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106 lines
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# 2003 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions
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# Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-03-211/25-films-added-to-national-film-registry/2003-12-16
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NFR_2003 = {
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"Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman": {
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"year": 1974,
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"description": "Documentary on musician-conductor Antonia Brica's life and struggles to become a symphony director despite gender discrimination."
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},
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"Atlantic City": {
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"year": 1980,
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"description": "Louis Malle's drama about aging Atlantic City and its transformation, featuring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon."
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},
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"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid": {
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"year": 1969,
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"description": "One of the most popular American films of all time with critically acclaimed performances by Paul Newman and Robert Redford."
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},
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"The Chechahcos": {
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"year": 1924,
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"description": "The first feature film produced in Alaska featuring spectacular location footage of the lonely and unfathomable Alaskan wilderness, frenzied dogsled pursuits and life-and-death struggles on the glaciers."
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},
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"Dickson Experimental Sound Film": {
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"year": 1894,
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"description": "A very early attempt by W.K.L. Dickson of the Thomas Edison Company to combine film image and sound."
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},
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"Film Portrait": {
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"year": 1970,
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"description": "Avant-garde exploration of memory and family by Jerome Hill, a railroad tycoon descendant."
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},
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"Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band": {
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"year": 1928,
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"description": "Culturally important newsreel footage of the renowned African American touring musical group of Charleston, S.C."
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},
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"Gold Diggers of 1933": {
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"year": 1933,
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"description": "Arguably the definitive Depression-era musical, rife with visually stunning Busby Berkeley productions featuring elaborate choreography and social commentary on unemployed veterans."
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},
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"The Hunters": {
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"year": 1957,
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"description": "Seminal anthropological film chronicling a giraffe hunt by Kalahari Desert tribesmen."
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},
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"Matrimony's Speed Limit": {
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"year": 1913,
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"description": "Work by pioneering woman filmmaker Alice Guy Blache depicting a man financially compelled to marry by noon, thanks to some sneaky encouragement."
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},
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"Medium Cool": {
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"year": 1969,
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"description": "Haskell Wexler's groundbreaking film blending fiction and documentary during the 1968 Democratic National Convention."
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},
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"National Velvet": {
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"year": 1944,
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"description": "Enduring family film classic with Elizabeth Taylor as a young girl whose wild ambition is to have her horse run in the Grand National Steeplechase."
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},
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"Naughty Marietta": {
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"year": 1935,
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"description": "Cinema's first pairing of the electrifying singing duo Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, who captivated audiences with songs."
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},
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"Nostalgia": {
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"year": 1971,
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"description": "Avant-garde exploration of memory and family by Hollis Frampton."
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},
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"One Froggy Evening": {
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"year": 1956,
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"description": "Classic Chuck Jones creation features crooning frog Michigan J. Frog, who drives his owner insane by singing only in private, but never in public."
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},
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"Patton": {
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"year": 1970,
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"description": "Biographical war film about General George S. Patton featuring George C. Scott's iconic performance."
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},
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"Princess Nicotine; or The Smoke Fairy": {
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"year": 1909,
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"description": "A dazzling special effects landmark from 1909, where fairies bedevil one man's attempt to light his pipe for a relaxing smoke."
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},
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"Show People": {
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"year": 1928,
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"description": "Classic silent comedy that showcases actress Marion Davies' deft touch for light comedy."
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},
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"The Son of the Sheik": {
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"year": 1926,
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"description": "Film featuring Rudolph Valentino in this slightly tongue-in-cheek adventure-romance released before his death."
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},
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"Tarzan and His Mate": {
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"year": 1934,
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"description": "Rather steamy pre-Production Code Tarzan film, generally considered the finest in the series, with Tarzan and Jane battling poachers."
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},
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"Tin Toy": {
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"year": 1988,
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"description": "Early innovative short animation from Pixar Studios, which revolutionized American animation."
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},
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"The Wedding March": {
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"year": 1928,
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"description": "Erich von Stroheim's lavish romantic drama set in pre-WWI Vienna."
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},
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"White Heat": {
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"year": 1949,
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"description": "Pulsating gangster film with James Cagney as a mother-obsessed, psychopathic gangster with an iconic ending."
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},
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"Young Frankenstein": {
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"year": 1974,
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"description": "Mel Brooks' affectionate parody of classic horror films, particularly the Frankenstein series."
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},
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"Young Mr. Lincoln": {
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"year": 1939,
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"description": "John Ford's biographical drama about Abraham Lincoln's early years as a lawyer."
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},
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}
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