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You'll see a few surprises I would reckon . though all of Daniels list is assured top 20 material.

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If no other comedy film makes it, I do hope Blazing Saddles will!

My 70's crusade has ended and my list has been sent. Its been an absolute nightmare picking 25 films from the 151 that ive watched, from an awesome decade.

It reads:-

1970 - 1
1971 - 1
1972 - 3
1973 - 3
1974 - 3
1975 - 3
1976 - 4
1977 - 1
1978 - 0
1979 - 6

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Oh, and we are now up to three hundred and twenty-nine different films. Two hundred and twenty-nine of them won't make the final list! Vote your favorites in.

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Only a hundred points separate the first through fourth place vote getters, thus far. Those four seem to have the inside track for the top spot, right now, but that could change in a hurry. The oddest anomaly, so far, is that the film with the most first place votes, and it already has eight, is not in first place. It's in third. The top two spots have five first place votes each, which isn't nothing certainly, but the other film with five firsts at this point...is down in ninth place.

Go figure.

The top twelve or so seem to be settling in, BUT there are quite a few on that next tier that could easily hop up with a few 25 and 23 point votes. And I'm confident we're still going to get a lot more ballots, like at least thirty more. At least. There are a few titles that have been climbing the charts quickly just in the last ten or twelve ballots, two in particular that both went from being way down the list and in danger of maybe not even making the cut, all the way up to the thirties! Lots of room for more titles to do just that.

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Who are our last minute offenders? I see Yoda and Daniel are waiting last minute. Who else so we can call them out:p

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Cricket too! Hurry cricket!

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Holden has already PMed those he expects to send a list in who haven't. Sarah got one, and she's finalizing her list.

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There are plenty of people who say they are working on their lists and will turn 'em in. No reason to call them out. Yet.

Now, Tuesday morning rolls around...I may get nasty. ;)

Some are using one more weekend to cram in viewing some 1970s movies. Others are just plain old procrastinators. Some, though fewer still, actually have lives!

Many are very seriously disturbed.

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I'm both!

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Sarah's disturbed about making Sophie's Choice-like decisions getting down to 25.

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I could get my brother to send in a list too, he's watched enough 70s films to have a decent list of his own. Hasn't posted in ages and I keep telling him to get involved but his computer is pretty much broke nowadays.

I hear THAT. Those last six or so I had to leave off of mine...painful. My only consolation is that, running the list, I get to see who picked up my slack and did vote for those beloved movies I somehow didn't have room for. You all will have to wait a couple months to see all those results.

But that is one way to help you through those tough choices at the end. You may not be voting for it, but I'll bet you somebody showed it some love. And it may well make the top hundred, even without your help.


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Okay, so, I just send my own list of top-whatever (??) '70s films to... Holden in a PM? That's it?

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Top 25 '70s films to Holden in a PM. ;)

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Also, I'll get weeman to send in a list :)

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Got it. Thanks!

You bet your boots, you do. Taffeta, Darling....

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Taffeta, sweetheart...

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No, Silly, the dress, it's taffeta. It wrinkles so easily. :D

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I have a feeling my list is going to have a whole BUNCH that will get only these single votes. HA HA HA. Throwing off the curve!

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Okay, DONE and SENT. And yes, I bet my list doesn't look like anybody else's. :)

My reasoning for a lot of my choices? I have the distinction of being able to say I saw a vast majority of these in the theater when they were new. I was a kid/teenager in the '70s -- very formative years -- and I chose movies that really had an impact on me at the time. And "impact" doesn't have to be some sort of profound, philosophical thought. Just movies that struck me at the time and stayed with me over the years. Movies I can still rewatch to this day and get that same impact all over again.

So sue me if a lot of them are comedies... :)

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Let me just say that I was a bit sad to see that "The Elephant Man" squeaked into the '80s, not the '70s... or that would have been really high on my list. :(

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I think I may have just seen the last film that will crack my list, but I have a few I still want to catch on the off chance. Count on mine being one of the last-minuters, Holds. ;)

The Elephant Man finished at number nineteen, on The Mofo Top 100 of the 1980s List. With your help, perhaps it could have gone a little higher? At least you got your say, this time. :)

There's only one David Lynch feature eligible here...

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Seems too hard to make a list. Too many films to choose from. Someone send me a list that I can submit.

Don't worry, I more than made up for your forgetting to add it to your list.

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I'm no fan of Eraserhead. I respect it, but that's about it.

Sounds like my 80's list. Looking forward to seeing what you chose.

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Done and sent. It was a wonderful journey. (70's)! ;)

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This is torture, I have a list of 24 films with 1 space left, and about 15 films in the running for that last slot. Also haven't even started on an order.

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You know what might be interesting? A podcast of the top 100 when it's done. Holden, Mark, Yoda, maybe a couple others, not me.

