American Film Institute
The American Film Institute ( AFI ) is an independent, non-profit US organization based in Hollywood , Los Angeles . It was brought into being in 1965 by a mandate from then American President Lyndon B. Johnson and founded in 1967.
The institute has three main objectives:
- Guarantee the legacy of American film
- promote the education of the next generation of filmmakers
- to honor the artists and their work
The institute's motto is derived from this: to honor, preserve and educate - to honor, preserve and educate.
history
Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts , the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Ford Foundation , the American Film Institute was established in 1967 to record the nation's film products , preserve American film heritage , and promote the advancement of cinematic art to investigate the effects of media on society. The institute is financed through donations from private individuals and through memberships.
The first, 22-member board of directors was chaired by actor Gregory Peck and by actor Sidney Poitier as vice chairman. Other members were the director Francis Ford Coppola , the film historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and the lobbyist Jack Valenti, as well as other representatives of the art and academic circles.
In the early years, a training program for filmmakers (The Center for Advanced Film Studies) was developed. Over the years, the program has developed into the renowned AFI Conservatory. The original “Presentation of Authors' Films” has developed into the two film festivals AFI Fest and AFI Docs . The institute moved to its current campus in downtown Hollywood in 1981.
Field of activity
AFI's field of activity includes:
- AFI Life Achievement Award - a tradition since 1973 and a prestigious award for a career in film
- AFI Conservatory - two year Masters program led by experienced filmmakers
- AFI Directing Workshop for Women - a production-based program for professional female film directors
- AFI Film Festivals - AFI Fest & AFI Docs
- AFI Awards - a tribute to creative collaboration and the most successful film and television productions of the year
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films and AFI Archive - the written genesis of all films over the first 100 years of the film art form, accessible online for free
- AFI 100 Years ... - Reference Lists for Notable Films
- AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center - a historic cinema with a classic and modern film program
- American Film - formerly a magazine about the art of film, now a blog on AFI.com
AFI Conservatory
The American Film Institute (AFI) established the Center for Advanced Film Studies in 1969 . The very first classes were attended by filmmakers Terrence Malick , Caleb Deschanel and Paul Schrader , among others . The film program developed over the years into the renowned AFI Conservatory, in the center of Hollywood, Los Angeles.
The Conservatory now offers six Master of Fine Arts courses: cinematography, film directing, editing, production, production design and screenwriting. The training focuses strongly on the practical experience of filmmaking and reflects real production conditions. The students, who are often already experienced in film, - the so-called AFI Fellows - produce more films over two years than any other master’s program. Admission to the film school is very selective and only takes place at the invitation of the faculty, with a maximum of 140 students per year.
In 2013, Emmy and Oscar-winning director, producer and writer James L. Brooks ( As Good as It Gets , Broadcast News , The Simpsons ) joined the AFI Conservatory as Artistic Director. He succeeded Daniel Petrie , Jr., Robert Wise and Frank Pierson . Since 2017 the school has been under the direction of producer Richard Gladstein .
The American Film Institute Conservatory regularly takes top positions in the ranking of the best international film schools.
Well-known graduates
The AFI Conservatory graduates form the worldwide network of AFI Fellows .
Fellows: Andrea Arnold , ( Red Road , Fish Tank ), David Lynch ( Mulholland Drive , Blue Velvet ), Darren Aronofsky ( Requiem for a Dream , Black Swan ), Patty Jenkins ( Monster , Wonder Woman ), Janusz Kamiński ( Lincoln , Schindler's List , Saving Private Ryan ), Carl Colpaert ( Gas Food Lodging , Hurlyburly , Swimming with Sharks ), Doug Ellin ( Entourage ), Todd Field ( In the Bedroom , Little Children ), Jack Fisk ( Badlands , Days of Heaven , There Will Be Blood ), Carl Franklin ( One False Move , Devil in a Blue Dress , House of Cards ), Matthew Libatique ( Noah , Black Swan ), Terrence Malick ( Days of Heaven , The Thin Red Line , The Tree of Life ), Victor Nuñez , ( Ruby in Paradise , Ulee's Gold ), Wally Pfister ( Memento , The Dark Knight , Inception ), Robert Richardson ( Platoon , JFK , Django Unchained ) and many more ...
AFI Life Achievement Award
See: Main article AFI Life Achievement Award With the AFI Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute (AFI) honors the life's work of filmmakers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of film art . The award was established by the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute in 1973. The recipient is honored at an annual celebration at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
AFI 100 Years ... lists
The following lists, which the institute has published since 1998 on the occasion of the centenary of American film, attracted a great deal of attention. AFI honored the most outstanding aspects of American film history.
100 Movies - The 100 Best American Movies of All Time
Note: The AFI interprets the selection criteria for "American" films very broadly. An American financier or American actor, among others, is sufficient, even if the film is otherwise a purely British production.
