Film List : English 347 Winter, 2001

Below is the almost final list of the films we will be using in class during Winter Session, 2001. All the titles are on reserve in the Kuhn Library. All the titles on the list of required films must be the subjects of your journal entries. You should also try to see as many of the optional films as possible. You must chose one of them for one of the short papers.

By clicking on the directors or their films, you can find a variety of useful information, including a complete list of cast and production credits for all the titles.

If you have comments, questions, or suggestions, please conbtact me at landon@umbc.edu.

REQUIRED FILMS:

The Caine Mutiny (1954).

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956).

Peyton Place (1957). 

Rebel Without a Cause (1955).

The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Easy Rider (1969).

The Graduate (1967).

Catch-22 (1970).

The Wild Bunch (1969).

Bonnie and Clyde (1967).

The Deer Hunter (1978).

Go Tell the Spartans (1978).

Blade Runner (1982).

Dirty Harry (1972).

Nashville (1975).

Bronco Billy (1980).

Back to the Future (1985).

In the Line of Fire (1993).

Saving Private Ryan (1998).

Forrest Gump (1994).

American Beauty (1999).

Thelma and Louise (1991).

OPTIONAL FILMS:

Executive Suite (1954).

Strategic Air Command (1955).

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954).

All That Heaven Allows (1962).

Rear Window (1954).

Blackboard Jungle (1955).

Fail Safe (1964).

Dr. Strangelove (1964).

The Parallax View (1974).

The Big Chill (1983).

Mean Streets (1973).

The Godfather (1972).

Badlands (1973).

Thieves Like Us (1967)

Pretty Poison (1968).

Apocalypse Now (1979).

Taxi Driver (1976).

Rambo (1985).

The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1976).

The China Syndrome (1980).

The Insider (1999).

The Shining (1980).

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

E.T. (1982).

Star Wars (1977.

The Right Stuff (1986).

Silverado (1985).

Space Cowboys (2000).

Independence Day (1996).

True Romance (1993).

Red Rock West (1992).

Pulp Fiction (1995).

Blue Velvet (1989).

Leaving Las Vegas (1997).