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Top 100 Movie Review: No. 051 – Patton: A Salute to a Rebel (1970)

May 2, 2020

Ranked 051 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020.

Cast: George C. Scott (General George S. Patton Jr.), Karl Malden (General Omar N. Bradley), Stephen Young (Captain Chester B. Hansen), Michael Bates (General Bernard Montgomery), Edward Binns (Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith), Michael Strong (Brigadier General Hobart Carver), Frank Latimore (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davenport), Morgan Paull (Captain Richard N. Jenson), Karl Michael Vogler (Field Marshal Erwin Rommel)
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
My rating: 8.0 / 10

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Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Edward Binns, Frank Latimore, Franklin J. Schaffner, George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Karl Michael Vogler, Michael Bates, Michael Strong, Morgan Paull, Patton: A Salute to a Rebel, Stephen Young, Top 100 Movie Review
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 052: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

May 1, 2020

Ranked 052 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020.

Cast: Paul Newman (Butch Cassidy), Robert Redford (The Sundance Kid), Katharine Ross (Etta Place), Strother Martin (Percy Garris)
Director: George Roy Hill
My rating: 8.0 / 10

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill, Katharine Ross, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Strother Martin, Top 100 Movie Review
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 058 – Braveheart (1995)

April 29, 2020

Ranked 058 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during the month of April 2020.

Cast: Mel Gibson (William Wallace), Sophie Marceau (Princess Isabella), Angus Macfadyen (Robert the Bruce), Patrick McGoohan (King Edward “Longshanks”), Catherine McCormack (Murron MacClannough), Brendan Gleeson (Hamish), Peter Hanly (Prince Edward), David O’Hara (Stephen of Ireland)
Director: Mel Gibson
My rating: 8.5 / 10

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Angus Macfadyen, Best Director, Best Picture, Braveheart, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack, David O’Hara, Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Hanly, Sophie Marceau, Top 100 Movie Review
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 059 – Dances with Wolves (1990)

April 29, 2020

Ranked 059 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched April 2020.

Cast: Kevin Costner (Lt. John J. Dunbar/Dances With Wolves), Mary McDonnell (Stands With A Fist), Graham Greene (Kicking Bird), Rodney A. Grant (Wind In His Hair), Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Chief Ten Bears), Tantoo Cardinal (Black Shawl), Jimmy Herman (Stone Calf), Nathan Lee (Smiles A Lot)
Director: Kevin Costner
My rating: 9.0 / 10

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Best Director, Best Picture, Dances with Wolves, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Graham Greene, Jimmy Herman, Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Nathan Lee, Rodney A. Grant, Tantoo Cardinal, Top 100 Movie Review
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 060 – Jurassic Park (1993)

April 28, 2020

Ranked 060 from the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as at May 2017). Watched movie during April 2020.

Cast: Sam Neill (Dr. Alan Grant), Laura Dern (Dr. Ellie Sattler), Jeff Goldblum (Dr. Ian Malcolm), Richard Attenborough (John Hammond), Bob Peck (Robert Muldoon), Martin Ferrero (Donald Gennaro), BD Wong (Dr. Henry Wu), Joseph Mazzello (Tim Murphy), Ariana Richards (Lex Murphy), Samuel L. Jackson (Ray Arnold), Wayne Knight (Dennis Nedry)
Director: Steven Spielberg
My rating: 8.0 / 10

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Ariana Richards, BD Wong, Bob Peck, Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Mazzello, Jurassic Park, Laura Dern, Martin Ferrero, Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill, Samuel L. Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Top 100 Movie Review, Wayne Knight
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 061 – The Exorcist (1973)

April 26, 2020

Ranked 061 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020.

Cast: Ellen Burstyn (Chris MacNeil), Jason Miller (Father/Dr. Damien Karras), Linda Blair (Regan MacNeil), Max von Sydow (Father Lankester Merrin), Lee J. Cobb (Lieutenant William Kinderman), Kitty Winn (Sharon Spencer), Jack MacGowran (Burke Dennings)
Director: William Friedkin
My rating: 7.5 / 10

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Ellen Burstyn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Kitty Winn, Lee J. Cobb, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, The Exorcist, Top 100 Movie Review, William Friedkin
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 063 – Goodfellas (1990)

April 25, 2020

Ranked 063 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020.

Cast: Ray Liotta (Henry Hill), Robert De Niro (James Conway), Joe Pesci (Tommy DeVito), Lorraine Bracco (Karen Hill), Paul Sorvino (Paul Cicero)
Director: Martin Scorsese
My rating: 8.5 / 10

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Goodfellas, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Martin Scorsese, Paul Sorvino, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Top 100 Movie Review
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 064 – The Deer Hunter (1978)

April 25, 2020

Ranked 064 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020.

Cast: Robert De Niro (Mike), Christopher Walken (Nick), John Savage (Steven), Meryl Streep (Linda), John Cazale (Stan), George Dzundza (John), Chuck Aspegren (Axel)
Director: Michael Cimino
My rating: 9.5 / 10

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Best Director, Best Picture, Christopher Walken, Chuck Aspegren, George Dzundza, John Cazale, John Savage, Meryl Streep, Michael Cimino, Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter, Top 100 Movie Review
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 065 – All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

April 24, 2020

Ranked 065 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017). Watched April 2020.

Cast: Lew Ayres (Paul Bäumer), Louis Wolheim (Stanislaus ‘Kat’ Katczinsky), John Wray (Himmelstoss), Arnold Lucy (Professor Kantorek), Ben Alexander (Franz Kemmerich), Scott Kolk (Leer), Owen Davis, Jr. (Peter), William Bakewell (Albert Kropp),Russell Gleason (Müller)
Director: Lewis Milestone
My rating: 9.5 / 10

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander, Best Director, Best Picture, John Wray, Jr., Lew Ayres, Lewis Milestone, Louis Wolheim, Owen Davis, Russell Gleason, Scott Kolk, Top 100 Movie Review, William Bakewell
Top 100 Movie Review: No. 070: A Place in the Sun (1951)

April 20, 2020

Ranked 070 on the IMDb Top 100 Movie List (as May 2017).
Watched April 2019.

Cast: Montgomery Clift (George Eastman), Elizabeth Taylor (Angela Vickers), Shelley Winters (Alice Tripp), Anne Revere (Hannah Eastman), Keefe Brasselle (Earl Eastman), Fred Clark (Bellows)
Director: George Stevens
My rating: 6.0 / 10

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A Place in the Sun, Anne Revere, Best Director, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Clark, George Stevens, Keefe Brasselle, Montgomery Clift, Shelley Winters, Top 100 Movie Review