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bif

(22,744 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2014, 10:53 PM Dec 2014

Okay, what's your all- time favorite movie? The one you'd take to a desert island.

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Okay, what's your all- time favorite movie? The one you'd take to a desert island. (Original Post) bif Dec 2014 OP

Those are two different things. Codeine Dec 2014 #1

The Keeper:The Legend of Omar Khayyam, 2005. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2014 #2

Probably the Lord of the Rings... First Speaker Dec 2014 #3

The Blues Brothers. onehandle Dec 2014 #4

Same here. I never tire of this film. kcass1954 Dec 2014 #6

"Car's got a lotta pick-up." cyberswede Dec 2014 #9

Never saw it , but... reACTIONary Jan 2015 #36

its a documentary d_r Dec 2014 #5

"Auntie Mame" with the incomparable Rosalind Russell.... Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #7

Manhunter Cheap_Trick Dec 2014 #8

Fanny and Alexander. nt. My Good Babushka Dec 2014 #10

The African Queen. UncleYoder Dec 2014 #11

Goodfellas... lame54 Dec 2014 #12

The Inlaws... Demoiselle Dec 2014 #13

hahahaha! grasswire Dec 2014 #29

I've never seen the remake. And I have no intention of seeing it. Cheers! Demoiselle Dec 2014 #33

Dr. Zhivago femmocrat Dec 2014 #14

I love that movie, too. Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #35

Blade Runner Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2014 #15

What Hong Kong Cavalier said. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #28

The Great Escape bikebloke Dec 2014 #16

David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. hifiguy Dec 2014 #17

Casablabca! irisblue Dec 2014 #18

Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" for the artwork and the music. Coventina Dec 2014 #19

I don't know.. I just rewatched Tim's Vermeer jakeXT Dec 2014 #20

Castaway n/t Shrek Dec 2014 #21

1967's Casino Royale olddots Dec 2014 #22

I am not a "movie snob" and I HATED it. An excellent Bond book gone bad! WinkyDink Dec 2014 #23

Chinatown gratuitous Dec 2014 #24

Goodfellas (nt) bigwillq Dec 2014 #25

Casino EEO Dec 2014 #26

The Big Lebowski Initech Dec 2014 #27

Victor Victoria grasswire Dec 2014 #30

Rear Window Populist_Prole Dec 2014 #31

The Shawshank Redemption... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2014 #32

Too hard to pick just one. 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #34

Barry Lyndon lovemydog Jan 2015 #37

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ... yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #38

Jaws shenmue Jan 2015 #39

Instructional Video dilby Jan 2015 #40

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

1. Those are two different things.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 10:58 PM

Dec 2014

My favorite film ever is 2001; A Space Odyssey, but if I could only take one film on a desert island I'd probably take Star Wars.

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)

2. The Keeper:The Legend of Omar Khayyam, 2005.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 11:03 PM

Dec 2014

Made in Uzbekistan and Houston, Texas, by Kayvan Mashayekh. Shows Omar Khayyam as a mathematician and astronomer, and also his present day Iranian-American descendants.

More info: www.greatomar.com

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

3. Probably the Lord of the Rings...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 11:08 PM

Dec 2014

...all three, of course...

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

4. The Blues Brothers.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 11:18 PM

Dec 2014

Elwood: It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

Jake: Hit it.

kcass1954

(1,819 posts)

6. Same here. I never tire of this film.

Reply to onehandle (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 11:54 PM

Dec 2014

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)

9. "Car's got a lotta pick-up."

Reply to onehandle (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 12:40 AM

Dec 2014

reACTIONary

(5,771 posts)

36. Never saw it , but...

Reply to onehandle (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 01:48 AM

Jan 2015

...I was living in Chicago when they filmed it, and stumbled on a location shot one sunday morning. I watched baloshi and ackroid do quite a few takes, same thing, over and over. Didn't know who they were at the time, but they did look familiar.

d_r

(6,907 posts)

5. its a documentary

Reply to bif (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 11:22 PM

Dec 2014

Called "how to survive on a desert island."

Rowdyboy

(22,057 posts)

7. "Auntie Mame" with the incomparable Rosalind Russell....

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 12:31 AM

Dec 2014

It always makes me laugh....

