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graciegirl 03-02-2010 07:47 AM

TOTVer on Front Page of Daily Sun
 
Our own Whelan, who is witty and disarming and nice as heck was also photographed and quoted. She appeared on the Front Page of our paper this morning. She said her favorite five movies are;

Laurence of Arabia
Young Frankenstein
Dirty Dancing
My Fair Lady
ET


Mine are;
The Sound of Music
Carousel
Chicago
South Pacific
Gone With the Wind

Tell us yours...

rabonkmontage@msn.com 03-02-2010 08:19 AM

The birdcage
the sound of music
it's a wonderful life
apocalypse now
any war movie

bkcunningham1 03-02-2010 08:59 AM

Mine are:
 
The Piano with Holly Hunter
Giant with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor
Oscar and Lucinda with Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett
The Quiet Man with John Wayne
Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart
Any film with Jimmy Stewart

l2ridehd 03-02-2010 09:42 AM

Officer and a Gentleman
The Shining (Jack Nicholson version)
Sleepless in Seattle
Bottle Shock
Under the Tuscan Sun

schotzyb 03-02-2010 09:56 AM

Tombstone with Kurt Russell
Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner
The Departed with Jack Nicholson
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with Robert Redford and Paul Newman

zcaveman 03-02-2010 11:36 AM

The Wild Bunch
Top Gun
The Vikings
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Last Samurai

Donna 03-02-2010 12:02 PM

Arthur

Psycho:22yikes:

Gone With The Wind

Pretty Woman

:popcorn:

So many great movies...Too many to name..:024:

eweissenbach 03-02-2010 12:17 PM

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Next
Cat Ballou
Dr. Strangelove
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Anything else directed by the Coen Brothers

Hon Mention: Bye Bye Birdie (I fell in LOVE with Ann Margaret)

Taltarzac 03-02-2010 12:28 PM

Ghost
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Fargo
The Unforgiven
Harvey

memason 03-02-2010 12:28 PM

Hmmmm..... Let me see....

The Godfather
The Godfather
The Godfather
and...did I say the Godfather already??

barb1191 03-02-2010 12:45 PM

Hanover Street (Harrison Ford; WWII London intrigue and romance)

Tim (Mel Gibson, Piper Laurie; a tender love story in the '70s)

Sleepless in Seatle

Under the Tuscan Sun

Dirty Dancing

SNOK 03-02-2010 03:35 PM

Dances with Wolves
O Brother, Where Art Though
Jerimiah Johnson
Most Matt Damon movies
Under the Tuscan Sun (just doesn't seem to fit this list)

Russ_Boston 03-02-2010 03:42 PM

Amadeus
GoodFellas
Wizard of OZ
American Beauty
Raging Bull


For humor:

Caddyshack
Groundhog Day
Family Man

colleenj 03-02-2010 03:44 PM

Not much of a movie goer but here are some I have enjoyed...

An Officer and a Gentleman
The Good Bye Girl
The Sound of Music
Julie and Julia
New Moon

redwitch 03-02-2010 04:26 PM

The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Pretty Woman (go figure!)
Earth Girls Are Easy
Monty Python movies
and, don't faint -- almost any John Wayne movie

Pturner 03-02-2010 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 251621)
and, don't faint -- almost any John Wayne movie

:faint:

It's a Wonderful Life
The Sound of Music
Wizard of OZ
... I need to give more thought to the final two.

dominick 03-02-2010 04:51 PM

Fargo
Casino
Good Fellas
No Country for Old Men
Pulp Fiction (I think that was the title)

swrinfla 03-02-2010 05:06 PM

Not necessarily in order:
The Quiet Man
The Sound of Music
It's A Wonderful Life
Rear Window
My Fair Lady

To acknowledge the original purpose of this thread, Hooray for Whalen!

The Cat (formerly The New Kitten) sends greetings to our newest celebrity!

SWR
:beer3:

3PUTT 03-02-2010 05:17 PM

I can sleep better on the couch. Why go to a movie?

zcaveman 03-02-2010 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3PUTT (Post 251640)
I can sleep better on the couch. Why go to a movie?

Mine are personally owned DVDs and VHS tapes. That way I can stop them when I get drowsy or rewind/reset them when I go to sleep.

Pturner 03-02-2010 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3PUTT (Post 251640)
I can sleep better on the couch. Why go to a movie?

It might help with your putting.
:popcorn:

sschuler1 03-02-2010 10:22 PM

In no particular order:

Singing In the Rain
The Sound Of Music
Carousel
The Wizard of Oz
Funny Girl

Whalen 03-02-2010 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swrinfla (Post 251635)
Not necessarily in order:
The Quiet Man
The Sound of Music
It's A Wonderful Life
Rear Window
My Fair Lady

To acknowledge the original purpose of this thread, Hooray for Whalen!

The Cat (formerly The New Kitten) sends greetings to our newest celebrity!

SWR
:beer3:

Thank you SWR, and thank you Gracie for seeing my picture this morning,

My list was off the top of my head with no time to think, but this thread has brought to mind so many more great films which I would add.

The Quiet Man
Gone With the Wind
Steel Magnolias
When Harry Met Sally
Full Metal Jacket (The Mickey Mouse Anthem was never the same)
All Sean Connery James Bond Movies.
Star Trek, Star Wars, Close Encounters

The list could go on and on and on and on.

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

mac9 03-02-2010 11:49 PM

East of Eden
La Guerre est Fini
La Cage aux Folles
Godfather
Seventh Seal

islandgal 03-03-2010 06:06 AM

A Beautiful Mind
Sound of Music
Prince of Tides
ET
To Kill a Mockingbird

jblum8156 03-03-2010 07:16 AM

Moonstruck
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sting
Carousel
The Year of Living Dangerously (Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt)

fizzbyn 03-03-2010 12:20 PM

Lord of the Rings
Star Wars
Somewhere in Time
Grease
Back to the Future

Hawkwind 03-03-2010 04:14 PM

Animal House
All Sean Connery James Bond Movies
Al the Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry movies.


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