Eccentric Top 100 Film List - Britmovie

Clinton Morgan · 24-11-2004, 08:03 PM

Here: http://www.tv.cream.org/extras/top100films/index.html

DB7 · 24-11-2004, 09:02 PM

The Big Bus hysteric (not sure about Juggernaut either [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) Interesting to see John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off at #2 - for some reason the US can churn successful teen comedies out at will but apart from the likes of Gregory's Girl it's a genre we fail in.

But on the whole it's a refreshing and diverse choice. (And selecting Oh Mr Porter and Night of the Demon wins me over thumbs_u )

CH4 are holding their 'Ultimate 100 Film Poll' but the problem is that it'll be a predictable mixture of genuine classics and box-office fluff. (chuffin Titanic violent )

Clinton Morgan · 25-11-2004, 08:36 PM

There is one on Saturday presented by John Cleese based purely on box office. I think it's on Channel 4. I'm away in France for that week but I've got to the point where I'd rather watch films than clips of films in a list. Though I wish I saw Barry Norman's 100 Best Films when it was on television. He had the sense to put them in alphabetical order *and* include Oh Mr Porter.
I watched that film again on Monday, it is a personal favourite of mine. I also like the fact that the cinematographer is called Arthur Crabtree. It conjures up a wonderful pint of ale and a pouch of tobacco image.

MissGossage · 26-11-2004, 12:48 PM

I've had a sneak preview of the new Channel Four list, and I think you'll find it absolutely fascinating. I'm honour bound not to divulge any details, but I guarantee that you'll be very pleasantly surprised - if not flat-out astonished - by some of the titles in the top ten!

The reason is that it's based not so much on box office takings but on the actual number of tickets sold - and when you consider that vastly more people went to the cinema fifty or sixty years ago, this gives older films a huge advantage over the likes of Harry Potter.

Arthur Crabtree, incidentally, went on to direct a fair number of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s, as well as the much-loved flying killer brains classic Fiend Without A Face - a British film, despite considerable effort to make it look American.

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24-11-2004, 09:02 PM	#2
DB7 is just a prescription talkin' Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shrops Posts: 6,088 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (10)	The Big Bus hysteric (not sure about Juggernaut either [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] ) Interesting to see John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off at #2 - for some reason the US can churn successful teen comedies out at will but apart from the likes of Gregory's Girl it's a genre we fail in. But on the whole it's a refreshing and diverse choice. (And selecting Oh Mr Porter and Night of the Demon wins me over thumbs_u ) CH4 are holding their 'Ultimate 100 Film Poll' but the problem is that it'll be a predictable mixture of genuine classics and box-office fluff. (chuffin Titanic violent )

25-11-2004, 08:36 PM	#3
Clinton Morgan has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 158 iTrader: (0)	There is one on Saturday presented by John Cleese based purely on box office. I think it's on Channel 4. I'm away in France for that week but I've got to the point where I'd rather watch films than clips of films in a list. Though I wish I saw Barry Norman's 100 Best Films when it was on television. He had the sense to put them in alphabetical order and include Oh Mr Porter. I watched that film again on Monday, it is a personal favourite of mine. I also like the fact that the cinematographer is called Arthur Crabtree. It conjures up a wonderful pint of ale and a pouch of tobacco image.

26-11-2004, 12:48 PM	#4
MissGossage has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 22 iTrader: (0)	I've had a sneak preview of the new Channel Four list, and I think you'll find it absolutely fascinating. I'm honour bound not to divulge any details, but I guarantee that you'll be very pleasantly surprised - if not flat-out astonished - by some of the titles in the top ten! The reason is that it's based not so much on box office takings but on the actual number of tickets sold - and when you consider that vastly more people went to the cinema fifty or sixty years ago, this gives older films a huge advantage over the likes of Harry Potter. Arthur Crabtree, incidentally, went on to direct a fair number of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s, as well as the much-loved flying killer brains classic Fiend Without A Face - a British film, despite considerable effort to make it look American.