Compared to the list published in 1998, a total of 23 new films have been added. Of these, Der General (position 18) achieved the highest ranking. In addition, Intolerance (49) and The Lord of the Rings: The Companions of the Rings (50) are placed in the top fifty.
The 23 new recordings include three films that hit theaters after the 1998 list was released: Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
The 2007 list includes films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Frankenstein and ... because they don't know what they're doing, however, no longer include. Fargo (1996) and Dances with the Wolf (1990) are the most recent films that could not be placed in positions 1-100 either.
The 50 greatest American movie stars
Published June 16, 1999
Top 25 male movie stars
- Humphrey Bogart
- Cary Grant
- James Stewart
- Marlon Brando
- Fred Astaire
- Henry Fonda
- Clark Gable
- James Cagney
- Spencer Tracy
- Charlie Chaplin
- Gary Cooper
- Gregory Peck
- John Wayne
- Laurence Olivier
- Gene Kelly
- Orson Welles
- Kirk Douglas
- James Dean
- Burt Lancaster
- The Marx Brothers
- Buster Keaton
- Sidney Poitier
- Robert Mitchum
- Edward G. Robinson
- William Holden
Top 25 female movie stars
- Katharine Hepburn
- Bette Davis
- Audrey Hepburn
- Ingrid Bergman
- Greta Garbo
- Marilyn Monroe
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Judy Garland
- Marlene Dietrich
- Joan Crawford
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Claudette Colbert
- Grace Kelly
- Ginger Rogers
- Mae West
- Vivien Leigh
- Lillian Gish
- Shirley Temple
- Rita Hayworth
- Lauren Bacall
- Sophia Loren
- Jean Harlow
- Carole Lombard
- Mary Pickford
- Ava Gardner
100 Laughs - Top 100 American Comedies Of All Time
Published June 14, 2000
- Some like it hot (1959)
- Tootsie (1982)
- Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb (1964)
- The Urban Neurotic (1977)
- The Marx Brothers at War (1933)
- The Wild Wild West (1974)
- M * A * S * H (1970)
- It happened in one night (1934)
- The final exam (1967)
- The Incredible Journey in a Crazy Plane (1980)
- Spring for Hitler (1968)
- Scandal in the Opera (1935)
- Frankenstein Junior (1974)
- You don't kiss leopards (1938)
- The Night Before the Wedding (1940)
- Singin 'in the Rain (1952)
- Strange Couple (1968)
- The General (1926)
- His Girl for Special Occasions (1940)
- The Apartment (1960)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- Marital War (1949)
- Harry and Sally (1989)
- It's not from yesterday (1950)
- Gold Rush (1925)
- Welcome Mr. Chance (1979)
- Crazy About Mary (1998)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Arsenic and lace cap (1944)
- Arizona Junior (1987)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Groundhog Day (1993)
- My friend Harvey (1950)
- I think a horse will kick me (1978)
- The great dictator (1940)
- City Lights (1931)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- A totally, totally crazy world (1963)
- Moonstruck (1987)
- Big (1988)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
- Harold and Maude (1972)
- Manhattan (1979)
- Shampoo (1975)
- A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- To be or not to be (1942)
- Cat Ballou - You Shall Hang in Wyoming (1965)
- The 7th year itch (1955)
- Ninotschka (1939)
- Arthur - No Sadness Child (1981)
- Sensation in Morgan's Creek (1944)
- The Gambler (1941)
- Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948)
- American Diner (1982)
- This is a gift (1934)
- The Marx Brothers in the Circus (1937)
- Topper - The Blonde Ghost (1937)
- Is' what, doc? (1972)
- Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- News Fever - Broadcast News (1987)
- Blooming Nonsense (1932)
- Woody the unlucky fellow (1969)
- Mrs. Doubtfire: The Prickly Nanny (1993)
- The Terrible Truth (1937)
- Bananas (1971)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Madness without a handicap (1980)
- Just for the sake of my wife (1948)
- The Marx Brothers at Sea (1931)
- Why actually ... don't we kill the boss? (1980)
- She did him wrong (1933)
- Victor / Victoria (1982)
- Breathless to Florida (1942)
- The Road to Morocco (1942)
- The Sports Student (1925)
- The Sleeper (1973)
- The Navigator (1924)
- Sagittarius Benjamin (1980)
- Father of the Bride (1950)
- Upside Down America (1985)
- Dinner at eight (1933)
- City Slickers (1991)
- I think I'm standing in the woods (1982)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Wealth Is No Shame (1979)
- The Woman You Talk About (1942)
- Changing horses on their wedding night (1972)
- The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss (1941)
- Fargo (1996)
- The Great Aunt (1958)
- Trans America Express (1976)
- The Sons of the Desert (1933)
- Annie's Men (1988)
- The Jester (1956)
- The Mad Professor (1963)
- Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
100 Thrills - The 100 best American thrillers
Published June 12, 2001
- Psycho (1960)
- Great White Shark (1975)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- The Invisible Third (1959)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Alien from an alien world (1979)
- The birds (1963)
- French Connection - Brooklyn Focal Point (1971)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- The Godfather (1972)
- King Kong and the White Woman (1933)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- The window to the courtyard (1954)
- Everyone's First to Die (1972)
- Chinatown (1974)
- Ambassador of Fear (1962)
- Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (1958)
- Broken Chains (1963)
- Twelve Noon (1952)
- A clockwork orange (1971)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Woman Without a Conscience (1944)
- Titanic (1997)
- The Falcon's Trail (1941)
- Star Wars (1977)
- A Fateful Affair (1987)
- Shining (1980)
- Who Go Through Hell (1978)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- The Stranger on the Train (1951)
- On the Run (1993)
- The hunter's night (1955)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Bullitt (1968)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Notorious (1946)
- Die Hard (1988)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- Terminator (1984)
- The magical land (1939)
- ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Carrie (1976)
- The Demonic (1956)
- Call Murder (1954)
- Ben Hur (1959)
- The Marathon Man (1976)
- Like a Wild Bull (1980)
- Rocky (1976)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Two Bandits (1969)
- Wait Until It's Dark (1967)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- The Untouchables (1976)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- The Sixth Sense (1999)
- Cape Fear (1962)
- Spartacus (1960)
- What really happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- Under the Sign of Evil (1958)
- The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- Matrix (1999)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Halloween (1979)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Dog Days (1975)
- James Bond 007 - Goldfinger (1964)
- Platoon (1986)
- Laura (1944)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- The Third Man (1949)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Lady Alquist's House (1944)
- The Magnificent Seven (1960)
- Rebecca (1940)
- The Omen (1976)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- Dracula (1931)
- The Portrait of Dorian Gray (1945)
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
- The Twelve Jurors (1957)
- The Navarone cannons (1961)
- Poseidon's Descent into Hell (1972)
- Braveheart (1995)
- Hot Blood - Cold Blood (1981)
- The Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- The China Syndrome (1979)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Skyscrapers, of all things! (1923)
- Blood Simple (1984)
- Speed (1994)
- Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds (1938)
100 Passions - The 100 best American love films of all time
Published June 11, 2002
- Casablanca (1942)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- West Side Story (1961)
- A Heart and a Crown (1953)
- The great love of my life (1957)
- The Way We Were (1973)
- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- The life is wonderful, is not it? (1946)
- Love Story (1970)
- City Lights (1931)
- The Urban Neurotic (1977)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- Out of Africa (1985)
- African Queen (1951)
- Storm Height (1939)
- Singin 'in the Rain (1952)
- Moonstruck (1987)
- Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (1958)
- Ghost Message from Sam (1990)
- Forever Damned (1953)
- Pretty Woman (1990)
- At the golden lake (1981)
- Journey from the Past (1942)
- King Kong and the White Woman (1933)
- Harry and Sally (1989)
- The Gambler (1941)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Rendezvous after closing time (1940)
- An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
- Swing Time (1936)
- The King and I (1956)
- Sacrifice of a Great Love (1939)
- The Lady of the Camellias (1936)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Gigi (1958)
- Years Found (1942)
- Titanic (1997)
- It happened in one night (1934)
- An American in Paris (1951)
- Ninotschka (1939)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- Anna Karenina (1935)
- A New Star in the Sky (1954)
- The Night Before the Wedding (1940)
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- Above the roofs of Nice (1955)
- Fever in the Blood (1961)
- The last tango in Paris (1972)
- In the web of passions (1946)
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- You don't kiss leopards (1938)
- The final exam (1967)
- A Place in the Sun (1951)
- Sabrina (1954)
- Reds (1981)
- The English Patient (1996)
- Two on the Same Path (1967)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- Picnic (1955)
- To have and not to have (1944)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- The Apartment (1960)
- Sunrise - A Song of Two People (1927)
- Marty (1955)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
- Manhattan (1979)
- End of the line longing (1951)
- Is' what, doc? (1972)
- Harold and Maude (1971)
- Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Way Down East (1920)
- Roxanne (1987)
- A Ghost on Free Feet (1947)
- The Woman You Talk About (1942)
- Hello Mr. President (1995)
- The winner (1952)
- The Terrible Truth (1937)
- Coming Home (1978)
- Jezebel - The Malicious Lady (1938)
- The Sheikh (1921)
- The Subtenant (1977)
- The Only Witness (1985)
- Morocco (1930)
- Woman Without a Conscience (1944)
- All glory on earth (1955)
- Notorious (1946)
- The unbearable lightness of being (1988)
- The Prince's Bride (1987)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- The bridges on the river (1995)
- The Arms of Women (1988)
- Porgy and Bess (1959)
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Hot Blood - Cold Blood (1981)
- Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- Barefoot in the Park (1967)
- Grease (1978)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
- Bed Whispers (1959)
- Jerry Maguire - Game of Life (1996)
100 Heroes & Villains - The 100 greatest heroes and villains of American film
Published in June 2003
Top 50 heroes
- Atticus Finch ( Who Bothered the Nightingale ) - Gregory Peck
- Indiana Jones ( Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark ) - Harrison Ford
- James Bond ( James Bond Chases Dr. No ) - Sean Connery
- Rick Blaine ( Casablanca ) - Humphrey Bogart
- Will Kane ( twelve noon ) - Gary Cooper
- Clarice Starling ( The Silence of the Lambs ) - Jodie Foster
- Rocky Balboa ( Rocky ) - Sylvester Stallone
- Ellen Ripley ( Aliens - The Return ) - Sigourney Weaver
- George Bailey ( Isn't Life Beautiful? ) - James Stewart
- Lawrence of Arabia ( Lawrence of Arabia ) - Peter O'Toole
- Jefferson Smith ( Mr. Smith goes to Washington ) - James Stewart
- Tom Joad ( Fruits of Wrath ) - Henry Fonda
- Oskar Schindler ( Schindler's List ) - Liam Neeson
- Han Solo ( Star Wars ) - Harrison Ford
- Norma Rae Webster ( Norma Rae ) - Sally Field
- Shane ( My great friend Shane ) - Alan Ladd
- Harry Callahan ( Dirty Harry ) - Clint Eastwood
- Robin Hood ( Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds ) - Errol Flynn
- Virgil Tibbs ( In the Heat of the Night ) - Sidney Poitier
- Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid ( Two Bandits ) - Paul Newman and Robert Redford
- Mahatma Gandhi ( Gandhi ) - Ben Kingsley
- Spartacus ( Spartacus ) - Kirk Douglas
- Terry Malloy ( Fist on the Neck ) - Marlon Brando
- Thelma & Louise (Thelma & Louise) - Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
- Lou Gehrig ( The Great Throwing ) - Gary Cooper
- Superman ( Superman ) - Christopher Reeve
- Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein ( The Untouchables ) - Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman
- Jury Member # 8 ( The Twelve Jurors ) - Henry Fonda
- George Patton ( Patton - rebel in uniform ) - George C. Scott
- Luke Jackson ( The Indomitable ) - Paul Newman
- Erin Brockovich ( Erin Brockovich ) - Julia Roberts
- Philip Marlowe ( dead asleep ) - Humphrey Bogart
- Marge Gunderson ( Fargo ) - Frances McDormand
- Tarzan ( Tarzan, the ape man ) - Johnny Weissmüller
- Alvin York ( Sergeant York ) - Gary Cooper
- Rooster Cogburn ( The Marshal ) - John Wayne
- Obi-Wan Kenobi ( Star Wars ) - Alec Guinness
- The Tramp ( The Vagabond and the Child ) - Charlie Chaplin
- Lassie ( homesick )
- Frank Serpico ( Serpico ) - Al Pacino
- Arthur Chipping ( Goodbye, Mr. Chips ) - Robert Donat
- Father Flanagan ( Hell Bucks ) - Spencer Tracy
- Moses ( The Ten Commandments ) - Charlton Heston
- "Popeye" Doyle ( French Connection - Focal Point Brooklyn ) - Gene Hackman
- Zorro ( The Mask of Zorro ) - Anthony Hopkins
- Batman ( Batman ) - Michael Keaton
- Karen Silkwood ( Silkwood ) - Meryl Streep
- Terminator ( Terminator 2: Judgment Day ) - Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Andrew Beckett ( Philadelphia ) - Tom Hanks
- Maximus ( Gladiator ) - Russell Crowe
Top 50 villains
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter ( The Silence of the Lambs ) - Anthony Hopkins
- Norman Bates ( Psycho ) - Anthony Perkins
- Darth Vader ( Star Wars ) - David Prowse and James Earl Jones
- The Wicked Witch of the West ( The Wizard of Oz ) - Margaret Hamilton
- Sister Ratched ( One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ) - Louise Fletcher
- Mr. Potter ( Isn't life beautiful? ) - Lionel Barrymore
- Alex Forrest ( A Fateful Affair ) - Glenn Close
- Phyllis Dietrichson ( Woman Without a Conscience ) - Barbara Stanwyck
- Regan MacNeil ( The Exorcist ) - Linda Blair
- The Queen ( Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs )
- Michael Corleone ( The Godfather - Part II ) - Al Pacino
- Alex De Large (A Clockwork Orange ) - Malcolm McDowell
- HAL 9000 ( 2001: A Space Odyssey )
- The Alien ( Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world ) - Bolaji Badejo
- Amon Göth ( Schindler's List ) - Ralph Fiennes
- Noah Cross ( Chinatown ) - John Huston
- Annie Wilkes ( Misery ) - Kathy Bates
- The shark ( the great white shark )
- Captain Bligh ( Mutiny on the Bounty ) - Charles Laughton
- "Man" ( Bambi )
- Mrs. John Iselin ( Ambassador of Fear ) - Angela Lansbury
- Terminator ( Terminator ) - Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Eve Harrington ( All About Eva ) - Anne Baxter
- Gordon Gekko ( Wall Street ) - Michael Douglas
- Jack Torrance ( Shining ) - Jack Nicholson
- Cody Jarrett ( Leap To Death ) - James Cagney
- The Martians ( Battle of the Worlds )
- Max Cady ( Cape of Fear ) - Robert De Niro
- Reverend Harry Powell ( The Night of the Hunter ) - Robert Mitchum
- Travis Bickle ( Taxi Driver ) - Robert De Niro
- Mrs. Danvers ( Rebecca ) - Judith Anderson
- Bonnie and Clyde ( Bonnie and Clyde ) - Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty
- Count Dracula ( Dracula ) - Bela Lugosi
- Dr. Szell ( The Marathon Man ) - Laurence Olivier
- JJ Hunsecker ( Your fate in my hand ) - Burt Lancaster
- Frank Booth ( Blue Velvet ) - Dennis Hopper
- Harry Lime ( The Third Man ) - Orson Welles
- Caesar Enrico Bandello ( The Little Caesar ) - Edward G. Robinson
- Cruella De Vil ( 101 Dalmatians ) - Glenn Close
- Freddy Krueger ( Nightmare - Murderous Dreams ) - Robert Englund
- Joan Crawford ( My Dear Mad Mother ) - Faye Dunaway