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Or a couple during even

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Agreed.

Hopefully you're down with this too, WT. We need some arthouse to mix in with all that Hollywood.

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Don't forget Guap. We need some bs anime hardly anybody else here cares about to balance it out for all our Japanese listeners. I want to hear if Guap really sounds like a Japanese girl. :)

I'd pay for this.

And then probably pay again to make it stop.

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That's a pretty cool idea. I'll see if there's some way we can swing something.

And yeah, if Guap's reading this: open invitation to be on the podcast.

^This

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List is sent, finally!

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Now up to sixty-one lists accounted for! Three hundred and forty-seven titles. Keep 'em coming. :)

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62nd list coming up

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I'm probably sending mine in tomorrow, just have some ordering to do, always the most arbitrary and annoying part.

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There is a film right now sitting at 666 points. If it were The Omen or The Exorcist, I would close all voting for those titles, right now. ;)

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I'd love to join / listen to that podcast.

Grrrr... working on my list... about done... I've come to hate number because really, what's the difference between a 23rd and 24th best film... I've always struggled with this, especially as I get older.

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My list will be with you later on today or tomorrow. I was bullied into it! ;)

I told you in confidence, man. Respect it!

Anyway, done. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDMztXrMGw

You wanted it yourself.

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If you were doing podcasts maybe do like every 20/25 movies, or is that too often? I dunno. Any way, it will be cool to get discussion on some of the movies involved :)

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The 80s list could've used some podcasts as well, I was able to get some of my favorites on there, but not many people payed attention, a podcast would've helped them get seen.

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Up to sixty-six lists now, and still going strong!
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Looking forward to a new countdown!

Me, too. :D

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"Anyone who reveals their list before the countdown has ended will be disqualified. Don't make me come back there. I will turn this thing around, so help me!"

I just wana get this straight, I can email you my list but not post anything here?

Oh man this is going to be tough, there are s o many movies already floating around my head and all the suggestions people have here uffffffffffffff

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Yeah, email/PM. Just don't post it publicly, so everyone can be surprised. :)

This GIF reminded me that I'd completely forgotten Pumping Iron. Yay.

Yup. It makes the reveal of the top hundred suspenseful, and fun to try and predict. If everybody posted their lists, everybody could simply do the math. If you look back over the '80s countdown, for example, you'll see that as each film, or pair of films, are revealed, many members will chime in with, "Oh, I had that as my number four" or "sixteen" or "I almost had it on my list but bumped it at the last second", etc. You can reveal what's on your list as it comes up in the countdown, but don't post your entire list until the very end.

Yes, uffffffffffffff, indeed. A Herculean task, to be sure. And impossible, really. But have fun with it. :)

Thanks! New avatar material.

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List sent - well twice because I missed one off... hope it got through okay. :o

My very first list is on the way.

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Got both of those. And everybody please remember to number them, 1-25.

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List. Almost. Complete.

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I still have 3 movies to watch (Barry Lyndon, The Mirror and Being There) and 3 to rewatch (The Sting, Chinatown and Star Wars) before I send my list.

That's a lot of watching in 48 hours

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I'll watch The Mirror tonight, watch 3 movie tomorrow and 2 tuesday

OK. My list is in.
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Although I may be breaking the rules here, but NO... Pumping Iron is NOT on it.

Sent my list in; if my first 50 picks were ineligible, I'd still be able to find 25 titles that I'd be happy with. The countdown was good motivation for me to watch a lot of movies outside of my comfort zone. If anything, it's made me a more knowledgeable movie fan, and will make me a better forum member.

Like some other members, the hardest part for me was deciding between childhood favorites I saw at the cinema, and have loved for many years, from new favorites. I ended up with a nice mix that I feel good about, and I look forward to the countdown.

1970, 1
1971, 3
1972, 3
1973, 2
1974, 1
1975, 2
1976, 3
1977, 4
1978, 3
1979, 3

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Cricket you deserve some major props for the homework you did for this list. Honestly I did not watch all that much new stuff because I already had 25 I really liked from the decade. I know you did too so that is not an excuse just the reason. You give me motivation for the 60's list though. I started to make one a couple weeks ago and there are only 12 titles that I feel comfortable putting on a list so I need to do a lot of watching and a lot of recos.

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My 60s needs some massive work too. Only about 10 I really like. Others I enjoy but feel like I could find different things I would like more.

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I've seen more movies from the '50s than any other decade. :)

Thanks seanc, I have a habit of overdoing things, but this was good because it's something positive. At least I had already seen a lot of 70's movies. The 60's, not as much.

I haven't seen much from the 50s but that would be an easy list for me because what I've seen I've mainly loved.

