Michael Jackson's THRILLER & THE MUPPET MOVIE to live forever!
Kermit & MJ head the eclectic 2009 list of films to be preserved forever by the National Film Registry.
Sidney Lumet's crime classicDog Day Afternoon made the cut this year, one of Al Pacino's best performances and probably his most wide-ranging.
Another "it's about time" choice was The Mark of Zorro, the motion picture starring Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone, which is culturally significant for the fact it birthed Batman when it became the last movie Thomas Wayne would ever see...
The list was heavy on sci-fi last year but the geeks on the panel have cooled their jets this year and it's much more of an American classic list. However they still found room for The Incredible Shrinking Man, the inventive B-Movie horror based on a WAY superior Richard Matheson novel.
There was talk a few years ago that Eddie Murphy was to Dr. Dolittle this one up with Brett Ratner but THANKFULLY that remake hasn't happened yet. There's a great movie still waiting to be told from this book because as good as Jack Arnold's movie was, it didn't really match up to the size of Matheson's work.
Alongside Once Upon a Time in the West, another Henry Fonda movie made the cut this year, though William Wyler's Jezebel is best remembered for his co-star's Bette Davis's Oscar winning performance.
Wyler's Mrs. Minniver was also chosen...Full list of 2009 here...
Dog Day Afternoon, Dir. Sidney Lumet (1975) The Exiles, Dir. Kent MacKenzie (1961) Heroes All, Dir. Anthony Young (1920) Hot Dogs for Gauguin, Dir. Martin Brest (1972) The Incredible Shrinking Man, Dir. Jack Arnold (1957) Jezebel, Dir. William Wyler (1938) The Jungle, Dir. Charlie Brown Davis, Jimmy Country Robinson, David Bat Williams (1967) The Lead Shoes, Dir. Sidney Peterson (1949) Little Nemo, Dir. Winsor McCay (1911) Mabels Blunder, Dir. Mabel Normand (1914) The Mark of Zorro, Dir. Rouben Mamoulian (1940) Mrs. Miniver, Dir. William Wyler (1942) The Muppet Movie, Dir. James Frawley (1979) Once Upon a Time in the West, Dir. Sergio Leone (1968) Pillow Talk, Dir. Michael Gordon (1959) Precious Images, Dir. Chuck Workman (1986) Quasi at the Quackadero, Dir. Sally Cruikshank (1975) The Red Book, Dir. Janie Geiser (1994) The Revenge of the Pancho Villa, Dir. Various (1930-36) Scratch and Crow, Dir. Helen Hill (1995) Stark Love, Dir. Karl Brown (1927) The Story of G.I. Joe, Dir. William Wellman (1945) A Study in Reds, Dir. Miriam Bennett (1932) Thriller, Dir. John Landis (1983) Under Western Stars, Dir. Joseph Kane (1938)