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FFA Movie Poll - 1971 It's Countdown Monday! (1 Viewer)

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Here is what we will do.... 

1.  PM me a list - Please do this even if you want to post your list in the thread.  

2.  You must list a minimum of 10 movies, and a maximum of 20.

3. You have 200 points to distribute to your list. 

4.  Maximum points a movie can get is 30.  

5.  You can also simply post your top 10-20 movies in order and they will be awarded points in a descending order from 19-1.

6.  We are only doing movies that have a theater release in 1971.  

7.  NO PORN! , but other than that, there are no genre restrictions - comedy, horror, documentary, foreign, etc..

8.  We will use Wikipedia  for release dates, and remember, this is first theater release, NOT just U.S. release.  

EXAMPLE 1 - Points Assigned:

Titanic - 30
Austin Powers - 30
The Shining - 25
Happy Gilmore - 20
Halloween 2 - 15
Death to Smoochy- 10
Cabin in the Woods - 10
Arrival - 10
Goodfellas - 10
Godfather - 10
Chinatown - 5
The Thing - 5
Blue Velvet - 5
King of Kong - 5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 5
Animal House - 1
Texas Chainsaw Massacre- 1
The Matrix - 1
Die Hard- 1
They Live - 1

Example 2 - Movies Ranked

1. Hoop Dreams (will be awarded 19 points)
2. Wings of Desire  (will be awarded 18 points)
3. Boogie Nights (will be awarded 17 points)
4. Kill Bill (will be awarded 16 points)
5. Predator (will be awarded 15 points)
6. The Master (will be awarded 14 points)
7. Days of Heaven (will be awarded 13 points)
8. Mallrats (will be awarded 12 points)
9. Tropic Thunder (will be awarded 11 points)
10. Psycho (will be awarded 10 points)
11. Citizen Kane  (will be awarded 10 points)
12. The Avengers (will be awarded 9 points)
13. Armageddon  (will be awarded 8 points)
14. True Lies  (will be awarded 7 points)
15. Ocean's 11  (will be awarded 6 points)
16. Magnolia (will be awarded 5 points)
17. The Love Guru (will be awarded 4 points)
18. Scream 4 (will be awarded 3 points)
19. Saw 5 (will be awarded 2 points)
20. Dunkirk (will be awarded 1 points)

 
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Previous Year Polls and the winners of that year:

2010   Inception

2005   Batman Begins

1999   Fight Club

1992   Reservoir Dogs

1989   Major League

1982    Blade Runner   

1974    The Godfather Part 2

 
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Running list of movies that have received 500+ pts in the polls:

The Godfather Part 2 -  711

Blade Runner -  693

Fight Club  -  615

The Matrix  -  606

Fast Times at Ridgemont High  - 595

Chinatown -  565

Blazing Saddles -  526

 
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Just a couple reminders:

  • We are slowing it down to 3 weeks for this year, and 3 weeks for the next year.  It just helped us avoid holidays this way and gives people more time to watch movies during the busier summer months
  • The next poll will be the 2nd 1/2 of the 50s:  1955-1959.  
 
Ilov80s said:
Quick recommendation: Klute is a nice little detective 70s paranoia thriller with Donald Sutherland and an Oscar winning performance by Jane Fonda. 
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I think I had that one on my list of a couple more to catch up on.  I got away from the list a little as I tried to quick catch up on a couple newer movies this past week.  

 
Ilov80s said:
Quick recommendation: Klute is a nice little detective 70s paranoia thriller with Donald Sutherland and an Oscar winning performance by Jane Fonda. 
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Directed by Alan J. Pakula who carved out a mini-niche of claustrophobic, paranoid films like The Parallax View and All the President's Men in the early 70s.

Fonda is terrific as a hooker without a heart of gold.

 
Any other suggestions for what is a "must watch" on the year?

Was familiar with and will get points:  Clockwork, Harold and Maude, Dirty Harry, Willy Wonka, 

Watched recently with mixed results:  Johnny Got His Gun, Play Misty for Me, Last Picture Show, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 

At home, or on the way:  Straw Dogs, French Connection, The Hospital, Klute, Walkabout, Vanishing Point

 
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Eephus said:
Directed by Alan J. Pakula who carved out a mini-niche of claustrophobic, paranoid films like The Parallax View and All the President's Men in the early 70s.

Fonda is terrific as a hooker without a heart of gold.
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Parallax View was really good too and is definitely one the underrated 70s movies I enjoy. I love the paranoia that ran through so many 70s films. 

 
KarmaPolice said:
Any other suggestions for what is a "must watch" on the year?

