# 93 The French Connection

1971
Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider
Director: William Friedkin

Narcotic cops in NYC chase down a drug dealer & associates. The movie was supported by great actors- Gene Hackman played a strong lead.  Interesting to watch the wire-tapping and compare to how things are done now with all the technological advances.  (ALSO interested to not that this movie won the Best Picture oscar over A Clockwork Orange, which I would have to say was a better movie.)
Good car-chasing-train scene... All in all a good movie, but not great in my opinion.

#94 Pulp Fiction

Starring: Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman (with so many more- Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, Ving Rhames, Rosanna Arquette...)

Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino

I haven't seen this movie in a while and I forgot how great it is - I would watch this movie simply for the first 2 scenes alone! (The rest of the movie is fantastic, but the first 2 scenes are classic. )  Quentin Tarantino seems to have first scenes down pat (see: Inglorious Basterds.)
Scene one - Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer in the diner.  The dialogue is perfect.
Scene two - Samuel L and John Travolta in the car and then at the apartment. Samuel L Jackson is insanely terrifying and perfect in his delivery of this scene. "Allow me to retort!" and "Say WHAT again" - are you kidding?! Awesome.

The rest of the movie is fantastic in it's backwards and mixed up, puzzle-like delivery. You have to kind of figure out where in the timeline you are in the movie, but that's all part of the fun!

#95 The Last Picture Show

Starring: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd
1971

Amazing cast - listed above, plus Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid - in this movie based on a Larry McMurtry novel.  Beautifully acted and directed.  It tells the stories  about the people living in a small town in Texas in the 50's, and you really get a sense of what their everyday life was like.  No one is happy with their own lives, it seems, so they frequently turn elsewhere for fun and love.  This movie brings you back to a time before cell phones, computers and technology.
Timothy Bottoms was perfect as Sonny and I loved seeing Jeff Bridges.  Cybill Shepherd (in her first movie) still looks exactly the same!!

#98 Yankee Doodle Dandy

Starring: James Cagney
1942

Fun, patriotic movie bio about George M Cohan. Great, feel-good film :)

I felt like I should have watched it on July 4th though!

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#70 A clockwork orange

Starring: Malcolm McDowell
1971

WOAH weird movie, but awesome at the same time.  Malcolm McDowell makes the movie what it is, he looks like he completely gave into this character.  Love the "Ludwig Van" references.
I LIKED the movie when I first watched in, but in the days since, I realized that I kept thinking about it, and MORE THAN liked it!

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#88 Bringing Up Baby

"Bringing Up Baby"
Starring: Cary Grant & Katherine Hepburn
1938

What a fun movie! Katherine Hepburn was hilarious, and Cary Grant was perfect. There wasn't a dull moment!!

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