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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Jenn’s Top 5 Movies

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Ordinary Seaman Isaac L. Fasseur (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on June 13, 1884, on board the USS Lackawanna. His citation reads:

Serving on board the U.S.S. Lackawanna, 13 June 1884, at Callao, Peru, Fasseur rescued William Cruise, who had fallen overboard, from drowning.

Private Mosheim Feaster (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. His citation reads:

Extraordinary gallantry.

Sergeant James Fegan (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions during March 1868, at Plum Creek, Kansas. His citation reads:

While in charge of a powder train en route from Fort Harker to Fort Dodge, Kans., was attached by a party of desperadoes, who attempted to rescue a deserter in his charge and to fire the train. Sgt. Fegan, singlehanded, repelled the attacking party, wounding 2 of them, and brought his train through in safety.


My friend Jenn from Courtyard is another person who ignored my email request. Below is my best guess for her top 5 favorite movies.

Jenn from Courtyard’s Top 5 Movies

5. Two Mules for Sister Sara

4. Ten Commandments

3. Sister Act 2

2. Keeping the Faith

1. Sister Act 1


The I’m just sayin… Top 2,613 Movies of All-Time Countdown

1863 The 957th Day
René Clair
Dick Powell, Linda Darnell
1944

1862 Treasure Island
Fraser Clarke Heston
Christian Bale, Charlton Heston
1990

1861 Soldier of Fortune
Edward Dmytryk
Clark Gable, Susan Hayward
1955

1860 Where Eagles Dare
Brian G. Hutton
Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton
1968

1859 Silverado
Lawrence Kasdan
Scott Glenn, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, John Cleese, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette
1985

1858 Earthquake
Mark Robson
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Richard Roundtree, George Kennedy, Geneviève Bujold, Lorne Greene, Victoria Principal
1974

1857 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
John Badham
Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor
1976

1856 Club Paradise
Harold Ramis
Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis
1986

1855 The Man with One Red Shoe
Stan Dragoti
Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Lori Singer
1985

1854 The Green Hornet
Michel Gondry
Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, Tom Wilkinson, Edward Furlong
2011

1853 Tough Guys Don't Dance
Norman Mailer
Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rosselini, Wings Hauser, Debra Sandlund, Lawrence Tierney
1987

1852 Nighthawks
Bruce Malmuth
Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams
1981

1851 Operation Pacific
George Waggner
John Wayne, Patricia Neal
1951

1850 The Game Plan
Andy Fickman
Dwayne Johnson, Madison Pettis, Kyra Sedgwick, Morris Chestnut
2007

1849 Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Anthony Mackie
2004

1848 Fast Five
Justin Lin
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang, Dwayne Johnson
2011

1847 Beat the Devil
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre
1953

1846 The Man Who Would Be King
John Huston
Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer
1975

1845 The War of the Roses
Danny DeVito
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
1989

1844 Striking Distance
Rowdy Herrington
Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina
1993

1843 The Bad Man
Richard Thorpe
Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Ronald Reagan
1941

1842 The Bonfire of the Vanities
Brian De Palma
Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Morgan Freeman, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, F. Murray Abraham
1990

1841 Royal Wedding
Stanley Donen
Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
1951

1840 Ed
Bill Couturie
Matt LeBlanc
1996

1839 Mad Love
Antonia Bird
Chris O'Donnell, Drew Barrymore
1995

1838 Rich, Young and Pretty
Norman Taurog
Jane Powell, Wendell Corey, Danielle Darrieux
1951

1837 The Undefeated
Andrew V. McLaglen
John Wayne, Rock Hudson
1969

1836 The Defiant Ones
Stanley Kramer
Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
1958

1835 Sabrina
Sydney Pollack
Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand, Lauren Holly, John Wood, Richard Crenna, Angie Dickinson
1995

1834 The World Is Not Enough
Michael Apted
Pierce Brosnan
1999
James Bond: "Bond, James Bond"

1833 Jesse James
Henry King
Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott
1939

1832 The Glass Menagerie
Irving Rapper
Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence
1950

1831 The Big Sleep
Howard Hawks
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers
1946

1830 Firestarter
Mark L. Lester
Drew Barrymore, David Keith, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Heather Locklear, Louise Fletcher
1984

1829 In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Jules White
The Three Stooges
1941

1828 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Music by Bobby McFerrin
1989

1827 Pete 'n' Tillie
Martin Ritt
Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page
1972

1826 The Eiger Sanction
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy
1975

1825 Judgment at Nuremberg
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland
1961

1824 Westerner, The
William Wyler
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport
1940

1823 Mr. Skeffington
William Dieterle
Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple
1944

1822 Planet 51
Jorge Blanco
Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott, John Cleese
2009

1821 Howards of Virginia, The
Frank Lloyd
Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke
1940

1820 Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
Pierre DeCelles 
1988

1819 So Long Mr. Chumps
Jules White
The Three Stooges
1941

1818 The Crossing Guard
Sean Penn
Jack Nicholson, Anjelica Huston, David Morse
1995

1817 Our Idiot Brother
Jesse Peretz
Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, Shirley Knight, T. J. Miller, Adam Scott
2011

1816 The Long Kiss Goodnight
Renny Harlin
Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Craig Bierko, David Morse, Brian Cox
1996

1815 Xanadu
Robert Greenwald
Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly
1980

1814 Absence of Malice
Sydney Pollack
Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Wilford Brimley
1981

1813 The Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder
Ray Milland, Jane Wyman
1945

1812 The Scarlet Letter
Roland Joffe
Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall, Joan Plowright, Robert Prosky
1995

