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106 lines
4.4 KiB
Python
# 2002 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions
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# Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-02-176/librarian-of-congress-adds-25-films-to-national-film-registry/2002-12-17/
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NFR_2002 = {
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"Alien": {
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"year": 1979,
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"description": "The influential, spine-tingling sci-fi film where one learns that 'in space no one can hear you scream.'"
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},
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"All My Babies": {
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"year": 1953,
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"description": "George Stoney's landmark educational film used to educate midwives in Georgia and throughout the South."
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},
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"The Bad and the Beautiful": {
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"year": 1952,
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"description": "Featuring Kirk Douglas as a ruthless film producer in one of Hollywood's most memorable examinations of its culture."
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},
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"Beauty and the Beast": {
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"year": 1991,
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"description": "Disney's groundbreaking animated musical that revitalized the animation genre."
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},
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"The Black Stallion": {
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"year": 1979,
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"description": "Carroll Ballard's evocative and visually stunning children's classic."
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},
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"Boyz N the Hood": {
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"year": 1991,
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"description": "John Singleton's powerful debut film exploring life in South Central Los Angeles."
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},
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"Theodore Case Sound Tests: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck": {
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"year": 1925,
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"description": "One of two films illustrating technical innovation in cinema, in addition to being highly entertaining."
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},
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"The Endless Summer": {
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"year": 1966,
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"description": "Bruce Brown's droll documentary of two surfers and their around-the-world quest for the Perfect Wave."
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},
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"From Here to Eternity": {
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"year": 1953,
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"description": "Fred Zinnemann's adaptation of James Jones' novel about Army life in Hawaii before Pearl Harbor."
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},
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"From Stump to Ship": {
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"year": 1930,
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"description": "A once-forgotten 1930 logging film that has become a touchstone of cultural identity for Maine residents."
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},
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"Fuji": {
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"year": 1974,
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"description": "Robert Breer's avant-garde replication blending rotoscope, live-action imagery and line drawing of a train ride."
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},
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"In the Heat of the Night": {
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"year": 1967,
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"description": "The electrifying 1967 social drama where Sidney Poitier as 'Mister Tibbs' solves a crime his way."
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},
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"Lady Windermere's Fan": {
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"year": 1925,
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"description": "Ernst Lubitsch's sophisticated silent adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play of manners."
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},
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"Melody Ranch": {
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"year": 1940,
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"description": "One of the best vehicles for Gene Autry as the first singing cowboy."
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},
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"The Pearl": {
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"year": 1948,
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"description": "A landmark among English-language Mexican classics released for Hispanic audiences in the United States, featuring breathtaking cinematography by Gabriel Figueroa."
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},
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"Punch Drunks": {
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"year": 1934,
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"description": "Classic Three Stooges comedy short."
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},
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"Sabrina": {
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"year": 1954,
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"description": "Billy Wilder's romantic comedy featuring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, and William Holden."
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},
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"Star Theatre": {
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"year": 1901,
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"description": "A dazzling 1901 time-lapse special effects film showing demolition of this New York City theater."
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},
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"Stranger Than Paradise": {
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"year": 1984,
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"description": "Jim Jarmusch's minimalist independent film that became a landmark of American indie cinema."
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},
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"This Is Cinerama": {
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"year": 1952,
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"description": "One of two films illustrating technical innovation in cinema, in addition to being highly entertaining."
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},
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"This Is Spinal Tap": {
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"year": 1984,
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"description": "Rob Reiner's deft 'mockumentary' parody of a fictitious, touring heavy metal band."
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},
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"Through Navajo Eyes": {
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"year": 1966,
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"description": "A pioneering series of anthropological films."
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},
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"Why Man Creates": {
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"year": 1968,
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"description": "An animated paean to creativity by legendary film title sequence designer Saul Bass."
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},
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"Wild and Wooly": {
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"year": 1917,
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"description": "One of the films which created Douglas Fairbanks' film persona, showcasing his personal odyssey."
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},
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"Wild River": {
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"year": 1960,
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"description": "Elia Kazan's drama about the Tennessee Valley Authority and resistance to change."
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},
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}
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