Movies
 
 
Memorable Movies...
 
Title
Year
Notes
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 I saw this at old Carolina Theater in downtown Charlotte with my Father on a Saturday afternoon, when it was first released. I didn't understand it, but I loved it. My Father slept through it! This was also one of the first times that I remember seeing hippies all around. The hippies were all sitting in the first couple of rows and some were even stretched out on the floor. Later on, I figured it out...
300
2006
 
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950
Abbott and Costello. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
1990
 
Amadeus
1984
 
Amelie
2001
Cuts from the soundtrack have ended up on many of my playlists.
The Andromeda Strain
1969
 
The Alamo
1960
John Wayne.
Alone in the Wilderness
2004
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Beach Party
1963
 
Bears 2014 Disneynature - nature documentary. Visually spectacular, of course, and a good soundtrack by George Fenton.
Beau Geste
1966
 
The Bells of St. Mary's 1945 Bing Crosby.
Ben-Hur
1959
 
The Big Sky
1952
I saw this movie long before reading the Lewis & Clark journals. When I did begin to read those journals, much of the imagery in my mind was informed by this fine movie.
Bill Wallace of China 1967 www.imdb.com/title/tt0439468
The Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
 
Brainstorm
1983
 
Braveheart
1995
 
Breaking Away
1979
The TV series...
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
 
Broken Trail
2006
 
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
 
The Cartel 2009 The failure of public educaation in the United States. http://choicemedia.tv
Charly
1968
Flowers For Algenon (book).
A Christmas Story
1983
Raconteur.
The Closest Thing To Heaven
1996
Charlotte.
Dances With Wolves
1990
Though filled with tired renditions of the "white guilt" theme and a storybook portrayal of the Lakota Sioux, this was a good movie... even if only for the images...
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
1955
 
The Defiant Ones
1958
 
Doctor Zhivago
1965
 
Dr. Strangelove
1964
Slim Pickens.
Easy Rider 1969 I was as influenced as any other young teenager in the early 1970's by this film... by the images and music before actually seeing the entire movie around 1972. I've watched Easy Rider at least once in each subsequent decade, and on the whole, it gets dumber and dumber with each viewing... although many of the images remain compelling. The image of riding across the land stuck deep in my mind...
Escanaba in da Moonligt
2001
 
Fitzcarraldo
1982
 
Frozen 2013 The best Disney production in years. I experienced this movie through the eyes of a child - pretty little Geneva...
Genghis Khan
1965
 
The Girl From Petrovka
1974
 
Gimme Shelter
1970
 
Gods and Generals
2003
 
The Gods Must Be Crazy
1980
 
Godzilla 2014 3D. "The arrogance of man is thinking that nature is in our control, and not the other way around"...
Going My Way 1944 Bing Crosby.
Goldfinger
1964
 
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
1966
Sergio Leone. Clint Eastwood.
The Great Escape
1963
 
The Green Berets
1968
John Wayne was a courageous man... onscreen and off.
Gunga Din
1939
Rudyard Kipling - "Gunga Din."
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
1968
 
Heartland
1979
 
Hell in the Pacific
1968
 
How the West Was Won
1962
 
Immortal Beloved
1994
 
Jason and the Argonauts
1963
 
Jeremiah Johnson
1972
 
The Jericho Mile
1979
Made-for-TV movie.
Johnny Belinda
1982
Johnny Belinda (1948).
The Killing Fields
1984
 
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
 
Lonesome Dove
1989
 
The Longest Day
1962
 
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
James Stewart.
Mission Stardust
1968
 
Monte Walsh
2003
The final scene, where Monty horse jumps the stuck horseless carriage and says - "you can't have no idea how little I care" - will always be with me.
Montenegro
1981
The Balad of Lucy Jordon.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
 
Mr. Peabody and Sherman 2014 Dreamworks. As a fan of the old Peabody / Rocky and Bulwinkle Show animated TV series from the 60's, I found this movie quite enjoyable.
My Dinner With Andre
1981
 
Mysterious Island
1961
 
No Man Is an Island
1962
 
Nobody's Fool
1986
 
North to Alaska
1960
John Wayne.
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
Sergio Leone.
Old Yeller
1957
 
One Million Years B.C.
1967
Raquel Welch made a powerful impression on a young boy!
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976
Clint Eastwood.
The Passion of the Christ
2004
 
The Patriot
2000
 
Patton 1970  
Planet of the Apes
1968
 
Red Badge of Courage
1951
 
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
1963
 
The Searchers
1956
John Wayne.
Seven Samurai
1954
 
Shane
1953
 
Shenandoah
1965
James Stewart.
The Shootist
1976
John Wayne's last movie...
Sleuth
1972
 
Sling Blade
1996
 
Songs of the South
1946
 
The Sons of Hercules (TV movie series)
1960's
Theme song - "The Mighty Sons of Hercules"
Sound of Music
1965
 
Sparticus 1960  
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
 
Stalag 17
1953
 
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
 
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
 
The Ten Commandments
1956
 
Tender Mercies
1983
 
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines 1965  
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974 Clint Eastwood.
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
 
To Sir, with Love
1967
 
True Grit
1969
John Wayne.
Wind River
1998
 
United 93
2006
 
The Wizard of Oz
1939