58 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAIColumbia, 1957PRINCIPAL CAST William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness,Sessue HayakawaDIRECTORDavid LeanPRODUCERSam SpiegelSCREENWRITERS Pierre Boulle (Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson)Guinness is the rigid British officer who refuses to bow to torture in a Japaneseprison camp during World War II. Holden is an American who escapes from thecamp, then must return to sabotage the bridge being constructed to perfection byPOWs, now inspired by Guinness’ command! “Madness! Madness!”59 BRINGING UP BABYRKO, 1938PRINCIPAL CAST Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, May Robson,Charles Ruggles, Barry FitzgeraldDIRECTORHoward HawksPRODUCERCliff ReidSCREENWRITERS Dudley Nichols, Hagar WildeHepburn’s heiress is mad for Grant’s uptight paleontologist. The plot and charactersdefine screwball comedy, not the least of which involves a pet leopard who can besoothed by listening to I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby.”60 BROADCAST NEWSTwentieth Century-Fox, 1987PRINCIPAL CAST William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Albert BrooksDIRECTORJames L. BrooksPRODUCERJames L. BrooksSCREENWRITER James L. BrooksSparks fly in a network newsroom as dedicated producer Jane Craig tries tofigure out whom she wants: Pretty-boy, anchorman, killer-smile Tom? Or serious,committed (and sweaty) reporter Aaron: “Okay, I’ll meet you at the place near thething where we went that time.”61 BROKEBACK MOUNTAINFocus, 2005PRINCIPAL CAST Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid,Michelle WilliamsDIRECTORAng LeePRODUCERSDiana Ossana, James SchamusSCREENWRITERS Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana“I wish I knew how to quit you.” This controversial and heartbreaking love story,adapted from Annie Proulx’s New Yorker short story, is a love story about twocowboys, spanning three decades.24 American Film Institute
62 BROKEN BLOSSOMSUnited Artists, 1919PRINCIPAL CAST Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald CrispDIRECTORD.W. GriffithPRODUCERD.W. GriffithSCREENWRITER D.W. GriffithIn London’s foggy slums, the plight of a Cockney girl is witnessed by a Chineseshopkeeper who falls in love with her and wants to remove her from the physicalabuse she suffers at the hand of her prizefighter father.63 BULL DURHAMOrion, 1988PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSSCREENWRITERKevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim RobbinsRon SheltonMark Burg, Thom MountRon SheltonCostner’s Crash Davis is almost over the hill, but he’s got to curb wild pitcher“Nuke” LaLoosh’s wild ways. They both fall for baseball groupie Sarandon, whosits both men down to explain her one-player-per-season rule—and that they arethe finalists. It will take more than philosophy to win her for the season.64 BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KIDTwentieth Century-Fox, 1969PRINCIPAL CAST Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine RossDIRECTORGeorge Roy HillPRODUCERSPaul Monash, John ForemanSCREENWRITER William GoldmanThe chemistry of Newman and Redford redefined the buddy movie. Goldman’s scriptfollows Butch and Sundance as they rob banks from the Old West all the way toBolivia, making heroes out of anti-heroes. The movie’s key song Raindrops KeepFallin’ on My Head is a fun counterpart to the actual plight of our friends.American Film Institute 25
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