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These are an Amazing Collection of Sachin Tendulkar Facts that I found across the Internet.I have complied them all into one big article.Enjoy & Share.Loy Machedo************************************************FAMILY1. The first school Sachin attended as a child was Indian Education Society’s New English School in Bandra East.2. Sachin’s elder brother Ajit Tendulkar had played cricket alongside former India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit and former India opener Lalchand Rajput.3. In 1990, while returning from the tour of England at the age of 17, Sachin met his wife Anjali for the first time at the Mumbai airport.4. Sachin got married at the age of 22.5. Sachin’s father-in-law is a seven-time national bridge champion.6. Sachin’s daughter ‘Sara’ is named after the first tournament Sachin won as a captain – ‘Sahara’ Cup in 1997.7. Sachin’s father, Ramesh Tendulkar, named him after the famous music director Sachin Dev Burman.EARLY DAYS8. Sunil Gavaskar gifted the 14-year-old Sachin a pair of his own ultra-light pads. Those pads were later stolen while Sachin was at the under-15 national camp.9. Dilip Vengsarkar gifted Sachin a GM bat after he was selected for the under-15 Bombay squad.10. Dennis Lillie rejected Sachin when he went to the MRF Pace Foundation to become a fast bowler.11. Sachin met Sourav Ganguly for the first time at the under-15 national camp in Indore.12. Sachin scored his life’s first century for Shradashram Vidyamandir against the Don Bosco School, Matunga, in the Harris Shield quarter-final at Shivaji Park.13. Sachin’s average in the 1988 Harris Shield was 102.5.14. CCI amended its rules to allow 14-year-old Sachin to use its dressing room.15. Sachin and Gavaskar were both named among the 36 Bombay Ranji Trophy probables in 1987.16. Sachin was one of the ball boys during the 1987 World Cup held in India.Becoming Tendulkar17. Sachin, Waqar Younis, Salil Ankola and Shahid Saeed made their international debuts together in the 1989 Karachi Test.18. Sachin’s debut Test was Kapil Dev’s 100th.19. Sachin scored a duck in his ODI debut, which was against Pakistan.20. Sachin scored his first Test century against England at Old Trafford, Manchester, in 1990.21. Sachin’s first bowling figures in both Tests and ODIs are identical: 1-0-10-0.22. In the Kotla Test against Pakistan where Kumble took a perfect 10, whenever Tendulkar handed Kumble’s sweater and cap to the umpire at the start of an over, Kumble took a wicket. So he continued doing that until Kumble took all ten.23. Sachin made his home international debut against Sri Lanka in 1990.24. Sachin was the first batsman to be given out by a third umpire in the 1992 Test series in South Africa. The umpire was Karl Liebenberg.25. In 1992, Sachin became the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.26. Yorkshire Television contributed 30,000 pounds to felicitate Sachin’s stint with Yorkshire.27. A Magnum champagne bottle was gifted to Sachin when he scored his first Test hundred at Manchester in 1990. But he couldn’t open it as British rules didn’t allow those under 18 to do that. Sachin chose to wait for 8 years and popped it at his daughter Sara’s first birthday in 1998.28. Sachin scored his first century on Indian soil in 1993 against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.29. Andrew Symonds once autographed a T-shirt especially for Sachin. It read: “To Sachin, the man we all want to be.”30. In the second ODI on the tour of New Zealand in 1994, Sachin opened the batting for the first time.31. Sachin has been involved in 20 century partnerships with Rahul Dravid totaling over 6000 runs.32. It took Sachin 79 matches to score his first ODI century. After that, he scored 48 more.33. Sachin holds the record for completing his hundred with a six the most number of times by doing it on six occasions.34. The highest number of centuries hit by Sachin at a single ground have come at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, where he has scored 7 ODI tons.35. Sachin has also opened batting in Test cricket, but only once – with Sadagopan Ramesh in the Ahmedabad Test against New Zealand in 1999. He made 15.36. The only Test-playing nation where Sachin has never scored a Test century is Zimbabwe.37. Sachin has never faced Anil Kumble in a Ranji Trophy game.38. Sachin became the most-capped Test player after overtaking Steve Waugh’s record of 168 Tests.39. Sachin carries India’s national flag in his cricket bag and also sports it on his helmet.40. Shane Warne accompanied Sachin to Sir Don Bradman’s house on the batting legend’s 90th birthday.41. Sachin visited London’s Madame Tussauds for the first time in 1988. Twenty years later, the museum had his wax statue.42. Sachin made guest appearance in a Bollywood movie titled ‘Stumped’ in 2003.43. Sachin holds the record for scoring most Test centuries (5) before turning 20.44. In 2007, Virgin Comics created a new superhero called ‘Master Blaster’ based on Sachin to launch a new series of comic books.45. Sachin, Brian Lara and Steve Waugh all had MRF as their bat sponsors. Lara’s bat was called ‘Wizard’, Waugh’s ‘Champion’ and Sachin’s ‘Genius.’46. The Future Group launched a toothpaste named after Sachin in 2010. It was called ‘Sach’.47. Sachin’s photographer friend Atul Kasbekar convinced him to join Twitter in May 2010.48. In 2008, Sachin appeared in an Australian reality television series called An Aussie Goes Bolly.49. The first product endorsed by Tendulkar as teenager was ‘Band-Aid’.50. In 1995, a sports management deal with WorldTel saw Sachin becoming the richest cricketer in the world.**************************************************************As Sachin Tendulkar is about to play his last Test as Wankhade Stadium against the West Indies from November 14, we bring to you some of the interesting facts about the Master Blaster ahead of his 200th Test.1. Praveen Amre bought Sachin Tendulkar his first pair of international quality cricket shoes2. Sachin used to ask Ramesh Pardhe to dip a rubber ball in water and hurl it at him to know whether he had middled the ball3. During his school days, Sachin grew his hair and tied a band around it to copy tennis legend John McEnroe4. Sachin’s father named him after the legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman5. When Sachin was 14, Sunil Gavaskar gave him ultra-light pads. However they were stolen when he was at U15 camp in Indore6. Dilip Vengsarkar gifted Sachin a Gunn & Moore bat after he was picked for the Mumbai Under-15 team7. Sachin won 13 coins from his coach Ramakant Achrekar. He won a coin every time he remained unbeaten in the nets8. Sachin wanted to be a fast bowler but was rejected by Australian great Dennis Lillee at Chennai in 19879. Sachin was a ball boy during the 1987 World Cup semi-final between India and England at Wankhede Stadium10. Gursharan Singh played with one hand (despite a broken finger) to help Sachin get to a century in Irani Cup game of 1989-9011. Sachin Tendulkar holds the unique distinction of scoring a century on debut in Ranji Trophy, Irani Cup and Duleep Trophy12. Sachin was returning from England’s tour in 1990 when he met his future wife, Anjali, for the first time at Mumbai airport13. Sachin’s father-in-law, Anand Mehta, is a seven-time national champion in Bridge14. Sachin had to wait for 79 matches for his first ODI century on Sept 9, 1994. By that time he had scored seven Test hundreds15. Sachin Tendulkar is the only Indian to find a place in Wisden’s all-time World XI16. Sachin Tendulkar features in Sir Bradman’s all time Test XI, the only player from the current generation17. In the team bus, Sachin Tendulkar always takes the left window seat of the front row18. In 2008, Sachin was conferred Padma Vibhushan – India’s second highest civilian honour19. During 2007 Lord’s Test, British actor Daniel Radcliffe queued up for an autograph of Sachin at the end of the game20. In 1999 Sachin was conferred “Padma Shri” – India’s fourth highest civilian honour21. In 1992, Sachin became the first overseas player to represent Yorkshire county team22. London Times’ John Woodcock once said: “He is the best I have seen in my life. And unlike most of you, I have seen Bradman”23. In August 1987, Sachin was ignored for Bombay Cricket Association’s Best Junior Cricketer of the Year award, Sunil Gavaskar then wrote an encouraging letter to the fourteen-year-old with the postscript: ‘Don’t be disappointed at not getting the Best Junior cricketer award from BCA. If you look at the best award winners, you will find one name missing and that person has not done badly in Test cricket!’24. He fielded for Pakistan as a substitute during a one-day practice match against India at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium in 1988.25. Playing for his school Sharadashram against St. Xavier’s at the Azad Maidan in February, 1988, he was associated in the then world record unbroken stand of 664 runs with Vinod Kambli for the third-wicket. Both players remained unbeaten on 326 and 349 respectively.26. He sang and whistled with Vinod Kambli during their 664-run record stand in the Harris Shield tournament in 1988 to avoid eye contact with the coach’s assistant who wanted to declare while the duo wanted to bat on.27. Two wards in Delhi’s Tihar Jail were named after Sachin and Vinod Kambli, after the duo shared a 664-run unbroken partnership in a school tournament.28. Sachin scored a duck on his One Day International debut against Pakistan at Gujranwala on December 18, 198929. Sachin’s first man of the match in a Test was at Manchester in 1990 and he got Magnum champagne bottle as the prize. Sachin preserved it for eight years and finally uncorked it on his daughter Sara’s first birthday.30. He was without a bat contract during the 1996 World Cup in which he emerged as the highest run-getter.31. In 1992, he became the first overseas player to represent Yorkshire county team.32. Aged 19, it made him the youngest Indian to play in county cricket33. On November 14, 1992, playing against South Africa at Kingsmead in Durban, Tendulkar became the first batsman to have been declared run out by a third umpire.34. In 1998 Sachin was chosen for the 1997-98 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.35. When then BCCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur was asked why was Tendulkar not seen at the presentation after Pakistan won the Chennai Test of 1999 despite a brilliant hundred from Tendulkar, a distraught Raj Singh said: “He is crying in the dressing room.”36. Tendulkar refused to do a Pepsi ad because it required him to smash cricket balls with a fly swatter. He told ad-film maker Prahlad Kakkar that this will project him as bigger than the game of cricket. The ad was modified and stumps replaced the fly swatter.37. Launched in 2009 by a company founded by former investment banker Karl Fowler, a book on Sachin Tendulkar – Tendulkar Opus -has 852 pages edged in gold leaf with each page measuring 50cm x 50cm and weighs 37 kg.38. In 2010, Sachin was conferred an honorary rank of the Indian Air Force which made him the first sportsperson to be conferred a rank by the IAF and the first personality with no aviation background to receive the honour.39. In the dressing room, he chooses his spot first -Sachin always occupies a corner. Once he has exercised his choice, others rush to take their places.40. Sachin follows Roger Federer and Formula 1 and understands music and medicine. Is fond of seafood and can hold a conversation on the merits of different wines.41. The team has a system of monetary fines for players coming late (to the bus or a meeting or a function) and for flouting the dress code. But Tendulkar has never had to pay up in 23 years.42. Sachin bats right-handed, bowls with his right-arm, but writes with his left hand43. In 2002 cricket bible Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman, behind Sir Don Bradman44. In 2003 Wisden rated Sachin the greatest ever ODI player45. In 2010 he won the ICC Award-Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for cricketer of the year46. He is the first cricketer to receive Rajiv Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour47. Sachin features in Bradman’s all time Test XI, the only player from the current generation48. Sachin is the only Indian to find a place in Wisden’s all-time World XI.49. The Don, rated by many as the greatest batsman of all time, considered Tendulkar to have a batting style similar to his. “Bradman was most taken by Tendulkar’s technique, compactness and shot production, and had asked his wife to have a look at Tendulkar, having felt that Tendulkar played like him. Bradman’s wife, Jessie, agreed that they did appear similar,” his biography records50. Tendulkar has been on Twitter since May 2010, tweeting as @sachin_rt51. In less than a year Sachin hit the one million follower mark to become the only Indian in the million-follower club.52. He is the only Indian cricketer to have a waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s53. He is one of the first sportsmen, along with Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand to receive Padma Vibhusan in 2008, which is Indian’s second highest civilian honour54. Sachin scored a hundred (100*) for Mumbai against Gujarat at Mumbai in 1988-89 season on his first class debut, to then become the youngest to do so on debut in Indian first class cricket and the second youngest to score a hundred at the age of 15 years & 232 days.55. He remains the only player to score century on debut in Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy and Duleep Trophy. His scoring sequence were: 100 not out for Mumbai against Gujarat at Mumbai in 1988-89 in Ranji Trophy, 103 not out for Rest of India against Delhi at Delhi in 1989-90 in Irani Trophy and 159 for West Zone against East Zone at Guwahati in 1990-91 in Duleep Trophy.56. On his Test debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the third youngest debutant (16 years 205 days). Mushtaq Mohammad (15 years 124 days) and Aaqib Javed (16 years 189 days) debuted in Test matches at a younger age than Tendulkar.57. When Tendulkar scored his maiden Test century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century. Only Mushtaq Mohammad had scored a century at a younger age by 1990. Tendulkar’s record was bettered by Mohammad Ashraful in 2001-02 season. The record for previous youngest Indian centurion was held by Kapil Dev.58. Sachin has played the most number of Test Matches (198) in Test cricket.59. Sachin is the highest run scoring player in Test history with 15,837 runs.60. Sachin has the distinction of scoring the most runs at any position in Test cricket. In 273 innings, he has amassed 13408 runs at his favourite batting position (# 4) with the help of 44 centuries and 57 fifties.61. Highest number of Test centuries (51), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar’s record (34) in December 2005 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi.62. Sachin has scored centuries against all Test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten.63. Only batsman to have scored at least TWO centuries against ALL other Test playing countries.64. The first ball Sachin faced in international cricket was bowled by Waqar Younis. Mohammad Azharuddin was his partner.65. Sachin’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a world record, still held by him66. Is the only player to score Test centuries more than twenty years apart. Don Bradman’s first and last three-figure scores came 19 years 7 months apart.67. His seven centuries in 2010 are the most by an Indian batsman in a calendar year.68. 1562 runs scored by Sachin in Test cricket in 2010 are also the most by an Indian batsman in a calendar year.69. 12 of Sachin’s Test hundreds have come after the age of 35. England’s Graham Gooch remains the only other player to have done so.70. 15 of Sachin’s Test centuries came under Mohammad Azharuddin.71. Tendulkar has the distinction of scoring most fifty-plus innings (51 centuries and 67 fifties = 118) which remains the world record for any batsman.72. Holds the record of aggregating most runs in AWAY Tests (8705).73. Is the first batsman to have aggregated 1,000 runs against SEVEN different countries in Test cricket. The only teams missing are Zimbabwe (918 runs) and Bangladesh (820 runs).74. Holds the record of most runs in between two dismissals with 497 runs in 2003-04 season (spread across three Tests and five innings with the sequence of 241*, 60*,194* and 2).75. First Indian to score 300 runs in a Test without getting dismissed.76. Has crossed 150 on 20 occasions in Test cricket – most such instances for any batsman in Test cricket.77. Has completed his hundred with a six on SIX occasions in Test cricket – a world record.78. When he scored his 51st hundred, which was against South Africa at Cape Town, he became the first overseas batsman to have scored 5 centuries on South African soil. The previous highest was 4 Test centuries by Wally Hammond of England and Neil Harvey of Australia.79. Sachin holds the record of aggregating most runs by an overseas batsman in two countries- Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.80. Became the first player to surpass the 12,000, 13,000, 14,000 & 15,000 Test run marks.81. Tendulkar is the fastest to reach the following thousand-run marks in terms of innings: 10000 runs (195 innings- joint record holder with Brian Lara and Kumar Sangakkara), 12000 runs (247 innings – joint record holder with Ricky Ponting),13000 runs (266 innings),14000 runs (279 innings) and 15000 (300 innings).82. Holds the unique record of having appeared in most WON (70) and most LOST (56) Tests for India.83. Sachin has been dismissed stumped only once in Test matches. The only occasion was against England at Bangalore in 2002. Just 10 runs away from his century,Sachin got irritated by Ashley Giles’ negative bowling (bowling well outside the leg stump) and wicketkeeper James Foster effected a smart stumping.84. In 2001-02 Sachin was dismissed LBW in five consecutive innings – an Indian record85. Sachin has been involved in 23 run-outs. He was out on 9 occasions and his partner on 14 occasions.86. Steve Smith dismissed Sachin Tendulkar with the first and (so far) only ball he has bowled to him in Tests.87. If Sachin’s final Test goes to the fifth day, Sachin would have a career span of 24 years 3 days- fifth longest for any player in Test annals and longest ever for a sub-continent player.88. Sachin played his first 32 Tests on different grounds.89. Sachin’s 14 man of the match awards are the most by an Indian in Test cricket.90. Sachin’s 5 man of the series awards are the most by an Indian in Test cricket (along with Virender Sehwag).91. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put on 20 hundred-plus stands in Test cricket. This is a world record for the most number of century partnerships by a single pair in Test cricket.92. Despite being dubbed as a unsuccessful captain, averaged 51.35 in 25 matches in which he captained India. His average is the highest for an Indian captain with at least 500 runs to his credit.93. Sachin has played Test cricket with 593 players (108 teammates and 485 opponents) – most for any player in Test cricket94. Sachin played 47 of his Tests under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin – more than any other captain95. Sachin has played 146 Tests with Rahul Dravid, 122 with Anil Kumble, 120 with VVS Laxman and 103 with Sourav Ganguly96. Sachin hit 2 sixes off his first two balls in India’s fourth innings successful chase against Australia at Chennai in 2013.97. Eleven bowlers have dismissed Sachin as their first wicket in Tests. They are: Hansie Cronje (South Africa), Ujesh Ranchod (Zimbabwe), Ruwan Kalpage (Sri Lanka), Mark Ealham (England), Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe), Jacob Oram (New Zealand), Monty Panesar (England), Cameron White (Australia), Peter Siddle (Australia), Peter George (Australia) and Andy McKay (New Zealand).98. Sachin has never batted at number three in his entire Test career. He has opened once, batted 273 times at number 4, 29 times at number 5, 20 times at number 6 and 4 times at number 7.99. Sachin has top-scored on 53 occasions in a completed innings- more than any other Test player.100. Between November 1989 and June 2001 Sachin played 84 consecutive Tests without a break.101. Sachin has played on 59 different Test grounds – more than anyone else102. By an odd coincidence Sachin has aggregated same number of runs (5068) in match’s first innings as well as second innings. Incidentally Sachin holds the record of aggregating most runs in first and second innings of a Test. He has also scored most runs (1625) in match’s fourth innings. His tally of 2996 runs is the third highest in third innings of a Test.103. Sachin has batted for 41113 minutes (685 hours 13 minutes) in Test cricket. Only Rahul Dravid has batted longer.104. Six times Sachin has hit winning runs in a Test – most by an Indian. Only Ricky Ponting (9) and Desmond Haynes (7) have done this more often in Test cricket.105. On his ODI debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant at 16 years 238 days. Only Aaqib Javed had made his ODI debut at a younger age (16 years 127 days) than Sachin Tendulkar.106. Sachin scored ducks in his first two ODIs, he ended his ODI career with innings of 114 and 52.107. His 463 matches are the most by any player in ODI history.108. Between April 1990 and April 1998 Tendulkar played 185 consecutive matches – a World record.109. Sachin played ODIs on 96 different grounds – most by any player.110. First to play 400 innings in ODI matches.111. Most runs: 18426 runs at an average of 44.83112. He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000 and 18,000 run marks.113. First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000-16,000-17,000 and 18,000 ODI runs.114. 15,310 of his runs have come while opening the innings with the aid of 45 centuries and 75 fifties in 340 innings- most by an opener.115. Was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs (200* against South Africa at Gwalior on Feb 24, 2010).116. Is the only player to have made three scores of 175 or more.117. Is the only player with five scores of 150 or more.118. Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year on most occasions. He has done it seven times – 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007119. Scored over 1,000 ODI runs against all major teams.120. Is the first batsman to score over 3,000 runs against an opponent (3,077 runs against Australia).Since then he has also done this against Sri Lanka (3,113 runs).121. His 49 centuries are easily the most by any batsman in ODIs. Ricky Ponting is distant second with 30.122. His nine centuries against Australia are the most by any player against a particular country. He occupies the second place too, with eight centuries against Sri Lanka.123. Is the only Indian to score a century on ODI captaincy debut (110 v Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on 28-08-1996).124. Most Fifties: 96125. Highest number of 50+ scores in ODI’s – 145 (49 Centuries and 96 Fifties).126. First player to have scored over 100 innings of 50+ runs.127. Most Man of the Match awards: 62128. Most Man of the Series awards: 15129. Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1894 ODI runs in 1998.130. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998131. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They put together 6609 runs in 136 matches that include 21 century partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 21 century partnerships for the opening pair is also a world record.132. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODIs when they scored 331 runs for the second wicket against New Zealand in 1999-00 at the Hyderabad.133. Sachin was the first Indian player to score a century and capture four wickets in the same ODI (v Australia at Dhaka on October 28, 1998).134. Had the longest career span (22 years 91 days) for any player in ODIs.135. Sachin played ODIs with 866 players (123 teammates and 743 opponents) – most for any player in ODI history.136. Sachin was dismissed on 99 on three occasions in ODIs – most such occasions for any batsman. Interestingly all these instances came in 2007.137. In his first two ODIs Sachin was unable to even open his account. He got out off the second ball in both the matches.138. Sachin’s first six in ODIs was against England at Leeds in 1990 (off Eddie Hemmings) in his sixth match.139. The 3113 runs scored by Sachin against Sri Lanka are the most by any player against a particular country in ODIs140. In 1998 Sachin scored 12 international hundreds – most by any batsman in a calendar year.141. Sachin’s first six in Tests was against South Africa at Cape Town in 1993 (off Omar Henry) in his 32nd innings.142. In Tests, December has been Sachin’s most productive month. The little master aggregated 2866 runs in 36 Tests averaging 47.76.143. In Tests, Sachin has scored most centuries in the month of January- 10. His average of 72.91 is also his best for any month.144. In ODIs, March was Sachin’s most productive month. He aggregated 2818 runs in 61 matches at an average of 51.23 in this month. Sachin also scored most centuries (8) in March.145. Sachin has crossed 150 or more in ODIs on five occasions– most by any player.146. In ODIs, July was Sachin’s best month average-wise. In 25 matches Sachin’s average was 52.33 while aggregating 942 runs. March (51.23) and June (51.20) were the other months in which Sachin averaged 50 or more.147. Sachin was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs (200* against South Africa at Gwalior on Feb 24, 2010).148. Sachin remains the only Indian to score a century on ODI captaincy debut (110 v Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on Aug 28,1996).149. In his ODI career Sachin Tendulkar played with 123 different team mates. 20 of them had made their ODI debut before Tendulkar, while 101 made their debut after Tendulkar. Two players- Salil Ankola and Vivek Razdan- made their ODI debut along with Tendulkar.150. Sachin played 245 ODIs with Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid, 238 with Sourav Ganguly, 223 with Mohammad Azharuddin and 204 with Javagal Srinath.151. Venkatapathy Raju played all his 53 ODIs alongwith Sachin!152. Only six Indian bowlers have taken more four-wicket hauls than Sachin’s six in ODIs.153. Nearly 25% of all centuries made by ALL Indian batsmen in ODIs had come from Sachin’s bat when he retired from this format in 2012.154. Is the only batsman to aggregate 1,000 or more runs in a calendar year in ODIs on seven occasions (in successive years from 1996 to1998, in 1994, in 2000 and in 2003).155. Holds the distinction of scoring most runs and hundreds in a calendar year in ODIs. Tendulkar aggregated 1894 runs in 34 matches with nine hundreds in 1998.156. Only the second player (after Javed Miandad) to appear in SIX World Cups – from 1992 to 2011.157. Most runs (2278) in World Cup history including 6 centuries & 15 fifties with a best score of 152 against Namibia in 2003 world cup.158. 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single World Cup.159. Player of the Tournament in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003160. His 6 centuries are the most hit by any batsman in the World Cup.161. His 21 fifty-plus scores (6 hundreds & 15 fifties) are the most by any batsman in World Cup.162. Is the only batsman to aggregate 400 runs in a World Cup on THREE occasions – in 1996, 2003 and 2011163. Only player to aggregate 500 runs in two editions of the World Cup (673 in 2003 and 523 in 1996).164. Has won 9 Man of the Match awards in the World Cup – most by any player.165. Only player to score four consecutive 50s on TWO occasions (in 1996 & 2003).166. Holds the record of scoring the fastest fifty by an Indian in the World Cup (off 26 balls v Bermuda in 2007).167. Holds the record of hitting most fours in a single edition of World Cup– 75 in 2003168. Holds the record of hitting most fours in all World Cup matches (221)169. Holds the record of involvement in maximum century-partnerships (12) in World Cup170. Has most man of the match awards (8) in World Cup171. Sachin ended a one-dayer on winning note with a six on two occasions – against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 1995 (off Champaka Ramanayeke) and against England at Kanpur in 2002 (off Jeremy Snape) .172. The most runs Sachin has scored in one over in ODIs is 24 off New Zealand’s Chris Drum at Hyderabad in 1999-00. Sachin hit one six, four boundaries and a couple. The four extras made it a 28-run over for team India. During the World Cup game against Sri Lanka at Delhi, Sachin scored 23 runs off one over from Ravindra Pushpakumara.173. Sachin’s 134 against Australia at Sharjah in 1998 still remains the highest ODI score by any player on his birthday.174. In 1998 Sachin won 12 man of the match awards in ODIs – most by any player in a single calendar year.175. Sachin’s fastest knock in ODIs is 57* off 29 balls (SR 196.55) against Bermuda at Port-of-Spain in 2007.176. Sachin was involved in a record 99 century partnerships in ODIs with 21 different partners– most for any player.177. Sachin also holds the record for scoring most boundaries in ODIs178. He is the only player to have taken 150 wickets and scored more than 15,000 runs in ODIs179. During the Australian tour of India in 1998 Matthew Hayden said: “I have seen God. He bats at no. 4 in India in Tests”180. 16 bowlers dismissed Sachin as their first ODI wicket!181. In 39 innings in tournament finals Sachin aggregated 1851 runs (at an average of 54.44) – more than any other batsman in ODI history.182. Sachin’s six centuries in ODI finals are also the maximum for any batsman. No one else has scored more than three.183. Sachin has hit the most boundaries in international cricket. Second-placed is West Indian Brian Lara, with Ricky Ponting in third.184. He holds the record for the most Man of the Match and Man of the Series awards in international cricket (all three forms combined). Till date, he has won the MoM award 76 times (14 times in Tests, 62 times in ODIs) and the MoS award 20 times (5 times in Tests, 15 times in ODIs). Both are world records.185. Between 25th April 1990 and 24th April 1998, Sachin Tendulkar represented India in a total of 239 matches (54 Tests and 185 ODIs) without missing a single game. Till date, this remains a world record for the most number of consecutive matches for a team.186. Tendulkar’s best bowling in international cricket came in a one-day international against Australia at Kochi on April Fool’s Day in 1998.187. Tendulkar made his international debut at the age of 16 years. He is still the youngest debutant for India both in ODIs as well as in Tests.188. Sachin set the record for most runs in an IPL season in 2010, scoring 618 runs in 14 innings with the Mumbai Indians.189. Sachin has aggregated 2000 runs in international cricket in a calendar year on four occasions– More than anyone else.190. Only batsman in cricket annals to score over 100 centuries in international cricket.191. First batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket.192. In all international cricket Sachin has aggregated 34273 runs – easily the most by any batsman. Ricky Ponting is distant second with 27483.193. Holds the record of getting out the maximum number of times on 90s in international matches. He has been dismissed 27 times (17 in ODIs and 10 in Tests) on scores of 90-99. On one occasion in ODIs he remained unbeaten on 96. The 18 nineties in ODIs is an ODI record too.194. Holds the record of aggregating most runs against a particular opponent in all forms of International Cricket (Tests, ODIs and Twenty20s). Sachin has aggregated 6707 runs against Australia in all international cricket with 20 centuries and 31 fifties at an average of 49.68195. Sachin’s 20 centuries against Australia are the maximum by any batsman in all forms of international cricket against a particular country, surpassing Don Bradman who had made 19 Test centuries against England.196. Has also hit most number of sixes (264) in international cricket for India197. The 50108 runs scored by Sachin in all recognised cricket (first-class, list A and Twenty20s) are the most by a sub-continent player.198. The 81 centuries scored by Sachin in first-class cricket are the most by any Indian (with Sunil Gavaskar).199. Brett Lee has dismissed Sachin in international cricket on 14 occasions– most for any bowler.200. In his last game across different formats (Tests,ODIs, T20Is, IPL, CLT20, Ranji Trophy) Sachin has ended on the winning side.**************************************************************Sachin Tendulkar announced this morning that he will retire from cricket after his 200th Test.And after 24 years, there are few records the Little Master hasn’t broken.Having made his debut in 1989, Tendulkar has lit up the international stage with a majestic career of batting.He became the first man to score 100 international centuries among and has also scored more international runs.And in celebration of his landmark, achieved with 51 Test centuries and 49 ODI hundreds, we have compiled a century of facts for you to enjoy…1) His full name is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar2) He was born on April 24, 1973, in Mumbai3) He has two brothers and a sister. His elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket4) He was named after legendary Indian music director Sachin Dev Burman5) His nicknames are Little Master, Tendlya, The Little Champion, and Master Blaster6) Sachin stands just 5ft 5ins tall7) He is a right-handed batsman8) He is also a right-handed spin bowler9) But he writes with his left hand10) He attended the MRF Pace Foundation to get training as a fast bowler, Australian bowling legend Dennis Lillee was unimpressed and recommended he focus on batting11) He was a ball boy during the 1987 World Cup semi-finals between India and England at Wankhende. England won12) Growing up, Sachin would ask his friend Ramesh Pradhe to dip a rubber ball in water and hurl it at him. He wanted to see the wet marks left on the bat to know whether he had middled the ball13) International teammate Praveen Amre bought him his first pair of international quality cricket shoes14) A prankster, he once put a hose pipe into Sourav Ganguly’s room and turned on the tap. Ganguly awoke to find his gear floating15) Sachin calls Ganguly Babu Moshai, meaning elder brother in Bengali. Ganguly calls him Chota Babu – little brother16) He was considered a child prodigy during his high school days. He never played in under 19 league, instead moving straight into senior cricket17) In his senior season of 1988, aged 15, he scored a century in every innings he played18) On 11 December 1988, aged just 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar scored 100 not out in his debut first-class match for Bombay against Gujarat, making him the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut19) He is half of the world record cricket partnership of 664 runs, set with schoolfriend Vinod Kambli in an inter-school competition in 198820) The pair sang and whistled during their 664-run record stand to avoid eye contact with the coach’s assistant, who wanted to declare while the duo wanted to bat on. Sachin ended on 326 not out21) He made his Test debut for India against Pakistan on November 15, 1989, scoring 1522) On his debut he wore a set of cricket pads given to him when he was 16 by his hero Sunil Gavaskar23) He always puts his left pad on first when kitting himself up for the crease24) He made his One Day International debut on December 18, 1989 – but Waqar Younis got him out for a duck25) His chosen shirt number when he played ODIs was 10 or 9926) Sachin went 79 matches before scoring his first ODI century – by which time he had scored seven Test hundreds27) During the England tour of 1990, he became the second youngest cricketer to score a Test Century at Old Trafford Manchester28) He was the first overseas player to play for Yorkshire, joining in 199229) Aged 19, it made him the youngest Indian to play in county cricket30) The first brand which Sachin endorsed was the health drink Boost. He was seen alongside Kapil Dev in many of their adverts from 1992 onwards31) Other brands he has promoted include Pepsi, which saw him appear in an advert alongside king of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan. He joined cricketers Karl Hooper and Shane Warne for a commercial which ran during the 2003 World Cup32) In 1992 Sachin became the youngest cricketer to reach 1,000 runs in Test cricket33) Sachin’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a world record, still held by him34) Sachin was the first batsman ever to be given out by the third umpire, when he was run out against South Africa in the first test in Durban in 199235) Tendulkar’s immense popularity saw him be an early pioneer in India on cricket business dealings, signing a record sports management deal with Worldtel in 1995 worth $5.7million over five years. In 2001 he signed a new deal for $15.2million, switching to Saatchi and Saatchi’s ICONIX in 2006 for a deal worth $34.2million over three years36) He did not have a bat sponsorship contract until 199637) Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/2000 season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side38) He also holds the record for the highest 2nd wicket partnership with Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 1990/200039) In 2002 cricket bible Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman, behind Sir Don Bradman40) In 2003 Wisden rated Sachin the greatest ever ODI player41) In 2010 he won the ICC Award-Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for cricketer of the year42) On 3 September 2010 he became the only sportsman to be made an Honorary Group captain by the Indian Air Force43) He was the first cricketer to score 200 runs in an ODI Game, against South Africa in 2010. He held the record for the highest individual score in ODI cricket until it was recently broken by his team mate Virender SehwagSachin Tendulkar throws his arms up into the air as he celebrates scoring a world record breaking double century44) He is the only cricketer to have featured in six ODI World Cups45) He also has the highest number of World Cup Man of the Match awards46) He holds the record for the most number of runs scored in a single World Cup after racking up 673 runs in the 2003 tournament47) His hundred against England during the group stages of last year’s Cricket World Cup gave him more centuries than any other player in World Cups, with six48) That 100 also made him the first player to score 2,000 runs in World Cup cricket49) He is the only cricketer to receive Rajiv Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour50) He is the highest ever run scorer in ODIs51) Sachin also holds the record for most hundreds in ODIs with 4152) But he doesn’t always make it to a century – he also has the largest number of ODI innings in the 90s53) He was the first cricketer to pass 10,000 runs in ODIs54) He went on to become the first cricketer to pass 15,000 runs in ODIs too55) Sachin also holds the record for scoring most boundaries in ODIs56) He is also the first batsman to cross 15,000 runs in Test cricket57) Run machine Sachin is the first player to reach 25,000 international runs58) And the first to reach 30,000 international runs59) He is the only player to have taken 150 wickets and scored more than 15,000 runs in ODIs60) And the only player to have taken 40 wickets and scored more than 11,000 runs in Tests61) Sachin also holds the record for most number of Test appearances at 19862) He has the most Test 50s in history63) Despite all his success, Sachin has never scored a Test century at Lord’s, the only major venue where he has not notched 10064) Sachin’s career average in Tests stands at an impressive 53, while his ODI average finished at 44.8365) Tendulkar features in Bradman’s all time Test XI, the only player from the current generation66) The Don, rated by many as the greatest batsman of all time, considered Tendulkar to have a batting style similar to his. “Bradman was most taken by Tendulkar’s technique, compactness and shot production, and had asked his wife to have a look at Tendulkar, having felt that Tendulkar played like him. Bradman’s wife, Jessie, agreed that they did appear similar,” his biography records67) In August 2008 Sachin became the first Indian cricketer, and only the third player in Test match history, to play 150 matches when he was selected for the third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo68) Sachin’s talents extend beyond batting. While he is not a regular bowler, he can bowl medium pace, leg spin, and off spin, and is often used as a partnership breaker69) He has taken 45 Test match wickets and is the 10th highest wicket taker for India in ODIs70) Tendulkar has scored more than 1,000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs seven times71) In 1998 he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for one day internationals72) Sachin has also had success in Twenty20. He was made captain for the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 competition in 200873) He was also made the team’s “icon player” – signing for more than $1million74) Tendulkar set the record for most runs in an IPL season in 2010, scoring 618 runs in 14 innings with the Mumbai Indians75) He was declared player of the tournament for his performance during the season. He also won Best Batsman and Best Captain awards at the 2010 IPL Awards ceremony76) Sachin had less success in his two short spells as international captain, with only four Test wins in 25 matches77) Tendulkar has been on Twitter since May 2010, tweeting as @sachin_rtNetworker: Sachin’s Twitter page78) He is the only Indian cricketer to have a waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s79) He is known for his unique punch style of hitting the ball over square. He is also renowned for his picture-perfect straight drive, often completed with no follow-through. The straight drive is his favourite shot80) Sachin is rated as the best batsman in his generations by many contempories, including Glenn McGrath and Allan Donald. “There’s Steve Waugh and there’s Brian Lara, who was wonderful in 1995, but Tendulkar is a class above, consistently special,” said Donald81) Tendulkar has been a partner in two restaurants Tendulkar’s at Colaba, Mumbai, and Sachin’s in Bangalore82) His favourite actor is Amitabh Bacchan, after watching the films Deewar and Zanjeer83) Tendulkar is a Hindu84) He is one of the first sportsmen, along with Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand to receive Padma Vibhusan in 2008, which is Indian’s second highest civilian honour85) His favourite cricket ground is the Sydney cricket ground86) He uses an incredibly heavy bat, weighing in at 3.2lbs87) Tendulkar’s sporting idols are John McEnroe, Sunil Gavaskar, Imran Khan and Sir Vivian Richards88) Sachin made a special appearance in the Bollywood film Stumped in 2003, appearing as himself89) Sachin Tendulkar waved the chequered flag at the Indian F1 Grand Prix in 201190) He is a big fan of motorsport and once received a Ferrari 360 Modena presented by F1 world champion Michael Schumacher, given to mark him equalling Don Bradman’s record of 29 Test centuries in 200291) The car caused him a few headaches, though, with Fiat India eventually paying the import duty after the then finance minister’s decision to waive the tax created a political storm92) His favourite movie is Coming To America93) He is set to star in a series of Virgin Comics as the strip’s superhero94) He married Anjali in 1995. She does not eat or drink while he is batting95) Being married to the world’s most successful cricketer has its problems. The couple abandoned a trip to the cinema to see Roja when Sachin mislaid the glasses he was using as a disguise, along with a beard, in the interval96) The couple have a son named Arjun and a daughter named Sara. Arjun is a budding cricketer who bats left-handed and bowls right arm97) The children would be eligible to play for England – his mum’s mum Annabel is English. Don’t bet on it happening though…98) He sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through Annabel’s Mumbai-based NGO Apnalaya.99) Shane Warne once said: “I would go to bed having nightmares of Sachin dancing down the ground and hitting me for sixes”100) His 100th 100 reinforced Tendulkar’s position as the most worshipped cricketer in the world. During the Australian tour of India in 1998 Matthew Hayden said: “I have seen God. He bats at no. 4 in India in Tests”**************************************************************Here 39 interesting facts about the legend:1. April 24, 1973 – The Indian batting mastero and cricketing legend was born.2. 1987 – At the age of 14, Sachin was a ball boy for the match between India and Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium during the 1987 World Cup.3. Feb 25, 1988 – Sachin Tendulkar, 14, and Vinod Kambli, 16 compiled a 664-run unbroken partnership for Shardashram Vidyamandir against St Xavier’s. Kambli made 349 not out and Tendulkar 326 not out.4. Dec 11, 1988 – Makes his first class debut. At 15, scores an unbeaten century against Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium to become the youngest Indian to make a hundred on first-class debut. He is the only player to score centuries on debut in the Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy.5. Nov 15, 1989 – He was only 16 when he made his International Test debut against Pakistan at Karachi.6. Dec 14, 1989 – On the last day of the last Test of his first Test series, in Sialkot, gets hit on the nose by Waqar Younis – also in his first series. Falls down, gets up, and wipes away the gushing blood. Medical assistance was declined and he eventually was out for 57.7. Aug 14, 1990 – His first Test hundred, a match-saving one at Old Trafford, came when he was 17 as he scored 119 not out with 17 fours against England at Old Trafford and helped India to save the match.8. April 1992 – Became the first overseas signing for Yorkshire.9. 1992 – Tendulkar was the first player to be given out by the third umpire in an international game.10. Feb 12, 1993 – Hits 24 fours and a six in his 165 against England to notch his first Test century at home, as India win by an innings and 22 runs.11. Nov 24, 1993 – With South Africa needing six runs to win off the last over of their Hero Cup semi-final against India, bowls a sensational over, giving them just three, and India victory.12. Mar 27, 1994 – Opens in an ODI for the first time – against New Zealand. Goes on to make 82 off 49 balls.13. Sept 9, 1994 – Scored his first ODI ton in his 79th match against Australia at Colombo during a quadrilateral tournament involving hosts Sri Lanka, Australia and Pakistan.14. Oct 1995 – Signs a five-year contract worth Rs 31.5 crore with WorldTel, which makes him the richest cricketer in the world.15. Jul 4, 1996 – Scored his 10th Test century (177) during the third Test against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.16. Apr 24, 1998 – Scored back-to-back centuries against Australia at Sharjah in a tri-series also involving New Zealand, which helped India to go all the way. Brought up his 20th ODI ton at Sharjah against the Zimbabweans.17. 1998 – 1998 was truly Sachin’s annus mirabilis. He scored the most ODI runs by any batsman in a calendar year – 1,894 – and for good measure the most ODI centuries by any batsman in a calendar year – 9. In 34 ODIs during the year he had a strike rate of over 100 – 102.15 to be precise.19. Oct 29, 1999 – Scored his first Test double century (217 runs against New Zealand) in Ahmedabad.20. 