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Film Titles |
Common Theme: Compare / Contrast |
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Close Encounters (E.T.) |
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Aliens Arrive |
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Independence Day-4 |
Friendly Outreach vs Warring Vandals |
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Call Northside 777 |
Newspaper Reporter Goes Above and Beyond |
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Gentlemen's Agreement
(or All the Presidents Men) |
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Report the story vs Be the story |
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Man Who Shot Liberty Valence |
Funeral / Flashback on an unusual life (told by friend) |
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Chariots of Fire |
Wild West Desperado vs 1920's Olympic Runners |
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Harvey |
Simple people don't fit in society |
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Arsenic and Old Lace |
Leave Alone vs Needs Supervision |
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Harvey |
Guardian forced to function for Dependent Relative |
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Rain Man |
Simply Serene vs Agitated and Anxious |
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Birth of a Nation |
DW Griffith'[s Feature length Talkies |
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Intolerance |
Tried to repent, did he succeed? |
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Birth of a Nation |
Oppression of the Minority / Injustice / Manipulators |
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To Kill a Mockingbird |
Reconstruction vs Jim Crow |
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To Kill a Mockingbird |
Crusading Lawyer / Doing Duty / Stacked Jury |
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Inherit the Wind |
Personal Injustice vs Social Injustice |
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Inherit the Wind |
Clarence Darrow Trials |
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Compulsion |
Social Change vs Personal Defense |
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10. |
Run Silent, Run Deep |
Subordinate Disagrees with Captain |
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Caine Mutiny |
Captain Teaches / Subordinate Learns vs Mutiny |
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Hoosiers |
Indiana Sports / David vs Goliath / Never Give Up |
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Rudy |
Teacher Inspires Kids vs Individual Self-Determination |
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12. |
Patton |
George C Scott film festival |
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TAPS |
Strong Leader vs Confused Leader / Strong Mediator |
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13. |
Longest Day |
Historical D-Day Drama |
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Saving Private Ryan |
Ensemble Cast vs One Group |
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14. |
Interiors |
Death causes bizarre family interactions |
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Ordinary People |
Adults Grow Apart vs Therapist helps Child Adapt |
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15. |
Parenthood |
Jason Robards Film Festival |
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A Thousand Clowns |
Horrible Grandfather Learns vs Modern Father Fights |
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Abbot Costello/Frankenstein |
Comedy spoof of monster movies |
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Young Frankenstein |
1940's comedy vs 1980's comedy |
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Home for the Holidays |
Crazy Christmas Families (Slapstick) |
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Christmas Vacation |
Real Relationships vs Farcical (which is which?) |
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Ball of Fire |
One Lady with Seven Men |
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Snow White and Seven Dwarfs |
Famous Fairy Tale vs Socializing |
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Mr Deeds goes to Town |
Simple moral code assumed to be craziness |
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Mr Smith goes to Washington |
Stay true to yourself. Inheritance vs Politics |
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The Fountainhead |
Individual Stands up against group pressure |
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Twelve Angry Men |
Society / Expression vs Closed Deliberation / Justice |
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Lillies of the Field |
How does one "do the right thing?" |
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Boys Town |
Driven by people, driven by circumstances |
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22. |
Citizen Kane |
Powerful Men, lost in delusion |
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All the King's Men |
Personal fortune vs political fortune |
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23. |
Shakespeare in Love |
See the Play then see the |
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Romeo and Juliet |
fictional story behind the story |
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24. |
Blackboard Jungle |
Ah phooey, both too dated. |
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To Sir With Love |
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25. |
American Graffitti |
Group of young men coming of age |
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Diner |
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26. |
Bonnie & Clyde |
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27. |
The Hustler |
Paul Newman Shoots Pool against Jackie Gleason |
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The Cincinnati Kid |
Steve McQueen Plays Poker agains Edward G Robinson |
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28. |
Roman Holiday |
Lady escaping from her regimented life |
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It Happened One Night |
helped by a gentleman reporter with honor |
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29. |
The Best Man |
Rising up against political pressure |
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The American President |
surrounding the presidency |
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30. |
The Candidate |
Goofy look at politics and how |
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Dave |
sometimes honesty gets lost |
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31. |
Big |
Fantasy of changing ages, |
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Peggy Sue Got Married |
young-to-old naivete/old-to-young experience |
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32. |
Dr. Strangelove |
Historic perspecitve on nuclear war |
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Fail-Safe |
comedy vs drama |
