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To: Biggie Smalls who wrote (399)	6/9/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: James Williams	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1340

Don't read this if you don't want to discuss Truman Show. Hey Bigs- I agree heartily that I wish I knew nothing about the film going in. I tried desperately to avoid the hype, and achieved relative success. I enjoyed the movie very much. My brother and sister, on the other hand, are not big movie or TV buffs, and therefore went in blind. They LOVED it. I thought that, as a movie, it was a B+. As far as the thought behind the movie, it was brilliant. They managed to tie in quite deep philosophical/religious themes with a light-hearted tone. Our discussions afterwards were worth the price of admission. I will see it again. It left the wheels of my mind in overdrive ever since. And I thought the abrupt ending appropriate. No annoying love story, plus it was a whole new can of worms out there in the new world...You're right. Would have doubled running time.

To: Biggie Smalls who wrote (399)	6/16/1998 2:01:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 1340

Haven't seen Truman but - one thing you say rings real true. The movie trailers used to show tantalizing snippets, something to whet the appetite. Now they give it all away. We saw the trailer for Mouse Hunt and decided it was cute. We saw the movie, and all the best parts were already familiar. The rest was pretty nearly an empty shell.

To: Biggie Smalls who wrote (399)	6/17/1998 2:45:00 PM
From: Biggie Smalls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1340

Something for you guys to gnaw on: LOS ANGELES, June 17 (UPI) The following is a complete list of the American Film Institute's 00 greatest American movies. The 100 top films were selected by a blue-ribbon panel of leaders from across the American film community and were all produced during the first 100 years of American filmmaking: 1. Citizen Kane, 1941 2. Casablanca, 1942 3. The Godfather, 1972 4. Gone With the Wind, 1939 5. Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 6. The Wizard of Oz, 1939 7. The Graduate, 1967 8. On the Waterfront, 1954 9. Schindler's List, 1993 10. Singin' in the Rain, 1952 11. It's a Wonderful Life, 1946 12. Sunset Boulevard, 1950 13. The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957 14. Some Like It Hot, 1959 15. Star Wars, 1977 16. All About Eve, 1950 17. The African Queen, 1951 18. Psycho, 1960 19. Chinatown, 1974 20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975 21. The Grapes of Wrath, 1940 22. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 23. The Maltese Falcon, 1941 24. Raging Bull, 1980 25. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982 26. Dr. Strangelove, 1964 27. Bonnie & Clyde, 1967 28. Apocalypse Now, 1979 29. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939 30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948 31. Annie Hall, 1977 32. The Godfather, Part II, 1974 33. High Noon, 1952 34. To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962 35. It Happened One Night, 1934 36. Midnight Cowboy, 1969 37. The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946 38. Double Indemnity, 1944 39. Doctor Zhivago, 1965 40. North by Northwest, 1959 41. West Side Story, 1961 42. Rear Window, 1954 43. King Kong, 1933 44. The Birth of a Nation, 1915 45. A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951 46. A Clockwork Orange, 1971 47. Taxi Driver, 1976 48. Jaws, 1975 49. Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 50. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, 1969 51. The Philadelphia Story, 1940 52. From Here to Eternity, 1953 53. Amadeus, 1984 54. All Quiet on the Western Front, 1930 55. The Sound of Music, 1965 56. M.A.S.H., 1970 57. The Third Man, 1949 58. Fantasia, 1940 59. Rebel Without a Cause, 1955 60. Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 61. Vertigo, 1958 62. Tootsie, 1982 63. Stagecoach, 1939 64. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 65. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991 66. Network, 1976 67. The Manchurian Candidate, 1962 68. An American in Paris, 1951 69. Shane, 1953 70. The French Connection, 1971 71. Forrest Gump, 1994 72. Ben-Hur, 1959 73. Wuthering Heights, 1939 74. The Gold Rush, 1925 75. Dances With Wolves, 1990 76. City Lights, 1931 77. American Graffiti, 1973 78. Rocky, 1976 79. The Deer Hunter, 1978 80. The Wild Bunch, 1969 81. Modern Times, 1936 82. Giant, 1956 83. Platoon, 1986 84. Fargo, 1996 85. Duck Soup, 1933 86. Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935 87. Frankenstein, 1931 88. Easy Rider, 1969 89. Patton, 1970 90. The Jazz Singer, 1927 91. My Fair Lady, 1964 92. A Place in the Sun, 1951 93. The Apartment, 1960 94. Goodfellas, 1990 95. Pulp Fiction, 1994 96. The Searchers, 1956 97. Bringing Up Baby, 1938 98. Unforgiven, 1992 99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967 100. Yankee Doodle Dandy. 1942 where's Ferris Bueller's Day Off!?!?!