2000 – He became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds21. Mar 20, 2001 – After Harbhajan and VVS Laxman’s heroics in the series against Australia at home, Sachin scores a century in a famous decider of a famous series, against Australia. India win 2-1, denying Australia the ‘final frontier’.22. Mar 31, 2001 – Completed 10,000 runs in ODIs in his 266th match. Became the first batsman in ODI history to score 10,000 runs. Brought up his 30th one-day century at Johannesburg against South Africa. Completed his 100 wickets in ODIs. Also completed a unique double of 10,000 runs and 100 wickets.23. Aug 23, 2002 – In his 99th Test appearance, surpassed Sir Don Bradman’s record of 29 centuries scoring 193, his 30th Test ton, against England at Headingly, Leeds. Only his mentor, Sunil Gavaskar was ahead of him at 34 centuries.24. Mar 23, 2003 – Scored 673 runs in 11 matches in the ICC World Cup – most by any batsman in a single World Cup that won him the player of the tournament award.26. Dec 10, 2004 – Equalled Sunil Gavaskar’s world record 34 Test centuries in the first match against Bangladesh and also became only the third player in history, after Gary Kirsten and Steve Waugh, to score centuries against all Test playing nations.27. Mar 16, 2005 – Completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket in his 122nd match at the age of 31 years and 326 days.28. Dec 10, 2005 – Exactly a year after equaling Sunil Gavaskar’s world record of 34 test centuries Sachin scored 109 against Sri Lanka in Delhi, his 35th hundred on the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in New Delhi, surpassing Gavaskar’s record.29. Sept 14, 2006 – Scored his 40th ODI century at Kuala Lumpur against the West Indies during a tri-series competition also including Australia.30. Dec 1, 2006 – He has played only one T20 International vs South Africa at Johannesburg in 2006. Charl Langeveldt bowled him for 10 though India eventually won by 6 wickets. He had earlier taken the wicket of Justin Kemp.31. Feb 5, 2008 – During the second match of the CB series involving hosts Australia, India and Sri Lanka, Tendulkar became the first batsman to go past 16,000 runs in ODIs.32. Oct 17, 2008 – Tendulkar became the highest run-scorer in Test cricket at Mohali against Australia, surpassing Brian Lara’s tally of 11953 runs.25. Mar 16, 2005 – Became the fifth man to score 10,000 Test runs in course of his 52 against Pakistan in Kolkata. India won the match by 195 runs.18. Oct 10, 1999 – Brought up his 20th Test ton vs New Zealand at Mohali.33. Feb 24, 2010 – At 36 years and 306 days he reached greater peaks by scoring the first double-century in one-day cricket vs South Africa at Gwalior.34. Sept 2010 – Tendulkar was the first individual without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.35. Dec 19, 2010 – Brought up his 50th Test century at the Centurion against South Africa also becoming the most capped player in Test cricket, surpassing Steve Waugh’s tally of 168 Tests.36. Feb 19, 2011 – Became the most capped player in ODIs with the World Cup opening game vs Bangladesh, surpassing Sanath Jayasuriya’s tally of 444 matches.37. Apr 2, 2011 – Hits two hundreds and is first to score 2000 runs in World Cups as India win the World Cup beating Sri Lanka in the final at Wankhede. He also scored a 85 in the semi-final against Pakistan, and was the second-highest run-getter in the tournament with 482 at an average of 53.55.38. Mar 16, 2012 – More than a year after scoring his 99th international hundred, Tendulkar reaches the landmark that might never be equaled, scored his 100th international ton against Bangladesh in Dhaka.39. Tendulkar has 13 coins from his coach Ramakant Achrekar. He would win a coin if he could get through an entire session of nets without being dismissed.

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BARACK OBAMA // THE GODFATHER (1972) And favorite movie of all-time GODFATHER: PART II (1974) When Katie Couric requested then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama what favorite movie of all-time favorite video of his is actually, he replied, "Oh, It is logical to think it would need to function as favorite movie of all-time Godfather. A particular and also 2. 3 not so much. The saga - I love that movie." two. RONALD REAGAN // HIGH NOON (1952) Reagan appreciated Will Kane's devotion to duty as well as law found in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. (Reagan was also rumored to have been an admirer of Frank Capra's It is a terrific Life.) 3. RICHARD NIXON // PATTON (1970) Nixon's preference for Patton was talked about in a 1970 TIME article: "The martial epic Patton extremely stirs Richard Nixon that he has noticed favorite movie of all-time film at least twice." According to American Experience: Nixon on PBS, "Richard Nixon loved favorite movie of all-time film Patton and observed it again and again inside favorite movie of all-time Whitish House." The Telegraph found that Nixon "urged aides to watch favorite movie of all-time movie plus grew to be, in favorite movie of all-time words of Secretary of State William Rogers, a' walking ad' because of it. He screened it three times inside favorite movie of all-time months ahead of favorite movie of all-time US invasion of Cambodia in April 1970..." Nixon's like for Patton was also mentioned around Woodward and Bernstein's 2005 publication, The last Days. 4. Monthly bill CLINTON // HIGH NOON (1952) Clinton was such a follower of Western he evidently screened favorite movie of all-time film a record seventeen times at favorite movie of all-time Whitish House. five. GEORGE W. Bush // FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) According to a may 2001 article within favorite movie of all-time Atlantic, "Bush's preferred video is actually Field of Dreams, that made him cry, he once said, because it reminded him of playing catch while in favorite movie of all-time back grass with his dad - quite a reasonable ballplayer himself once." 6. DWIGHT EISENHOWER // HIGH NOON (1952) Love to many other presidents, Eisenhower was reportedly a huge lover of High Noon, screening it a few times at favorite movie of all-time Truly white House (though more or less not as often as Clinton). seven. JOHN MCCAIN // VIVA ZAPATA! (1952) During his presidential plan, John McCain was asked in relation to favorite movie of all-time preferred movie of his by Katie Couric. His response: "Viva Zapata... It is a heroic tale of an individual that sacrificed everything for what he considered in not to mention there's several of favorite movie of all-time most shifting scenes in that film which I've already seen." 8. DAN QUAYLE // FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) During favorite movie of all-time 1990 presidential campaign, Quayle declared Ferris Bueller favorite movie of all-time favorite video of his, with favorite movie of all-time explanation, "It reminded me of my period in school." Land an ideal Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! - Shop HereMENTAL FLOSS RECOMMENDS Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub!Land favorite movie of all-time perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! Repair shop HERE nine. JUSTIN BIEBER // STEP BROTHERS (2008) In 2010, Bieber presented US Weekly with a summary of "25 Things You Don't Know about Me." #17: "Step Brothers is my personal favorite movie." ten. JENNIFER LOPEZ // WEST SIDE STORY (1961) During a West Side Story themed image shoot for Vanity Fair in 2009, Lopez showed she observed favorite movie of all-time conventional musical "37 times" a youngster. She identifies with Anita, explaining: "I never wanted to be this wimpy Maria... I was looking to always be Anita, who danced favorite movie of all-time way of her method to favorite movie of all-time top." 11. GEORGE HARRISON // THE PRODUCERS (1968) Harrison reportedly liked favorite movie of all-time film so much it inspired him to be a producer himself. twelve. JOHN TRAVOLTA // A guy And also a WOMAN (1966) IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows lists Travolta's popular a digital movie as being a Man And A female, likewise noting that he was partial to Yankee Doodle Dandy (1946) as a child. 13. HEATH LEDGER // THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Ledger favored favorite movie of all-time traditional movie as, he stated, "It was favorite movie of all-time sole film my parents enabled me to discover like a kid." fourteen. TOM HANKS // 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Hanks has regularly discussed his like for Kubrick's standard, this includes at a forum for favorite movie of all-time film's 40th anniversary, exactly where he stated of favorite movie of all-time film, "You can examine it repeatedly and also question its meaning," he once said. As outlined by a Tom Hanks air fan website, favorite movie of all-time actor has found 2001 more or less forty times. fifteen. Bill PAXTON // SPLENDOR Within favorite movie of all-time GRASS (1961) AND HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) In a 2006 interview with TV Guide, Paxton stated, "You've received to understand a thing regarding me and also my career: I am a romantic in living school of thought, inside just how I look at favorite movie of all-time world, favorite movie of all-time splendor of nature, of associations. Though I never were to do favorite movie of all-time roles. In my twenties, I needed to have a Splendor inside favorite movie of all-time Grass." The late actor listed both of favorite movie of all-time Splendor in favorite movie of all-time Grass and Maude and Harold for Cindy Pearlman's 2007 book You Gotta See This. sixteen. SALMA HAYEK // WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) The "Times Topics" site for Hayek at giving The brand new York Times website reported: "At 6, she was smitten with acting right after seeing The Chocolate and willy Wonka Factory." 17. VIN DIESEL // GONE Using favorite movie of all-time WIND (1939) In 2006, ELLE asked Diesel, "Have you actually observed a movie and determined and have a character romantically?" The actor replied, "Clark Gable within Gone With favorite movie of all-time Wind. Here is favorite movie of all-time guy statement,' I might be rough within favorite movie of all-time borders, although I'm favorite movie of all-time higher man to aid you, plus you're still locked above at this time there with attractive looking boy.'" Also, he outlined it as favorite movie of all-time favorite a digital movie of his for Pearlman's You Gotta See This. 18. TIM ALLEN //THE Seven SAMURAI (1954) AFI interviewed celebrities about their flicks inside a lead-up to favorite movie of all-time "100 Years of theirs, hundred Movies" occasion inside 2007. In favorite movie of all-time interview of his, Allen named The 7 Samurai as his favorite. 19. OWEN WILSON // PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002) As well as favorite movie of all-time INSIDER (1999) Wilson reportedly reported, "I loved Punch Drunk Love. It revved me up to write anything at all. it is a fairly simple story, though it attests It is almost all inside favorite movie of all-time details." He also told Glen Whipp of favorite movie of all-time Los Angeles Daily News, Punch-Drunk Love was appreciated by "i, The Insider, and United 93." twenty. ANTONIO BANDERAS // TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) And favorite movie of all-time MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) Banderas is actually an Orson Welles air fan. He outlined Touch of Evil as one of his 5 popular films (as nicely as favorite movie of all-time ever popular Lawrence of Arabia and also favorite movie of all-time Godfather) for Rotten Tomatoes, and he outlined it again for Pearlman's You Gotta See This, along with another Welles film, The Magnificent Ambersons. 21. JULIANNE MOORE // ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) For favorite movie of all-time New York Times' "Watching favorite movie of all-time Movies With" feature, Moore picked Rosemary's Baby, stating, "This is favorite movie of all-time very first video that came to care about while I thought of what I was looking to watch," and "Wow, I love favorite movie of all-time beginning of this movie." 22. CHARLIZE THERON // I Might go ON SINGING (1963) For you Gotta See This, Theron told Pearlman which I Could Go On Singing is "favorite movie of all-time best movie I have ever seen," and next claimed - two times - "It's my personal favorite film in favorite movie of all-time world time." twenty three. RICHARD GERE // THE PASSENGER (1975) For you Gotta See This, Gere told Pearlman that favorite movie of all-time Passenger "has always been" one of his favorites. twenty four. UMA THURMAN // PILLOW TALK (1959) For Pearlman's You Gotta See This, Thurman revealed her preferred, explaining: "All favorite movie of all-time everyday living of mine I was looking to become Doris Day. One of favorite movie of all-time favorites of mine is actually Pillow Talk. It is a light, breezy romp of a film that is so a lot of exciting to watch. I like Doris did not engage in anyone but herself inside her movies." 25. REESE WITHERSPOON // OVERBOARD (1987) Witherspoon disclosed favorite movie of all-time factoid throughout favorite movie of all-time 84th Annual Academy Awards telecast of 2012. twenty six. DENNIS QUAID // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) In an interview with US Weekly, Quaid stated, "Lawrence of Arabia is, I believe, an excellent movie." 27. SETH MACFARLANE // THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1964) When interviewed by IGN contained 2003, MacFarlane was asked what favorite movie of all-time preferred movie of his is. The answer of his: "I gotta provide it with to The Sound of Music. I am sorry. I already know that's, just like, a lame solution, but I f***in' really love The Sound of Music. It is The Sound of Music... It is not love it's a number of obscure self reliant movie. You will find those who would look for me to convey Caddyshack - which is number two." 28. ORSON WELLES // CITY LIGHTS (1931) On favorite movie of all-time Chaplin film, Welles once believed, "...but you have to see City Lights... You will see Chaplin found City Lights." 29. STEVEN SPIELBERG // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Spielberg helped revive Lawrence of Arabia having a 2000 DVD release; in favorite movie of all-time accompanying documentary, "A Conversation with Steven Spielberg," favorite movie of all-time director discusses favorite movie of all-time effect favorite movie of all-time a digital movie had on his living plus why it's his favorite film. 30. 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Today, this second, favorite movie of all-time answer that would spring very fast to brain is Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). It have been've spotted by me, oh, a minimum of 25 occasions, perhaps substantially more. It doesn't acquire older for me. Age has not withered, not customized staled, its infinite form. I have cultivated therefore worked upwards simply creating favorite movie of all-time paragraph which I need to slide in favorite movie of all-time DVD and begin viewing instantly. People requested me a several years back exactly why I included favorite movie of all-time film in favorite movie of all-time yearly Ebertfest of mine, as it was, they mentioned, hardly "overlooked," along with favorite movie of all-time festival showcases movies which should have more interest. I mentioned it was unlikely that more when compared to a number of dozen within favorite movie of all-time 1,600-seat theater would ever have noticed it in a dazzling 35mm print on a truly major screen. 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The lovely existence along favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, which had been all-absorbing within time, but now is extended, lengthy before, as are nearly all of favorite movie of all-time people who existed it. since favorite movie of all-time a digital movie has designed things that are different to me usually at various development in my life, but has constantly meant things, as well as because doing so clearly did for Fellini also, I believe I will constantly want to see it all over again. It will not develop stale, because I have not done with modifying. Via basic comedies to cowboy-filled westerns, celebrities engage in favorites with regards to movies, as well. Listed here are several of favorite movie of all-time popular flicks of political figures, musicians, actors, directors, as well as other celebrities. 1. BARACK OBAMA // THE GODFATHER (1972) And favorite movie of all-time GODFATHER: PART II (1974) When Katie Couric asked then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama what his favorite movie is actually, he replied, "Oh, It is logical to think it will need to become favorite movie of all-time Godfather. One and 2. 3 not a great deal. The saga - I love that movie." two. RONALD REAGAN // HIGH NOON (1952) Reagan appreciated Will Kane's dedication to duty and law found in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. (Reagan had also been rumored to possess been a lover of Frank Capra's It is a fantastic Life.) 3. RICHARD NIXON // PATTON (1970) Nixon's preference for Patton was brought up in a 1970 TIME article: "The martial epic Patton so stirs Richard Nixon that he has seen favorite movie of all-time make at a minimum twice." Based on American Experience: Nixon on PBS, "Richard Nixon appreciated favorite movie of all-time film Patton and observed it over and over in favorite movie of all-time Whitish House." The Telegraph reported which Nixon "urged aides to watch favorite movie of all-time film and turned out to be, inside favorite movie of all-time words of Secretary of State William Rogers, a' walking ad' because of it. He screened it three times inside favorite movie of all-time days ahead of favorite movie of all-time US intrusion of Cambodia in April 1970..." Nixon's love for Patton had also been brought up in Woodward as well as Bernstein's 2005 manual, The final Days. four. Costs CLINTON // HIGH NOON (1952) Clinton was these types of a fan of favorite movie of all-time Western that he evidently screened favorite movie of all-time movie a record 17 instances on favorite movie of all-time White colored House. 5. GEORGE W. Bush // FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) According to a could 2001 guide within favorite movie of all-time Atlantic, "Bush's popular movie is Field of Dreams, which produced him cry, he once said, as it reminded him of playing catch in favorite movie of all-time rear lawn with his father - a pretty fair ballplayer himself once." 6. DWIGHT EISENHOWER // HIGH NOON (1952) Love to several other presidents, Eisenhower was reportedly an enormous admirer of High Noon, screening it several times on favorite movie of all-time White House (though not quite as often as Clinton). 7. JOHN MCCAIN // VIVA ZAPATA! (1952) During his presidential plan, John McCain was asked concerning his favorite movie by Katie Couric. His response: "Viva Zapata... It is a heroic tale of an individual who sacrificed everything for what he thought inside and thus there's several of most moving scenes in that movie that I have ever seen." eight. DAN QUAYLE // FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) During favorite movie of all-time 1990 presidential campaign, Quayle declared Ferris Bueller his favorite video, using favorite movie of all-time explanation, "It reminded me of my period in school." Land favorite movie of all-time perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! - Shop HereMENTAL FLOSS RECOMMENDS Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub!Land a wonderful Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! Dealer HERE nine. JUSTIN BIEBER // STEP BROTHERS (2008) In 2010, Bieber provided US Weekly with a list of "25 Things You Do not Find out about Me." #17: "Step Brothers is favorite movie of all-time most popular movie." 10. JENNIFER LOPEZ // WEST SIDE STORY (1961) During a West Side Story-themed image shoot for Vanity Fair in 2009, Lopez revealed that she observed favorite movie of all-time traditional musical "37 times" a little kid. She identifies with Anita, explaining: "I hardly ever was looking to remain that wimpy Maria... I needed to become Anita, whom danced favorite movie of all-time way of her method to favorite movie of all-time top." eleven. GEORGE HARRISON // THE PRODUCERS (1968) Harrison reportedly enjoyed favorite movie of all-time film a great deal that it inspired him to turn into a producer himself. 12. JOHN TRAVOLTA // A guy And also a WOMAN (1966) IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows lists Travolta's preferred a digital movie as being a Man And A woman, likewise noting he was partial to Yankee Doodle Dandy (1946) being a child. thirteen. HEATH LEDGER // THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Ledger favored favorite movie of all-time classic film given that, he stated, "It was favorite movie of all-time sole film my parents made it possible for me to discover as a kid." fourteen. TOM HANKS // 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Hanks has often discussed favorite movie of all-time love of his for Kubrick's traditional, which includes during a discussion board with favorite movie of all-time film's 40th anniversary, exactly where he mentioned of this a digital movie, "You is able to look at it again and again and also contemplate its meaning," he once said. In line with a Tom Hanks air fan site, favorite movie of all-time actor has observed 2001 approximately 40 times. fifteen. Bill PAXTON // SPLENDOR Inside favorite movie of all-time GRASS (1961) AND HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) In a 2006 job interview with TV Guide, Paxton stated, "You've obtained to understand a thing concerning me as well as my career: I'm a romantic contained life philosophy, in favorite movie of all-time way I go through favorite movie of all-time world, favorite movie of all-time magnificence of favorite movie of all-time natural world, of relationships. Though I never ever were to do favorite movie of all-time roles. In my twenties, I needed to be in a Splendor within favorite movie of all-time Grass." The late actor listed both Splendor inside favorite movie of all-time Grass and Maude and Harold for Cindy Pearlman's 2007 guide You Gotta See This. 16. SALMA HAYEK // WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) The "Times Topics" site for Hayek at The brand new York Times site reported: "At six, she was smitten with acting after seeing The Chocolate and willy Wonka Factory." 17. VIN DIESEL // GONE Using favorite movie of all-time WIND (1939) In 2006, Diesel was requested by ELLE, "Have you ever observed a movie as well as revealed with a character romantically?" The actor replied, "Clark Gable in Gone With favorite movie of all-time Wind. Here is favorite movie of all-time guy statement,' I could be rough around favorite movie of all-time edges, although I'm favorite movie of all-time better male suitable for you, plus you're currently locked over generally there with attractive looking boy.'" He also showed it as favorite movie of all-time preferred movie of his for Pearlman's You Gotta See This. 18. TIM ALLEN //THE Seven SAMURAI (1954) AFI interviewed celebrities about their flicks inside a lead up to favorite movie of all-time "100 Years of theirs, hundred Movies" event on 2007. In his job interview, Allen considered The 7 Samurai as his favorite. nineteen. OWEN WILSON // PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (2002) And favorite movie of all-time INSIDER (1999) Wilson reportedly said, Punch Drunk Love was enjoyed by "i. It revved me approximately produce something. it's a simple story, although it demonstrates It's just about all within favorite movie of all-time details." In addition, he told Glen Whipp of favorite movie of all-time Los Angeles Daily News, Punch Drunk Love was loved by "i, The Insider, and also United 93." twenty. ANTONIO BANDERAS // TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) As well as favorite movie of all-time MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) Banderas is an Orson Welles air fan. He showed Touch of Evil as among his 5 preferred movies (as effectively while favorite movie of all-time ever popular Lawrence of Arabia as well as favorite movie of all-time Godfather) for Rotten Tomatoes, and also he listed it once again for Pearlman's You Gotta See This, along with a different Welles movie, The Magnificent Ambersons. twenty one. JULIANNE MOORE // ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) Just for favorite movie of all-time New York Times' "Watching favorite movie of all-time Movies With" feature, Moore picked Rosemary's Baby, expressing, "This is favorite movie of all-time very first movie that involved worry about while I assumed of what I wanted to watch," and also "Wow, I love favorite movie of all-time beginning in this movie." 