Biden just lost me.

[edhopper]

Favorite movie, "Chariots of Fire"
That movie sucked, big time. I question his judgement.

[Connie_Corleone]

1. Well, there's always Rudy and Hoosiers.

[Unsane]

2. Huh? It won multiple Oscars.

[MadBadger]

5. So did Titanic

:eyes:

[Faygo Kid]

21. So did The English Patient

Yuck.

[vanderBeth]

31. I never got to see that.

Sack Lunch looked really cool, so I saw it instead.

[calico1]

33. My boss fired me for not liking The English Patient.

:silly:

[AlCzervik]

34. i hate that movie so much.

[blonndee]

41. Oh, come on, Elaine!

Was it the tub sex scene that did it?

[kitkat65]

45. "Sex in a tub? That doesn't work."

Or something like that said by Elaine.

Looooooooved Seinfeld.

[blue_onyx]

32. Hey....I love Titanic

and it deserved every Oscar :)

[wicket]

36. I hated it at first, but it grew on me

Now I love it :)

[MadBadger]

42. I jump you jump...right?

I wish they both jumped ten minutes in to that three hour bore.

[Curtland1015]

3. We're screwn! This is GAME CHANGING!

Everyone knows the best movie ever is Saving Private Ryan.

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

7. No actually

it's Shaving Ryan's Privates.

[WCGreen]

4. Catchy tune, though....

[stillcool]

39. I love that song..

I don't think I've ever made it through the movie though.

[tularetom]

6. If he doesn't recognize the genius of "Caddyshack"

I've lostall respect for him.

[tridim]

8. It sucks for the singular fact that it beat "Raiders of The Lost Ark" for best picture

Whatever Academy. :eyes:

[StClone]

9. Spaceballs!

[Fridays Child]

10. Wasn't that a Chevy Chase movie about a family trip to Wally World?

Seems vaguely familiar. :bounce:

[underpants]

11. A great movie about the common-nense of man

across faiths

A fave of runners

[Bigleaf]

12. I think he should have went with Shawshank Redemption. Just my opinion.

[calico1]

13. I liked that movie.

Saw it with a couple of friends at the theater. I was in college at the time.

I thought it was a good movie.


It surprised a lot of people when it won best picture though. I don't think too many people expected it.

[jakem]

14. Would you prefer 'Fletch' perhaps, Dr Rosenpenis?

Academy Awards, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1982 Won Oscar Best Costume Design
Milena Canonero

Best Music, Original Score
Vangelis
Vangelis was not present at the awards ceremony. Co-presenter William Hurt accepted the award on his behalf.
Best Picture
David Puttnam

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Colin Welland

Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ian Holm

Best Director
Hugh Hudson

Best Film Editing
Terry Rawlings


Awards of the Japanese Academy
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1983 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Language Film


BAFTA Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1982 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Costume Design
Milena Canonero

Best Film
David Puttnam

Best Supporting Artist
Ian Holm

Nominated Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Vangelis

BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography
David Watkin

Best Direction
Hugh Hudson

Best Editing
Terry Rawlings

Best Production Design/Art Direction
Roger Hall

Best Screenplay
Colin Welland

Best Sound
Clive Winter
Bill Rowe
Jim Shields

Best Supporting Artist
Nigel Havers


British Society of Cinematographers
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1981 Nominated Best Cinematography Award
David Watkin


Cannes Film Festival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1981 Won Best Supporting Actor
Ian Holm

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
Hugh Hudson

Nominated Golden Palm
Hugh Hudson


Directors Guild of America, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1982 Nominated DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Hugh Hudson


Golden Globes, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1982 Won Golden Globe Best Foreign Film
Great Britain

Guild of German Art House Cinemas
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1984 Won Guild Film Award - Silver Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Hugh Hudson


London Critics Circle Film Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1982 Won ALFS Award Film of the Year

Screenwriter of the Year
Colin Welland


National Board of Review, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1981 Won NBR Award Best Film - English Language
Tied with Reds (1981).

New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1981 Won NYFCC Award Best Cinematographer
David Watkin


Toronto International Film Festival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1981 Won People's Choice Award
Hugh Hudson

[LisaM]

15. Remember in 2000, Al Gore saying his favorite movie was "Local Hero"

Greedy oil company exec from Houston goes to Scotland to pillage their pristine coastline and ends up being wowed by the beauty and calling off the deal?

It was way-y-y too subtle for most media to pick up on.

[AspenRose]

48. Is that the one with Burt Lancaster?

I've never seen it all the way through.

[LisaM]

50. Yes it is, and I didn't mean to "spoil" it

but that movie's got to be 20 years old!

I'm with Al, I highly recommend it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. Palin's favorite movie is "Ass"

She's been trying to find a DVD of that title at Blockbuster for the last several months, after having seen snippets of it in another movie.

[jakem]

17. No, it is 'all of them'!

:rofl:

[Liberal Veteran]

29. She also loves the gritty sci-fi realism of Plan 9 From Outer Space.

:D

[vanderBeth]

18. I liked that movie. :(

[Lars39]

19. His judgement is fine. Now if he'd chosen Ishtar....

:evilgrin:

[ThomWV]

20. At least he didn't say "Earth Girls Are Easy"

[bkinsd]

22. If you knew his generation

you would get it. So, that makes you a fucking idiot.

[bkinsd]

23. If you knew his generation

you would get it. So, that makes you a fucking idiot.

[edhopper]

24. The movie was about

the two biggest runners in the world...AND THE NEVER RACED IN THE FILM!
It sucked.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

25. Not my most favorite film but a very good and inspirational one.

[npk]

26. Better than Sarah Palin's favorite movie

"How to kill a Mockingbird."

And no I didn't get the title wrong.

[Waiting For Everyman]

27. I love that movie.

[CreekDog]

28. What about Palin's favorite movie?

"They Shoot Mooses Don't They" (from airplanes)

[calico1]

30. "The Deerhunter"...

but this one has nothing to do with Vietnam.
:-(

[Faygo Kid]

35. DUzy

Maybe she will be asked about the lessons of the Vietnam War tonight.

Then she can affirm her support for George W. Bush going in there and getting the terrorists before they get us.

[JackBeck]

38. "Rudy" and "Hoosiers".

Still going for that Joe six pack jock vote.

[CTyankee]

37. Probably one of the best films ever made.

It had everything: plot, characters, cinematography, sets, costume, acting, direction, color, editing, etc.

Just a fabulous movie. We watch it every time it comes on TV.

It doesn't get better than "Chariots of Fire" my friend.

[AspenRose]

40. Thank you!

I love that movie! I actually saw that one in the theater.

[CTyankee]

47. You're welcome! We just love it so much. What a pleasure to see it.

I happen to know the William Blake upon which the hymn is sung in the beginning and end of the film. And so I sing it out loud whenever I hear it played on the movie.

The poem is quite moving:

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.

[HopeforChange]

43. I LOVED THAT MOVIE... IT IS A CLASSIC

[jeanmarc]

44. Chariots of Fire rocked!

Sorry, but I question your taste in movies.

[DainBramaged]

46. I question your questioning

My favorite movie is Blues Brothers, want to judge me too?

[1corona4u]

49. Cut the guy some slack...he's a busy guy....it's probably the last movie he's seen.

;-)

[undeterred]

51. That's a beautiful movie.

It wouldn't be my choice, but its a worthy movie.

[PretzelWarrior]

52. better than McCain. His favorit was Steamboat Willie. He took his first date to it

when it originally played in theaters.