The single GREATEST Southern movie of all time

underpants

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:00 PM
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Poll question: The single GREATEST Southern movie of all time

Edited on Fri Dec-28-07 03:01 PM by underpants

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demnan

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:03 PM
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1. Shenandoah

For me, it showed the real south (but maybe it just showed the Shenandoah). Anyway, I couldn't decide from your list.

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Tikki

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:05 PM
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2. Ruby In Paradise.....

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soleft

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:07 PM
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3. Where's Norma Rae?

Or this other great Martin Ritt movies?

Conrack
The Great Santini
Cross Creek

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Arkansas Granny

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:09 PM
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4. Steel Magnolias. I've met women who could have been the

inspiration for that film.

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IndianaJones

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:09 PM
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5. Mississippi Burning. nt.

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Fri Dec-28-07 05:44 PM
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13. .

Edited on Fri Dec-28-07 05:44 PM by sasquatch

:rofl:

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Fire Walk With Me

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:10 PM
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6. Deliverance.

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Inchworm

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:13 PM
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7. Oh Brother!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xkWJJwRj60

I laugh just thinking about it.

:hi:

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Enrique

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:23 PM
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8. In the heat of the night

should be a candidate

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BOSSHOG

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Fri Dec-28-07 03:24 PM
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9. Cool Hand Luke

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Burma Jones

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Fri Dec-28-07 04:12 PM
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10. yep...n/t

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SteppingRazor

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Fri Dec-28-07 04:14 PM
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11. All the King's Men -- possibly takes the cake for greatest Southern AND greatest political movie.

The original, mind you, not the 2006 remake -- though that one's OK.

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Fri Dec-28-07 05:42 PM
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12. Too many good ones there to really choose

I went with A Streetcar Named Desire because of the high quality of the play as a great work of literature and the excellent acting in the film adaptation (the Brando version).

I also have to mention another favorite film of mine set in the south named Conrack. Directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voigt, it's about a young, white teacher assigned to teach at an isolated island off the coast of South Carolina populated mostly by poor southern black families. To me, it's an unforgettable film.

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underpants

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Sat Dec-29-07 03:51 AM
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18. Based on Pat Conroy's real life story

http://imdb.com/title/tt0071358/

Pat Conroy, of course, also wrote "The Great Santini"

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matcom

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Fri Dec-28-07 05:46 PM
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14. Talladega Nights

"I like to think of Jesus as a mischievous badger."

:rofl:

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jus_the_facts

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Fri Dec-28-07 08:03 PM
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15. SLING BLADE

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SPKrazy

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Fri Dec-28-07 08:07 PM
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16. steel magnolias belongs there

sling blade too

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Fri Dec-28-07 08:13 PM
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17. I would add "In the Heat of the Night" to the list - nt

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edbermac

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Sat Dec-29-07 09:53 AM
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19. Debbie Does Dallas

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Flaxbee

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Sat Dec-29-07 01:24 PM
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20. Shag!

Or To Kill a Mockingbird, maybe Steel Magnolias.

My husband's from South Carolina, so I must put in a good word for Shag.

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