22. CHARLIZE THERON // I Might go ON SINGING (1963) For you Gotta See This, Theron told Pearlman which I Could Go On Singing is "favorite movie of all-time greatest movie I've previously seen," and next claimed - twice - "It's my personal favorite film in favorite movie of all-time world time." twenty three. RICHARD GERE // THE PASSENGER (1975) Suitable for you Gotta See This, Gere told Pearlman that this Passenger "has always been" one of his favorites. 24. UMA THURMAN // PILLOW TALK (1959) For Pearlman's You Gotta See This, Thurman showed her preferred, explaining: "All favorite movie of all-time life of mine I needed to always be Doris Day. Among my favorites is actually Pillow Talk. It is a gentle, breezy romp of a film that is very much interesting to enjoy. I love that Doris did not engage in anybody but herself inside her movies." 25. REESE WITHERSPOON // OVERBOARD (1987) Witherspoon disclosed this factoid throughout favorite movie of all-time 84th Annual Academy Awards telecast of 2012. twenty six. DENNIS QUAID // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) In an interview with US Weekly, Quaid stated, "Lawrence of Arabia is actually, in my opinion, an excellent movie." twenty seven. SETH MACFARLANE // THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1964) When interviewed by IGN found 2003, MacFarlane was asked what favorite movie of all-time preferred movie of his is actually. The answer of his: "I gotta give it to The Sound of Music. I'm sorry. I know that is, just like, a lame solution, but I f***in' love The Sound of Music. It is The Sound of Music... It is not love green living a number of obscure independent movie. There are those who'd look for me to suggest Caddyshack - which happens to be number two." 28. ORSON WELLES // CITY LIGHTS (1931) Of favorite movie of all-time Chaplin film, Welles previously believed, "...but you have to notice City Lights... You will check Chaplin in City Lights." 29. STEVEN SPIELBERG // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Spielberg helped to revive Lawrence of Arabia having a 2000 DVD release; inside favorite movie of all-time accompanying documentary, "A Conversation with Steven Spielberg," favorite movie of all-time director discusses favorite movie of all-time impact favorite movie of all-time movie had on favorite movie of all-time lifetime of his and favorite movie of all-time reason it's his preferred film. 30. 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"Kane" is essential definitely for itself as well as for what it represents. although men and women do not constantly think roughly favorite movie of all-time greatest film. They ask, "What's your favorite movie?" Again, I always respond with "Citizen Kane." But would be that correct, or only hassle-free? Why don't we agree that all prospect lists of flicks are actually nonsense. I've steadfastly refused to create any menu of flicks except for my annual Best ten checklist, so Sound poll--which and favorite movie of all-time Sight has, after all, several actual significance. Inspite of favorite movie of all-time entreaties of countless editors, writers and websites, I fall making lists of favorite movie of all-time very best comedies, horror movies, Christmas movies, family flicks, Westerns, musicals, political films, silent films, films about dogs, and so on. The method madness lies. 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After discovering it countless instances and also studying it a picture each time, I dunno, twenty five or maybe fifty instances, and capturing a commentary track for doing it, I have form of done with with this. I appreciate it staggeringly, but saints protect me, it is not favorite movie of all-time a digital movie I'd most love to see yet again right this moment. Today, this kind of moment, favorite movie of all-time answer that could spring so quickly to brain is Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). It have been've noticed by me, oh, no less than 25 instances, maybe quite a bit more. It does not get aged for me. Get older has not withered, not custom made staled, favorite movie of all-time infinite variety of its. I have grown and so worked up just writing favorite movie of all-time paragraph that I wish to slide within favorite movie of all-time DVD and begin viewing straightaway. 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It won't cultivate stagnant, as I haven't finished changing. By traditional comedies to cowboy-filled westerns, celebrities play favorites when it comes to movies, also. Listed here are some of favorite movie of all-time preferred movies of politicians, directors, actors, musicians, along with other celebrities. one. BARACK OBAMA // THE GODFATHER (1972) And favorite movie of all-time GODFATHER: PART II (1974) When Katie Couric requested then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama what favorite movie of all-time preferred movie of his is actually, he replied, "Oh, It is logical to think it would need to become favorite movie of all-time Godfather. A particular and also 2. Three not a lot. The saga - I like which movie." 2. RONALD REAGAN // HIGH NOON (1952) Reagan appreciated Will Kane's dedication to law and also duty found in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. (Reagan had also been rumored to possess been a fan of Frank Capra's It is a wonderful Life.) 3. RICHARD NIXON // PATTON (1970) Nixon's preference for Patton was talked about inside a 1970 TIME article: "The martial epic Patton so stirs Richard Nixon that he has seen favorite movie of all-time film at least twice." According to American Experience: Nixon on PBS, "Richard Nixon appreciated favorite movie of all-time movie Patton and then watched it time and time again in favorite movie of all-time White colored House." The Telegraph discovered which Nixon "urged aides to watch favorite movie of all-time movie plus grew to be, inside favorite movie of all-time written text of Secretary of State William Rogers, a' walking ad' for it. He screened it three occasions inside favorite movie of all-time days ahead of favorite movie of all-time US intrusion of Cambodia in April 1970..." Nixon's like for Patton was mentioned in Woodward as well as Bernstein's 2005 manual, The last Days. four. Monthly bill CLINTON // HIGH NOON (1952) Clinton was these types of a lover of favorite movie of all-time Western that he seemingly screened favorite movie of all-time film a shoot seventeen occasions at favorite movie of all-time White colored House. 5. GEORGE W. Shrub // FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) According to a might 2001 article within favorite movie of all-time Atlantic, "Bush's preferred movie is Field of Dreams, that made him cry, he previously said, as it reminded him of participating in catch within favorite movie of all-time rear grass with favorite movie of all-time father of his - a fairly reasonable ballplayer himself once." six. DWIGHT EISENHOWER // HIGH NOON (1952) Like to several other presidents, Eisenhower was reportedly a major lover of High Noon, screening it several times on favorite movie of all-time Truly white House (though less than as often times as Clinton). seven. JOHN MCCAIN // VIVA ZAPATA! (1952) During favorite movie of all-time presidential plan of his, John McCain was asked about favorite movie of all-time favorite film of his by Katie Couric. His response: "Viva Zapata... It is a heroic tale of a person that sacrificed everything for what he believed within and there is several of favorite movie of all-time most moving scenes in this a digital movie that I have ever seen." eight. DAN QUAYLE // FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) During favorite movie of all-time 1990 presidential strategy, Quayle declared Ferris Bueller his favorite video, with favorite movie of all-time reason, "It reminded me of my period in school." Land an ideal Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! - Shop HereMENTAL FLOSS RECOMMENDS Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub!Land favorite movie of all-time perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! Repair shop HERE nine. JUSTIN BIEBER // STEP BROTHERS (2008) In 2010, Bieber provided US Weekly with a listing of "25 Things You Do not Find out about Me." #17: "Step Brothers is favorite movie of all-time most popular movie." 10. JENNIFER LOPEZ // WEST SIDE STORY (1961) During a West Side Story themed photo shoot for Vanity Fair during 2009, Lopez showed that she observed favorite movie of all-time traditional musical "37 times" a youngster. She identifies with Anita, explaining: "I never ever needed to be that wimpy Maria... I needed to become Anita, whom danced her way way to favorite movie of all-time top." eleven. GEORGE HARRISON // THE PRODUCERS (1968) Harrison reportedly appreciated favorite movie of all-time film a lot it inspired him to become a producer himself. 12. JOHN TRAVOLTA // A guy And also a WOMAN (1966) IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows lists Travolta's popular film as a Man And A female, also noting that he was partial to Yankee Doodle Dandy (1946) being a child. thirteen. HEATH LEDGER // THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Ledger favored favorite movie of all-time basic film because, he mentioned, "It was favorite movie of all-time only real movie my parents made it possible for me to discover as a kid." fourteen. TOM HANKS // 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Hanks has regularly talked about favorite movie of all-time love of his for Kubrick's standard, including during a forum with favorite movie of all-time film's 40th anniversary, exactly where he said of this a digital movie, "You is able to examine it again and again and contemplate its meaning," he once believed. As outlined by a Tom Hanks air fan site, favorite movie of all-time actor has observed 2001 roughly 40 times. 15. Bill PAXTON // SPLENDOR Inside favorite movie of all-time GRASS (1961) AND HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) In a 2006 employment interview with TV Guide, Paxton mentioned, "You've received to know a thing regarding me as well as favorite movie of all-time career of mine: I am a romantic found life viewpoint, in exactly how I look at favorite movie of all-time globe, favorite movie of all-time magnificence of favorite movie of all-time natural world, of relationships. however, I never ever were to do favorite movie of all-time roles. In my twenties, I needed to experience a Splendor within favorite movie of all-time Grass." The late actor enumerated both Splendor in favorite movie of all-time Grass and Harold and Maude for Cindy Pearlman's 2007 guide You Gotta See This. 16. SALMA HAYEK // WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) The "Times Topics" internet page for Hayek at giving The brand new York Times website reported: "At 6, she was smitten with acting after watching The Chocolate and willy Wonka Factory." 17. VIN DIESEL // GONE With favorite movie of all-time WIND (1939) In 2006, Diesel was asked by ELLE, "Have you previously watched a movie and also revealed with a character romantically?" The actor replied, "Clark Gable within Gone With favorite movie of all-time Wind. Here is favorite movie of all-time guy saying,' I might be rough around favorite movie of all-time edges, but I'm favorite movie of all-time higher man for you, and you are currently locked beyond there with nice looking boy.'" Also, he outlined it as favorite movie of all-time favorite film of his for Pearlman's You Gotta See This. eighteen. TIM ALLEN //THE 7 SAMURAI (1954) AFI interviewed celebrities about favorite movie of all-time flicks of theirs in a lead-up to their "100 Years, 100 Movies" event in 2007. In his employment interview, Allen considered The Seven Samurai as his favorite. 19. OWEN WILSON // PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (2002) And favorite movie of all-time INSIDER (1999) Wilson reportedly said, "I enjoyed Punch Drunk Love. It revved me approximately produce a thing. it's a simple story, though it attests It's just about all inside favorite movie of all-time details." He also told Glen Whipp belonging to favorite movie of all-time Los Angeles Daily News, Punch Drunk Love was enjoyed by "i, The Insider, and United 93." twenty. ANTONIO BANDERAS // TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) And favorite movie of all-time MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) Banderas is actually an Orson Welles blower. He outlined Touch of Evil as one of his five preferred films (as well when favorite movie of all-time ever popular Lawrence of Arabia and favorite movie of all-time Godfather) for Rotten Tomatoes, and he showed it again for Pearlman's You Gotta See This, together with a different Welles film, The Magnificent Ambersons. twenty one. JULIANNE MOORE // ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) For favorite movie of all-time New York Times' "Watching favorite movie of all-time Movies With" function, Moore picked Rosemary's Baby, saying, "This is going to be very first video that came to care about while I believed of what I needed to watch," and also "Wow, I like favorite movie of all-time beginning of this movie." 22. CHARLIZE THERON // I Might go ON SINGING (1963) For you Gotta See This, Theron told Pearlman which I Could Go On Singing is "favorite movie of all-time most effective video I have already seen," and then claimed - two times - "It's favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of mine on favorite movie of all-time planet time." twenty three. RICHARD GERE // THE PASSENGER (1975) To suit your needs Gotta See This, Gere told Pearlman that this Passenger "has always been" among his favorites. twenty four. UMA THURMAN // PILLOW TALK (1959) For Pearlman's You Gotta See This, Thurman revealed her preferred, explaining: "All favorite movie of all-time everyday living of mine I wanted to be Doris Day. An example of my favorites is Pillow Talk. It's a gentle, breezy romp of a make that is really much exciting to enjoy. I adore that Doris didn't play anyone but herself inside her movies." twenty five. REESE WITHERSPOON // OVERBOARD (1987) Witherspoon disclosed favorite movie of all-time factoid during favorite movie of all-time 84th Annual Academy Awards telecast of 2012. 26. DENNIS QUAID // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) In a job interview with US Weekly, Quaid mentioned, "Lawrence of Arabia is, in my view, an ideal movie." 27. SETH MACFARLANE // THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1964) When interviewed by IGN found 2003, MacFarlane was asked what favorite movie of all-time preferred film of his is. The answer of his: "I gotta provide it with to The Sound of Music. I am sorry. I already know that's, like, a lame remedy, but I f***in' love The Sound of Music. It is The Sound of Music... It is not like it's a few obscure impartial film. You'll find people who'd be expecting me to suggest Caddyshack - which happens to be number two." twenty eight. ORSON WELLES // CITY LIGHTS (1931) Of favorite movie of all-time Chaplin film, Welles at one time said, "...but you need to see City Lights... 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There's an answer which is sensible I believe, although instead of Dreyer I could choose Bergman, Fellini, Herzog, Scorsese, Ozu, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Keaton, or...you notice what I mean, & I have not actually reached directors underneath sixty. I get squirmy when individuals attempt to pin me lower. The one genuinely honest solution is: I don't comprehend. although I will talk to myself: What is favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of mine? Or I'll skew favorite movie of all-time issue slightly: What movie would I most love to see yet again today? The answer would not be "Kane." After discovering it huge instances as well as going-through it a shot each time, I dunno, twenty five or maybe fifty occasions, and capturing a commentary track for this, I've sort of done with with this. I appreciate it staggeringly, but saints safeguard me, it is not favorite movie of all-time movie I'd most like to see once again right away. Today, this kind of second, favorite movie of all-time answer that would spring so fairly quickly to brain is Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). It have been've spotted by me, oh, at least 25 times, possibly more. It doesn't acquire aged for me personally. Get older has not withered, not customized staled, its infinite type. I have grown and so worked upwards simply writing this section that I need to slide within favorite movie of all-time DVD and begin watching instantly. Many people requested me a several yrs ago exactly why I included favorite movie of all-time film in my annual Ebertfest, as it was, they mentioned, barely "overlooked," along with favorite movie of all-time festival showcases flicks that should have increased attention. I stated it had been less likely that more than a number of dozen inside favorite movie of all-time 1,600 seat theater would ever have seen it inside a pristine 35mm print on a really major display screen. 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The lovely existence along favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, that had been all-absorbing within time, but now is long, long past, as are favorite movie of all-time majority of those who survived it. as favorite movie of all-time film has intended things that are different to me during several stages in favorite movie of all-time life of mine, but has always implied an item, and also because it obviously did for Fellini too, I believe I'll always wish to discover it again. It won't develop stagnant, as I have not completed modifying. By traditional comedies to cowboy filled westerns, celebrities participate in favorites in relation to motion pictures, too. Listed here are several of favorite movie of all-time preferred films of political figures, directors, actors, musicians, and other celebrities. one. BARACK OBAMA // THE GODFATHER (1972) And favorite movie of all-time GODFATHER: PART II (1974) When Katie Couric asked then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama what favorite movie of all-time preferred movie of his is actually, he replied, "Oh, It is logical to think it would have to function as favorite movie of all-time Godfather. One and 2. Three not a great deal. The saga - I love which movie." two. RONALD REAGAN // HIGH NOON (1952) Reagan appreciated Will Kane's commitment to duty and also law in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. (Reagan was also rumored to have been a lover of Frank Capra's It is a great Life.) three. RICHARD NIXON // PATTON (1970) Nixon's preference for Patton was mentioned inside a 1970 TIME article: "The martial epic Patton so stirs Richard Nixon that he has observed favorite movie of all-time produce at a minimum twice." According to American Experience: Nixon on PBS, "Richard Nixon appreciated favorite movie of all-time film Patton and then watched it time and time again in favorite movie of all-time Truly white House." The Telegraph discovered that Nixon "urged aides to witness favorite movie of all-time movie plus turned out to be, inside favorite movie of all-time words of Secretary of State William Rogers, a' walking ad' because of it. He screened it 3 times in favorite movie of all-time weeks before favorite movie of all-time US invasion of Cambodia contained April 1970..." Nixon's love for Patton was mentioned around Woodward as well as Bernstein's 2005 manual, The very last Days. four. Monthly bill CLINTON // HIGH NOON (1952) Clinton was these kinds of a lover of Western that he apparently screened favorite movie of all-time movie a record 17 times on favorite movie of all-time White colored House. five. GEORGE W. Shrub // FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) Based on a might 2001 guide in favorite movie of all-time Atlantic, "Bush's favorite movie is Field of Dreams, which produced him cry, he at one time believed, since it reminded him of playing catch in favorite movie of all-time backside lawn with his father - quite a reasonable ballplayer himself once." 6. DWIGHT EISENHOWER // HIGH NOON (1952) Love to many other presidents, Eisenhower was reportedly an enormous follower of High Noon, screening it a few times on favorite movie of all-time White House (though less than as often times as Clinton). seven. JOHN MCCAIN // VIVA ZAPATA! (1952) During his presidential campaign, John McCain was asked concerning favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of his by Katie Couric. His response: "Viva Zapata... It's a heroic tale of an individual who sacrificed everything for what he thought inside and there's several of most shifting scenes in this film that I've already seen." 8. DAN QUAYLE // FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) During favorite movie of all-time 1990 presidential campaign, Quayle declared Ferris Bueller favorite movie of all-time fave movie of his, while using reason, "It reminded me of favorite movie of all-time period of mine inside school." Land a wonderful Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! - Shop HereMENTAL FLOSS RECOMMENDS Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub!Land favorite movie of all-time perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! Repair shop HERE 9. JUSTIN BIEBER // STEP BROTHERS (2008) In 2010, Bieber presented US Weekly with a summary of "25 Things You Do not Know about Me." #17: "Step Brothers is my favorite movie." 10. JENNIFER LOPEZ // WEST SIDE STORY (1961) During a West Side Story-themed image shoot for Vanity Fair throughout 2009, Lopez disclosed she viewed favorite movie of all-time classic musical "37 times" a youngster. She identifies with Anita, explaining: "I never needed to be that wimpy Maria... I was looking to become Anita, whom danced her way technique to favorite movie of all-time top." eleven. GEORGE HARRISON // THE PRODUCERS (1968) Harrison reportedly enjoyed favorite movie of all-time movie a great deal it inspired him to become a producer himself. 12. JOHN TRAVOLTA // A guy Along with a WOMAN (1966) IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows lists Travolta's favorite film as being a Man And A woman, also noting he was partial to Yankee Doodle Dandy (1946) being a child. 13. HEATH LEDGER // THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Ledger favored favorite movie of all-time classic film since, he stated, "It was favorite movie of all-time only film my parents made it possible for me to see like a kid." 14. TOM HANKS // 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Hanks has frequently talked about favorite movie of all-time love of his for Kubrick's standard, including during a discussion board with favorite movie of all-time film's 40th anniversary, where he said of favorite movie of all-time film, "You can evaluate it over and over and ponder its meaning," he at one time said. In line with a Tom Hanks blower web site, favorite movie of all-time actor has found 2001 approximately 40 times. 