Was familiar with and will get points:  Clockwork, Harold and Maude, Dirty Harry, Willy Wonka, 

Watched recently with mixed results:  Johnny Got His Gun, Play Misty for Me, Last Picture Show, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 

At home, or on the way:  Straw Dogs, French Connection, The Hospital, Klute, Walkabout, Vanishing Point
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I mentioned Bananas and Death in Venice in the 2005 thread.

 
Ilov80s said:
Quick recommendation: Klute is a nice little detective 70s paranoia thriller with Donald Sutherland and an Oscar winning performance by Jane Fonda. 
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Surprising recommendation. I should think almost 50 years of procedurals would have rendered it supremely ho-hum to younger viewers. Fonda's role is cornily written but is nonetheless one of my favorite alltime performances. I wish she'd chosen better roles, because her ability to speak lines with entirely non-feminine sympathies and flow of thought without losing femininity could have been a force in the sexes understanding each other earlier & better. Sutherland makes a great portrait of repression in addition.

 
Ilov80s said:
Quick recommendation: Klute is a nice little detective 70s paranoia thriller with Donald Sutherland and an Oscar winning performance by Jane Fonda. 
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Nice.  Haven't seen it.

KarmaPolice said:
Any other suggestions for what is a "must watch" on the year?

Was familiar with and will get points:  Clockwork, Harold and Maude, Dirty Harry, Willy Wonka, 

Watched recently with mixed results:  Johnny Got His Gun, Play Misty for Me, Last Picture Show, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 

At home, or on the way:  Straw Dogs, French Connection, The Hospital, Klute, Walkabout, Vanishing Point
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Love Walkabout.

Don Quixote said:
I mentioned Bananas and Death in Venice in the 2005 thread.
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Love Bananas.

Eephus said:
The Go-Between is about as slow paced as it gets but I remember it as a beautiful, moving film.
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Have never heard of it and will watch.

 
i posted a list in the 2005 thread:

musts (besides the obvious): Last Picture Show, Fiddler on the Roof, Straw Dogs, Vanishing Point, *Sunday Bloody Sunday, *Carnal Knowledge (LOT of *antiquated sexuality in '71 movies, but it'll get you how we got here), *Klute, Walkabout, Johnny Got His Gun, Billy Jack (total suckjob but, as i said, the movie that would get #1 if FFA's popmovie terminatorhead clique were my age), McCabe, Bananas, Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song, *The Music Lovers, The Emigrants, Man in the Wilderness, 200 Motels,

maybes: Harold & Maude, The Decameron, Panic in Needle Park, Sometimes a Great Notion, Murmur of the Heart (Fr), The Hospital, Little Murders, The Night Visitor, Gumshoe, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, They Might Be Giants, Villain

there was a TON of horror movies and, except for Dr Phibes & Devil's Nightmare, i dont remember a one. not an aficionado & all 40 i saw were tripping and smuggled by trunk into driveins, where most of my attention was otherwise engaged. cant really help on westerns either.
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KarmaPolice said:
Any other suggestions for what is a "must watch" on the year?

Was familiar with and will get points:  Clockwork, Harold and Maude, Dirty Harry, Willy Wonka, 

Watched recently with mixed results:  Johnny Got His Gun, Play Misty for Me, Last Picture Show, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 

At home, or on the way:  Straw Dogs, French Connection, The Hospital, Klute, Walkabout, Vanishing Point
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If you had mixed feelings on McCabe and Mrs. Miller (of course you did, you don't like Westerns) and Last Picture Show, I am worried you won't be able to field a list. 

 
Has anyone seen The Devils? It sounds good (A dramatised historical account of the rise and fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft following alleged demonic possessions of sexually repressed nuns), has a great cast with Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave.

I'd like to see Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets...but I don't think I am going to find that anywhere.

 
This is what I typically think of when I talk about my pre-'75 bias.

At least it'll be easy to divide 200 points among 5 or so movies.

Edit: Just counted...It's seven.

 
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I haven't seen "Shaft" mentioned yet.  Is that a must or not really?  Some of the reviews that I've read say it's more interesting from a historical perspective as the first blaxploitation film, with a cool theme song, but otherwise a bit dated.  

 
Ilov80s said:
If you had mixed feelings on McCabe and Mrs. Miller (of course you did, you don't like Westerns) and Last Picture Show, I am worried you won't be able to field a list. 
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I should have been more clear.  Mixed feelings as in some of those I liked, some I didn't in that row.  I was trying to be coy, but don't know why.  

I really liked Last Picture Show.  I was mixed on McCabe, but appreciated it and it will get points.  Misty was just OK for me.  Honestly I didn't like Johnny much at all despite that one being the one I wanted to see the most.  I get what wikkid was saying about it being more important than good (at least I think that's who said that).  

