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I read OSC's latest essay was surprised he picked The Sting as a classic movie to introduce his daughter to the genre. You've got to start with movies like Charade and Arsenic and Old Lace. Those are classic, witty, and cross generational. I'm trying to think of one without Cary Grant. Maybe the Princess and the Pirate.
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The Sting was a solid choice. I saw it once as a child and my father explained it to me, but I saw it again about 15 years later and it rocked my socks. I had no choice but to go out and rent Coolhand Luke after that Paul Newman was SO good in both movies.
Diehard 1 was a solid choice as well.
As for other movies that would be on my list of classics,
Jaws
The Shawshank Redemption
Jurassic Park
And I just realized I don't OWN any of those, its a crying shame. I used to buy DVDs all the time, and then this blessing called marriage occurred and my dvd purchases plummeted.
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Spartacus! oh yes, and also Straw Dogs. Though the latter might not be a good choice for younger children. (major understatement )
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Jurassic Park and Shawshank Redemption are classics now? This is kind of like when American Movie Classics started showing movies from the 80s, when they used to only show 60s and earlier.
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We could do this forever, but one favorite that doesn't come up in these discussions: Key Largo
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"Lawrence of Arabia" and "Dr. Zhivago." I'm a fan of beautiful photography. And for staying power of a good story, "The Glen Miller Story" and "Follow me Boys". Those two, with "Singing in the Rain" are the ones that leave our shelf most often.
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Good movies to introduce kids to classics: West Side Story Duck Soup/Night at the Opera/Animal Crackers Rebel without a Cause How Green was my Valley ...and I'll second most of the other things on the list, especially Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain, Philadelphia Story, and Ben-Hur.
I think the critical criterion is that the movie have either 1) humor or 2) earnest idealism, preferably coupled with romance; and neither should be on a particularly cerebral level.
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Ah, good, I'm glad someone mentioned the Marx Brothers.
I'll agree that The Sting is a solid choice. A couple of lighter ones along those lines, but still classic: Some Like It Hot and The Lavender Hill Mob.
For the one with Bogart, it's a tossup between Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon.
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