88 DANCES WITH WOLVESOrion, 1990PRINCIPAL CAST Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham GreeneDIRECTORKevin CostnerPRODUCERSKevin Costner, Jim WilsonSCREENWRITER Michael BlakeCostner directs and stars in this lasting vision of the old West, where a disillusionedsoldier leaves the Civil War and strikes out to the prairie on his own. After a difficultstart, he learns to live, love, and respect the land when the Sioux Indians welcomehim into their tribe.89 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILLTwentieth Century-Fox, 1951PRINCIPAL CAST Michael Rennie, Patricia NealDIRECTORRobert WisePRODUCERJulian BlausteinSCREENWRITER Edmund H. NorthScience fiction meets social commentary when a space ship lands in the center ofWashington, DC. Klaatu warns Earthlings to end all things nuclear, but his arrivalcauses a panic and he’s shot. Gort, his robot companion, vaporizes the guns. The filmbroke new ground in visual effects and influenced a generation of filmmakers.90 DAYS OF HEAVENParamount, 1978PRINCIPAL CAST Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam ShepardDIRECTORTerrence MalickPRODUCERSBert Schneider, Harold SchneiderSCREENWRITER Terrence MalickGere and Adams are lovers who escape the big city and begin a new life as workersin a Texas wheat field. When a love triangle with the farm owner Shepard is revealed,apocalyptic events bring tragedy to their idyllic world. Nestor Alemendros’cinematography is a towering achievement.91 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSESWarner Bros., 1962PRINCIPAL CAST Jack Lemmon, Lee RemickDIRECTORBlake EdwardsPRODUCERMartin ManulisSCREENWRITER J.P. MillerLemmon drags wife Remick with him into the pit of alcoholism. Originally atelevision drama, the film’s dark story is memorable for its unblinking look behindthe closed doors of an everyday couple.34 American Film Institute
92 DEAD POETS SOCIETYTouchstone, 1989PRINCIPAL CAST Robin Williams, Ethan HawkeDIRECTORPeter WeirPRODUCERSSteven Haft, Tony Thomas, Paul Junger WittSCREENWRITER Tom SchulmanWilliams is a passionate 1950s prep school teacher who inspires his students to“seize the day.” His unorthodox methods of teaching are blamed when one youngman commits suicide.93 THE DEER HUNTERUniversal, 1978PRINCIPAL CAST Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl StreepDIRECTORMichael CiminoPRODUCERSMichael Cimino, Michael Deeley, John Peverall, Barry SpikingsSCREENWRITERS Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker,Deric WashburnThe effects of the Vietnam war on a tightly knit community challenge the bondsof friendship and love. A game of Russian Roulette, first played in a POW camp,temporarily reunites De Niro with his estranged friend Walken in a back alleyof Saigon.94 THE DEFIANT ONESUnited Artists, 1958PRINCIPAL CAST Sidney Poitier, Tony Curtis, Theodore Bikel, Cara WilliamsDIRECTORStanley KramerPRODUCERStanley KramerSCREENWRITERS Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick YoungKramer’s ground-breaking film centered on two embittered, escaped convicts, onewhite, the other black, who are shackled together. Each learns that their survivaldepends on trust and mutual respect.95 DELIVERANCEWarner Bros., 1972PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSCREENWRITERSJon Voight, Burt ReynoldsJohn BoormanJohn BoormanJames DickeyFour Atlanta businessmen discover hidden perils in the backwoods when they gofor a weekend canoe ride down a river that will soon be flooded by a dam. DuelingBanjos sets an ironic tone for the sinister happenings during the remainderof the film.American Film Institute 35
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