes and sketches targets the idiosyncrasies of British life, especially that of professionals, as well as aspects of politics. Their comedy is often pointedly intellectual, with numerous erudite references to philosophers and literary figures and their works. The team intended their humour to be impossible to categorise, and succeeded (although, by their perspective, failed) so completely that the adjective "Pythonesque" was invented to define it and, later, similar material. However, their humour was not always seen as appropriate for television by the BBC, leading to some censorship during the third series. Cleese left the show following that series, and the remaining Pythons completed a final shortened fourth series before ending the show.

The show became very popular in the United Kingdom, and after initially failing to draw an audience in the United States, gained American popularity after Public Broadcasting Service member stations began airing the show in 1974. The success on both sides of the Atlantic led to the Pythons going on live tours and creating three additional films, while the individual Pythons flourished in solo careers. *Monty Python's Flying Circus* has become an influential work on comedy as well as the ongoing popular culture.
Peter Pan (1953 film)

***Peter Pan*** is a 1953 American animated adventure fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the 1904 play *Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up* by J. M. Barrie. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson, it is the 14th Disney animated feature film. Starring the voices of Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Paul Collins, Heather Angel, and Bill Thompson, the film's plot involves a group of kids who meet Peter Pan and travel to the island of Never Land to stay young, where Peter also attempts to evade Captain Hook.

The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, and was originally released on February 5, 1953 by RKO Radio Pictures. *Peter Pan* was the final Disney animated feature released through RKO before Walt Disney founded his own distribution company, as well as the final Disney film in which all nine members of Disney's Nine Old Men worked together as directing animators. A sequel titled *Return to Never Land* was released in 2002, and a series of direct-to-DVD prequels produced by Disneytoon Studios focusing on Tinker Bell began in 2008.
Halloween at the Movies

A musical video montage of Halloween films and TV specials, featuring "Ghostbusters" written by Ray Parker Jr., performed by Ray Parker Jr. (1984), and "Music of the Night," written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, performed the Gerard Butler (2004).

## Featuring the films:

* The Addams Family
* Addams Family Values
* Beetlejuice
* Casper
* Crimson Peak
* Ernest Scared Stupid
* Halloweentown
* Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
* The Haunted Mansion
* Hotel Transylvania
* Goosebumps
* Scooby-Doo
* Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
* Under Wraps

## Featuring the TV Shows/Cartoons:

* Brooklyn Nine-Nine
* Duck Dynasty
* Ghost Hunters
* The Office
* Rolie Polie Olie
* SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-kini Bottom
ABC World News Tonight

***ABC World News Tonight*** (titled ***ABC World News Tonight with David Muir*** for its weeknight broadcasts since September 2014) is the flagship daily evening television news program of ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network in the United States. It is currently the most watched network newscast in the United States, with an average of 2 million more than its nearest rival, *NBC Nightly News*. Since 2014, the program's weekday broadcasts have been anchored by David Muir. As of February 6–7, 2021, Whit Johnson and Linsey Davis anchor the weekend editions of the newscast, with Johnson anchoring on Saturdays and Davis anchoring on Sundays.

The program has been anchored at various times by a number of other presenters since its debut in 1953. It also has used various titles, including *ABC Evening News* from 1970 to 1978, *World News Tonight* from 1978 to 2006, *World News* from 2006 to 2009, and *ABC World News* from 2009 to 2014. Since 2014 the program has been called *ABC World News Tonight.*
Merry Christmas

A musical video montage of Christmas in films, TV shows, and concert specials, featuring "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" written by Edward Pola and George Wyle (1963), performed by Andy Williams (1963), and "All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan" written by Paul Overstreet (2003), performed by Kenny Chesney (2003).

## Featuring the Films:

* Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
* The Bishop's Wife
* Christmas in Connecticut
* A Christmas Story
* Christmas with the Kranks
* Deck the Halls
* Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
* Elf
* Four Christmases
* Fred Claus
* Holiday Inn
* Home Alone
* Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
* Home for the Holidays
* I'll Be Home for Christmas
* It's a Wonderful Life
* It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
* Jack Frost
* Jingle All the Way
* Krampus
* Love Actually
* Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
* Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
* Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
* National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
* Noel
* Once Upon a Holiday
* The Polar Express
* Prancer
* Santa Buddies
* The Santa Clause
* Snow
* Trapped in Paradise
* The Ultimate Christmas Present
* Unaccompained Minors
* We're No Angels (1955 and 1989)
* While You Were Sleeping
* White Christmas
* Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