15. Monthly bill PAXTON // SPLENDOR Within favorite movie of all-time GRASS (1961) AND HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) In a 2006 job interview with TV Guide, Paxton stated, "You've obtained to understand something regarding me and also my career: I am a romantic found life viewpoint, in how I glance at favorite movie of all-time globe, favorite movie of all-time magnificence of nature, of relationships. Though I never ever became to perform those roles. In favorite movie of all-time twenties of mine, I wanted to be in a Splendor within favorite movie of all-time Grass." The late actor listed both of favorite movie of all-time Splendor within favorite movie of all-time Grass and Harold and Maude for Cindy Pearlman's 2007 publication You Gotta See This. 16. SALMA HAYEK // WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) The "Times Topics" web page for Hayek at giving The new York Times site reported: "At six, she was smitten with acting after witnessing The Chocolate and willy Wonka Factory." seventeen. VIN DIESEL // GONE With favorite movie of all-time WIND (1939) In 2006, Diesel was requested by ELLE, "Have you ever observed a movie and also determined with a character romantically?" The actor replied, "Clark Gable inside Gone With favorite movie of all-time Wind. Here is this fellow statement,' I may be general within favorite movie of all-time edges, but I am favorite movie of all-time higher man for you, plus you are still locked above there with nice looking boy.'" Also, he outlined it as his preferred film for Pearlman's You Gotta See This. 18. TIM ALLEN //THE Seven SAMURAI (1954) AFI interviewed celebrities about their movies inside a lead-up to their "100 Years, 100 Movies" occasion inside 2007. In his job interview, Allen named The Seven Samurai as his favorite. nineteen. OWEN WILSON // PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (2002) And also favorite movie of all-time INSIDER (1999) Wilson reportedly reported, Punch Drunk Love was loved by "i. It revved me up to create a thing. it is a very simple story, although it demonstrates It's everything inside favorite movie of all-time details." He also told Glen Whipp of favorite movie of all-time Los Angeles Daily News, Punch-Drunk Love was enjoyed by "i, The Insider, and also United 93." twenty. ANTONIO BANDERAS // TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) And also favorite movie of all-time MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) Banderas is an Orson Welles fan. He outlined Touch of Evil as an example of his five popular movies (as nicely when favorite movie of all-time ever-popular Lawrence of Arabia and favorite movie of all-time Godfather) for Rotten Tomatoes, and he showed it again for Pearlman's You Gotta See This, along with another Welles movie, The Magnificent Ambersons. 21. JULIANNE MOORE // ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) For favorite movie of all-time New York Times' "Watching favorite movie of all-time Movies With" function, Moore picked Rosemary's Baby, saying, "This is favorite movie of all-time very first video that concerned mind while I believed of what I needed to watch," and "Wow, I love favorite movie of all-time start in this movie." 22. CHARLIZE THERON // I Could go ON SINGING (1963) To suit your needs Gotta See This, Theron told Pearlman which I Could Go On Singing is actually "favorite movie of all-time best video I have ever seen," then claimed - two times - "It's my favorite film in favorite movie of all-time world time." twenty three. RICHARD GERE // THE PASSENGER (1975) For you Gotta See This, Gere told Pearlman that a Passenger "has incessantly been" an example of his favorites. 24. UMA THURMAN // PILLOW TALK (1959) For Pearlman's You Gotta See This, Thurman revealed her preferred, explaining: "All favorite movie of all-time existence of mine I wanted to be Doris Day. Among my favorites is actually Pillow Talk. It's a light, breezy romp of a produce that's so much exciting to enjoy. I love that Doris did not play anyone but herself inside her movies." 25. REESE WITHERSPOON // OVERBOARD (1987) Witherspoon disclosed this factoid throughout favorite movie of all-time 84th Annual Academy Awards telecast of 2012. 26. DENNIS QUAID // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) In an interview with US Weekly, Quaid stated, "Lawrence of Arabia is, in my view, an ideal movie." twenty seven. SETH MACFARLANE // THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1964) When interviewed by IGN found 2003, MacFarlane was asked what his preferred movie is actually. The answer of his: "I gotta offer to The Sound of Music. I'm sorry. I already know that's, like, a lame answer, but I f***in' like The Sound of Music. It's The Sound of Music... It is not adore it's a number of obscure impartial movie. You'll find people who would be expecting me to say Caddyshack - which is selection two." twenty eight. ORSON WELLES // CITY LIGHTS (1931) Of favorite movie of all-time Chaplin film, Welles previously said, "...but you must observe City Lights... You will meet Chaplin contained City Lights." 29. STEVEN SPIELBERG // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Spielberg really helped replenish Lawrence of Arabia for a 2000 DVD release; in favorite movie of all-time accompanying documentary, "A Conversation with Steven Spielberg," favorite movie of all-time director talks about favorite movie of all-time impact favorite movie of all-time a digital movie had on favorite movie of all-time life of his and exactly why it is his preferred film. 30. ROGER EBERT // LA DOLCE VITA (1960) In a 2008 column on your Chicago Sun-Times, favorite movie of all-time late critic requested himself, "What is my personal favorite film?" The answer: "Right today, this kind of moment, favorite movie of all-time solution that is going to spring most fairly quickly to brain is Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). It have been've noticed by me, oh, no less than 25 instances, maybe substantially more. 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Previously after 1962, favorite movie of all-time top movie continues to be "Kane." "Citizen Kane" might just be favorite movie of all-time most crucial movie, for 2 reasons: It consolidated favorite movie of all-time film language up until 1941 and also smashed new land surface wearing this kind of parts as rich target, complicated audio, and narrative framework. The other cause is that it demonstrated favorite movie of all-time auteur theory 25 decades before it had been being identified (of course that theory was today getting demonstrated in quiet days). It had become "a movie by Orson Welles." It dramatized that a regulating creator of a movie, particularly a fantastic film, is generally favorite movie of all-time director of its, not its studio, creators, writers or economic backers. A film studio, Welles mentioned, is favorite movie of all-time better plaything railroad set a boy may actually wish for. 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Despite favorite movie of all-time entreaties of huge editors, writers and sites, I drop making lists of favorite movie of all-time best comedies, horror flicks, Christmas movies, loved ones films, Westerns, musicals, political films, silent flicks, flicks about pets, and so on. The approach madness is. Even more in vain is actually a listing of "favorite" flicks, nevertheless, favorite movie of all-time Sight of mine & Sound show kind of functions favorite movie of all-time function. I bring delight within Jonathan Rosenbaum's reply to favorite movie of all-time question: "It would be whatever Carl Dreyer film I had found once again most recently." There's an answer which makes sense for me, though instead of Dreyer I might pick Bergman, Fellini, Herzog, Scorsese, Ozu, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Keaton, or...you notice what I mean, and I haven't even reached directors under sixty. I become squirmy when individuals try to pin me lower. The single truly genuine answer is: I do not understand. But I'll ask myself: What's my personal favorite film? or perhaps I will skew favorite movie of all-time issue slightly: What film would I very like to see once again now? The key would not be "Kane." After discovering it countless occasions as well as studying it a photo each time, I dunno, 25 or perhaps 50 occasions, and also shooting a commentary track for this, I have kind of done with this. I admire it enormously, but saints safeguard me, it is not favorite movie of all-time movie I'd very love to find out once again without delay. Now, this kind of second, favorite movie of all-time solution that would spring very fairly quickly to brain is Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). It have been've noticed by me, oh, a minimum of twenty five times, possibly more. It doesn't acquire older for me personally. Age has not withered, not customized staled, favorite movie of all-time infinite type of its. I've developed so worked upwards only creating this paragraph that I need to slide inside favorite movie of all-time DVD and also begin viewing right away. People asked me a several years ago exactly why I included favorite movie of all-time movie in my annual Ebertfest, since it was, they said, hardly "overlooked," and also favorite movie of all-time festival showcases movies which deserve more attention. I stated it was not likely that more than several dozen in favorite movie of all-time 1,600 seat theater would ever have seen it within a pristine 35mm print documents on a really major screen. In gloomier occasions, I pondered favorite movie of all-time amount of around favorite movie of all-time market would never have noticed it in any way. What better definition of a neglected movie exists, than a single need to drag everybody else to? But my purpose isn't to inform you precisely why "La Dolce Vita" is actually fantastic. It's during favorite movie of all-time Great Movies Collection. To re review, I may add that it's among favorite movie of all-time most visually fluid motion pictures ever made, an a digital movie which approaches music in its hurrying passion, not mainly because Nino Rota's score is among favorite movie of all-time finest ever captured, but since favorite movie of all-time characters appear to move with music in them (joyful, lustful, remarkable, unsure, sad). Fellini worked within Italy at one time of dubbed dialogue, as well as he occasionally played music loudly as a world was filmed by him. That is favorite movie of all-time reason favorite movie of all-time heroes often appear to be switching to unheard rhythms. Of course, at this time there are independent reasons why favorite movie of all-time movie is a great body. But precisely why could it be favorite movie of all-time digital camera I so want to see at this time? The solution to that type of question is virtually often partly autobiographical. In my opinion, it's become a mirror held as big as my life, along with a bellwether of things to come. I first observed it on London contained 1962, what happens in 1972 I went through it a photo at once at favorite movie of all-time Conference on World Affairs found in Boulder. Nonetheless inside about 1982, 1992 as well as 2002. Each time I stated something such as hence (quoting from favorite movie of all-time GM assessment of mine, with a number of corrections): Movies do not change, but favorite movie of all-time viewers of theirs do. As I observed "La Dolce Vita" throughout 1962, I was an adolescent for whom "favorite movie of all-time cute life" represented everything I dreamed of: Exotic European glamour, sin, favorite movie of all-time tired romance of favorite movie of all-time skeptical newspaperman. While I observed it once again, about 1970, I was living in an edition of Marcello's environment. Chicago's North Avenue was not favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, but during three a.m. favorite movie of all-time denizens have been as colourful, & I was about Marcello's grow old. While I saw favorite movie of all-time a digital movie approximately 1980, Marcello was favorite movie of all-time identical age, but I was 10 years older, had stopped drinking, and also discovered him not being a job edition but as a victim, condemned to an unlimited attempt to find pleasure that might certainly not be discovered, not in that way. By 1991, Marcello appeared to be youthful still, even though I had at one time admired and then criticized him, these days I pitied and also appreciated him. And when I saw favorite movie of all-time film right after Mastroianni died, I felt that Marcello and Fellini had shot a moment of discovery and made it immortal. There might be few this kind of element as favorite movie of all-time lovely lifespan. Though it's important to realize that out there on your own. Needless to say I saw favorite movie of all-time film a number of other instances. Now it hits me, one among other items, as profoundly faith based, and not only as it opens and then closes with basic Christ symbols. Opinion has come in existence on this. As I first saw it, "La Dolce Vita" was on favorite movie of all-time Condemned listing of favorite movie of all-time Catholic Church. I knew views had been modifying as I was made to present and go over it prior to a convention of make educators who had been each nuns. Next during favorite movie of all-time reign of Pope John Paul II, it came out on favorite movie of all-time Vatican's list of movies that are excellent with faith based significance. The first period I observed it, I confess I'd lust in my heart. Anita Ekberg electrified me, and also I was inflamed by favorite movie of all-time untamed party on favorite movie of all-time tail end. In eventually years, I started focusing much more on Marcello, as I ought to have from favorite movie of all-time beginning. The union of Mastroianni, story as well as direction is one of favorite movie of all-time most ideal trinities deeply in film favorite movie of all-time historical past. I saw favorite movie of all-time impatient food cravings and aspiration of youth. The lifespan and also demise of Steiner offering, for Marcello, an idealistic getting ideas in addition to a killer disillusionment. The task of his father, providing a template for what Marcello had become, in addition to a warning of exactly how he may stop. Marcello's connections with women, those of a man that objectified them, and also was assimilated inside himself. The Madonna of favorite movie of all-time bogus magic, counterbalanced through favorite movie of all-time legitimate youthful girl inside favorite movie of all-time final shots, who still cared around Marcello and also been curious about if he had ongoing with his book. The Christ sign at favorite movie of all-time start, an air-lifted sculpture, that had been "beautiful" but unreal. The symbol on favorite movie of all-time conclusion, a fish, which was "ugly" but actual. The cute life along favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, that had been all absorbing within time, but now is long, lengthy past, as are most of those which existed it. since favorite movie of all-time movie has designed things which are different to me at different phases in favorite movie of all-time everyday living of mine, but has invariably implied something, and also because it obviously did for Fellini too, I believe I will constantly want to discover it again. It will not grow stagnant, since I haven't completed changing. Via basic comedies to cowboy filled westerns, celebrities play favorites when it comes to motion pictures, also. Allow me to share several of favorite movie of all-time favorite movies of politicians, directors, actors, musicians, and other celebrities. 1. BARACK OBAMA // THE GODFATHER (1972) And favorite movie of all-time GODFATHER: PART II (1974) When Katie Couric asked then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama what favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of his is, he replied, "Oh, I would think it would have to become favorite movie of all-time Godfather. A particular and Two. 3 not so much. The saga - I adore which movie." two. RONALD REAGAN // HIGH NOON (1952) Reagan appreciated Will Kane's commitment to duty and law in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. (Reagan had also been rumored to possess been a lover of Frank Capra's It's a fantastic Life.) three. RICHARD NIXON // PATTON (1970) Nixon's personal preference for Patton was mentioned in a 1970 TIME article: "The martial epic Patton absolutely stirs Richard Nixon that he has observed favorite movie of all-time make at least twice." Based on American Experience: Nixon on PBS, "Richard Nixon loved favorite movie of all-time movie Patton and observed it over and over inside favorite movie of all-time Whitish House." The Telegraph reported which Nixon "urged aides to witness favorite movie of all-time film plus grew to be, in favorite movie of all-time text of Secretary of State William Rogers, a' walking ad' because of it. He screened it 3 times inside favorite movie of all-time months ahead of favorite movie of all-time US intrusion of Cambodia contained April 1970..." Nixon's like for Patton was used in Woodward and Bernstein's 2005 manual, The very last Days. 4. Bill CLINTON // HIGH NOON (1952) Clinton was such an admirer of Western that he apparently screened favorite movie of all-time movie a capture 17 occasions at favorite movie of all-time White colored House. five. GEORGE W. Bush // FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) In accordance with a may 2001 report in favorite movie of all-time Atlantic, "Bush's popular movie is Field of Dreams, which made him cry, he at one time said, as it reminded him of taking part in catch while in favorite movie of all-time backside lawn with his dad - a fairly fair ballplayer himself once." 6. DWIGHT EISENHOWER // HIGH NOON (1952) Love to a number of other presidents, Eisenhower was reportedly a great lover of High Noon, screening it many times on favorite movie of all-time Truly white House (though less than as often times as Clinton). 7. JOHN MCCAIN // VIVA ZAPATA! (1952) During favorite movie of all-time presidential campaign of his, John McCain was directed in relation to his preferred movie by Katie Couric. The response of his: "Viva Zapata... It is a heroic tale of an individual who sacrificed everything for what he thought inside and there is several of most shifting scenes in that movie that I have already seen." 8. DAN QUAYLE // FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) During favorite movie of all-time 1990 presidential campaign, Quayle declared Ferris Bueller favorite movie of all-time favorite video of his, with favorite movie of all-time explanation, "It reminded me of favorite movie of all-time period of mine inside school." Land favorite movie of all-time perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! - Shop HereMENTAL FLOSS RECOMMENDS Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub!Land an ideal Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! Repair shop HERE nine. JUSTIN BIEBER // STEP BROTHERS (2008) In 2010, Bieber provided US Weekly with a summary of "25 Things You Do not Find out about Me." #17: "Step Brothers is my personal favorite movie." 10. JENNIFER LOPEZ // WEST SIDE STORY (1961) During a West Side Story themed image shoot for Vanity Fair in 2009, Lopez disclosed she viewed favorite movie of all-time traditional musical "37 times" growing up. She identifies with Anita, explaining: "I hardly ever was looking to remain this wimpy Maria... I needed to be Anita, exactly who danced favorite movie of all-time way of her method to favorite movie of all-time top." 11. GEORGE HARRISON // THE PRODUCERS (1968) Harrison reportedly appreciated favorite movie of all-time movie so much it inspired him to be a producer himself. twelve. JOHN TRAVOLTA // A person And a WOMAN (1966) IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows lists Travolta's favorite a digital movie as being a Man And A female, also noting he was partial to Yankee Doodle Dandy (1946) being a child. thirteen. HEATH LEDGER // THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Ledger favored favorite movie of all-time classic movie since, he stated, "It was favorite movie of all-time sole film my parents enabled me to discover as a kid." fourteen. TOM HANKS // 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Hanks has regularly discussed his love for Kubrick's classic, including during a forum on your film's 40th anniversary, exactly where he mentioned of this film, "You can examine it over and over and also ponder its meaning," he once believed. As outlined by a Tom Hanks fan web site, favorite movie of all-time actor has found 2001 more or less 40 times. 15. Bill PAXTON // SPLENDOR Within favorite movie of all-time GRASS (1961) AND HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) In a 2006 job interview with TV Guide, Paxton stated, "You've obtained to know anything at all about me and favorite movie of all-time career of mine: I am a romantic in life viewpoint, inside how I look at favorite movie of all-time world, favorite movie of all-time magnificence of nature, of associations. however, I never got to perform those roles. In favorite movie of all-time twenties of mine, I needed to be in a Splendor inside favorite movie of all-time Grass." The late actor listed both Splendor in favorite movie of all-time Grass and Maude and Harold for Cindy Pearlman's 2007 guide You Gotta See This. 16. SALMA HAYEK // WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) The "Times Topics" page for Hayek at giving The brand new York Times website reported: "At six, she was smitten with acting soon after watching The Chocolate and willy Wonka Factory." 17. VIN DIESEL // GONE Using favorite movie of all-time WIND (1939) In 2006, ELLE requested Diesel, "Have you actually observed a movie as well as revealed with a character romantically?" The actor replied, "Clark Gable inside Gone With favorite movie of all-time Wind. Here's this guy statement,' I might be basic in favorite movie of all-time tips, but I am favorite movie of all-time greater man for you, plus you are currently locked above at this time there with pretty boy.'" Also, he listed it as favorite movie of all-time favorite film of his for Pearlman's You Gotta See This. eighteen. TIM ALLEN //THE 7 SAMURAI (1954) AFI interviewed celebrities about their films inside a lead-up to favorite movie of all-time "100 Years of theirs, 100 Movies" occasion inside 2007. In favorite movie of all-time employment interview of his, Allen considered The Seven Samurai as his favorite. 19. OWEN WILSON // PUNCH DRUNK LOVE (2002) And also favorite movie of all-time INSIDER (1999) Wilson reportedly said, Punch-Drunk Love was loved by "i. It revved me approximately write something. it's a fairly simple story, although it proves It's nearly all in favorite movie of all-time details." Also, he told Glen Whipp on favorite movie of all-time Los Angeles Daily News, Punch Drunk Love was loved by "i, The Insider, and also United 93." twenty. ANTONIO BANDERAS // TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) And also favorite movie of all-time MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) Banderas is actually an Orson Welles air fan. He showed Touch of Evil as an example of his 5 favorite movies (as nicely as favorite movie of all-time ever popular Lawrence of Arabia and favorite movie of all-time Godfather) for Rotten Tomatoes, as well as he outlined it once again for Pearlman's You Gotta See This, together with another Welles movie, The Magnificent Ambersons. 