Sounds like you'd be a great host for that countdown:)

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I've got a much better start on my 60s list than I did on my 70s list, but I still have a long way to go. I actually started writing down possible movies for my 60s list as I was doing my 70s list. Several times when I'd think of an older movie I liked and I thought might work for my 70s list, it turned out to be from the 60s. I've got 8 definites so far.

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I had the opposite problem, Miss Vicky, I had films on my 60s list which turned out to be 70s films. I've got a 60s list of 25 now, but some of those towards the bottom of the list I'd be happy to replace with other films.

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This one really is going to go right down to the wire. Those of you about to turn in ballots over the next two days (deadline tomorrow at midnight, Tuesday turning into Wednesday, Eastern Standard Time), you are sealing the fate and placement of so many movies. Still less than a hundred points separates the top three vote getters, anything can happen there. And there's quite a bunching in the next six slots as well, as places four through nine on the list are also only separated by a hundred points, total.

But beyond the final look of the top ten, there are races all up and down at every level that are either a dead heat or separated by single points. Yes, even your one or three point vote from the bottom of your list will still determine what the final list looks like. Bigtime.

The top twenty-seven films all have at least two hundred points, and the hundred point threshold currently goes down to number fifty-five. Right now, after seventy-four ballots, the minimum number of points a film needs to get on the list is fifty-two. But that means there are about thirty-six films just on the cusp, within twenty points, that a high-placed vote from you could vault right onto the list. And really anything that gets two or three big votes or more in this last push, even if it hasn't gotten a single nomination yet, could still crack the list.

Three hundred and eighty-three titles have been named, thus far. Two hundred and eighty-three of 'em ain't gonna be in the top one hundred.

Keep those ballots coming. I really think we can at least get into the high eighties or into the nineties, if not all the way to my hopeful goal of one hundred MoFos participating.

Bring 'em on!

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Probably the same for me, but I won't know until I start making such a list. I can guarantee I won't have watched those movies as many times, and so for that reason alone I'll definitely be more open to something new and exciting for me.

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Since it's fashionable, here's how my films break down by year. Just noticed 1978 is unrepresented. :( It does seem as though 1970 and 1978 are the two years most people have the fewest films from.

1970 - 1
1971 - 5
1972 - 2
1973 - 2
1974 - 5
1975 - 1
1976 - 4
1977 - 1
1978 - 0
1979 - 4

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And finally. A list is turned in. It's been emotional.

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And now 76 Lists...

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As the deadline is drawing near, when can we expect the countdown to begin?

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Holden previously said he expects it to start next Monday, if I recall correctly. He needs time to add the last minute lists, double check his calculations and put graphics together for the countdown.

It really depends on how many I get at the last minute. And how many in these last two days have errors or clarifications that I need to go back on. There is an outside chance that if everything goes just right...I could conceivably start the countdown by Friday. It is possible, anyway. But more likely it will be Monday or Tuesday.

We'll see. :)

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This has probably been asked many times before but when is the exact deadline, midnight Tuesday? Just checking as I'll probably watch a few films tomorrow, and the time difference probably gives me the chance to fit in 1/2 more as well :)

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The deadline is the stroke of midnight, Tuesday turning into Wednesday, here where I am on East Coast Standard Time. Thirty-six hours and nineteen minutes from now.

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The films I've been catching up on for my list haven't fared so well so far (I liked The Shootist okay, but it won't be on my list), but I saw What's Up, Doc? last night, and that might make it. Took a little while to get going, but man, it really takes off during the car chase.

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And the courtroom scene!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UMUZyFWbzw

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"What are those pills for?"
"I don't know. They're afraid to tell me."

Yeah, the entire second half of the movie--probably starting with the hotel room scene--is loads better than the first.

Really loved O'Neal's performance, in particular.

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Also, didn't realize until just now that Bogdanovich also directed Noises Off!, but I should have figured, because the style (which isn't really slapstick--it's a little more artful than that) is really evident. Incidentally, that one's a bit of an underrated gem.

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Too late for the '80s list, but if you like those two, also check out Bogdanovich's They All Laughed sometime, which I like a lot. Similar sensibility, though maybe toned down half a step? It is still probably known mostly through the infamy of Dorothy Stratten's murder, which took place before the film was released, and which rather understandably, perhaps, colored how the film was seen at the time.

And I sure hope you got to see Paper Moon and The Last Picture Show, for purposes of the list. If not, definitely check them out, eventually. Everybody.

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Can't wait to read the results, it's going top be really interesting. If course I forgot several films I should've had but never mind

Too bad since 1970 is a really good year. I had three from that year on my list and I could have included three others.

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Agreed Mark. I know we both think Five Easy Pieces is great, and I don't think I'm spoiling anything when I say that it's likely these following three will be on my list somewhere: El Topo, The Conformist, Le Cercle Rouge (I posted about these all earlier in the thread for recommendations, and everyone should now by now that I love them). Those are my tastes of course and I'm sure your films will be different :D

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