- Tom Powers ( The Public Enemy ) - James Cagney
- Regina Giddons ( The Little Foxes ) - Bette Davis
- Baby Jane Hudson ( What Really Happened to Baby Jane? ) - Bette Davis
- The Joker ( Batman ) - Jack Nicholson
- Hans Gruber ( Die Hard ) - Alan Rickman
- Tony Camonte ( Scarface ) - Paul Muni
- Verbal Kint ( The Usual Suspects ) - Kevin Spacey
- Auric Goldfinger ( Goldfinger ) - Gert Fröbe
- Alonzo Harris ( Training Day ) - Denzel Washington
100 songs - America's best movie songs
Released June 22, 2004
100 Movie Quotes - The 100 best movie quotes from US films of all time
Published June 21, 2005
- "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." ("Frankly, my dear: I don't care.") - Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind
- “I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.” (“I will make him an offer he cannot refuse.”) - Marlon Brando in The Godfather
- "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. "(" You don't understand! I could have become something, at least a great boxer. And what have I become? A mean rascal. ") Marlon Brando in The Fist in the Neck
- "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." ("Toto, I have the feeling that we are no longer in Kansas.") - Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
- "Here's looking at you, kid." ("I look you in the eye, little one") - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
- "Go ahead, make my day." ("Come on, make my day") - Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry is coming back
- "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." ("I'm ready for the close-up, Mr. DeMille!") - Gloria Swanson on Twilight Boulevard
- “May the Force be with you.” - Alec Guinness in Star Wars
- "Fast your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night. ”(“ Buckle up, gentlemen! I think it's going to be a stormy night! ”) - Bette Davis in All About Eva
- “You talkin 'to me?” (“Are you talking to me?”) - Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver
- "What we've got here is failure to communicate." ("What we've got here is a lack of communication.") - Strother Martin in Der Unbugsame
- "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." - Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now
- "Love means never having to say you're sorry." ("Love means never having to ask for forgiveness.") - Ali MacGraw in Love Story
- “The stuff that dreams are made of.” (“This is the stuff that dreams are made of!”) - Humphrey Bogart in The Falcon's Trail
- "ET phone home." ("ET phone home.") - Pat Welsh in ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
- “They call me 'Mister' Tibbs!” (“They call me 'Mr.' Tibbs!”) - Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night
- "Rosebud." - Orson Welles in Citizen Kane
- "Made it, Ma! Top of the world! ”(“ I did it, Ma! Now I'm at the top! ”) - James Cagney in Leap to Death
- “I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!” (“I'm crazy as hell and don't let that go any longer.”) - Peter Finch in Network
- "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." ("Louis, I think this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship.") - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
- "A census taker once tried to test me. . I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti "(" One of me wanted to test this pollster, I enjoyed his liver with some fava beans and a fine Chianti ".) - Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
- "Bond. James Bond. ”- Sean Connery in James Bond is chasing Dr. No
- “There's no place like home.” (“It's most beautiful at home.”) - Judy Garland in The Magical Land
- "I am big! It's the pictures that got small. ”(“ I 'm big, it's the films that are no longer big today. ”) - Gloria Swanson on Twilight Boulevard
- “Show me the money!” - Cuba Gooding jr. in Jerry Maguire - Game of Life
- "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" - Mae West in Sie did him wrong
- "I'm walking here! I'm walking here! ”(“ When I go, you have a break! ”) - Dustin Hoffman in Asphalt-Cowboy
- "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'. ”(“ Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'. ”) - Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca
- “You can't handle the truth!” - Jack Nicholson in A Question of Honor
- “I want to be alone.” (“I want to be alone!”) - Greta Garbo in People in the Hotel
- “After all, tomorrow is another day!” - Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
- “Round up the usual suspects.” (“Arrest the usual suspects!”) - Claude Rains in Casablanca
- "I'll have what she's having." ("I want exactly what she had.") - Estelle Reiner in Harry and Sally
- "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow. ”- Lauren Bacall in To have and not to have
- “You're gonna need a bigger boat.” (“You will need a bigger boat.”) - Roy Scheider in Jaws
- "Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges! ”- Alfonso Bedoya in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
- “I'll be back.” (“I'll be back.”) - Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator
- "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth" - Gary Cooper in The Great Throw
- “If you build it, he will come.” (“If you build it, he will come.”) - Ray Liotta (voiceover from off) in Field of Dreams
- "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. ”(“ Mom always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. ”) - Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
