Pic: Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon...
Twenty-five films are to be preserved after the United States’ National Library of Congress added them to the National Film Registry. Said films include the classic Al Pacino movie DOG DAY AFTERNOON, the superb Michael Jackson video THRILLER (directed by John Landis), and THE MUPPETS MOVIE (wahey!). Every year, said registry chooses 25 films as cultural, artistic, or historic treasures and preserves them. There are now already more that 500 in the expanding library.
Here’s the full list of this year’s additions.
1. DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)
2. THE EXILES (1961)
3. HEROES ALL (1920)
4. HOT DOGS FOR GAUGUIN (1972)
5. THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957)
6. JEZEBEL (1938)
7. THE JUNGLE (1967)
8. THE LEAD SHOES (1949)
9. LITTLE NEMO (1911)
10. MABEL’S BLUNDER (1914)
11. THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940)
12. MRS. MINIVER (1942)
13. THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979)
14. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968)
15. PILLOW TALK (1959 )
16. PRECIOUS IMAGES (1986)
17. QUASI AT THE QUACKADERO (1975)
18. THE RED BOOK (1994)
19. THE REVENGE OF PONCHO VILLA (1930-36)
20. SCRATCH AND CROW (1995)
21. STARK LOVE (1927)
22. THE STORY OF G.I. JOE (1945)
23. A STUDY IN REDS (1932)
24. THRILLER (1983)
25. UNDER WESTERN STARS (1938)