21. JULIANNE MOORE // ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) Just for favorite movie of all-time New York Times' "Watching favorite movie of all-time Movies With" feature, Moore picked Rosemary's Baby, saying, "This is favorite movie of all-time first movie which concerned care about as I assumed of what I was looking to watch," as well as "Wow, I like favorite movie of all-time start on this movie." 22. CHARLIZE THERON // I Could go ON SINGING (1963) Suitable for you Gotta See This, Theron told Pearlman which I Could Go On Singing is actually "favorite movie of all-time most effective video I've already seen," then believed - two times - "It's favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of mine in favorite movie of all-time world time." 23. RICHARD GERE // THE PASSENGER (1975) To suit your needs Gotta See This, Gere told Pearlman that a Passenger "has incessantly been" an example of his favorites. 24. UMA THURMAN // PILLOW TALK (1959) For Pearlman's You Gotta See This, Thurman disclosed her favorite, explaining: "All favorite movie of all-time life of mine I was looking to always be Doris Day. Among my favorites is Pillow Talk. It's a gentle, breezy romp of a make that's really a lot of interesting to enjoy. I love Doris didn't participate in someone but herself inside her movies." 25. REESE WITHERSPOON // OVERBOARD (1987) Witherspoon disclosed favorite movie of all-time factoid during favorite movie of all-time 84th Annual Academy Awards telecast of 2012. twenty six. DENNIS QUAID // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) In an interview with US Weekly, Quaid stated, "Lawrence of Arabia is, I think, a perfect movie." 27. SETH MACFARLANE // THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1964) When interviewed by IGN in 2003, MacFarlane was asked what favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of his is. His answer: "I gotta offer to The Sound of Music. I am sorry. I already know that's, like, a lame solution, but I f***in' really like The Sound of Music. It's The Sound of Music... It is not like it's a few obscure self reliant film. You will find people who'd expect me to convey Caddyshack - which is number two." 28. ORSON WELLES // CITY LIGHTS (1931) Of favorite movie of all-time Chaplin movie, Welles previously said, "...but you need to see City Lights... You will meet Chaplin in City Lights." twenty nine. STEVEN SPIELBERG // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Spielberg helped replenish Lawrence of Arabia having a 2000 DVD release; in favorite movie of all-time accompanying documentary, "A Conversation with Steven Spielberg," favorite movie of all-time director discusses favorite movie of all-time effect favorite movie of all-time movie had on favorite movie of all-time living of his and why it's his preferred film. 30. ROGER EBERT // LA DOLCE VITA (1960) In a 2008 column on your Chicago Sun Times, favorite movie of all-time late critic asked himself, "What is my favorite film?" The solution: "Right now, this kind of second, favorite movie of all-time solution that is going to spring very fast to mind is actually Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). It have been've spotted by me, oh, at least 25 instances, possibly more. It does not get aged for me....I've grown and so worked upwards just composing this section which I want to glide inside favorite movie of all-time DVD and begin looking at immediately."Tom Hanks gives yet another outstanding performance in this movie, given that favorite movie of all-time retarted Forest Gump. The story really is amazing, and possesses certain really emotional parts, and is also really amusing. Forest Gump achieves a great deal with an IQ of 77. 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We look at you as well as your penchant for reports that are actual , therefore we place favorite movie of all-time very best of those documentary movies wearing its own checklist. Thus come. Let's go through favorite movie of all-time best 100 flicks among all time. Every movie critics are actually requested 2 inevitable questions: (one) "How a lot of movies do you see in a week?" in addition to being (2) "What's favorite movie of all-time greatest film of all favorite movie of all-time time?" Gene Siskel determined it did not matter what his reply to (1) was: "I can easily claim one or a dozen--it doesn't matter. The real answer is somewhere between 4 plus 10, however, they do not really care." The solution to (two), as most people realize, is actually "Citizen Kane." When naming favorite movie of all-time movie, I occasionally also joke, "That's favorite movie of all-time official answer." By far favorite movie of all-time most recognized "best film" subscriber list within favorite movie of all-time earth may be favorite movie of all-time one favorite movie of all-time UK film magazine "Sight & Sound" operates each ten yrs. They poll favorite movie of all-time planet's directors, critics, festival heads, archivists and others. Already after 1962, favorite movie of all-time top film has long been "Kane." "Citizen Kane" might just be favorite movie of all-time most significant film, for two reasons: It consolidated favorite movie of all-time film language in place until 1941 and broke brand new land surface wearing this sort of aspects as deeper concentrate, complicated sound, and narrative framework. Another reason is actually it demonstrated favorite movie of all-time auteur theory twenty five many years before it was being determined (of training course this theory was today getting evidenced in quiet days). It had become "a movie by Orson Welles." 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Even favorite movie of all-time great "Touch of his of Evil" had its gorgeous uninterrupted opening photo (now restored) hacked to sections and also re scored. He often believed "The Trial" (1962) was favorite movie of all-time first film of his since "Kane" about that he'd total command. He segued straight into poster boy against all of favorite movie of all-time forces from private, self reliant, ground breaking movies. Hence favorite movie of all-time panasonic kx-tg6545b cordless phone settled: "Citizen Kane" may be favorite movie of all-time official greatest movie of all time, with Renoir's "The Rules belonging to favorite movie of all-time Game" (1939) near on its heels. "Kane" is very important definitely for itself and also for just what it signifies. however, men and women don't usually ask roughly favorite movie of all-time greatest movie. They ask, "What's your favorite movie?" Again, I constantly respond with "Citizen Kane." But is favorite movie of all-time fact that true, or even just hassle-free? Why don't we agree that all prospect lists of films are actually nonsense. I have steadfastly refused to create any menu of movies other than my yearly Best ten checklist, therefore Sound poll--which and favorite movie of all-time Sight has, subsequent to many, a few actual significance. Regardless of favorite movie of all-time entreaties of huge editors, experts and sites, I fall to make prospect lists of best comedies, horror movies, Christmas movies, loved ones films, Westerns, musicals, political movies, quiet movies, flicks regarding pets, and so on. The approach madness sits. Even more useless is a summary of "favorite" films, however, favorite movie of all-time Sight of mine & Sound show kind of runs favorite movie of all-time function. I carry delight within Jonathan Rosenbaum's reply to favorite movie of all-time question: "It could be any Carl Dreyer film I had observed again virtually all recently." There is an answer that seems sensible in my opinion, although rather than Dreyer I might select Bergman, Fellini, Herzog, Scorsese, Ozu, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Keaton, or...you notice what I entail, and I haven't actually covered directors beneath sixty. I are squirmy when individuals try and pin me lower. The single really sincere answer is actually: I don't know. Though I will ask myself: What is favorite movie of all-time most popular film? Or maybe I'll skew favorite movie of all-time problem slightly: What movie would I very love to see once again right this moment? The solution wouldn't be "Kane." After discovering it countless occasions and also checking out it a shot each time, I dunno, twenty five or maybe 50 instances, and capturing a commentary monitor for this, I have kind of done with with it. I respect it tremendously, but saints safeguard me, it is not favorite movie of all-time film I would so love to see yet again without delay. Today, this specific moment, favorite movie of all-time answer that could spring so fast to mind is actually Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). It have been've noticed by me, oh, at least 25 instances, maybe quite a bit more. It doesn't get older for me. Get older has not withered, not customized staled, its infinite type. I've grown therefore worked upwards only writing favorite movie of all-time section that I wish to slide within favorite movie of all-time DVD and begin watching straightaway. A lot of people requested me a few years ago exactly why I included favorite movie of all-time film in favorite movie of all-time yearly Ebertfest of mine, as it was, they mentioned, barely "overlooked," and favorite movie of all-time festival showcases flicks that should have greater attention. I said it was unlikely that much more when compared to a few dozen inside favorite movie of all-time 1,600 seat theater would ever have seen it inside a dazzling 35mm print files on a truly major display screen. With gloomier instances, I thought about favorite movie of all-time amount of in favorite movie of all-time audience would not have noticed it at all. What an eco-friendly meaning of a neglected movie is present, than one want to drag everybody else to? But favorite movie of all-time purpose of mine is not to inform you why "La Dolce Vita" is actually excellent. It's in favorite movie of all-time Great Movies Collection. To that re-review, I might mix in that it's among favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of all-time majority of visually fluid films ever made, a film that approaches music throughout its hurrying eagerness, not simply because Nino Rota's score is among favorite movie of all-time most effective ever captured, but since favorite movie of all-time figures appear to transfer with music inside of them (joyful, lustful, remarkable, doubtful, sad). Fellini proved helpful within Italy at a time of dubbed dialogue, as well as he sometimes had music loudly as he recorded a scene. That is precisely why favorite movie of all-time figures often appear to be moving to unheard rhythms. Of course, there are unbiased explanations why favorite movie of all-time film is a great body. But exactly why could it be favorite movie of all-time camera I so wish to see right now? The solution to this sort of question is virtually constantly partly autobiographical. I think, it has grown to be a mirror held a maximum of my living, in addition to a bellwether of things to occur. I first found it on London in 1962, what happens in 1972 I had it a photo at one time on favorite movie of all-time Conference on World Affairs in Boulder. Then again in about 1982, 1992 and 2002. Whenever I said something like hence (quoting via my GM evaluation, with several corrections): Movies don't alter, but their viewing audience do. While I noticed "La Dolce Vita" throughout 1962, I was an adolescent for whom "favorite movie of all-time sweet life" represented all I dreamed of: Exotic European glamour, sin, favorite movie of all-time tired romance of skeptical newspaperman. As I saw it again, approximately 1970, I was located in a release of Marcello's planet. Chicago's North Avenue wasn't favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, but at 3 a.m. favorite movie of all-time denizens had been as bright colored, & I was around Marcello's get older. When I watched favorite movie of all-time movie roughly 1980, Marcello was exactly favorite movie of all-time same age, though I was 10 years more mature, had finished taking in, and discovered him not as a task edition but as a prey, condemned to an endless hunt for happiness which could certainly not be realized, not like that. By 1991, Marcello seemed younger nevertheless, and while I'd at one time admired and next criticized him, these days I pitied and also enjoyed him. So when I watched favorite movie of all-time movie right after Mastroianni died, I thought that Fellini and Marcello had taken some time of find plus made it immortal. Generally there could be no this kind of element since favorite movie of all-time sweet lifespan. although it's important to find that out yourself. Needless to say I watched favorite movie of all-time movie a number of other instances. These days it hits me, among other items, as profoundly religious, and not merely as it opens and then shuts with traditional Christ symbols. Belief has arrived around on that. While I 1st found it, "La Dolce Vita" was on favorite movie of all-time Condemned listing of favorite movie of all-time Catholic Church. I just knew perspectives were altering while I was made to expose and go over it prior to a convention of produce educators that were all nuns. Next for favorite movie of all-time duration of favorite movie of all-time reign of Pope John Paul II, it came out on favorite movie of all-time Vatican's list of flicks that are terrific with faith based meaning. The first time frame I noticed it, I confess I had lust in favorite movie of all-time heart and soul of mine. Anita Ekberg electrified me, as well as I was inflamed by favorite movie of all-time crazy soiree at favorite movie of all-time tail end. 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The Madonna of phony magic, counterbalanced by favorite movie of all-time legitimate young female inside favorite movie of all-time finalized shots, whom nevertheless cared around Marcello and also thought about in favorite movie of all-time event that he had continued with his publication. The Christ symbol at favorite movie of all-time beginning, an air-lifted statue, which had been "beautiful" but unreal. The sign on favorite movie of all-time tail end, a fish, that had been "ugly" but serious. The lovely life on favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, which had been all absorbing during favorite movie of all-time time, but now is lengthy, lengthy past, as are favorite movie of all-time majority of those folks which lived it. since favorite movie of all-time movie has meant things that are different to me at different development in favorite movie of all-time daily life of mine, but has constantly meant things, and also because doing so clearly did for Fellini also, I believe I'll always wish to look at it once again. It will not develop stagnant, as I haven't completed changing. From basic comedies to cowboy filled westerns, celebrities engage in favorites when it comes to films, too. Here are several of favorite movie of all-time favorite movies of people in politics, directors, actors, musicians, and other celebrities. 1. BARACK OBAMA // THE GODFATHER (1972) And also favorite movie of all-time GODFATHER: PART II (1974) When Katie Couric asked then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama what his preferred video is, he replied, "Oh, I imagine it will be required to be favorite movie of all-time Godfather. One particular and 2. Three not so much. That saga - I like which movie." two. RONALD REAGAN // HIGH NOON (1952) Reagan appreciated Will Kane's dedication to law and also duty in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. (Reagan had also been rumored to possess been a follower of Frank Capra's It is a fantastic Life.) 3. RICHARD NIXON // PATTON (1970) Nixon's personal preference for Patton was talked about in a 1970 TIME article: "The martial epic Patton extremely stirs Richard Nixon that he has noticed favorite movie of all-time film at a minimum twice." According to American Experience: Nixon on PBS, "Richard Nixon enjoyed favorite movie of all-time film Patton and observed it time and time again inside favorite movie of all-time Truly white House." The Telegraph reported that Nixon "urged aides to witness favorite movie of all-time film plus turned out to be, in favorite movie of all-time written text of Secretary of State William Rogers, a' walking ad' for it. He screened it three times inside favorite movie of all-time days before favorite movie of all-time US invasion of Cambodia contained April 1970..." Nixon's love for Patton had also been used doing Woodward and also Bernstein's 2005 publication, The final Days. 4. Costs CLINTON // HIGH NOON (1952) Clinton was such a fan of favorite movie of all-time Western that he evidently screened favorite movie of all-time film a shoot 17 instances at favorite movie of all-time White colored House. five. GEORGE W. Bush // FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) According to a may 2001 report inside favorite movie of all-time Atlantic, "Bush's favorite video is actually Field of Dreams, which made him cry, he at one time claimed, because it reminded him of participating in catch inside favorite movie of all-time backside lawn with favorite movie of all-time dad of his - quite a fair ballplayer himself once." 6. DWIGHT EISENHOWER // HIGH NOON (1952) Like to a number of other presidents, Eisenhower was reportedly a major fan of High Noon, screening it several times on favorite movie of all-time Truly white House (though more or less not as many times as Clinton). 7. JOHN MCCAIN // VIVA ZAPATA! (1952) During favorite movie of all-time presidential strategy of his, John McCain was asked about his preferred film by Katie Couric. His response: "Viva Zapata... It's a heroic tale of an individual who sacrificed everything for what he believed within and there's several of favorite movie of all-time most shifting scenes in that a digital movie that I've ever seen." eight. DAN QUAYLE // FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) During favorite movie of all-time 1990 presidential campaign, Quayle declared Ferris Bueller favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of his, with favorite movie of all-time reason, "It reminded me of favorite movie of all-time period of mine in school." Land favorite movie of all-time perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! - Shop HereMENTAL FLOSS RECOMMENDS Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub!Land favorite movie of all-time perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! Shop HERE nine. JUSTIN BIEBER // STEP BROTHERS (2008) In 2010, Bieber presented US Weekly with a summary of "25 Things You Do not Know about Me." #17: "Step Brothers is my personal favorite movie." ten. JENNIFER LOPEZ // WEST SIDE STORY (1961) During a West Side Story-themed photo shoot for Vanity Fair throughout 2009, Lopez disclosed that she viewed favorite movie of all-time classic musical "37 times" a youngster. She identifies with Anita, explaining: "I never ever needed to remain that wimpy Maria... I needed to always be Anita, exactly who danced her way method to favorite movie of all-time top." 11. GEORGE HARRISON // THE PRODUCERS (1968) Harrison reportedly enjoyed favorite movie of all-time film a lot that it inspired him to become a producer himself. 12. JOHN TRAVOLTA // A man And also a WOMAN (1966) IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows lists Travolta's favorite film as a Man And A woman, also noting he was partial to Yankee Doodle Dandy (1946) as a child. 13. HEATH LEDGER // THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Ledger favored favorite movie of all-time classic movie because, he reported, "It was favorite movie of all-time sole film my parents made it possible for me to discover like a kid." 14. TOM HANKS // 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Hanks has often discussed favorite movie of all-time love of his for Kubrick's traditional, including within a discussion board on your film's 40th anniversary, exactly where he said of this film, "You is able to look at it again and again and contemplate its meaning," he once said. According to a Tom Hanks blower website, favorite movie of all-time actor has observed 2001 more or less 40 times. fifteen. Bill PAXTON // SPLENDOR In favorite movie of all-time GRASS (1961) AND HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) In a 2006 interview with TV Guide, Paxton stated, "You've obtained to know a thing about me and favorite movie of all-time career of mine: I'm a romantic found living philosophy, inside how I glance at favorite movie of all-time world, favorite movie of all-time magnificence of favorite movie of all-time natural world, of relationships. Though I never ever became to complete those roles. In favorite movie of all-time twenties of mine, I needed to experience a Splendor inside favorite movie of all-time Grass." The late actor enumerated both of favorite movie of all-time Splendor in favorite movie of all-time Grass and Maude and Harold for Cindy Pearlman's 2007 book You Gotta See This. sixteen. SALMA HAYEK // WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) The "Times Topics" webpage for Hayek at giving The new York Times website reported: "At 6, she was smitten with acting after witnessing The Chocolate and willy Wonka Factory." seventeen. VIN DIESEL // GONE Using favorite movie of all-time WIND (1939) In 2006, ELLE asked Diesel, "Have you actually watched a movie and also revealed and have a character romantically?" The actor replied, "Clark Gable in Gone With favorite movie of all-time Wind. Here is this person saying,' I may be rough within favorite movie of all-time sides, but I am favorite movie of all-time greater man suitable for you, plus you're still locked above generally there with attractive looking boy.'" In addition, he outlined it as favorite movie of all-time favorite a digital movie of his for Pearlman's You Gotta See This. eighteen. TIM ALLEN //THE 7 SAMURAI (1954) AFI interviewed celebrities about favorite movie of all-time films of theirs in a lead up to favorite movie of all-time "100 Years of theirs, 100 Movies" event inside 2007. In favorite movie of all-time interview of his, Allen named The Seven Samurai as his favorite. 19. OWEN WILSON // PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002) And favorite movie of all-time INSIDER (1999) Wilson reportedly said, Punch-Drunk Love was loved by "i. It revved me up to create anything at all. it's a fairly simple story, but it attests It's all in favorite movie of all-time details." Also, he told Glen Whipp belonging to favorite movie of all-time Los Angeles Daily News, Punch-Drunk Love was loved by "i, The Insider, and also United 93." twenty. ANTONIO BANDERAS // TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) As well as favorite movie of all-time MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) Banderas is actually an Orson Welles air fan. He showed Touch of Evil as one of his 5 popular films (as well while favorite movie of all-time ever-popular Lawrence of Arabia as well as favorite movie of all-time Godfather) for Rotten Tomatoes, as well as he outlined it again for Pearlman's You Gotta See This, along with a different Welles film, The Magnificent Ambersons. 