## Featuring the TV Shows/Specials:

* The Andy Griffith Show
* The Flintstones: A Flintstone Family Christmas
* Glee
* The Great Christmas Light Fight
* The Powerpuff Girls: Twas the Fight Before Christmas
* Saturday Night Live
* Seinfeld
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas Who
* Thomas and Friends
* Toy Story That Time Forgot
* VeggieTales: Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas
* When Calls the Heart
* Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper
Oliver! (film)

***Oliver!*** is a 1968 British period musical drama film based on Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical of the same name, itself an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1838 novel *Oliver Twist*. Directed by Carol Reed from a screenplay by Vernon Harris, the picture includes such musical numbers as "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself", "As Long as He Needs Me", "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two", and "Where Is Love?". It stars Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, and Mark Lester in the title role. Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, it was a Romulus production and was distributed internationally by Columbia Pictures.

At the 41st Academy Awards for 1968, *Oliver!* was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director for Reed, and an Honorary Award for choreographer Onna White. At the 26th Golden Globe Awards, the film won two Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for Ron Moody.

The British Film Institute ranked *Oliver!* the 77th greatest British film of the 20th century. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for *Time Out* magazine ranked it the 69th best British film ever.
Cover Girl (film)

***Cover Girl*** is a 1944 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly. The film tells the story of a chorus girl given a chance at stardom when she is offered an opportunity to be a highly paid cover girl. It was one of the most popular musicals of the war years.

Primarily a showcase for Hayworth, the film has lavish modern and 1890s costumes, eight dance routines for Hayworth, and songs by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin, including "Long Ago (and Far Away)".
Looney Tunes

***Looney Tunes*** is an American animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969, along with an accompanying series, *Merrie Melodies*, during the golden age of American animation. The two series introduced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, the Road Runner, Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, Yosemite Sam, the Tasmanian Devil, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales and many other cartoon characters.

*Looney Tunes* (and *Merrie Melodies*) were initially produced by Leon Schlesinger and animators Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising from 1930 to 1933. Schlesinger assumed full production from 1933 until selling his studio to Warner Bros. in 1944. The *Looney Tunes* name was inspired by Walt Disney's musical cartoon series, *Silly Symphonies*. The shorts initially showcased musical compositions whose rights were held by Warner's music publishing interests through the adventures of cartoon characters such as Bosko and, after losing him, Buddy. However, the animation studio gained a higher profile after it brought in directors Tex Avery and Chuck Jones and voice actor Mel Blanc in the mid-1930s. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck became the main stars of *Looney Tunes* at this time, while *Merrie Melodies* featured one-shot cartoons and minor recurring characters.

After Bugs Bunny became the breakout recurring star of *Merrie Melodies* and *Looney Tunes* moved from black and white to color production in the early 1940s (*Merrie Melodies* having already been in color since 1934), the two series gradually lost their distinctions, and shorts were assigned to each series randomly. From 1942 to 1964, *Looney Tunes* and *Merrie Melodies* were the most popular animated shorts in movie theaters.

*Looney Tunes* has since become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television series, feature films, comic books, music albums, video games, and amusement park rides, as well as serving as Warner Bros.' flagship franchise. Many of the characters have made and continue to make cameo appearances in numerous other television shows, films, and advertisements. The most famous *Looney Tunes* character, Bugs Bunny, is regarded as a cultural icon and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Many *Looney Tunes*/*Merrie Melodies* films are ranked among the greatest animated cartoons of all time (e.g. the "hunting trilogy" (*Rabbit Fire*, *Rabbit Seasoning* and *Duck! Rabbit, Duck!*), *Duck Amuck*, *One Froggy Evening*, and *What's Opera, Doc?*), and five (*Tweetie Pie*, *Speedy Gonzales*, *Birds Anonymous*, *Knighty Knight Bugs*, and *For Scent-imental Reasons*) have won Academy Awards.
Candleshoe

***Candleshoe*** is a 1977 American family adventure film, directed by Norman Tokar in a screenplay by David Swift and Rosemary Anne Sisson and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was based on the Michael Innes novel *Christmas at Candleshoe*. The film stars Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes (in her last film role), and Leo McKern.
Races

The 'core' races (humans, dwarves, elves, half-lings, gnomes) are the most represented within the "City", with humans being the most common although the actual distribution of races varies by the district. Some of the more 'civilized' monstrous races manage to find their way within the city, mostly living within the backstreets. Wings are often very exclusive of what races are allowed within their "Nests", often heavily restricting any of the non 'core' races from entering, although it is not unheard of some managing to be allowed to enter.

