FILMS  SELECTED TO			12/27

	THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY,

	LIBRARY OF CONGRESS - 2000 

			
1)  Apocalypse Now  (1979)

2)  Dracula  (1931)

3)  The Fall of the House of Usher  (1928)

4)  Five Easy Pieces  (1970)

5)  GoodFellas  (1990)

6)  Koyaanisqatsi  (1983)

7) The Land Beyond the Sunset  (1912)

8)  Let's All Go to the Lobby  (1957)

9) The Life of Emile Zola  (1937)
 
10) Little Caesar  (1930)

11) The Living Desert  (1953)

12) Love Finds Andy Hardy  (1938)

13) Multiple Sidosis  (1970)

14) Network  (1976)

15) Peter Pan  (1924)

16) Porky in Wackyland  (1938)

17) President McKinley Inauguration Footage (1901)

18) Regeneration  (1915)
 
19) Salome  (1922)

20) Shaft  (1971)

21) Sherman's March  (1986)

22) A Star is  Born  (1954)

23) The Tall T  (1957)

24) Why We Fight (series) (1943-45)

25) Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)




                                                                                          12/27/2000
Credits for Films Selected to 
the 2000 National Film Registry 
of the Library of Congress

[Note: Credits are provided for informational purposes only and in no way meant to be definitive or comprehensive] 
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1)  Apocalypse Now		(United Artists, 1979)		150 minutes, color

Producer/Director: Francis Ford Coppola
	Screenplay: John Milius and Coppola, suggested by the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Cinematographer:  Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C.
Music: Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
Editor: Richard Marks
Narration: Written by Michael Herr

	Cast: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, G.D. Spradlin and Harrison Ford


2)  Dracula			(Universal, 1931)		75 minutes, b&w

Producer: Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Director: Tod Browning
	Screenplay: Garrett Fort (with additional dialog by Dudley Murphy), based on the Bram Stoker novel and the stage adaptation by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston
Cinematographer: Karl Freund, A.S.C.
Editor: Milton Carruth

	Cast: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston and Frances Dade.







3)  The Fall of the House of Usher		(James Sibley Watson, Jr. , 1928)								13 minutes, b&w

Director/Cinematographer: James Sibley Watson, Jr., A.S.C.
	Writers: Watson, Melville Webber and e.e. cummings, from the 1839 story by Edgar Allen Poe
Set Designer: Melville Webber

Cast:  Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson and Melville Webber.


4)  Five Easy Pieces			(BBS/Columbia, 1970)	98 minutes, color

Producers: Bob Rafelson and Richard Wechsler
Director: Bob Rafelson
Screenplay: Adrien Joyce (Carol Eastman), based on a story by Rafelson and Joyce
Cinematographer: Laszlo Kovacs, A.S.C.
Editors: Christopher Holmes and Gerald Sheppard

	Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Lois Smith, Susan Anspach, Billy "Green" Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally Ann Struthers, William Challee, Ralph Waite, Lorna Thayer


5)  GoodFellas			(Warner Bros., 1990)	146 minutes,color

Producer: Irwin Winkler
Director: Martin Scorsese
	Screenplay: Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi, based on the book Wiseguy by Pileggi
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C.
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker 

	Cast:  Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo








6)  Koyaanisqatsi	(Institute for Regional Education, 1982)	87 minutes, color

Producer/Director: Godfrey Reggio
Cinematographer: Ron Fricke
Writers: Ron Fricke, Godfrey Reggio, Michael Hoenig, and Alton Walpole
Music: Philip Glass
Editors: Walpole and Fricke


7)  The Land Beyond the Sunset		(Thomas Edison, 1912)	
							14 minutes, silent, b&w
Director: Harold Shaw
Writer: Dorothy G. Shore
Cast: Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Bigelow Cooper and Walter Edwin


8)  Let's All Go to the Lobby  (Filmack Studios, 1957)  

	The well-known movie theater intermission trailer.


