Next Sunday at this time, I'll be posting the alternate Oscars for 2020. Or maybe the Sunday after that. Stay tuned ...
The Godfather (1972). Crime Family Saga. The attempted murder of a mafia don draws his war hero son into the family business. Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Diane Keaton. More Coppola: Patton (screenwriter), The Godfather Part 2, The Conversation, Apocalypse Now.
The Sting (1973). Caper Flick. Two con men set out to scam a vicious gangster. Dir. George Roy Hill. Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould. More Caper Flicks: The Asphalt Jungle, The Lavendar Hill Mob, Rififi, Bob le Flambeur, The Italian Job (1969 and 2003), Kelly's Heroes, Le Cercle Rouge, A Fish Called Wanda, Out of Sight, The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Snatch, Ocean's Eleven (2001), The Town, Rogue One, Hell or High Water, Baby Driver.
Chinatown (1974). Neo-Noir Mystery. A cynical private eye with a taste for the good life bites off more than he can chew in pre-war Los Angeles. Dir. Roman Polanski. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Burt Young, Perry Lopez. More Nicholson: Five Easy Pieces, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Reds, Batman, A Few Good Men, About Schmidt, The Departed.
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). Western. At the end of the American Civil War, a guerrilla fighter flees the authorities and picks up a makeshift family along the way. Dir. Clint Eastwood. Starring Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sandra Locke, John Vernon. More Eastwood: Dirty Harry (actor), High Plains Drifter, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby.
Annie Hall (1977). Romantic Comedy. A neurotic New Yorker falls for a Midwestern eccentric and remakes her in his own image. Dir. Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton. More Woody: Sleeper, Love and Death, Hannah and Her Sisters, Midnight in Paris.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Action Adventure. A whip-wielding archeologist races Nazis to find the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott. More Spielberg: Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, Lincoln.
The Terminator (1984) Science Fiction. A spunky waitress battles a robot sent back from the future to kill her. Dir. James Cameron. Starring Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield. More Science Fiction: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Thing From Another World, The War of the Worlds (1953), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes (1968), Star Wars (1977), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Blade Runner, Aliens, The Matrix, Interstellar.
The Princess Bride (1987). Fantasy Comedy Adventure. A dotty grandfather reads his skeptical grandson a story filled with fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, miracles and true love. Dir. Rob Reiner. Starring Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Mandy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane. More Reiner: This is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men.
Bull Durham (1988). Sports Comedy. A career minor leaguer and a baseball groupie tutor a rookie phenom on the finer points of the game. Dir. Ron Shelton. Starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins. More Sports Movies: The Pride of the Yankees, The Hustler, The Endless Summer, Brian's Song (1971), The Bad News Bears (1976), Rocky, Slap Shot, Caddyshack, Raging Bull, Chariots of Fire, Victory, The Natural, Hoosiers, A League of Their Own, The Sandlot, The Big Lebowski, 42, Creed, Ford v. Ferrari.
Tomorrow: Part 6.
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