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What’s the greatest American film of all time? Can’t decide? Well then, what’s your favorite movie? Do you love the classics, or ignore anything before 1980? Comedies, courtroom dramas, casts of thousands – we have them all at Great American Things.
Film: Field of Dreams
“If you build it, he will come.” One of the most memorable lines in all of movie history, it’s what everyone knows about...
Read MoreFilm: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
It’s perhaps the most quotable movie of all time. Fabulous writing, outstanding music. But, rather than use this post to talk about...
Read MoreFilm: The Best Years of Our Lives
It’s amazing that this movie was made in 1946. It’s remarkable that the country could face such subject matter so soon...
Read MoreFilm: To Kill a Mockingbird
With this entry in the list, I celebrate both a book and a movie. Both have moved so many people, affected so many lives. And the movie was...
Read MoreFilm: Gone with the Wind
Did you know that Gary Cooper turned down the role of Rhett Butler? Oh, yeah. He even said, “Gone with the Wind is going to be the...
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