Depending on the area, racism ranges from insignificant to extreme within the city, and very often in the "Backstreets" similar races tend to group together, living in clustered boroughs.

(Ask me if you want details on any specific races)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)

***20,000 Leagues Under the Sea*** is a 1954 American Technicolor science fiction-adventure film and one of the first features shot in CinemaScope. It was personally produced by Walt Disney through Walt Disney Productions, directed by Richard Fleischer, and stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre. It was also the first feature-length Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. The film is adapted from Jules Verne's 1870 novel *Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*.

The film was a critical and commercial success, being especially remembered for the fight with a giant squid, and Mason's definitive performance as the charismatic anti-hero Captain Nemo. It won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects. It is considered an early precursor of the steampunk genre.
Hannah Montana: The Movie

***Hannah Montana: The Movie*** is a 2009 American teen musical comedy film based on the Disney Channel television series of the same name. It is the second theatrical film based on a Disney Channel Original Series, after *The Lizzie McGuire Movie* (2003). It was directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Dan Berendsen. The film stars series regulars Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Moises Arias, Mitchel Musso and Jason Earles, as well as Lucas Till, Vanessa Williams, Margo Martindale, and Melora Hardin.

It is the second theatrical film based on the *Hannah Montana* franchise after *Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert* released a year prior in 2008. It is also the first, and so far only, the theatrical film was produced by It's a Laugh Productions and Millar/Gough Ink.

The film tells of how Miley Stewart's popularity begins to take over her life, so her father convinces her to take a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters most in life.

Filming began in April 2008, much of it occurring in Columbia, Tennessee, and Los Angeles, California, and was completed in July 2008. The film was released theatrically by Walt Disney Pictures on April 10, 2009, in the United States and Canada. The film achieved commercial success, grossing $155 million in worldwide box office revenue, despite receiving a mixed critical response.
Mulan (2020 film)

***Mulan*** is a 2020 American fantasy action drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1998 film of the same name, itself based on the Chinese folklore story *Ballad of Mulan*. The film stars Yifei Liu in the title role, alongside Donnie Yen, Tzi Ma, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Ron Yuan, Gong Li, and Jet Li in supporting roles. In the film, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, masquerades as a man to take her ailing father's place during a general conscription to counter the Rouran army in Imperial China.

Plans for a live-action remake began in 2010 but the project stalled in "development hell" for most of the decade. Filming took place in New Zealand and China from August to November 2018. Over the course of production, the film was the subject of several controversies, including changes to the source material and filming in Xinjiang in light of the Uyghur genocide and Xinjiang internment camps. The film also received criticism for its production team largely consisting of people of non-Chinese descent. This included the hiring of Caro, rather than an Asian director.

*Mulan* held its world premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on March 9, 2020. The film was originally scheduled for a wide theatrical release later that month, but was cancelled in the United States after being delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the film was released on September 4, 2020 by Disney+ for a premium fee known as Premier Access in countries where the service had launched. The film had a traditional theatrical release in countries without Disney+ where theaters had re-opened.

Due to its overall limited theatrical release as a result of the pandemic however, the film grossed just under $70 million (not including revenue from Disney+ Premier Access) against a production budget of $200 million. The film received generally positive reviews from Western critics, who praised the action sequences, costumes, and performances, but was criticized for the screenplay and editing. However, it received unfavorable reviews from fans of the original and Chinese critics, who criticized the character development, its cultural and historical inaccuracies, and its depiction of Chinese people. At the 93rd Academy Awards and 26th Critics' Choice Awards, the film received nominations for its costume design and visual effects, as well as a Best Special Visual Effects nod at the 74th British Academy Film Awards.
Funny Face

***Funny Face*** is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical *Funny Face* by the Gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star (Fred Astaire), the plot is totally different and only four of the songs from the stage musical are included. Alongside Astaire, the film stars Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson.
Giant (1956 film)

***Giant*** is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel.

The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas and Earl Holliman.

*Giant* was the last of James Dean's three films as a leading actor, and earned him his second and last Academy Award nomination – he was killed in a car crash before the film was released. Nick Adams was called in to do some voice dubbing for Dean's role.

In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".