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What’s the greatest American film of all time? Can’t decide? Well then, what’s your favorite movie? Do you love the classics, or ignore anything before 1980? Comedies, courtroom dramas, casts of thousands – we have them all at Great American Things.
Film: Star Wars
Director George Lucas had an idea in mind for what he called The Star Wars, a modern space opera like the Flash Gordon films of his youth....
Read MoreFilm: Bull Durham
If the book Ball Four by Jim Bouton demythologized baseball books, Bull Durham did the same for baseball movies. Most had been upbeat,...
Read MoreFilm: White Christmas
Viewing a special movie on Christmas Eve is a tradition in many families. Some watch It’s a Wonderful Life (Great American Things,...
Read MoreMovie: A Christmas Story
Wonder if this movie will be on TV this year? Oh, yeah. About a thousand times. (That’s called hyperbole.) And you know what?...
Read MoreFilm: It's a Wonderful Life
This movie is shown on TV at Christmas, but it’s not really a Christmas movie. It just happens that its climactic scenes take place...
Read MoreFilm: The Graduate
Beyond a memorable script, a terrific cast, a visionary director, and perfect music, some movies just happen to fully embody the Zeitgeist...
Read MoreFilm: Driving Miss Daisy
Can’t you see the pitch meeting in Hollywood for this movie? WRITER: “It’s about an old Jewish woman in Atlanta and how...
Read MoreFilm: Forrest Gump
Seldom has there been a movie, or at least one not written by the Coen Brothers, that has as many memorable lines as Forrest...
Read MoreFilm: A Few Good Men
I’m a big fan of Aaron Sorkin’s writing. (You’ll eventually see a couple of his TV series in this list.) And A Few Good...
Read MoreFilm: The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett wrote the book. John Huston directed the film. And Humphrey Bogart made it memorable. The Maltese Falcon, which premiered...
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