- "We rob banks." - Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde
- "Plastics." ("Plastic.") - Walter Brooke in The Maturity Exam
- “We'll always have Paris.” (“We'll always have Paris.”) - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
- "I see dead people." - Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense
- “Stella! Hey, Stella! “- Marlon Brando at the end of the line longing
- "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars. “- Bette Davis in Journey from the Past
- "Shane. Shane. Come back! ”- Brandon De Wilde in My Great Friend Shane
- "Well, nobody's perfect." - Joe E. Brown in Some Like It Hot
- "It's alive! It's alive! ”(“ It's alive! ”) - Colin Clive in Frankenstein
- "Houston, we have a problem." (" Houston, we have a problem! ") - Tom Hanks in Apollo 13
- "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk? ”(“ Now you're wondering if today is your lucky day. Today is your lucky day, brother? ”) - Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry
- "You had me at 'hello'." ("You had me at 'hello'.") - Renée Zellweger in Jerry Maguire - Game of Life
- "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know. ”(“ I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas will always remain a mystery to me. ”) - Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers
- “There's no crying in baseball!” - Tom Hanks in A Class of His Own
- "La-dee-da, la-dee-da." ("Tanderadei") - Diane Keaton in Der Stadtneurotiker
- "A boy's best friend is his mother." ("A man's best friend is his mother.") - Anthony Perkins in Psycho
- "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." ("Greed, unfortunately there is no better expression for it, is good!") - Michael Douglas in Wall Street
- "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." ("Keep your friends close to you, but your enemies even closer.") - Al Pacino in The Godfather - Part II
- “As God is my witness, I'll never go hungry again.” (“By God, I'll never go hungry again!”) - Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
- “Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!” (“You dragged me into a nice mess again!”) - Oliver Hardy in Die Wüstensöhne
- "Say 'hello' to my little friend!" ("Say hello to my little friend!") - Al Pacino in Scarface
- "What a dump." - Bette Davis in The Sting of Evil
- "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you? ”(“ Mrs. Robinson, you are trying to seduce me. Or not? ”) - Dustin Hoffman in The Graduation
- "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room! ”(" Gentlemen, you cannot fight here, this is the war room. ") - Peter Sellers in Dr. Strange or: How I Learned to Love the Bomb
- "Elementary, my dear Watson." ("Elementary, my dear Watson.") - Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape." ("Can't you take your dirty paws off my body, you stupid apes!") - Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes
- “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.” (“Of all the bars around the world, she comes to mine, of all places.”) - Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
- "Here's Johnny!" ("Here's Jacky!") - Jack Nicholson in Shining
- “They're here!” (“They're here!”) - Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist
- “Is it safe?” (“Are you out of danger?”) - Laurence Olivier in The Marathon Man
- "Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin 'yet! ”(“ Just a moment, a moment. You haven't heard anything! ”) - Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer
- “No wire hangers, ever!” - Faye Dunaway in My dear mother raven
- "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?" ("Holy Mother Mary, is that the end of Rico?") - Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar
- "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown." ("Forget it, Jake. We're in Chinatown.") - Joe Mantell in Chinatown
- "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." ("I was always dependent on the kindness of strangers") - Vivien Leigh in Endstation Sehnsucht
- "Hasta la vista, baby." - Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2 - Reckoning Day
- “Soylent Green is people!” - Charlton Heston in Soylent Green
- “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” (“Open the locks, HAL!”) - Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey
- "Striker: Surely you can't be serious. Rumack: I am serious… and don't call me Shirley. ”(“ Striker: You don't mean that seriously! Rumack: Yes, I mean that, and don't call me serious. ”) - Robert Hays and Leslie Nielsen in The incredible journey in a crazy plane
- "Yo, Adrian!" - Sylvester Stallone in Rocky
- "Hello, gorgeous." - Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl
- "Toga! Toga! ”- John Belushi in I think a horse will kick me
- "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make. ”(“ Do you hear the children of the night? What music they make! ”) - Bela Lugosi in Dracula
- "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast. ”- Robert Armstrong in King Kong and the white woman
- "My precious." ("Mein Schatz.") - Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- "Attica! Attica! ”- Al Pacino in Dog Days
- "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" - Warner Baxter on 42nd Street