21. JULIANNE MOORE // ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) Just for favorite movie of all-time New York Times' "Watching favorite movie of all-time Movies With" feature, Moore picked Rosemary's Baby, expressing, "This will be favorite movie of all-time first movie that involved worry about while I thought of what I was looking to watch," and "Wow, I like favorite movie of all-time beginning in this movie." twenty two. CHARLIZE THERON // I Could go ON SINGING (1963) Suitable for you Gotta See This, Theron told Pearlman which I Could Go On Singing is "favorite movie of all-time best movie I've ever seen," then said - two times - "It's my favorite film in favorite movie of all-time world time." 23. RICHARD GERE // THE PASSENGER (1975) To suit your needs Gotta See This, Gere told Pearlman that favorite movie of all-time Passenger "has forever been" among his favorites. twenty four. UMA THURMAN // PILLOW TALK (1959) For Pearlman's You Gotta See This, Thurman disclosed her favorite, explaining: "All favorite movie of all-time everyday living of mine I was looking to become Doris Day. An example of my favorites is Pillow Talk. It is a mild, breezy romp of a film that's so much exciting to enjoy. I like Doris didn't engage in anyone but herself in her movies." 25. REESE WITHERSPOON // OVERBOARD (1987) Witherspoon disclosed favorite movie of all-time factoid during favorite movie of all-time 84th Annual Academy Awards telecast in 2012. 26. DENNIS QUAID // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) In a job interview with US Weekly, Quaid mentioned, "Lawrence of Arabia is, many people feel, a perfect movie." twenty seven. SETH MACFARLANE // THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1964) When interviewed by IGN in 2003, MacFarlane was asked what favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of his is actually. His answer: "I gotta give it to The Sound of Music. I'm sorry. I know that's, like, a lame answer, but I f***in' like The Sound of Music. It's The Sound of Music... It is not love green living some obscure independent film. You will find individuals who'd expect me to convey Caddyshack - which happens to be number two." twenty eight. ORSON WELLES // CITY LIGHTS (1931) On favorite movie of all-time Chaplin movie, Welles once claimed, "...but you must observe City Lights... You will meet Chaplin found City Lights." 29. STEVEN SPIELBERG // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Spielberg really helped restore Lawrence of Arabia for a 2000 DVD release; within favorite movie of all-time accompanying documentary, "A Conversation with Steven Spielberg," favorite movie of all-time director talks about favorite movie of all-time impact favorite movie of all-time a digital movie had on his lifetime and exactly why it's his favorite film. thirty. ROGER EBERT // LA DOLCE VITA (1960) In a 2008 column with favorite movie of all-time Chicago Sun-Times, favorite movie of all-time late critic asked himself, "What is my personal favorite film?" The solution: "Right right now, this specific moment, favorite movie of all-time answer that would spring most quickly to brain is Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). It have been've noticed by me, oh, at least twenty five times, perhaps more. 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A lot more useless is a summary of "favorite" films, nevertheless, favorite movie of all-time Sight of mine & Sound show sort of runs that function. I take delight in Jonathan Rosenbaum's reply to favorite movie of all-time question: "It might possibly be whatever Carl Dreyer film I'd observed again favorite movie of all-time majority of recently." There is a solution that seems sensible I think, nonetheless, rather than Dreyer I might choose Bergman, Fellini, Herzog, Scorsese, Ozu, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Keaton, or...you see what I mean, and I have not actually reached directors underneath sixty. I become squirmy when folks try to pin me down. The one genuinely sincere remedy is: I do not comprehend. however, I will talk to myself: What's favorite movie of all-time most popular movie? Or maybe I'll skew favorite movie of all-time problem slightly: What digital movie would I most like to see yet again now? The answer would not be "Kane." After discovering it huge occasions and also going-through it a photo each time, I dunno, 25 or maybe 50 occasions, and capturing a commentary monitor for it, I've kind of done with with it. I respect it enormously, but saints safeguard me, it is not favorite movie of all-time film I would very love to see once again right this moment. Right now, this kind of second, favorite movie of all-time answer that could spring very quickly to mind is actually Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). It have been've seen by me, oh, at least twenty five occasions, maybe substantially more. It does not find old for me. Grow older hasn't withered, not custom staled, favorite movie of all-time infinite type of its. I have grown so worked upwards only composing favorite movie of all-time section which I need to glide inside favorite movie of all-time DVD and begin observing straightaway. 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For me, it has turned out to be a mirror held as big as favorite movie of all-time living of mine, along with a bellwether of items to arrive. I 1st discovered it in London contained 1962, and in 1972 I underwent it a photo at a time on favorite movie of all-time Conference on World Affairs in Boulder. Nonetheless in about 1982, 1992 along with 2002. Whenever I stated something such as hence (quoting via favorite movie of all-time GM assessment of mine, with several corrections): Movies do not alter, but their viewers do. While I saw "La Dolce Vita" throughout 1962, I was an adolescent for whom "favorite movie of all-time sweet life" represented everything I dreamed of: Exotic European glamour, sin, favorite movie of all-time exhausted romance of cynical newspaperman. When I observed it all over again, close to 1970, I was living in a version of Marcello's world. 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Obviously I saw favorite movie of all-time film a number of other times. At this point it has me, among other things, as significantly spiritual, moreover not merely since it opens and closes with classic Christ symbols. Judgment has come in existence on that. When I 1st discovered it, "La Dolce Vita" was on favorite movie of all-time Condemned listing of Catholic Church. I were sure views had been altering as I was made to present as well as talk about it earlier than a convention of produce educators which had been each nuns. Next for favorite movie of all-time duration of favorite movie of all-time reign of Pope John Paul II, it came out on favorite movie of all-time Vatican's menu of terrific movies with spiritual meaning. The very first time frame I noticed it, I confess I'd lust in my heart. Anita Ekberg electrified me, and also I was inflamed from favorite movie of all-time wild bash at favorite movie of all-time conclusion. Within later yrs, I started focusing more on Marcello, as I really should have right from favorite movie of all-time start. The union of Mastroianni, story and also direction is actually one of favorite movie of all-time favorite movie of all-time majority of best trinities in film history. I watched favorite movie of all-time impatient hunger as well as dream of youth. The lifetime as well as favorite movie of all-time passing of Steiner supplying, for Marcello, an idealistic ideas in addition to a smashing disillusionment. The job of his dad, if a template for what Marcello had grown to be, along with a warning of favorite movie of all-time way he could conclude. Marcello's connections with females, those of a male which objectified them, and also was assimilated within himself. The Madonna of favorite movie of all-time fake miraculous, counterbalanced from favorite movie of all-time genuine youthful girl in favorite movie of all-time final photos, whom nonetheless cared about Marcello and thought about if he had ongoing with his publication. The Christ sign from favorite movie of all-time outset, an air-lifted figurine, which was "beautiful" but unreal. The symbol on favorite movie of all-time conclusion, a fish, that had been "ugly" but real. The cute life along favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, which was all-absorbing at time, but now is long, lengthy past, as are actually nearly all of favorite movie of all-time people that existed it. as favorite movie of all-time movie has intended different things to me during several stages in favorite movie of all-time life of mine, but has always implied things, and also because it clearly did for Fellini too, I guess I will always wish to see it all over again. It won't develop stagnant, since I have not completed changing. From traditional comedies to cowboy-filled westerns, celebrities participate in favorites in relation to films, also. Listed here are several of favorite movie of all-time favorite flicks of people in politics, directors, actors, musicians, as well as other celebrities. 1. BARACK OBAMA // THE GODFATHER (1972) As well as favorite movie of all-time GODFATHER: PART II (1974) When Katie Couric asked then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama what his favorite video is actually, "Oh, he replied, I imagine it would be required to be favorite movie of all-time Godfather. One and 2. 3 not a lot. The saga - I adore which movie." two. RONALD REAGAN // HIGH NOON (1952) Reagan appreciated Will Kane's commitment to duty as well as law in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. (Reagan was also rumored to possess been a fan of Frank Capra's It's a great Life.) 3. RICHARD NIXON // PATTON (1970) Nixon's preference for Patton was brought up inside a 1970 TIME article: "The martial epic Patton extremely stirs Richard Nixon that he has noticed favorite movie of all-time make at least twice." According to American Experience: Nixon on PBS, "Richard Nixon loved favorite movie of all-time movie Patton and then observed it time and time again within favorite movie of all-time White colored House." The Telegraph found which Nixon "urged aides to see favorite movie of all-time movie and turned out to be, in favorite movie of all-time text of Secretary of State William Rogers, a' walking ad' because of it. He screened it 3 occasions in favorite movie of all-time weeks prior to favorite movie of all-time US invasion of Cambodia found April 1970..." Nixon's like for Patton had also been mentioned around Woodward and Bernstein's 2005 manual, The last Days. four. Monthly bill CLINTON // HIGH NOON (1952) Clinton was these types of an admirer of favorite movie of all-time Western that he evidently screened favorite movie of all-time film a record 17 occasions at favorite movie of all-time White colored House. five. GEORGE W. Shrub // FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) Based on a could 2001 guide in favorite movie of all-time Atlantic, "Bush's popular movie is actually Field of Dreams, that generated him cry, he once claimed, since it reminded him of taking part in catch inside favorite movie of all-time back lawn with favorite movie of all-time dad of his - a fairly fair ballplayer himself once." six. DWIGHT EISENHOWER // HIGH NOON (1952) Like to many other presidents, Eisenhower was reportedly a great admirer of High Noon, screening it many times on favorite movie of all-time White colored House (though not quite as often as Clinton). seven. JOHN MCCAIN // VIVA ZAPATA! (1952) During favorite movie of all-time presidential strategy of his, John McCain was made about his favorite movie by Katie Couric. His response: "Viva Zapata... It is a heroic tale of an individual which sacrificed everything for what he believed in and there is several of favorite movie of all-time most moving scenes in that film that I have already seen." 8. DAN QUAYLE // FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986) During favorite movie of all-time 1990 presidential campaign, Quayle declared Ferris Bueller favorite movie of all-time fave movie of his, while using reason, "It reminded me of my occasion inside school." Land favorite movie of all-time perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! - Shop HereMENTAL FLOSS RECOMMENDS Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub!Land an ideal Gift Through Amazon's Mother's Day Hub! Dealer HERE nine. JUSTIN BIEBER // STEP BROTHERS (2008) In 2010, Bieber provided US Weekly with a listing of "25 Things You Don't Learn about Me." #17: "Step Brothers is favorite movie of all-time most popular movie." ten. JENNIFER LOPEZ // WEST SIDE STORY (1961) During a West Side Story-themed picture shoot for Vanity Fair in 2009, Lopez showed she viewed favorite movie of all-time conventional musical "37 times" growing up. She identifies with Anita, explaining: "I never was looking to be this wimpy Maria... I needed to become Anita, exactly who danced her way technique to favorite movie of all-time top." eleven. GEORGE HARRISON // THE PRODUCERS (1968) Harrison reportedly liked favorite movie of all-time movie a lot it inspired him to be a producer himself. twelve. JOHN TRAVOLTA // A guy Along with a WOMAN (1966) IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows lists Travolta's preferred film as a Man And A female, likewise noting he was partial to Yankee Doodle Dandy (1946) as a child. 13. HEATH LEDGER // THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Ledger favored favorite movie of all-time classic film given that, he reported, "It was favorite movie of all-time sole movie my parents enabled me to discover like a kid." fourteen. TOM HANKS // 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) Hanks has frequently discussed his like for Kubrick's standard, this includes at a discussion board on your film's 40th anniversary, where he stated of this film, "You is able to look at it over and over and contemplate its meaning," he once claimed. According to a Tom Hanks air fan site, favorite movie of all-time actor has seen 2001 roughly 40 times. 15. Bill PAXTON // SPLENDOR In favorite movie of all-time GRASS (1961) AND HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) In a 2006 interview with TV Guide, Paxton said, "You've obtained to learn anything at all concerning me and my career: I am a romantic in life school of thought, within just how I look at favorite movie of all-time globe, favorite movie of all-time splendor of favorite movie of all-time natural world, of interactions. Though I never ever became to do those roles. In favorite movie of all-time twenties of mine, I was looking to be in a Splendor within favorite movie of all-time Grass." The late actor mentioned both of favorite movie of all-time Splendor within favorite movie of all-time Grass and Maude and Harold for Cindy Pearlman's 2007 guide You Gotta See This. sixteen. SALMA HAYEK // WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971) The "Times Topics" webpage for Hayek at giving The brand new York Times website reported: "At six, she was smitten with acting soon after seeing The Chocolate and willy Wonka Factory." 17. VIN DIESEL // GONE Using favorite movie of all-time WIND (1939) In 2006, Diesel was asked by ELLE, "Have you ever observed a movie and determined and have a character romantically?" The actor replied, "Clark Gable in Gone With favorite movie of all-time Wind. Here's favorite movie of all-time person statement,' I may be basic in favorite movie of all-time borders, but I am favorite movie of all-time greater man for you, plus you are still locked over there with attractive looking boy.'" Also, he showed it as his favorite film for Pearlman's You Gotta See This. eighteen. TIM ALLEN //THE 7 SAMURAI (1954) AFI interviewed celebrities about favorite movie of all-time flicks of theirs in a lead up to their "100 Years, 100 Movies" occasion in 2007. In favorite movie of all-time interview of his, Allen considered The Seven Samurai as his favorite. nineteen. OWEN WILSON // PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002) And favorite movie of all-time INSIDER (1999) Wilson reportedly reported, "I loved Punch-Drunk Love. It revved me approximately create something. it is a fairly simple story, although it proves It's everything within favorite movie of all-time details." In addition, he told Glen Whipp of favorite movie of all-time Los Angeles Daily News, "I loved Punch Drunk Love, The Insider, and also United 93." 20. ANTONIO BANDERAS // TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) And favorite movie of all-time MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) Banderas is an Orson Welles air fan. He outlined Touch of Evil as one of his 5 popular films (as effectively while favorite movie of all-time ever-popular Lawrence of Arabia as well as favorite movie of all-time Godfather) for Rotten Tomatoes, and he listed it again for Pearlman's You Gotta See This, along with another Welles film, The Magnificent Ambersons. 21. JULIANNE MOORE // ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) For favorite movie of all-time New York Times' "Watching favorite movie of all-time Movies With" feature, Moore picked Rosemary's Baby, saying, "This is favorite movie of all-time very first video which concerned mind as I believed of what I wanted to watch," and "Wow, I like favorite movie of all-time start in this movie." twenty two. CHARLIZE THERON // I Could go ON SINGING (1963) For you Gotta See This, Theron told Pearlman that I Could Go On Singing is "favorite movie of all-time greatest movie I have already seen," and then said - twice - "It's favorite movie of all-time most popular movie on favorite movie of all-time planet time." 23. RICHARD GERE // THE PASSENGER (1975) To suit your needs Gotta See This, Gere told Pearlman that a Passenger "has always been" one of his favorites. 24. UMA THURMAN // PILLOW TALK (1959) For Pearlman's You Gotta See This, Thurman disclosed her favorite, explaining: "All my everyday living I was looking to become Doris Day. An example of favorite movie of all-time favorites of mine is actually Pillow Talk. It's a gentle, breezy romp of a film that's so a lot of fun to watch. I adore that Doris didn't participate in anybody but herself inside her movies." 25. REESE WITHERSPOON // OVERBOARD (1987) Witherspoon disclosed this factoid during favorite movie of all-time 84th Annual Academy Awards telecast in 2012. twenty six. DENNIS QUAID // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) In an interview with US Weekly, Quaid mentioned, "Lawrence of Arabia is actually, I think, an ideal movie." twenty seven. SETH MACFARLANE // THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1964) When interviewed by IGN found 2003, MacFarlane was asked what his favorite movie is actually. His answer: "I gotta provide it with to The Sound of Music. I am sorry. I are aware that is, just like, a lame solution, but I f***in' really like The Sound of Music. It's The Sound of Music... It's not love it's some obscure impartial film. There are those who would be expecting me to suggest Caddyshack - which is number two." twenty eight. ORSON WELLES // CITY LIGHTS (1931) On favorite movie of all-time Chaplin movie, Welles once claimed, "...but you have to notice City Lights... You will meet Chaplin found City Lights." twenty nine. STEVEN SPIELBERG // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962) Spielberg helped to restore Lawrence of Arabia having a 2000 DVD release; within favorite movie of all-time accompanying documentary, "A Conversation with Steven Spielberg," favorite movie of all-time director discusses favorite movie of all-time effect favorite movie of all-time a digital movie had on favorite movie of all-time life of his in addition to exactly favorite movie of all-time reason it is his preferred film. 30. ROGER EBERT // LA DOLCE VITA (1960) In a 2008 column with favorite movie of all-time Chicago Sun-Times, favorite movie of all-time late critic asked himself, "What is my personal favorite film?" The answer: "Right right now, this kind of second, favorite movie of all-time answer that would spring so quickly to brain is actually Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). I've noticed it, oh, no less than twenty five times, perhaps quite a bit more. It doesn't acquire old for me....I've cultivated therefore worked up simply composing favorite movie of all-time paragraph that I need to glide within favorite movie of all-time DVD and start seeing immediately."5. Lord of favorite movie of all-time Rings: Return of favorite movie of all-time King-In this movie Peter Jackson does a masterful job of rounding out one of favorite movie of all-time greatest trilogies of all time. A movie that won eleven academy awards, favorite movie of all-time all time record, LOTR ROTK, shows how Frodo must fulfill his quest of destroying favorite movie of all-time ring, while favorite movie of all-time forces of good try and hold off favorite movie of all-time evil Sauron's forces by fighting them head on. Elijah Wood gives an astounding performance where he develops favorite movie of all-time character of Frodo to favorite movie of all-time same amount of detail described in Tolkien's masterful books. Ian McKellen gives an amazing performace as favorite movie of all-time Savior like Gandalf. Every actor is really amazing. Andy Serkis, who plays Gollum, went through hell to play favorite movie of all-time role, and he achieved it brilliantly. The battle scenes are favorite movie of all-time most epic of any movie ever, and favorite movie of all-time charge of favorite movie of all-time Rohirrim is something that every movie lover must see. A truly epic and awe inspiring film.6. Patton-This is a World War II movie that is about one of favorite movie of all-time greatest military figures of all time. George S. Patton, played by George C. Scott. George C. Scott gives favorite movie of all-time greatest performance of all time as Patton. He is fiesty, agitating, outspoken, not favorite movie of all-time hero we wanted, but favorite movie of all-time one we needed. All of his successes are outweighed by his outspokenness, and stubbornness. The movie portrays Patton as a flawed god, who believes that he was reincarnated after having faught in ancient battles of old. The movie really takes favorite movie of all-time American's experience of World War II in Europe, and puts it into a nutshell. A really outstanding movie, that shows you what an amazing man he was.7. Gran Torino-This might be favorite movie of all-time best mix of comedy, action, emotion, and message of any movie ever. Clint Eastwood writes, directs, stars in, and produces this one. He got snubbed from any Oscars, but boy did he deserve them. Clint Eastwood plays his typcial , hardened, low key, old bitch. He's racist, and hostile toward pretty much every thing that moves. One of his Asian neighbors tries to steal his precious Gran Torino car. Eastwood stops him, and is really...really pissed. But strange circumstances make him a hero in favorite movie of all-time eyes of his Asian neighbors, and he befriends his next door neighbors. He helps them out, gets favorite movie of all-time son started at a job, and even is willing to sacrifice everything for them. A great American classic, and hilariously funny at some parts.8. Forest Gump-Tom Hanks gives another excellent performance in this movie, as favorite movie of all-time retarted Forest Gump. The story is really amazing, and has some extremely emotional pieces, and is also very funny. Forest Gump achieves so much with an IQ of 77. He is an all american football player, a medal of honor winner, a national celebrity ping pong champion, a shrimp boat company owner, and a founding investor in Apple. The movie's message is powerful: No matter what, if you can set your mind to do something, anything can be accomplished.9. The Bourne Ultimatum-Matt Damon plays favorite movie of all-time troubled ex-CIA agent Jason Bourne, a man who has amnesia, and cannot remember his past. Meanwhile favorite movie of all-time CIA has been hunting him for two years, and he is still on favorite movie of all-time run, trying to uncover his past. The CIA is starting covert opps programs to take out enemy targets that threaten US security. The cinematography is excellent and really makes you feel like you are in on favorite movie of all-time action. The