9)  The Life of Emile Zola		(Warner Bros., 1937)	116 minutes, b&w

Producers: Hal Wallis and Henry  Blanke
Director: William Dieterle
	Screenplay: Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg, based on a screen story by Herald and Herczeg, based on the 1928 book Zola and His Time by Matthew Josephson
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio, A.S.C.
Music: Max Steiner
Editor: Warren Lowe
	Cast: Paul Muni, Joseph Schildkraut, Gale Sondergaard, Donald Crisp, Henry O'Neill, Vladimir Sokoloff,  Robert Barrat, Gloria Holden, Erin O'Brien Moore, Robert Warwick, Henry O'Neill










10)  Little Caesar		(First National/Warner Bros., 1930)	
							80  minutes, b&w

Director:  Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay: Frances Faragoh and Robert Lee, based on the W.R. Burnett novel
Cinematographer: Tony Gaudio, A.S.C.
Editor: Ray Curtiss

	Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Thomas Jackson, Ralph Ince, Maurice Black, Stanley Fields, and George E. Stone


	11)  The Living Desert		(Walt Disney Prod., 1953)		
								72 minutes, Technicolor

Producer: Ben Sharpsteen
Director: James Algar
Screenplay: James Algar, Winston Hibler and Ted Sears; narrated by Hibler
	Cinematographers:  N. Paul Kenworthy, Jr.; Robert H. Crandall; Stuart V. Jewell; Jack C. Couffer, A.S.C.; Don Arlen and Tad Nichols
Editor: Norman Palmer
Music: Paul Smith


12) Love Finds Andy Hardy		(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938)	
								90 minutes, b&w

Producer: Lou Ostrow
Director: George B. Seitz
	Screenplay: William Ludwig, based on stories by Vivien R. Bretherton and characters created by Aurania Rouverol
Cinematographer: Lester White, A.S.C.
Editor: Ben Lewis
Songs by: Mack Gordon, Harry Revel, and Roger Edens; score by David Snell

	Cast:  Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Ann Rutherford

13)  Multiple Sidosis		(Sid Lavarents, 1970) 	ca. 10 minutes

Director/Cameraman: Sid Lavarents
	Recognition of films produced in American cine clubs.


14)  Network			(MGM/United Artists, 1976)	121 minutes, color

Producer: Howard Gottfried
Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky
Cinematographer: Owen Roizman, A.S.C.
Editor: Alan Heim
Music: Elliott Lawrence

	Cast: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Marlene Warfield, Beatrice Straight, Arthur Burghardt


15)  Peter Pan		(Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount, 1924)	
								silent, b&w 10 reels

Director: Herbert Brenon
Screenplay: Willis Goldbeck, based on the play by James M. Barrie
Cinematographer: James Wong Howe, A.S.C.
Special Effects: Roy Pomeroy

	Cast: Betty Bronson, Ernest Torrence, Cyril Chadwick, Esther Ralston, Virginia Browne Faire, Mary Brian, Anna May Wong, Philippe De Lacey, Jack Murphy and George Ali.


16)  Porky in Wackyland		(Warner Bros., 1938)	7 minutes, b&w

Director: Robert Clampett
Animators: Norman McCabe, I. Ellis
Musical Direction: Carl W. Stalling


17)  President McKinley Inauguration Films	(Edison, 1901) 	
						(ca. 6 minutes, silent, b&w)
          [President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol & McKinley Taking the Oath of Office]





18)  Regeneration			(Fox Film Corp., 1915)	5 reels, silent, b&w

Producer: William Fox
Director: Raoul Walsh
	Screenplay: Walsh and Carl Harbaugh, based on the book My Mamie Rose by Owen Kildare, and the play The Regeneration by Kildare and Walter Hackett
Cinematographer: Georges Benoit, A.S.C.