Cheap_Trick

(3,918 posts)

8. Manhunter

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 12:36 AM

Dec 2014

1986, Michael Mann. The first screen appearance of Dr. Lecktor (that's how it's spelled in the film)

My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts)

10. Fanny and Alexander. nt.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 08:11 AM

Dec 2014

UncleYoder

(233 posts)

11. The African Queen.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 08:20 AM

Dec 2014

The one movie I will stop flipping thru the channels and watch, no matter where or when.

lame54

(35,321 posts)

12. Goodfellas...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 09:38 AM

Dec 2014

Mystery solved
you can end this thread now

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)

13. The Inlaws...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 01:11 PM

Dec 2014

"Serpentine! Serpentine" and "I have FLAMES on my CAR!" will live forever in my heart...

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

29. hahahaha!

Reply to Demoiselle (Reply #13)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:15 PM

Dec 2014

The original, not the remake.

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)

33. I've never seen the remake. And I have no intention of seeing it. Cheers!

Reply to grasswire (Reply #29)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:47 PM

Dec 2014

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

14. Dr. Zhivago

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 02:16 PM

Dec 2014

I have watched it about twenty times. Love that movie.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

35. I love that movie, too.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #14)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 01:36 AM

Jan 2015

It's one of the few that I have seen on the big screen several times.

Hong Kong Cavalier

(4,573 posts)

15. Blade Runner

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 03:03 PM

Dec 2014

Original Version, Director's Cut, or Final Cut. Don't really care which.

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

28. What Hong Kong Cavalier said.

Reply to Hong Kong Cavalier (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:11 PM

Dec 2014

Love it

bikebloke

(5,260 posts)

16. The Great Escape

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 05:42 PM

Dec 2014

or The Magnificent Seven

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

17. David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 06:20 PM

Dec 2014

No contest. There is always some new subtlety to appreciate and the performances are stunning.

irisblue

(33,021 posts)

18. Casablabca!

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 06:56 PM

Dec 2014

December 1941....True love, true friendship, loss, nobility,"you must remember this ...Play IT.... play the La Marseillaise. Quick look, nod and .

1942-2014 longest FU ever

Coventina

(27,172 posts)

19. Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" for the artwork and the music.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 07:19 PM

Dec 2014

It just never gets old for me.

I'd probably try to smuggle in a copy of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" as well, because I'm an unrepentant Cumberbitch.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

20. I don't know.. I just rewatched Tim's Vermeer

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 07:22 PM

Dec 2014

Shrek

(3,983 posts)

21. Castaway n/t

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 10:06 PM

Dec 2014

olddots

(10,237 posts)

22. 1967's Casino Royale

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 10:13 PM

Dec 2014

The one that every movie snob hates for good reasons I still love because of its 1967 happy hope .

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

23. I am not a "movie snob" and I HATED it. An excellent Bond book gone bad!

Reply to olddots (Reply #22)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 01:24 AM

Dec 2014

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

24. Chinatown

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 01:30 AM

Dec 2014

Jasper Lamar Crabbe.

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

25. Goodfellas (nt)

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 12:57 PM

Dec 2014

EEO

(1,620 posts)

26. Casino

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 01:04 PM

Dec 2014

Initech

(100,100 posts)

27. The Big Lebowski

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 03:57 PM

Dec 2014

Although seriously give me a 128GB iPad and a solar charger. Why must I choose?

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

30. Victor Victoria

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 04:15 PM

Dec 2014

Always, always my favorite.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

31. Rear Window

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:05 PM

Dec 2014

The original 1954 version

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,694 posts)

32. The Shawshank Redemption...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 05:12 PM

Dec 2014

3catwoman3

(24,038 posts)

34. Too hard to pick just one.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:58 PM

Dec 2014

For humor, wit and romance - The American President

Just for straight out sci-fi fun - the fourth Star Trek movie with the whales

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)

37. Barry Lyndon

Reply to bif (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 02:06 AM

Jan 2015

Sexy, funny, beautiful.

yuiyoshida

(41,859 posts)

38. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2015, 01:47 AM

Jan 2015

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

39. Jaws

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2015, 02:00 AM

Jan 2015

dilby

(2,273 posts)

40. Instructional Video

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Jan 2, 2015, 02:01 AM

Jan 2015

On how to build a boat.

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