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The (Best?) Motion Pictures Of 1968: The (Best?) Motion Pictures Of 1968
What was Groovy?
According To Academy Awards : According To Academy Awards Best Picture Of 1968
Oliver!
The Runners Up: The Runners Up -Funny Girl
-The Lion In Winter
-Romeo And Juliet
-Rachel, Rachel
But Is An Award Winning Movie Necessarily a Groovy Movie?: But Is An Award Winning Movie Necessarily a Groovy Movie?
What Films From 1968 were not On That List?
Slide5: Stanley Kubrick’s
2001:A Space Odyssey
Slide6: Rosemary’s Baby
Charly: Charly Based On the Novel:
Flowers For Algernon
(Which I’m sure we were all forced to read at some point)
Slide8: Beyond this point, I will not guarantee that I’m not lowering your IQ…..
Perhaps we should let consumer America declare what movies were best in 1968? : Perhaps we should let consumer America declare what movies were best in 1968?
Romeo And Juliet: Romeo And Juliet Yes, I’m aware it is a Shakespearean play Has seen its way
Back to the Box
Office.
Course, it was on
The list anyway.
Doesn’t America Love Its Monkeys Movies?: Doesn’t America Love Its Monkeys Movies? Note: Marky Mark replaces Charlton Heston…?!?
Someone Thought This Would Make’em some more money: Someone Thought This Would Make’em some more money
“The Graduate” made up 90% of the Plot for the recent film “Rumor Has it…”: “The Graduate” made up 90% of the Plot for the recent film “Rumor Has it…”
However, no film has come close to generating as many sequels, and some might say its own genre, as….: However, no film has come close to generating as many sequels, and some might say its own genre, as….
Slide15: George Ramaro’s
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Which as you might of guessed, received poor reviews in 1968….
Despite giving birth to these fine films we love today: Despite giving birth to these fine films we love today
Slide17: Adler, Renata. “The Apes, The Fox, and Charlie Bubbles.” The New York Times. Feb 25 1968. pg D1
Adler, Renata. “The Screen: ‘2001’ Is Up,Up and Away.” The New York Times. April 4 1968. pg 58
Ebert, Roger. Just Another Horror Movie—Or Is It? Readers Digest v.94. June 1969. pg 127-128
Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia Of World Cinema In A Single Volume. New York : Collins. 2005. pg 1171.
Weiler, A.H. “Critiques Name ‘Lion In Winter’ Best Film by 13-11.” The New York Times. Dec 31, 1968. pg 20.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDB). “Academy Awards for Movies released in 1968.” http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Years/1968/academy-awards (accessed April 25, 2006).