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1986
8m

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A montage of nearly 500 film clips from eight decades of American movies, made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Director's Guild of America.A montage of nearly 500 film clips from eight decades of American movies, made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Director's Guild of America.A montage of nearly 500 film clips from eight decades of American movies, made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Director's Guild of America.

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- Chuck Workman

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7.5/10

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Director
- Chuck Workman

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Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
The film was updated in 1996 with more recent films up to that point. The following films are in order of appearance: Philadelphia (1993), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), Thelma and Louise (1991), Big (1988), JFK (1991), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Schindler's List (1993), Do The Right Thing (1989) and Forrest Gump (1994).

Alternate versions
The film was updated in 1996. Among the films added: Moonstruck (1987), Big (1988) , Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Dances With Wolves (1990), JFK (1991), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Thelma & Louise (1991), Unforgiven (1992), Philadelphia (1993), Schindler's List (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)

Connections
Features The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Soundtracks
As Time Goes By
(uncredited)
from Casablanca (1942)
Written by Herman Hupfeld
Performed by Dooley Wilson

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7/10

Where's the original content?

I have seen this short film innumerable times, as Turner Classic Movies has used it as a time filler many times over the last decade or two. It consists of gobs of classic film clips all expertly pieced together in a lovely montage on the history of film. It received the Oscar for Best Short Film/Live Action, though I don't think this was a very good choice because the film bore no original content whatsoever--just a very nice job of splicing and setting it all to a rousing musical score. To me, this just seems like a rather cheap and self-serving bit of promotion by the AMPAS people (the folks that pick the Oscars) and would love to have seen something truly original and new win instead--especially since it must be frustrating to your film makers to work so hard on original stories and lose to what seems like a big commercial. Just my two cents worth.