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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 12:42 AM
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5 Favorite movies about the South....
1. Sling Blade

2. Smokey and the Bandit

3. Steel Magnolias

4. Terms of Endearment

5. O' Brother Where Art Thou

...I could go on and on...but...what're ya'll's favorites? :)
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 12:58 AM
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1. To Kill a Mockingbird
The Yearling

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

A Streetcar Named Desire

Cold Mountain
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:00 AM
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2. My Cousin Vinny
It explains why I moved back up north after law school...
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:03 AM
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3. Tank
O' Brother where art thou, Glory, Cold Mountain, and To Kill A Mockingbird.
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:13 AM
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4. Cold Mountain
The Education of Little Tree

A Time to Kill

Black Snake Moan

Showboat
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 02:03 AM
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5. No Country for Old Men
yes INDEED
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 02:10 AM
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6. In the Heat of the Night
Cool Hand Luke
To Kill a Mockingbird
Fletch (Well not really "about" the South, but set there and funny as hell!)
Deliverence
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 05:50 AM
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9. In the heat of the Night was a FABULOUS movie
Edited on Wed Aug-06-08 05:51 AM by Number23
That movie was powerful. The tv show was pretty good too.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:09 AM
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24. One of my top 10 movies ever! I love the Rod Stieger quote:
"I have a motive which is money, and a body which is DEAD"
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 02:27 AM
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7. The Yearling
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 05:47 AM
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8. School Daze, Beauty Shop, and Drumline
Because they all take place and revolve around my most beautifulest hometown - Atlanta. :)

Big dance scene from "School Daze." Man, that Spike Lee is a MASTER of creating overheated drama.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtfEmTHeYNw

This movie changed my life and I still love it to this day....
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Resuscitated Ethics Donating Member (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 06:44 AM
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10. raggedy man, deliverance, cold mountain, macon county line
and Southern Comfort.

Or Song of the South, Gone With the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sherman's March, The Color Purple
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 06:47 AM
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11. Fried Green Tomatoes
Songcatcher
Color Purple
Terms of Endearment
Junebug
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:49 AM
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13. I should have made the list a top 10...
...The Color Purple is definitely one of my favorites...I watched it again recently and was blown away and squalled like a baby. :)
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 06:47 AM
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12. Blaze (1989)
"This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip joints, falls in love with young stripper Blaze Starr. When Earl and Blaze move in together, Earl's opponents use this to attack his controversial political program, which included civil rights for blacks in the 1950's. Can Earl keep Blaze and retain control of the state?"

Paul Newman ... Gov. Earl K. Long
Lolita Davidovich ... Blaze Starr
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:52 AM
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14. Definitely one of the best...
....he and Huey are heros to me. :hi:
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:14 AM
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25. "All the King's Men"...either version. (and if you haven't read the book, y'all now
have homework! ) Penn Warren was born 8 miles from my hometown and I knew his niece. never got to meet him though :(

The original movie w/ Broderick Crawford was amazing!

Penn Warren denied he was writing about Huey Long but I never believed that for a second.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 08:56 AM
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15. Cool Hand Luke
- In the Garden of Good and Evil
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:07 AM
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17. "What we have heah is a failyuh tah communicate!"
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:hi:
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:32 AM
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19. Double Jeopardy
Maybe not a totally southern movie but it was another movie where Ashley Judd gets beat up and rescued by Tommy Lee Jones. And the bad guy gets it in the end. We went to the quarter one evening to watch them film some of the scenes. There usually is always a movie being filmed somewhere in and around New Orleans.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:01 AM
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16. Monster's Ball, O Brother, Deliverance, Down by Law, Cape Fear
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:30 AM
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18. Down by Law
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SeaLyons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:32 AM
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20. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 05:41 PM
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47. La Taylor at her most gorgeous, really. nt
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:36 AM
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21. Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil.
:loveya: Hands down.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 12:48 PM
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30. "It's like Gone With the Wind on acid"! nt
Edited on Wed Aug-06-08 12:49 PM by zanne
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 09:56 AM
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22. hmmmm...
Big Fish

Blue Velvet

Body Heat

Walk The Line

Coal Miner's Daughter
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:02 AM
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23. Wow... never really thought about it like that
But I do love:

Steel Magnolias

O Brother Where Art Thou

Mississippi Burning

The Big Easy

Sling Blade

Fried Green Tomatoes (Kathy Bates RAWKS!!!)

