Australia’s favourite film [ii]

Back on the 2005-09-22 I had mentioned the ABC’s “My Favourite Film”. The results are now out and make for interesting reading;

Top Movie List [1]

1-10
1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. Amelie
3. Blade Runner
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Donnie Darko
6. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
7. Pulp Fiction
8. The Princess Bride
9. Gone With The Wind
10. Fight Club

11-20
11. The Sound of Music
12. To Kill A Mockingbird
13. 2001: A Space Odyssey
14. Casablanca
15. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
16. American Beauty
17. Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
18. Monty Python's Life of Brian
19. Lawrence Of Arabia
20. Apocalypse Now

21-30
21. Cinema Paradiso
22. Doctor Zhivago
23. The Matrix
24. The Castle
25. Singin' in the Rain
26. A Clockwork Orange
27. The Blues Brothers
28. Withnail and I
29. Life is Beautiful
30. The Godfather

   ... continued

 Hmmmm …. how does that compare with my list?

1. [01] Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2. [--] Hudson Hawk (1991)
3. [--] Thunderball [James Bond] (1965)
4. [18] Monty Python: Life of Brian (1979)
5. [--] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
6. [72] The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967)
7. [--] Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
8. [--] Baraka (1992)
9. [08] The Princess Bride (1987) “You killed my father. Prepare to die”
10. [--] The Guns of Navarone (1961)
11. [--] Highway to Hell (1992) so bad, it’s good
12. [--] Mars Attacks (1996)
13. [77] Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Save Ferris!
14. [--] The Magnificent Seven (1960)
15. [--] A Fist Full of Dollars (1964)
16. [23] The Matrix (1999)
17. [07] Pulp Fiction (1994)
18. [--] Mad Max (1979)
19. [63] The Fifth Element (1997)
20. [--] Willow (1988)

 

[1] http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritefilm/top100.htm [ABC]

Australia’s favourite film

The ABC Movie Show is surveying for Australia’s favourite film. The results will be announced a television special “My Favourite Film” to be presented by ABC TV’s At The Movies host Margaret Pomeranz. “My Favourite Film” will count down Top 10 films as voted by Australia.

Australia’s favourite film. [ABC]
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We’ve all got one – I’m not talking about phobias but favourite flicks. It might be a well-known classic or slightly obscure, a thriller or a weepy love story. Well now’s the time to vote for it as the ABC launches its search for Australia’s favourite film.
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This presents the challenge … ‘what are your favourite films?’. So I’ll attempt a top 10 20 listing that will probably swap around quite a bit

1. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2. Hudson Hawk (1991)
3. Thunderball [James Bond] (1965)
4. Monty Python: Life of Brian (1979)
5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
6. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967)
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
8. Baraka (1992)
9. The Princess Bride (1987) “You killed my father. Prepare to die”
10. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
11. Highway to Hell (1992) so bad, it’s good
12. Mars Attacks (1996)
13. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) Save Ferris!
14. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
15. A Fist Full of Dollars (1964)
16. The Matrix (1999)
17. Pulp Fiction (1994)
18. Mad Max (1979)
19. The Fifth Element (1997)
20. Willow (1988)

[1] Australia’s favourite film [ABC]
[2] All time 100 movies [Time Magazine]
[3] All time 100 movies: Complete List [Time Magazine]
[4] Wind tops successful movie list [BBC]
[5] Top Movie Lists [ABC]