That said, I'm worried I won't be able to field a list too. ;)    

 
KarmaPolice said:
I should have been more clear.  Mixed feelings as in some of those I liked, some I didn't in that row.  I was trying to be coy, but don't know why.  

I really liked Last Picture Show.  I was mixed on McCabe, but appreciated it and it will get points.  Misty was just OK for me.  Honestly I didn't like Johnny much at all despite that one being the one I wanted to see the most.  I get what wikkid was saying about it being more important than good (at least I think that's who said that).  

That said, I'm worried I won't be able to field a list too. ;)    
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Have you read Johnny before? I can't think of a tougher novel to adapt to the screen.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
I guess I could be talked into

Dirty Harry

The Beguiled

Vanishing Point (if only because it's referenced in GNR's song Breakdown)

The Last Picture Show

The Andromeda Strain

Two-Lane Blacktop
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I would say TLP is a movie that almost any film fan should see. It doesn't feel pre 75 to me. 

 
Very very easy one for me. Top heavy big time.

The Andromeda Strain - 30

A Clockwork Orange - 30

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory - 30 

Brian's Song - 30

Dirty Harry - 30

Escape From The Planet Of The Apes - 20

Fiddler On The Roof - 20

The French Connection - 10


 

 
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Andy Dufresne said:
I guess I could be talked into

Dirty Harry

The Beguiled

Vanishing Point (if only because it's referenced in GNR's song Breakdown)

The Last Picture Show

The Andromeda Strain

Two-Lane Blacktop
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Really cool sci-fi flick man. Slow burn....but really good IMO. My Biology teacher in 10th grade (1986) showed this in class and that was the first time I had seen it.

And Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry.....iconic role for him.

 
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Hmmm....

Clockwork Orange, French Connection, Dirty Harry, Last Picture Show, Willie Wonka, Fiddler on the Roof, The Omega Man, Carnal Knowledge, Diamonds are Forever, Andromeda Strain, Brian's Song.

Really good year.

 
OK Updated list:

The Andromeda Strain - 20

A Clockwork Orange - 20

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory - 20 

Brian's Song - 20

Dirty Harry - 20

Escape From The Planet Of The Apes - 20

Fiddler On The Roof - 20

The French Connection - 20

Omega Man - 20

 
Is Brian's Song eligible?  It was a made-for-TV movie.

I'm asking for a friend named Duel.

 
According to Wiki...

The original made-for-television version was 74 minutes long and its filming was completed in 13 days (three longer than the scheduled 10 days), leaving 10 days for editing prior to broadcast as the ABC Movie of the Week. Following Duel's successful TV airing, Universal released the film overseas in 1972. The TV movie was not long enough for theatrical release, so Universal had Spielberg spend two days filming several new scenes, turning Duel into a 90-minute film. The new scenes were set at the railroad crossing and the school bus, as well as the scene of Mann talking to his wife on the telephone. A longer opening sequence was added with the car backing out of a garage and driving through the city. Expletives were also added, to make the film sound less like a television production.

Duel was initially shown on American television as an ABC Movie of the Weekinstallment. It was eventually released to cinemas in Europe and Australia; it had a limited cinema release to some venues in the United States, and it was widely praised in the UK.

 
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Don Quixote said:
I haven't seen "Shaft" mentioned yet.  Is that a must or not really?  Some of the reviews that I've read say it's more interesting from a historical perspective as the first blaxploitation film, with a cool theme song, but otherwise a bit dated.  
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You'll find it good (and better than the remake for sure).  Dated but worth a revisit, and definitely worth a first viewing.

The Big Doll House, on the other hand, is exactly what you'd expect it to be and nothing more.  Funny to see Sid Haig in it though.

 
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Hot Take:  I've given Clockwork Orange many viewings but it just doesn't click with me.  At all.  It's one of the worst movies I've seen and probably the movie with the highest separation between critic/popular rating and my own personal rating.  

 
Scoresman said:
Hot Take:  I've given Clockwork Orange many viewings but it just doesn't click with me.  At all.  It's one of the worst movies I've seen and probably the movie with the highest separation between critic/popular rating and my own personal rating.  
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I guess my extreme disagreement with you would be considered a cold take.

 
Noticed that “The Last Picture Show” is airing on Movies! on Friday afternoon.  Thought I’d pass that along if anyone (like me) has it on their watch list.

 
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Final list updated

The Andromeda Strain - 30

A Clockwork Orange - 30

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory - 30

Duel - 20

Brian's Song - 20

Dirty Harry - 20

Escape From The Planet Of The Apes - 20

Fiddler On The Roof - 10

The French Connection - 10

Omega Man - 10

 
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