The Notebook (OK! So I'm a giant pansy!)

Plenty more, I'm sure
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 10:16 AM
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26. OHH got another one set in New Orleans! "Undercover Blues" ..a comedy
has lovely atmosphere of the city, and all the local characters are great..the New Orleans police detectives are an absolute hoot.

notable for aggressive scene stealing by Stanley Tucci
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:19 PM
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32. NOLA could probably support its own thread
A Streetcar Named Desire
Suddenly Last Summer
Easy Rider
Live and Let Die (again, these two aren't "about" the South as such)
Angel Heart
When The Levees Broke (okay, not a theatrical movie :P )

many, many more; La. is the third-ranking state in film production after only CA and NY, with most of that centered in la ville, though they seem to be discovering Shreveport of late :shrug:
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 04:47 PM
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46. Yep...I heard James Brolin was arrested in Shreveport recently atfter the post filming party....
...of Oliver Stone's W....which was filmed there...Shreveport has all the casinos there now...they call it little Las Vegas. :o
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:59 AM
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27. Deliverance, Thunder Road, Preacherman, Mandingo, Mudhoney
I have no delusions about this place
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 12:10 PM
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28. Because of Winn Dixie, Talladega Nights, Lone Star,
Just a few that haven't been mentioned yet.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 12:43 PM
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29. The Sugarland Express :)
And another vote for Mississippi Burning :)

Also one that shows up on TCM every now and then with Richard Widmark as the good guy - Panic in the Streets
It's about bubonic plague being spread in New Orleans by a killer that doesn't know he has it :o

IMDB has movies listed by keyword, too, so here are a few such lists:
South
New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana
Texas (since we are technically part of the South)
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida

:D
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 12:57 PM
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31. Baby Doll, God's Little Acre, Tobacco Road
...also Driving Miss Daisy with Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:23 PM
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33. Street Car Named Desire. nt
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:29 PM
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34. Def Slingblade
Midnight int he garden of Good and Evil

O Brother Where Art Thou

Black Snake Moan

Color Purple

Fried Green Tomatoes

Steel Magnolias

Sweet Home Alabama

Southern Belles - i found this one funny as all getout.
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:30 PM
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35. Best 5 i can think of...
To Kill a Mockingbird

Steel Magnolias

Fried Green Tomatoes

Where the Heart Is

A Time to Kill

Special nomination: "Shallow Hal", because it was filmed in and around a bunch of my old haunts in Charlotte
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:34 PM
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36. Friday Night Lights
Terms of Endearment

A Time to Kill

To Kill a Mockingbird

Sweet Home Alabama.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:35 PM
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37. Sweet Home Alabama
:)
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:37 PM
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38. Ok
In The Heat of The Night
No Country For Old Men
The 3 Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Runaway Jury
Steel Magnolias

Honorable Mentions:
Hope Floats
Dazed and Confused
El Mariachi
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 01:52 PM
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39. Norma Rae, Harlan County USA, Passion Fish
can't think of another right now
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Glorfindel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 02:30 PM
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40. "The Long, Hot Summer" - Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward,
Edited on Wed Aug-06-08 02:30 PM by Glorfindel
Anthony Franciosa (sp?), Lee Remick, Orson Wells, Angela Lansbury

