T H U R S D AY, N O V E M B E R 0 2 , 2 0 0 6Is "Airplane" A Classic Film?Every year, the National Film Registry adds to the list of Americanworks of art in movies/cartoons/documentary footage etc. singled outas the best and most significant.</p><p> The list is 425 titles strong andincludes everything from "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein"(certainly THEIR greatest work outside of "Who's On First") to theZapruder film.</p><p> The complete list is here.</p><p> But did you know you canvote? The public doesn't have a direct say, but our voice does holdsway: the more people campaing for a particular title, the more theactual voters might put it in.</p><p> Here's a very short list of some moviesthat have been nominated but still aren't on the registry.</p><p> Send an emailwith your votes to sleg@loc.gov.</p><p> Here's a link to the nomination page.You can include up to 50 titles, but the fewer the better, I'm sure.</p><p> AndI'm sure prvi8pete will join me in urging everyone to vote for"Airplane." It's a very funny movie, of course, but it's also veryinfluential.</p><p> Sure, "Kentucky Fried Movie" and others were precursorsto it, but "Airplane" helped popularize a very distinctive form ofcomedy that inspired sequels, knock-offs, TV shows and more.</p><p> It's rarethat any movie can epitomize an entire genre of films and that's exactlywhat "Airplane" does.</p><p> Is it a classic film? I say yes.</p><p> Surely, you agree.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 2:12 PM 6 C O M M E N T S :priv8pete said...I agree.</p><p> And I can't believe how short that list is.</p><p> It'll take some time topick out which ones I want to email for recommendation.</p><p> It looks like Ipicked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue...And don't call me Shirley!4:39 PM Michael in New York said...Thsoe are just some of the movies under the "A" ranking that haven'tmade it yet.</p><p> A completely random look finds that other movies notincluded are Airplane, Arthur, Days Of Heaven, Stop Making Sense,Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Is "Airplane" A Classic Film?http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/11/is-airplane-classic-film... 1 of 37/28/09 4:10 PMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SMichael in New YorkBiboyAaron POPSURFING.COM: Is "Airplane" A Classic Film?http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/11/is-airplane-classic-film... 2 of 37/28/09 4:10 PMPOPSURFING.COM: Is "Airplane" A Classic Film?http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/11/is-airplane-classic-film... 3 of 37/28/09 4:10 PM