	Cast: John McCann, James Marcus, Maggie Weston, H. McCoy, Rockliffe Fellowes, William Sheer, Carl Harbaugh, Anna Q. Nilsson


19) Salome	(Nazimova Prod.,/Allied Prod. And Distributors, 1922) 	
							6 reels, silent, b&w

Director: Charles Bryant
Screenplay: Peter Winters, based on the Oscar Wilde book
Cinematographer: Charles Van Enger, A.S.C.
Set Design: Natacha Rambova, based on designs by Arthur Beardsley

	Cast: Nazimova, Rose Dione, Mitchell Lewis, Nigel De Brulier, Earl Schenck, Arthur Jasmine, Frederic Peters, Louis Dumar


20)  Shaft		(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971)		100 minutes, color

Producer: Joel Freeman
Director: Gordon Parks
Screenplay: John D.F. Black and Ernest Tidyman, based on the novel by Tidyman
Cinematographer: Urs Furrer
Editor: Hugh A. Robertson
Music: Isaac Hayes

	Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Gwen Mitchell, Christopher St. John, Charles Cioffi, Lawrence Pressman, Sherri Brewer


21)  Sherman's March	(First Run Features, 1986)		155 minutes, color

Producer/Director/Writer/Editor: Ross McElwee
Narrators: Ross McElwee and Richard Leacock



22)  A Star is Born	(Transcona/Warner Bros., 1954)	154 minutes, Technicolor

Producer: Sidney Luft
Director: George Cukor
	Screenplay: Moss Hart, based on screenplay by Dorothy Parker-Alan Campbell-Robert Carson, from a story by William Wellman and Carson
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt, A.S.C.
Music: Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin
Editor: Folmar Blangsted

	Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon


23)  The Tall T		(Columbia, 1957)		78 minutes, Technicolor

Producer: Harry Joe Brown
Director: Budd Boetticher
Writer: Burt Kennedy, based on the story "The Captive" by Elmore Leonard
Cinematographer: Charles Lawton, Jr., A.S.C.
Music: Heinz Roemheld
Editor: Al Clark

	Cast: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Skip Homeier, Henry Silva, John Hubbard
24)  Why We Fight	(Signal Services, U.S. Army & Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service, 1943-45)		7 film series

1.    Prelude to War (1943, 53 minutes)
	Producer/Director: Frank Capra
	Screenplay: Anthony Veiller and Eric Knight
	Editor: William Hornbeck
	Music: Alfred Newman
	Narrator: Walter Huston

2.  The Nazis Strike (1943, 42 minutes)
	Producer: Frank Capra
	Directors: Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak
	Editor: William Hornbeck
	Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
	Narrators: Walter Huston and Anthony Veiller

3.  Divide and Conquer   (1943, 58 minutes)
	Producer: Frank Capra
	Directors: Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak
	Screenplay: Anthony Veiller and Robert Heller
	Editor: William Hornbeck
	Music: Dimitri Tiomkin

4.  The Battle of Britain (1943, 54 minutes)
	Producer: Frank Capra
	Director/Screenplay: Anthony Veiller
	Editor: William Hornbeck
	Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
	Narrators: Walter Huston and Anhtony Veiller


5.  The Battle of Russia (1944, 80 minutes)
	Producer: Frank Capra
	Director: Anatole Litvak
	Screenplay: Anatole Litvak, Anthony Veiller, and Robert Heller
	Editor: William Hornbeck
	Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
	Narrators: Walter Huston and Anthony Veiller






6.  The Battle of China (1944, 64 minutes)
	Producer: Frank Capra
	Directors: Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak
	Screenplay: Anthony Veiller and Robert Heller
	Editor: William Hornbeck
	Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
	Narrators: Walter Huston and Anthony Veiller

7.  War Comes to America (1945, 70 minutes)
	Producer: Frank Capra
	Director: Anatole Litvak
	Screenplay: Anatole Litvak and Anthony Veiller
	Editor: William Hornbeck
	Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
	Narrators: Walter Huston and Anthony Veiller


25)  Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?	(Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957)	
					94 minutes, color

Producer/Director: Frank Tashlin
	Screenplay: Frank Tashlin, based on his original story and on the play by George Axelrod
Cinematographer: Joe MacDonald, A.S.C.
Editor: Hugh S. Fowler

	Cast: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, Henry Jones, John Williams, Lili Gentle, Mickey Hargitay, Groucho Marx

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Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today announced his annual selection 
of 25 motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry. (See attached list.) 
This group of titles brings the total number of films placed on the Registry to 300.

Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of 
Congress names 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant motion pictures 
to the Registry. The list is designed to reflect the full breadth and diversity of America's 
film heritage, thus increasing public awareness of the richness of American cinema and 
the need for its preservation.

This year's selections span the 20th century from 1901-1990, and encompass films 
ranging from Hollywood classics to lesser-known, but still vital, works.  Among films 
named this year: Dracula, one of the all-time horror greats, featuring the unforgettably 
creepy performance of Bela Lugosi; Koyaanisqatsi–Godfrey Reggio's mesmerizing 
collage of American vistas set to Philip Glass music; Let's All Go to the Lobby, the 
omnipresent movie theater intermission trailer seen by millions of Americans; Little 
Caesar–showcasing Edward G. Robinson's timeless performance as a small-time hood 
determined to reach the top; Love Finds Andy Hardy –perhaps the best entry in the 
long-running Andy Hardy series of beloved Americana, with a cast including 
on-the-cusp-of-fame teenagers Judy Garland and Lana Turner; Multiple 
Sidosis–chosen to represent the thousands of films produced by amateur cine 
clubs throughout the U.S.; the wickedly satirical (but often all-too-true) portrait 
of television news in Network;  Peter Pan –the classic children's tale in its definitive 
film version; Porky in Wackyland–master animator Bob Clampett's zany cartoon classic 
sending Porky Pig on a surreal journey; President McKinley Inauguration Footage, 
deftly illustrating that the connection between movies and presidential politics is 
not a recent phenomenon; Sherman's March–a hilarious, one-of-a-kind romantic 
exploration of the  South; and the Why We Fight series–films produced during 
World War II to explain to the American soldiers and public the reason for 
our involvement in the war.

"Taken together, the 300 films in the National Film Registry represent a 
stunning range of American filmmaking – including Hollywood features, documentaries, 
avant-garde and amateur productions, films of regional interest, ethnic, animated, 
and short film subjects -- all deserving recognition, preservation and access by 
future generations. As we enter the next Millennium, the Registry stands among 
the finest summations of American cinema's wondrous first century" said Dr. Billington.
The Librarian chose this year's titles after evaluating more than a thousand titles 
nominated by the public and following intensive discussions, both with the distinguished 
members and alternates of his advisory body, the National Film Preservation Board, 
whom the Librarian consults both on Registry film selection and national film preservation 
policy, and the Library's own Motion Picture Division staff.

Dr. Billington added, "Our film heritage is America's living past. It celebrates the 
creativity and inventiveness of diverse communities and our nation as a whole. By 
preserving American films, we safeguard our history and build toward the future," 
said the Librarian.

"Despite the heroic efforts of archives, the motion picture industry and others, America's 
film heritage, by any measure, is an endangered species. Fifty percent of the films 
produced before 1950 and at least 90 percent made before 1920 have disappeared 
forever. Sadly, our enthusiasm for watching films has proved far greater than our 
commitment to preserving them. And, ominously, more films are lost each year -- through 
the ravages of nitrate deterioration, color-fading and the recently discovered 'vinegar 
syndrome,' which threatens the acetate-based (safety) film stock on which the vast majority 
of motion pictures, past and present, have been preserved," said Dr. Billington.

For each title named to the Registry, the Library of Congress works to ensure that the 
film is preserved for all time, either through the Library's massive motion picture 
preservation program at Dayton, Ohio, or through collaborative ventures with other 
archives, motion picture studios, and independent filmmakers. The Library of Congress 
contains the largest collections of film and television in the world, from the earliest surviving 
copyrighted motion picture to the latest feature releases.

For more information, please consult the National Film Preservation Board Web site:  www.loc.gov/film.

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