"Wild River"
"Nell"
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
"To Kill a Mockingbird"

and in a class by itself, "Gone with the Wind"
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 02:48 PM
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41. I see your Long Hot Summer and raise with HUD...and Hurry Sundown and The Reivers
how could I forget about Long Hot Summer? I must be getting old
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Glorfindel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 04:23 PM
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44. I got "The Long Hot Summer" from NetFlix about a year ago
It's as good now as it was 'way back when. Good acting is good acting, no matter what the script. And I forgot about HUD and Hurry Sundown. I'm going to add "The Reivers" to my NetFlix queue, so thanks for the reminder!
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 05:43 PM
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48. "The Reivers" is wonderful.
isn't the South just full of great fiction to adapt to the screen?

which reminds me, why has no one made a movie of "Short History of a Small Place"
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 04:16 PM
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42. GWTW. I'm a Yankee. :)
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 04:22 PM
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43. What? No Song of the South (from Disney)?
Actually, Driving Miss Daisy is one that seems to come to mind.
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MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 04:32 PM
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45. The Wild Bunch
is my favorite western of all time...not sure if it falls in the 'South' category, does it?

also Blood Simple, Bonnie and Clyde, Urban Cowboy, and definitely Slingblade
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 05:49 PM
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49. GWTW, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Reivers, Deliverance, In the Heat of the Night
Right off the top. Others off the top: Jezebel, Mississippi Burning.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 06:46 PM
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50. Texas is not the south...
Edited on Wed Aug-06-08 06:48 PM by mitchum
yes, it is filled with reactionary Yahoos, was a slave state, and gets miserably hot, but it is not the south. Just a bunch of crackers come lately.
Sorry, Texas movies should not qualify for this thread :)
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:01 PM
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53. Okay then I remove Tof E and replace it with Forrest Gump.....
...satisfied? :D
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:03 PM
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54. As far as the Civil War goes, however, Texas is very much the South
so Texas movies still count :P
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 06:49 PM
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51. To Kill a Mockingbird, Cape Fear (the original), Shenandoah
The Yearling, A Streetcar Named Desire
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 07:31 PM
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52. The Lords of Discipline is always a crowd pleaser
It goes into exquisite detail (the book even more so) about the...well, unique...subset of Charleston society known as South of Broad.
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Cid_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 07:42 AM
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60. Wanted to see...
... if anyone already had my favorite up and there it was.
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AbbeyRoad Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-06-08 11:36 PM
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55. Places in the Heart
O Brother Where Art Thou

To Kill A Mockingbird

The Color Purple

Coal Miner's Daughter
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Sunnier Skies Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:09 AM
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56. All the films
directed by Victor Nuñez....Ruby in Paradise, Ulee's Gold, Flash of Green, Gal Young'Un....all set around the Panama City, FL area. Love them all.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 01:28 AM
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57. Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074207/

Richard Pryor, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams

Here's a review from IMDB:

One of the best baseball comedies mainly because of its very real and believable dramatic points. It also deals with a subject that has rarely been touched on in film: the Negro Leagues. The cast is absolutely incredible. Top to bottom a list of legends field this magnificent flick! James Earl Jones fits his aging sluggers role superbly and who better to serve up a ripping hot fastball than Billy Dee Williams! Richard Pryor gets high marks for his "faux-latino" Charlie Snow whose only reason for being on the team is because he has a nice car. Pryor also has a racey scene with a white prostitute and two paid hit men. Special mention of Carl Gordon who has a small role here. I loved him as the Dad on the great but all too short lived sitcom "Roc." Who gonna hit my invite pitch? Nobody. Not no one. Never. Bingo Long is the stuff of modern folklore. Invite pitch! Invite pitch! Invite pitch! A LOST BASEBALL CLASSIC. A great double feature would be "A League Of Their Own."

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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 06:27 AM
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58. "Bull Durham" is definitley in my top five.
"Steel Magnolias"
"Gone with the Wind"
"Cross Creek"
"The Beguiled"
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-07-08 06:53 AM
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59. "Mississippi Burning," "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," "Something to Talk About,"
"Rambling Rose" and "The Client" (so sue me).
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