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# 2001 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions
# Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-01-184/national-film-registry-2001/2001-12-18/
NFR_2001 = {
"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein": {
"year": 1948,
"description": "Classic horror-comedy pairing the comedy duo with Universal's classic monsters."
},
"All That Jazz": {
"year": 1979,
"description": "Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical musical examining life, death, and artistic obsession."
},
"All the King's Men": {
"year": 1949,
"description": "Robert Rossen's stunning political drama based on Robert Penn Warren's novel."
},
"America, America": {
"year": 1963,
"description": "Elia Kazan's epic about a Greek youth's journey to America."
},
"Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther": {
"year": 1939,
"description": "A home movie doubling as an illuminating and fascinating social documentary of a 1930s Minnesota town."
},
"Evidence of the Film": {
"year": 1913,
"description": "Early crime drama demonstrating the use of film as legal evidence."
},
"Hoosiers": {
"year": 1986,
"description": "Inspirational sports drama about a small-town Indiana basketball team."
},
"The House in the Middle": {
"year": 1954,
"description": "A 1950s-era civil defense film showing that neatness and cleanliness equal survival in the nuclear age."
},
"It": {
"year": 1927,
"description": "Clara Bow's star-making vehicle that defined the 'It Girl' phenomenon."
},
"Jam Session": {
"year": 1942,
"description": "Musical short featuring performances by jazz legends."
},
"Jaws": {
"year": 1975,
"description": "The landmark horror film that created the phenomenon known as the 'summer movie'."
},
"Manhattan": {
"year": 1979,
"description": "Woody Allen's loving, bittersweet paean to the Big Apple and New Yorkers."
},
"Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert": {
"year": 1939,
"description": "A documentary record of the pivotal cultural event in which a major American artist turned a racial snub into an electrifying display of what America should mean."
},
"Memphis Belle": {
"year": 1944,
"description": "William Wyler's documentary about a B-17 bomber crew's final mission."
},
"The Miracle of Morgan's Creek": {
"year": 1944,
"description": "Preston Sturges' audacious comedy pushing the boundaries of the Production Code."
},
"Miss Lulu Bett": {
"year": 1921,
"description": "Early adaptation exploring women's roles and independence."
},
"National Lampoon's Animal House": {
"year": 1978,
"description": "John Landis' influential comedy that defined the college fraternity genre."
},
"Planet of the Apes": {
"year": 1968,
"description": "A brilliant allegory combining futuristic pulp science fiction with contemporary social commentary."
},
"Rose Hobart": {
"year": 1936,
"description": "Joseph Cornell's avant-garde collage film created from footage of the 1931 film East of Borneo."
},
"Serene Velocity": {
"year": 1970,
"description": "Ernie Gehr's experimental film exploring perception and cinematic space."
},
"The Sound of Music": {
"year": 1965,
"description": "Robert Wise's beloved musical adaptation becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time."
},
"Stormy Weather": {
"year": 1943,
"description": "Showcasing a once-in-a-lifetime cast of famed African American performers."
},
"The Tell-Tale Heart": {
"year": 1953,
"description": "A stylish Dali-esque adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe short story, fusing the UPA Studio's unique animation with James Mason's feverishly chilling narration."
},
"The Thin Blue Line": {
"year": 1988,
"description": "Errol Morris' groundbreaking documentary that helped free a wrongly convicted man."
},
"The Thing from Another World": {
"year": 1951,
"description": "Classic science fiction thriller directed by Christian Nyby and produced by Howard Hawks."
},
}