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106 lines
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Python
# 2017 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions
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# Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-178
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NFR_2017 = {
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"Ace in the Hole": {
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"year": 1951,
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"description": "A deeply cynical look at journalism featuring Kirk Douglas as a reporter exploiting a cave rescue story for national prominence."
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},
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"Boulevard Nights": {
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"year": 1979,
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"description": "Documentary-style depiction of Chicano youth navigating gang life in East Los Angeles, shot with community participation."
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},
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"Die Hard": {
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"year": 1988,
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"description": "Bruce Willis stars as a cop battling terrorists in an LA office tower; gripping action sequences and well-crafted humor made it a major hit."
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},
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"Dumbo": {
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"year": 1941,
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"description": "Disney's tale of an elephant with large ears learning to fly, praised for lovely drawing, original score, and uplifting message."
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},
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"Field of Dreams": {
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"year": 1989,
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"description": "Kevin Costner's story of an Iowa farmer building a baseball diamond; a story of redemption and faith."
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},
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"4 Little Girls": {
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"year": 1997,
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"description": "Spike Lee's documentary examining the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham that killed four children, sensitively rendered."
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},
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"Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection": {
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"year": 1920,
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"description": "Home movies from Corpus Christi capturing Mexican-American community life, among the earliest visual records."
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},
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"Gentleman's Agreement": {
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"year": 1947,
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"description": "1947 Best Picture winner exploring anti-Semitism through a journalist posing as Jewish to understand discrimination firsthand."
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},
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"The Goonies": {
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"year": 1985,
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"description": "Steven Spielberg-produced adventure about outsider kids on a treasure hunt with Tom Sawyeresque charm."
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},
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"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner": {
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"year": 1967,
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"description": "Spencer Tracy's final film addressing interracial marriage with Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier delivering powerful performances."
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},
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"He Who Gets Slapped": {
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"year": 1924,
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"description": "MGM's first complete production featuring Lon Chaney as a scientist-turned-circus clown in an early creepy clown film."
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},
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"Interior New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street": {
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"year": 1905,
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"description": "Early actuality film documenting the newly opened subway, coordinating three trains for the filming."
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},
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"La Bamba": {
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"year": 1987,
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"description": "Luis Valdez's biopic of Ritchie Valens, rock's first Mexican-American superstar, with Lou Diamond Phillips in the lead role."
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},
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"Lives of Performers": {
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"year": 1972,
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"description": "Yvonne Rainer's experimental film described as a stark and revealing examination of romantic alliances."
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},
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"Memento": {
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"year": 2000,
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"description": "Christopher Nolan's breakthrough thriller told non-linearly to mirror the protagonist's short-term memory loss."
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},
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"Only Angels Have Wings": {
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"year": 1939,
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"description": "Howard Hawks' aviation melodrama starring Cary Grant as a hard-talking air freight company head with dazzling air sequences."
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},
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"The Sinking of the Lusitania": {
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"year": 1918,
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"description": "Winsor McCay's propaganda animation combining multiple techniques to document the ship's sinking and protest isolationism."
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},
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"Spartacus": {
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"year": 1960,
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"description": "Stanley Kubrick-directed epic with Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier; helped end the Hollywood blacklist by hiring blacklisted writer."
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},
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"Superman": {
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"year": 1978,
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"description": "Richard Donner's origins story making audiences believe a man can fly with Christopher Reeve's iconic performance."
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},
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"Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser": {
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"year": 1988,
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"description": "Charlotte Zwerin's documentary blending interviews and concert footage, reminding viewers Monk was as important a jazz composer as pianist."
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},
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"Time and Dreams": {
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"year": 1976,
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"description": "Mort Jordan's personal documentary contrasting nostalgia with civil rights activism in rural Alabama."
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},
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"Titanic": {
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"year": 1997,
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"description": "James Cameron's epic retelling the maritime disaster; big, bold, touchingly uncynical filmmaking becoming a cultural phenomenon."
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},
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"To Sleep with Anger": {
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"year": 1990,
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"description": "Charles Burnett's domestic drama exploring cultural conflicts within a Black family through a storyteller character."
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},
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"Wanda": {
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"year": 1971,
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"description": "Barbara Loden's character study of an isolated Pennsylvania woman, considered one of the finest works of independent cinema."
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},
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"With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain": {
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"year": 1937,
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"description": "Documentary shot during the Spanish Civil War featuring work by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa."
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},
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}
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