1811 Lone Star
John Sayles
Chris Cooper, Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson
1996

1810 Larry Crowne
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Rita Wilson, George Takei, Rob Riggle
2011

1809 The People Against O'Hara
John Sturges
Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien
1951

1808 The Goodbye Girl
Herbert Ross
Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings
1977

1807 Pennies from Heaven
Herbert Ross
Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper
1981

1806 The Mirror Has Two Faces
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, Pierce Brosnan, Mimi Rogers
1996

1805 The Bucket List
Rob Reiner
Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman
2007

1804 Chicken Little
Mark Dindal
Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn
2005
Dog Announcer: "This excitement isn't just about the fun of baseball. It's not about the prize. It's about the gloating and rubbing their noses in it. The 'Nah-Nah-Nah-Nah-Nah! We beat you!' taunting if you will, that comes with the winning".

1803 Repo Man
Alex Cox
Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter
1984

1802 Boom Town
Jack Conway
Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert
1940

1801 Daddy Day Care
Steve Carr
Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Anjelica Huston
2003

1800 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Albert Lewin
Ava Gardner, James Mason
1951

1799 Santa Fe
Irving Pichel
Randolph Scott, Janis Carter
1951

1798 Fanny
Joshua Logan
Leslie Caron, Charles Boyer
1961

1797 8 Ball Bunny
Chuck Jones
Looney Tunes
1950

1796 Toys in the Attic
George Roy Hill
Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux
1963

1795 Pocahontas
Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Voices of Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, Christian Bale, Russell Means
1995

1794 Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock
Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr
1954

1793 Rollercoaster
James Goldstone
George Segal, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda
1977

1792 Traffic
Steven Soderbergh
Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones
2000

1791 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson
2008

1790 Pay It Forward
Mimi Leder
Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Kevin Spacey, James Caviezel, Angie Dickinson, Jon Bon Jovi, Jay Mohr
2000

1789 Broken Arrow
Delmer Daves
James Stewart, Jeff Chandler
1950

1788 Sneakers
Phil Alden Robinson
Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn
1992

1787 The Manchurian Candidate
John Frankenheimer
Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Leslie Parrish, James Gregory, Henry Silva
1962

1786 Troy
Wolfgang Petersen
Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox
2004

1785 Harold and Maude
Hal Ashby
Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Vivian Pickles
1971

1784 The Mechanic
Michael Winner
Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent
1972

1783 Smokin' Aces
Joe Carnahan
Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Alicia Keys, Jeremy Piven, Ben Affleck
2007

1782 The Way We Were
Sydney Pollack
Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman, Susan Blakely, Patrick O'Neal, Lois Chiles, James Woods
1973

1781 The Nutty Professor
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis, Stella Stevens
1963

1780 Five Easy Pieces
Bob Rafelson
Jack Nicholson, Susan Anspach, Karen Black
1970

1779 The Perfect Game
William Dear
Clifton Collins, Jr., Cheech Marin, Emilie de Ravin, Moises Arias, Jake T. Austin, Jansen Panettiere, Lou Gossett, Jr., Bruce McGill
2010

1778 The Towering Inferno
John Guillermin, Irwin Allen
Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Jennifer Jones, Richard Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson
1974

1777 City Heat
Richard Benjamin
Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn
1984

1776 Bandits
Barry Levinson
Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton
2001

1775 Island in the Sky
William Wellman
John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness
1953

1774 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Michael Cimino
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy
1974

1773 Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Richard Thorpe
Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti
1957

1772 Something Borrowed
Luke Greenfield
Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski, Colin Egglesfield, Steve Howey
2011

1771 My Favorite Brunette
Elliott Nugent
Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre
1947

1770 We Bought a Zoo
Cameron Crowe
Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, John Michael Higgins, Colin Ford, Stephanie Szostak, Angus Macfadyen, Carla Gallo, Peter Riegert, J. B. Smoove
2011

1769 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Jim Drake
Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, George Gaynes, David Graf, David Spade, Bobcat Goldthwait
1987

1768 The Specialist
Luis Llosa
Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger, Eric Roberts
1994

1767 Mahogany
Berry Gordy, Tony Richardson
Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins
1975

1766 Alexander
Oliver Stone
Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Raz Degan, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins
2004

1765 The Cowboys
Mark Rydell
John Wayne, Bruce Dern, Roscoe Lee Browne, Robert Carradine
1972

1764 Edison, the Man
Clarence Brown
Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman
1940

1763 Grandad of Races
André de la Varre
Art Gilmore
1950

1762 Monte Carlo
Thomas Bezucha
Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith, Andie MacDowell, Brett Cullen, Catherine Tate, Luke Bracey, Pierre Boulanger
2011

1761 Pocket Money
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman, Lee Marvin
1972

1760 The Blue Lagoon
Randal Kleiser
Christopher Atkins, Brooke Shields
1980

1759 Multiplicity
Harold Ramis
Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell
1996

1758 The Man
Joseph Sargent
James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Barbara Rush
1972

1757 Single White Female
Barbet Schroeder
Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Stephen Tobolowsky
1992

1756 House of the Seven Gables, The
Joe May
George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price
1940

1755 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Joseph Sargent
Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Jerry Stiller
1974


The I’m just sayin… Bible Verse of the Week

I CORINTHIANS 3:16-17

16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

1 comment:

  1. So, I'm just now seeing this and actually, Keeping the Faith is one of my favorite movies! Not top five, but well placed :)

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