Great Scott Marty! Back To The Future leads National Film Registry inductee list.
December 27, 2007
On Thursday, the Library of Congress added 25 motion picture classics to its National Film Registry, most notably was Robert Zemeckis’ time-travelin comedy Back to the Future. Others included that were found to be ”culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” were Steven Spielberg’s 1977 sci-fi saga Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning 1990 Western Dances With Wolves and 1968 Steve McQueen police shocker Bullitt.
“Even as Americans fill the movie theaters to see the latest releases, few are aware that up to half the films produced in this country before 1950—and as much as 90 percent of those made before 1920—are lost forever,” said Billington. “The National Film Registry seeks not only to honor these films, but to ensure that they are preserved for future generations to enjoy.”
The selections were made as part of a program aimed at preserving the nation’s movie heritage. Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act of 1992, each year the Librarian of Congress, with advice from the National Film Preservation Board, names 25 films to the National Film Registry to be preserved for all time. The films are chosen because they are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant. This year’s selections bring to 475 the number of motion pictures in the registry.
For a full list of the 25 added, continue reading below.
Films Selected for the 2007 National Film Registry
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Bullitt (1968)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
• Dances With Wolves (1990)
• Days of Heaven (1978)
• Glimpse of the Garden (1957)
• Grand Hotel (1932)
• The House I Live In (1945)
• In a Lonely Place (1950)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
• Mighty Like a Moose (1926)
• The Naked City (1948)
• Now, Voyager (1942)
• Oklahoma! (1955)
• Our Day (1938)
• Peege (1972)
• The Sex Life of the Polyp (1928)
• The Strong Man (1926)
• Three Little Pigs (1933)
• Tol’able David (1921)
• Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son (1969-71)
• 12 Angry Men (1957)
• The Women (1939)
• Wuthering Heights (1939)
December 27th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
LMAO, why didnt Broke Back Mountain make the list!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Nice! It good to see the Library of Congress doing something these days. I though all the money just went to the war on terror.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
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December 28th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Wasn’t Back to the Future done by Spielberg too, NOT Robert Zemeckis?
December 28th, 2007 at 12:10 am
Nope, Back to the Future was not done by Spielberg.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/
It was done by Zemeckis in 1985.
December 28th, 2007 at 12:14 am
12 Angry Men. NICE! That movie is great.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:17 am
i love the BTTF series. I watch them all the time on tv. Too bad the 3rd one wasnt as good as the first two.
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January 1st, 2008 at 6:48 am
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January 1st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
i am so glad back to the future is here. that is my all time favorite movie. they were showing it this weekend downtown and i went. i don’t know any of the other movies except for 12 angry men which is also good.