- "Listen to me, mister. You're my knight in shining armor. Don't you forget it. You're going to get back on that horse, and I'm going to be right behind you, holding on tight, and away we're gonna go, go, go! ”- Katharine Hepburn in Am golden See
- "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper." - Pat O'Brien in Knute Rockne, All American
- "A martini. Shaken, not stirred. "(" A martini. Shaken. Not stirred. ") - Sean Connery in Goldfinger
- "Who's on first." - Bud Abbott in The Naughty Nineties
- "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac ... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole! ”- Bill Murray in Caddyshack
- "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" - Rosalind Russell in The Great Aunt
- "I feel the need - the need for speed!" ("I feel the greed, the greed for speed!") - Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards in Top Gun
- "Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary. ”(“ Carpe diem! Use the day, guys! Make something extraordinary out of your life! ”) - Robin Williams in The Dead Poets Club
- "Snap out of it!" - Cher in Moonstruck
- "My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you. ”- James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy
- “Nobody puts baby in a corner.” (“My baby belongs to me!”) - Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing
- "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" ("I'll get you. And your little dog too!") - Margaret Hamilton in The Magical Land
- “I'm the king of the world!” (“I'm the king of the world!”) - Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
100 Years of Film Scores - America's best film music
Published on September 23, 2005
- Star Wars (1977) - John Williams
- Gone with the Wind (1939) - Max Steiner
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Maurice Jarre
- Psycho (1960) - Bernard Herrmann
- The Godfather (1972) - Nino Rota
- Great White Shark (1975) - John Williams
- Laura (1944) - David Raksin
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Elmer Bernstein
- Chinatown (1974) - Jerry Goldsmith
- Twelve noon (1952) - Dimitri Tiomkin
- Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds (1938) - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (1958) - Bernard Herrmann
- King Kong and the White Woman (1933) - Max Steiner
- ET - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - John Williams
- Out of Africa (1985) - John Barry
- Boulevard of Twilight (1950) - Franz Waxman
- Who disturbs the nightingale (1962) - Elmer Bernstein
- Planet of the Apes (1968) - Jerry Goldsmith
- End stop longing (1951) - Alex North
- The Pink Panther (1963) - Henry Mancini
- Ben Hur (1959) - Miklós Rózsa
- The fist in the neck (1954) - Leonard Bernstein
- Mission (1986) - Ennio Morricone
- At the Golden Lake (1981) - Dave Grusin
- That was the Wild West (1962) - Alfred Newman
"100 Years ... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies"
Published June 14, 2006
- The life is wonderful, is not it? (1946)
- Who disturbs the nightingale (1962)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Rocky (1976)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- The fruits of wrath (1940)
- Four Crazy Guys - We All Can Make Us, Nobody Can Make Us (1979)
- The Miracle of Manhattan (1947)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Free Throw (1986)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Light in the Dark (1962)
- Norma Rae (1979)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- Anne Frank's Diary (1959)
- The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of (1983)
- Philadelphia (1993)
- In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- The Great Throwing (1942)
- The Condemned (1994)
- Little Girl, Big Heart (1944)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz) (1939)
- Twelve Noon (1952)
- Field of Dreams (1989)
- Gandhi (1982)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Glory (1989)
- Casablanca (1942)
- City Lights (1931)
- The Untouchables (1976)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- The fist in the neck (1954)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Pinocchio (1940)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Mrs. Miniver (1942)
- My songs - my dreams (1965)
- The Twelve Jurors (1957)
- Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Spartacus (1960)
- At the golden lake (1981)
- Lilies in the Field (1963)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- African Queen (1951)
- Here's John Doe (1941)
- Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success (2003)
- The Color Purple (1985)
- Dead Poets Club (1989)
- My great friend Shane (1953)
- Touchdown (1993)
- Escape in Chains (1958)
- Ben Hur (1959)
- Sergeant York (1941)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Dances With Wolves (1990)
- The Killing Fields (1984)
- The year without a father (1972)
- Braveheart (1995)
- Rain Man (1988)
- The black stallion (1979)
- A Spot in the Sun (1961)
- Silkwood (1983)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
- Lindbergh - My Flight Over the Ocean (1957)
- Nashville Lady (1980)
- The Indomitable (1967)
- Sacrifice of a Great Love (1939)
- Erin Brockovich (2000)
- Uprising in Sidi Hakim (1939)
- The Verdict: The Truth and Nothing But the Truth (1982)
- The Prisoner of Alcatraz (1962)
- Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur (1989)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- A Pig Called Babe (1999)
- Hell Bucks (1938)
- Anatevka (1971)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Serpico (1973)
- Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993)
- Stand and Deliver (1988)
- The Arms of Women (1988)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Harold and Maude (1972)
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- The Trials (1973)
- Fame (1980)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001)
- Manuel (1937)
- A Place in the Heart (1984)
- The King's Game (1993)
- Madame Curie (1943)
- Karate Kid (1984)
- Ray (2004)
- The Victor's Hour (1981)
100 Years of Musicals - The 25 most important American musical films
Released September 3, 2006
- Singin 'in the Rain (1952)
- West Side Story (1961)
- The magical land (1939)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Cabaret (1972)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- A New Star in the Sky (1954)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- An American in Paris (1951)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- The King and I (1956)
- Chicago (2002)
- 42nd Street (1933)
- Behind the Spotlight (1979)
- I dance myself into your heart (1935)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- Curtain up! (1953)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Today we're going for a stroll (1949)
- Grease (1978)
- A Bride for Seven Brothers (1954)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Heavy Boys - Easy Girls (1955)
- Show Boat (1936)
- Moulin Rouge! (2001)
10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres - The 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres
On June 17, 2008, the ten best films in ten classic American film genres were selected in a three-hour television show on CBS . The most successful director is Alfred Hitchcock , whose films appear four times on the lists, followed by Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick (three each). The most common actors in the films listed are James Stewart (6 films) and Diane Keaton (4).
The jury consisted of 1,500 members, including filmmakers, critics and historians. They chose from a list of 500 American productions (50 per genre) released before January 1, 2008. The selection was based on critical reception (film awards; recommendations in printed and digital media as well as television), popularity (economic success at the box office, broadcast dates on television, DVD and VHS sales or rental income), historical significance (highlighting feature of film history through e.g. B. a visionary narrative narrative structure or technical innovation) and cultural meaning (characterizing American society in terms of style and content).
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AFI Awards
The AFI Awards are given each year to the ten best films ( Movies of the Year ) and the ten best television series ( TV Programs of the Year ). The selection is made by a jury. The following criteria come into play:
- greatest contribution to film art
- Contribution to the cultural heritage of American art
- Inspiration for audiences and other artists
- formative influence on American society
The winners will be announced in December, and the award ceremony will take place during a private dinner in January.
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b AFI Conservatory: Still the Program of Choice . In: MovieMaker Magazine . June 21, 2002 ( moviemaker.com [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ^ American Film Institute - History of AFI. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
- ^ Jean Picker Firstenberg . In: Mount Holyoke College . June 8, 2012 ( mtholyoke.edu [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ↑ Variety Staff: AFI's departing chief looks back . In: Variety . June 7, 2007 ( variety.com [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ^ The AFI Life Achievement Awards. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
- ^ AFI Conservatory: AFI Conservatory Ranked # 1 Film School in the World by The Hollywood Reporter. Accessed April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ AFI | Catalog. Accessed April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ a b AFI's 100 Years ... The Complete Lists. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ AFI Silver Theater & Cultural Center | Downtown Silver Spring, MD. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ Dave McNary: AFI to Honor Cinematograher Caleb Deschanel . In: Variety . May 27, 2015 ( variety.com [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ↑ Hana Kazim, first Emirati to graduate from renowned AFI Conservatory, shares her experiences . In: The National . ( thenational.ae [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ↑ James L. Brooks Joins AFI Conservatory as Artistic Director (Exclusive) . In: The Hollywood Reporter . ( hollywoodreporter.com [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ↑ Oscar-nominated producer Richard Gladstein Tapped as AFI Conservatory Dean . In: The Hollywood Reporter . ( hollywoodreporter.com [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ^ The 25 Best Film Schools Rankings . In: The Hollywood Reporter . ( hollywoodreporter.com [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ↑ American Film Institute - AFI Alumni. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
- ↑ cf. The American Film Institute Crowns TOP 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres . PR Newswire, June 18, 2008, 3:00 AM GMT
- ↑ About AFI Awards