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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 15/03/2011 :  08:09:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
TA:MOU = Themed Anniversary: Moving On Up




DA EVEN NEWER ROOLZ

Each Tuesday a theme will be decided based on the Anniversary of some significant event. All you have to do is trawl your reviews for any that relate to that event and post them here with a link.

You can post as many as you wish, so long as either the film or your review clearly relates to the theme. You can only post during the week of the current TA:MOU.

You don't have to say you voted unless you really want to - but you are expected to visit all the links posted. As a courtesy to the majority of fwfrs, you may only post a link that uses the http://www.fwfr.com domain name.

Each TA:MOU # will be removed when a new one takes its place. This is to deter re-visiting of expired threads.

Yours truly
Da Management


ON THIS DAY
you have a choice of two historical anniversaries to mark with your fwfrs.
1. Today is the Ides of March. In 44 BC, Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators.
OR
2. in 1917 Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne in favor of his brother the Grand Duke. It was a bit irrelevant because the October Revolution triggered the demise of the monarchy when the Tsar's army was ordered to fire on 500,000 peaceful street protestors in Petrograd. The Tsar's replacement comprised 650 elected delegates to the Congress of Soviets, which would have been a true democratic alternative, until power-hungry factions consolidated their power in The Council of People's Commissars.

So, our theme is power corrupts.

Your fwfrs can reflect that theme either with films of political assassinations, or of political revolutions.

Ready, aim, fwfr!!


PS to demonic -- I have PMd you but two of your last week's links are wrong, so I've left up the thread for you to change them.
HelpfulBabe!

Edited by - BaftaBaby on 22/03/2011 08:28:29

demonic 
"Cinemaniac"

United Kingdom

Posted - 15/03/2011 :  12:12:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You're a star. x
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 16/03/2011 :  09:01:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by demonic

You're a star. x



Just call me Alpha Centauri


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demonic 
"Cinemaniac"

United Kingdom

Posted - 16/03/2011 :  16:55:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"The fault, dear Baffy, is not in our stars but in ourselves..."

Edited by - demonic on 16/03/2011 16:56:56
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"

Canada

Posted - 17/03/2011 :  14:55:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Targeting these reviews.


JULIUS CAESAR (1950)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=8621&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

JULIUS CAESAR (1953)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=5839&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

JULIUS CAESAR (1970)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=8622&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

JFK
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=770&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

LA REINE MARGOT
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=2399&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=808&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

VALKYRIE (Please, teacher, does attempted count?)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=21235&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

MALCOLM X (1992)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=1588&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

VANTAGE POINT
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=19339&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

JOE MACBETH
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=5897&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

MACBETH (1948)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=7636&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (1971)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=5555&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

THRONE OF BLOOD
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=2430&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

WINTER KILLS
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=6296&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

ZOOLANDER
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=487&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

LES ORDRES
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=9970&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

MARAT/SADE
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=6579&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

MILK
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=23592&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1


Having reloaded....

SHOOTER
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=18225&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1


GANDHI
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=1195&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

BECKET
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=10612&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Z
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=5399&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

THE CONFORMIST
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=10263&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

THE PARALLAX VIEW
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=6811&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

THE PELICAN BRIEF
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=3939&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

ABRAHAM LINCOLN
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=13380&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=7850&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

ALL THE KING'S MEN (2006)
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=4204&id=13049&Mode=&Sort=5&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

I do believe all of these qualify as 'political'.

Edited by - lemmycaution on 20/03/2011 02:12:28
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 17/03/2011 :  15:56:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
See what happens when you forget to vote!

The Ghost Writer

VALKYRIE

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (1971)


THRONE OF BLOOD


JFK

Bobby

MARAT/SADE

National Treasure: The Book of Secrets

Gandhi

The Pelican Brief

Make love not war



PS - thanks for more inspiration, lem!


Edited by - BaftaBaby on 17/03/2011 16:57:13
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demonic 
"Cinemaniac"

United Kingdom

Posted - 20/03/2011 :  01:31:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's amazing that kings, presidents and senators ever set foot out of doors.

JFK
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=770&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Bobby
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=16696&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

The Manchurian Candidate
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=808&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Vantage Point
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=19339&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

The Birth of the Nation
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=1763&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

The Night of the Generals
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=10524&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Valkyrie
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=21235&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Inglourious Basterds
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=11740&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Flame and Citron
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=29764&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Che part 2
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=28124&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

The Conformist
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=10263&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

The Bourne Identity
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=1334&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Machete
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=22576&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Milk
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=23592&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Salt
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=27006&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

V for Vendetta
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=12848&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Taxi Driver
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=678&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Munich
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=14389&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Julius Caesar
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=8622&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Macbeth '16
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=35811&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Macbeth '48
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=7636&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Throne of Blood
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=2430&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Macbeth '61
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=35810&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Macbeth '71
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=5555&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Macbeth '79
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=35808&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Macbeth 2001
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=34694&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Macbeth 2010
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=37941&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Richard III '55
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=5898&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Richard III '83
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=15214&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1

Richard III '95
http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?do=mr&uid=8953&id=907&Mode=&Sort=3&Rows=100&Dir=1&Start=1
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