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The Empire Strikes Back Added To National Film Registry

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-no-phantom-menace dept.

aztec1430 writes "Airplane!, The Empire Strikes Back, The Exorcist, and All the President's Men, were among the 25 films named by the Library of Congress to the National Film Registry on Tuesday for their cultural, historical or aesthetic significance. Now, which version was added? And will each new Lucas-a-fied version need to be resubmitted every year? ;)"

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  1. Airplane!? by FrYGuY101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely you can't be serious!

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    1. Re:Airplane!? by Eevee · · Score: 4, Funny

      I am serious. And stop calling me Shirley.

  2. That would be pretty funny.. by phrackwulf · · Score: 2, Funny

    If a government archive ends up being the only place the original un-sullied version of Empire ends up existing. LucasFAIL!

    "Hundreds of years from now, in the ruins of civilization, rumors reach the roving tribes of the over-nerd that a pure copy of the fabled 'Second War of the Stars' exists." A brave band of technomancers and their trusty and nubile amazons set out on a quest for this fabled item."

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    1. Re:That would be pretty funny.. by localman57 · · Score: 2

      Screw that. I've got the Holiday Special.

      My favorite part of Wierd Al's "White and Nerdy" video is when they trade a bootleg copy vhs with a cover drawn in crayon of that thing.

      It really is more horrible than you can imagine. I had to watch it in two sittings.

  3. Poor poor by santax · · Score: 2

    Kenny, Eric, Stan and Kyle. They fought so hard.

    1. Re:Poor poor by Pharmboy · · Score: 2

      Too soon to tell if they have actually contributed (or detracted from) our culture, although it might in time. The movie Bigger, Longer and Uncut was considered to be one of the most important musicals when it was released, as that genre has been slowing fading away. The music score is actually quite impressive.

      Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein would be worthwhile examples of our culture and the best works of Mel Brooks, who is arguably one of the more influential film creators in the late 20th century.

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    2. Re:Poor poor by camperdave · · Score: 2

      Both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are in the registry.

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  4. Which Version? by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 2

    Now which version was added?

    This is version 4.38.11.9, the one where Lucas replaced Boba Fett with Jar-Jar Binks.

  5. Re:Lots of old films by east+coast · · Score: 4, Informative

    Birth Of A Nation was added in 1992.

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  6. Ahem, the other 24... by arielCo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Y'know, there's a lot more to movies than Star Wars:

    1. Airplane (1980)
    2. All the President’s Men (1976)
    3. The Bargain (1914)
    4. Cry of Jazz (1959)
    5. Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)
    6. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    7. The Exorcist (1973)
    8. The Front Page (1931)
    9. Grey Gardens (1976)
    10. I Am Joaquin (1969)
    11. It’s a Gift (1934)
    12. Let There Be Light (1946)
    13. Lonesome (1928)
    14. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
    15. Malcolm X (1992)
    16. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
    17. Newark Athlete (1891)
    18. Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
    19. The Pink Panther (1964)
    20. Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
    21. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
    22. Study of a River (1996)
    23. Tarantella (1940)
    24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
    25. A Trip Down Market Street (1906)

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    1. Re:Ahem, the other 24... by gmuslera · · Score: 5, Informative

      Maybe arent there because they were great movies, but how they helped to build (for good or bad) the culture of the country. And if probably in that sense Saturday Night Fever had more impact than Empire Strikes Back.

    2. Re:Ahem, the other 24... by sootman · · Score: 2

      > Y'know, there's a lot more to movies than Star Wars:

      Yeah, and if the charter of this site weren't ``Linux, Open Source Software, Legos, Games, Star Wars, Science, Technology and pretty much anything else that falls into the "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" umbrella'' they might have been mentioned. For example, if this were a site run by dance fans, the headline might have been "Saturday Night Fever Added To National Film Registry."

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    3. Re:Ahem, the other 24... by algaeman · · Score: 3, Funny

      Disco Stu says untrue to you!

  7. Re:Lots of old films by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 2

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_film_registry

    Thanks. I went and out and looked it up. Here ya'll go.

  8. Re:I know why by sharkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive?

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  9. Re:ESB is Star Wars 5. by natehoy · · Score: 2

    Part of me wants to agree with you, because you are technically correct. However, the other part doesn't want to acknowledge the truth in your assertion because that leads to a risk that Lucas might actually make I, II, and III someday. And that's a horror on a scale too large to contemplate. It took years of therapy to get rid of that bad dream I had a while back that Lucas had actually done such a thing, and I still scream sometimes at night when I think of that nightmarish monstrosity that can only be a figment of my badly twisted imagination saying "meesa thinksa youusa..."

    Whoops, it's back. Time to call my therapist again. His name is Jack, and he comes in 750ml sessions.

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  10. Re:Lots of old films by martyb · · Score: 2

    Thanks for the link to wikipedia... but for those who would like to go to the actual National Film Registry (NFR) site:

    Also, if you'd like to make recommendations for next year's list, here are some ideas on possible films to nominate. You can nominate up to 50 titles per year by sending an email to: dross@loc.gov.

  11. Re:Timing by mcgrew · · Score: 2

    Now if Lucas could do the same and stop killing our childhood movies

    In another generation, Jar Jar will be "our childhood movies"; I was in my twenties when I saw EPIV in the theater when it first came out, and rather than "the last three were high art but the prequels killed my childhood movies", I enjoyed EPs1-3, but absolutely HATED EPVI. Jar Jar? Pshaw, those goddamned Ewoks spoiled the end of the fucking story!

    I'm finally starting to realise that all the people who hate EPs1-3 saw EPs4-6 as children.

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  12. Really? by KneelBeforeZod · · Score: 2

    I thought Reagan loved Star Wars. I would've assumed the SW trilogy was already in the registry