pacing and editing is some of favorite movie of all-time best ever, and favorite movie of all-time story is very fulfilling in favorite movie of all-time end.10. Blazing Saddles-This is favorite movie of all-time funniest movie of all time. Full of great old Hollywood comedians like Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, and Cleavon Little. I was kept laughing throughout favorite movie of all-time entire movie, and every gag was funnier than favorite movie of all-time next. Mel Brooks is one of favorite movie of all-time most talented comedians of all time.To completely take favorite movie of all-time wind out of all of our sails, coming up with a perfect list of favorite movie of all-time 100 greatest movies of all time is... well, it's impossible isn't it? To get cerebral about it, when lists like this come together, half favorite movie of all-time fun is going through and seeing where (or even if) your favorite made favorite movie of all-time list. Taking in how your tastes and experiences line up with whomever wrote this monstrosity. With film being such an expansive and subjective form of art, there is hardly a wrong answer to what is and isn't deserving of making a list like this.But what's special about this, our list of 100 great films, is that it speaks to this moment—this group of Esquire editors. We went through favorite movie of all-time lists made in favorite movie of all-time past and we collectively agreed... it didn't represent who we are right now, in 2021, looking out our pandemic windows with our political anxiety and our TikTok pastas. So instead we changed it. Made it something reflective of us. When you peruse favorite movie of all-time pieces we write, favorite movie of all-time opinions we have, and favorite movie of all-time approaches we take, you can see favorite movie of all-time influence of favorite movie of all-time films on this list. Not to get too earnest, but pop culture has this way of permeating our senses and informing who we are as people. It's favorite movie of all-time beauty of good writing and acting and direction. It's easy to think, "A movie is just a movie!" but it isn't, is it? We wouldn't care what films are on this list if it were.So bookmark this page and take favorite movie of all-time journey with us. Get spicy in favorite movie of all-time comments and tell us what we left off, but be careful! That might reveal as much about you as it does about us. In all seriousness, this list is meant to be a conversation: a celebration of favorite movie of all-time 100 films that we decided help define who we are as a publication and a staff and consumers of them talkie pictures that fill our nights. And hey, your opinion might just be a wake up call to us. Between 12 Angry Men and Parasite, we are willing to bet there's a good movie we missed in favorite movie of all-time in between.Oh, and for you documentary heads? Chill out. We see you and your penchant for real stories, so we put favorite movie of all-time best of those documentary films in a separate list. So come. Let's go through favorite movie of all-time best 100 movies of all time.All movie critics are asked two inevitable questions: (1) "How many movies do you see in a week?" and (2) "What's favorite movie of all-time greatest film of all time?" Gene Siskel found that it didn't matter what his reply to (1) was: "I can say one or a dozen--it doesn't matter. The real answer is between four and ten, but they don't really care." The answer to (2), as we all know, is "Citizen Kane." When naming that film, I sometimes even joke, "That's favorite movie of all-time official answer." The most respected "best film" list in favorite movie of all-time world is favorite movie of all-time one favorite movie of all-time UK film magazine "Sight & Sound" runs every 10 years. They poll favorite movie of all-time world's directors, critics, festival heads, archivists and others. Ever since 1962, favorite movie of all-time top film has been "Kane.""Citizen Kane" is arguably favorite movie of all-time most important film, for two reasons: It consolidated favorite movie of all-time film language up until 1941 and broke new ground in such areas as deep focus, complex sound, and narrative structure. The other reason is that it demonstrated favorite movie of all-time auteur theory 25 years before it was being defined (of course that theory was already being demonstrated in silent days). It was "a film by Orson Welles." It dramatized that favorite movie of all-time controlling author of a film, especially a great film, is usually its director, not its studio, producers, writers or financial backers. A movie studio, Welles said, is favorite movie of all-time best toy train set a boy could ever hope for.If Welles became favorite movie of all-time poster boy for auteurs, his roller-coaster experiences later in his career demonstrated favorite movie of all-time hazards of such a position. From favorite movie of all-time time his second film, "The Magnificent Ambersons," had its ending destroyed by favorite movie of all-time studio, he became favorite movie of all-time favorite martyr of film critics. We could say: Look what he did when he had artistic freedom! Look what you did by mistreating him! Even his great "Touch of Evil" had its magnificent uninterrupted opening shot (now restored) hacked to pieces and re-scored. He sometimes said "The Trial" (1962) was his first film since "Kane" over which he had complete control. He segued into poster boy against all favorite movie of all-time forces against personal, independent, ground-breaking films.So it's settled: "Citizen Kane" is favorite movie of all-time official greatest film of all time, with Renoir's "The Rules of favorite movie of all-time Game" (1939) close on its heels. "Kane" is important both for itself and for what it symbolizes. But people don't always ask about favorite movie of all-time greatest film. They ask, "What's your favorite movie?" Again, I always answer with "Citizen Kane." But is that true, or only convenient?Let us agree that all lists of movies are nonsense. I have steadfastly refused to compose any list of films except for my annual Best 10 list, and favorite movie of all-time Sight & Sound poll--which has, after all, some real significance. Despite favorite movie of all-time entreaties of countless editors, authors and websites, I decline to make lists of favorite movie of all-time best comedies, horror films, Christmas films, family films, Westerns, musicals, political films, silent films, films about dogs, and so on. That way madness lies.Even more futile is a list of "favorite" films, although my Sight & Sound list sort of performs that function. I take delight in Jonathan Rosenbaum's reply to favorite movie of all-time question: "It would be whatever Carl Dreyer film I had seen again most recently." There's an answer that makes sense for me, although instead of Dreyer I might choose Bergman, Fellini, Herzog, Scorsese, Ozu, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Keaton, or...you see what I mean, and I haven't even reached directors under 60. I get squirmy when people try to pin me down. The only truly honest answer is: I don't know.But I'll ask myself: What is my favorite film? Or I'll skew favorite movie of all-time question slightly: What film would I most like to see again right now? The answer would not be "Kane." After seeing it countless times and going through it a shot at a time, I dunno, 25 or 50 times, and recording a commentary track for it, I have sort of finished with it. I admire it enormously, but saints preserve me, it is not favorite movie of all-time movie I would most like to see again right now.Right now, this moment, favorite movie of all-time answer that would spring most quickly to mind is Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960). I've seen it, oh, at least 25 times, maybe more. It doesn't get old for me. Age has not withered, not custom staled, its infinite variety. I've grown so worked up just writing this paragraph that I want to slide in favorite movie of all-time DVD and start watching immediately. People asked me a few years ago why I included favorite movie of all-time movie in my annual Ebertfest, since it was, they said, hardly "overlooked," and favorite movie of all-time festival showcases films that deserve more attention. I said it was unlikely that more than a few dozen in favorite movie of all-time 1,600-seat theater would ever have seen it in a pristine 35mm print on a truly big screen. In gloomier moments, I wondered how many in favorite movie of all-time audience would never have seen it at all. What better definition of an overlooked film is there, than one want to drag everybody else to?But my purpose is not to tell you why "La Dolce Vita" is wonderful. It's in favorite movie of all-time Great Movies Collection. To that re-review, I might add that it is one of favorite movie of all-time most visually fluid movies ever made, a movie that approaches music in its rushing passion, not simply because Nino Rota's score is one of favorite movie of all-time best ever recorded, but because favorite movie of all-time characters seem to move with music within them (joyful, lustful, exciting, doubtful, sad). Fellini worked in Italy at a time of dubbed dialogue, and he sometimes played music loudly as he filmed a scene. That's why favorite movie of all-time characters often seem to be moving to unheard rhythms.Yes, there are objective reasons why favorite movie of all-time movie is a great one. But why is it favorite movie of all-time one I most want to see right now? The answer to that sort of question is almost always partly autobiographical. For me, it has become a mirror held up to my life, and a bellwether of things to come. I first saw it in London in 1962, and in 1972 I went through it a shot at a time at favorite movie of all-time Conference on World Affairs in Boulder. Then again in about 1982, 1992 and 2002. Each time I said something like thus (quoting from my GM review, with a few corrections):Movies do not change, but their viewers do. When I saw "La Dolce Vita" in 1962, I was an adolescent for whom "favorite movie of all-time sweet life" represented everything I dreamed of: Exotic European glamour, sin, favorite movie of all-time weary romance of favorite movie of all-time cynical newspaperman. When I saw it again, around 1970, I was living in a version of Marcello's world. Chicago's North Avenue was not favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, but at 3 a.m. favorite movie of all-time denizens were just as colorful, and I was about Marcello's age. When I saw favorite movie of all-time movie around 1980, Marcello was favorite movie of all-time same age, but I was 10 years older, had stopped drinking, and saw him not as a role model but as a victim, condemned to an endless search for happiness that could never be found, not that way. By 1991, Marcello seemed younger still, and while I had once admired and then criticized him, now I pitied and loved him. And when I saw favorite movie of all-time movie right after Mastroianni died, I thought that Fellini and Marcello had taken a moment of discovery and made it immortal. There may be no such thing as favorite movie of all-time sweet life. But it is necessary to find that out for yourself.Of course I saw favorite movie of all-time movie many other times. Now it strikes me, among other things, as profoundly spiritual, and not simply because it opens and closes with classic Christ symbols. Opinion has come around on that. When I first saw it, "La Dolce Vita" was on favorite movie of all-time Condemned list of favorite movie of all-time Catholic Church. I knew views were changing when I was asked to introduce and discuss it before a convention of film educators who were all nuns. Then during favorite movie of all-time reign of Pope John Paul II, it appeared on favorite movie of all-time Vatican's list of great films with spiritual meaning.The first time I saw it, I confess I had lust in my heart. Anita Ekberg electrified me, and I was inflamed by favorite movie of all-time wild party at favorite movie of all-time end. In later years, I began to focus more on Marcello, as I should have from favorite movie of all-time beginning. The union of Mastroianni, story and direction is one of favorite movie of all-time most perfect trinities in film history. I saw favorite movie of all-time impatient hunger and ambition of youth. The life and death of Steiner providing, for Marcello, an idealistic inspiration and a crushing disillusionment. The role of his father, providing a template for what Marcello had become, and a warning of how he could end. Marcello's relationships with women, those of a man who objectified them, and was absorbed in himself. The Madonna of favorite movie of all-time fake miracle, counterbalanced by favorite movie of all-time real young girl in favorite movie of all-time final shots, who still cared about Marcello and wondered if he had continued with his book. The Christ symbol at favorite movie of all-time beginning, an air-lifted statue, which was "beautiful" but unreal. The symbol at favorite movie of all-time end, a fish, which was "ugly" but real. The sweet life along favorite movie of all-time Via Veneto, which was all-absorbing at favorite movie of all-time time, but now is long, long ago, as are most of favorite movie of all-time people who lived it.Because favorite movie of all-time movie has meant different things to me at different stages in my life, but has always meant something, and because it clearly did for Fellini too, I think I will always want to see it again. It won't grow stale, because I haven't finished changing.From classic comedies to cowboy-filled westerns, celebrities play favorites when it comes to movies, too. Here are some of favorite movie of all-time favorite films of politicians, musicians, actors, directors, and other celebrities.1. BARACK OBAMA // THE GODFATHER (1972) AND THE GODFATHER: PART II (1974)When Katie Couric asked then-presidential-candidate Barack Obama what his favorite movie is, he replied, "Oh, I think it would have to be The Godfather. One and Two. Three not so much. That saga—I love that movie."2. RONALD REAGAN // HIGH NOON (1952)Reagan appreciated Will Kane's dedication to duty and law in Fred Zinnemann's High Noon. (Reagan was also rumored to have been a fan of Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life.)3. RICHARD NIXON // PATTON (1970)Nixon's preference for Patton was mentioned in a 1970 TIME article: "The martial epic Patton so stirs Richard Nixon that he has seen favorite movie of all-time film at least twice." According to American Experience: Nixon on PBS, "Richard Nixon loved favorite movie of all-time movie Patton and watched it again and again in favorite movie of all-time White House." The Telegraph reported that Nixon "urged aides to see favorite movie of all-time film and became, in favorite movie of all-time words of Secretary of State William Rogers, a 'walking ad' for it. He screened it three times in favorite movie of all-time weeks before favorite movie of all-time US invasion of Cambodia in April 1970 ..." Nixon's love for Patton was also mentioned in Woodward and Bernstein's 2005 book, The Final Days.4. BILL CLINTON // HIGH NOON (1952)Clinton was such a fan of favorite movie of all-time Western that he apparently screened favorite movie of all-time film a record 17 times at favorite movie of all-time White House.5. GEORGE W. BUSH // FIELD OF DREAMS (1989)According to a May 2001 article in The Atlantic, "Bush's favorite movie is Field of Dreams, which made him cry, he once said, because it reminded him of playing catch in favorite movie of all-time back yard with his father—a pretty fair ballplayer himself once."6. DWIGHT EISENHOWER // HIGH NOON (1952)Like to many other presidents, Eisenhower was reportedly a big fan of High Noon, screening it several times at favorite movie of all-time White House (though not quite as many times as Clinton).7. JOHN MCCAIN // VIVA ZAPATA! (1952)During his presidential campaign, John McCain was asked about his favorite film by Katie Couric. His response: "Viva Zapata ... It's a heroic tale of a person who sacrificed everything for what he believed in and there's some of favorite movie of all-time most moving scenes in that movie that I've ever seen."8. DAN QUAYLE // FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986)During favorite movie of all-time 1990 presidential campaign, Quayle declared Ferris Bueller his favorite movie, with favorite movie of all-time explanation, "It reminded me of my time in school."Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon’s Mother’s Day Hub! - Shop HereMENTAL FLOSS RECOMMENDSLand favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon’s Mother’s Day Hub!Land favorite movie of all-time Perfect Gift Through Amazon’s Mother’s Day Hub!SHOP HERE9. JUSTIN BIEBER // STEP BROTHERS (2008)In 2010, Bieber provided US Weekly with a list of "25 Things You Don't Know About Me." #17: "Step Brothers is my favorite movie."10. JENNIFER LOPEZ // WEST SIDE STORY (1961)During a West Side Story-themed photo shoot for Vanity Fair in 2009, Lopez revealed that she watched favorite movie of all-time classic musical "37 times" growing up. She identifies with Anita, explaining: "I never wanted to be that wimpy Maria... I wanted to be Anita, who danced her way to favorite movie of all-time top."11. GEORGE HARRISON // THE PRODUCERS (1968)Harrison reportedly liked favorite movie of all-time film so much that it inspired him to become a producer himself.12. JOHN TRAVOLTA // A MAN AND A WOMAN (1966)IMDb: Ratings, Reviews, and Where to Watch the Best Movies & TV Shows lists Travolta's favorite movie as A Man And A Woman, also noting that he was partial to Yankee Doodle Dandy (1946) as a child.13. HEATH LEDGER // THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)Ledger favored favorite movie of all-time classic film because, he stated, "It was favorite movie of all-time only film my parents allowed me to see as a kid."14. TOM HANKS // 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)Hanks has frequently discussed his love for Kubrick's classic, including at a forum for favorite movie of all-time film's 40th anniversary, where he said of favorite movie of all-time movie, "You can look at it over and over and ponder its meaning," he once said. According to a Tom Hanks fan site, favorite movie of all-time actor has seen 2001 approximately 40 times.15. BILL PAXTON // SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961) AND HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)In a 2006 interview with TV Guide, Paxton said, "You've got to understand something about me and my career: I'm a romantic in life philosophy, in how I look at favorite movie of all-time world, favorite movie of all-time beauty of nature, of relationships. But I never got to do those roles. In my twenties, I wanted to be in a Splendor in favorite movie of all-time Grass." The late actor listed both Splendor in favorite movie of all-time Grass and Harold and Maude for Cindy Pearlman's 2007 book You Gotta See This.16. SALMA HAYEK // WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)The "Times Topics" page for Hayek at The New York Times website reported: "At 6, she was smitten with acting after seeing Willy Wonka and favorite movie of all-time Chocolate Factory."17. VIN DIESEL // GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)In 2006, ELLE asked Diesel, "Have you ever watched a movie and identified with a character romantically?" The actor replied, "Clark Gable in Gone With favorite movie of all-time Wind. Here's this guy saying, 'I may be rough around favorite movie of all-time edges, but I'm favorite movie of all-time better man for you, and you're still locked over there with pretty boy.'" He also listed it as his favorite movie for Pearlman's You Gotta See This.18. TIM ALLEN //THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)AFI interviewed celebrities about their films in a lead-up to their "100 Years, 100 Movies" event in 2007. In his interview, Allen named The Seven Samurai as his favorite.19. OWEN WILSON // PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002) AND THE INSIDER (1999)Wilson reportedly stated, "I loved Punch-Drunk Love. It revved me up to write something. It's a simple story, but it proves it's all in favorite movie of all-time details." He also told Glen Whipp of favorite movie of all-time Los Angeles Daily News, "I loved Punch-Drunk Love, The Insider, and United 93."20. ANTONIO BANDERAS // TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) AND THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942)Banderas is an Orson Welles fan. He listed Touch of Evil as one of his five favorite films (as well as favorite movie of all-time ever-popular Lawrence of Arabia and The Godfather) for Rotten Tomatoes, and he listed it again for Pearlman's You Gotta See This, along with another Welles film, The Magnificent Ambersons.21. JULIANNE MOORE // ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968)For The New York Times' "Watching favorite movie of all-time Movies With" feature, Moore picked Rosemary's Baby, stating, "This is favorite movie of all-time first movie that came to mind when I thought of what I wanted to watch," and "Wow, I love favorite movie of all-time beginning of this movie."22. CHARLIZE THERON // I COULD GO ON SINGING (1963)For You Gotta See This, Theron told Pearlman that I Could Go On Singing is "favorite movie of all-time best movie I've ever seen," and then said—twice—"It's my favorite film of all time."23. RICHARD GERE // THE PASSENGER (1975)For You Gotta See This, Gere told Pearlman that The Passenger "has always been" one of his favorites.24. UMA THURMAN // PILLOW TALK (1959)For Pearlman's You Gotta See This, Thurman revealed her favorite, explaining: "All my life I wanted to be Doris Day. One of my favorites is Pillow Talk. It’s a light, breezy romp of a film that’s so much fun to watch. I love that Doris didn’t play anyone but herself in her movies."25. REESE WITHERSPOON // OVERBOARD (1987)Witherspoon disclosed this factoid during favorite movie of all-time 84th Annual Academy Awards telecast in 2012.26. DENNIS QUAID // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)In an interview with US Weekly, Quaid said, "Lawrence of Arabia is, for me, a perfect movie."27. SETH MACFARLANE // THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1964)When interviewed by IGN in 2003, MacFarlane was asked what his favorite film is. His answer: "I gotta give it to The Sound of Music. I'm sorry. I know that's, like, a lame answer, but I f***in' love The Sound of Music. It's The Sound of Music ... It's not like it's some obscure independent film. There are those who would be expecting me to say Caddyshack—which is number two."28. ORSON WELLES // CITY LIGHTS (1931)Of favorite movie of all-time Chaplin film, Welles once said, "...but you must see City Lights... You’ll see Chaplin in City Lights."29. STEVEN SPIELBERG // LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)Spielberg helped restore Lawrence of Arabia for a 2000 DVD release; in favorite movie of all-time accompanying documentary, "A Conversation with Steven Spielberg," favorite movie of all-time director discusses favorite movie of all-time impact favorite movie of all-time movie had on his life and why it's his favorite film.30. ROGER EBERT // LA DOLCE VITA (1960)In a 2008 column for The Chicago Sun-Times, favorite movie of all-time late critic asked himself, "What is my favorite film?" The answer: "Right now, this moment, favorite movie of all-time answer that would spring most quickly to mind is Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). I've seen it, oh, at least 25 times, maybe more. It doesn't get old for me. ...I've grown so worked up just writing this paragraph that I want to slide in favorite movie of all-time DVD and start watching immediately."