I'll definitely let you guys know what I think of it after.
I really want to rent the 'Magnificent Ambersons' too.

I don't think Ambersons has been released in the US yet. If you have the ability to watch PAL DVDs (and there's no good reason why you shouldn't), let me know...

And since there's such a huge demand for the Harry Lime mp3s (ok, only Snowflake so far, but still...), I put up the first ten episodes for your convenient downloading pleasure. If there's a call for 'em, I'll post the rest.

Dang it. I saw it on TCM or FMC and thought for sure it would be on DVD. Dagburn!
I don't have PAL capabilities. Darn it.
Time to harass Ted Turner again. I wrote TCM several times to release 'The Man Who Came to Dinner' on DVD. It finally came out a month ago or so. (I'm sure it had nothing to do with my letters, but sheesh why'd they wait so long?)

The Philips DVP642 player (currently $55 on amazon) will play PAL discs on your NTSC player, has a simple region-free hack (with the remote), and will play many divx files (just download 'em and burn 'em to a cd or dvd). I'm not the only LoTer who has one (how many parentheticals will it take to convince you?).

I want one.

Hey, give me some credit, now.

If you compare that list with the previous one I posted, you'll see that I've taken one off. Go ahead, look.


I did balance it out with the relatively crappy "The Ninth Gate" (it had Johnny Depp in it) and "Stargate" (saw it when it was in the theater and love the TV series; I still love the TV series). But still. Yesterday was a good movie day for me!

Another should come off that list by the end of the weekend. But if you'd like to pay me to watch great films, I'm not going to put up too much of a fuss. ;)

The Ninth Gate was pretty bad but I heartily recommend the book it is based on: The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

It is very good and all the things that didn't make any sense in the movie make sense in the book.

I think I may have bought that book for my dad one Christmas. I wonder if I own a copy. Someday I'll have to go through the books I own and figure out what I own and what I don't. It's going to be a very big job.

My list of "have not seen"-

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)

2. CASABLANCA (1942)

3. THE GODFATHER (1972)

5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)

7. THE GRADUATE (1967)

8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)

9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)

11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946) (Ok I have- but not for a LONG TIME)

12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)

13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)

14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)

16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

18. PSYCHO (1960)

19. CHINATOWN (1974)

20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)

21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

24. RAGING BULL (1980)

26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)

27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

31. ANNIE HALL (1977)

32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)

33. HIGH NOON (1952)

34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)

35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)

38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

43. KING KONG (1933)

44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)

50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)

51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

53. AMADEUS (1984)

54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)

56. M*A*S*H (1970)

57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)

59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)

61. VERTIGO (1958)

63. STAGECOACH (1939)

66. NETWORK (1976)

67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)

68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)

70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)

76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)

77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)

78. ROCKY (1976)

79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)

80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)

81. MODERN TIMES (1936)

82. GIANT (1956)

83. PLATOON (1986)

84. FARGO (1996)

85. DUCK SOUP (1933)

86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)

87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

88. EASY RIDER (1969)

89. PATTON (1970)

90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)

92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)

93. THE APARTMENT (1960)

94. GOODFELLAS (1990)

96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)

100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

yup-

omg! whats wrong with you people!!! :eek:
(sorry, just three of the many I nearly have memorized.)