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"£1000 to spend on DVD's- need help!"

No, it's not my money, which is what makes it all the more brilliant. My school has decided to take a flying leap into the 21st century and purchase a DVD player and film library. On top of that I get a large say in which films to buy, and they've touted about a figure of one grand as a budget for the film side of the venture.

Basically in the next few weeks I'm supposed to be drawing up a list of ESSENTIAL films to buy. I would appreciate the opinions of the wise men (and women) who populate this forum as to which films are must buys.

From a personal view I'm aiming to introduce the people in the sixth form to some decent films and I don't plan to set aside a huge portion of the sum for dumb action movies. The only rules are:
1. It must be avaliable to buy on DVD
2. It should have some value as a cintematic work

So, while the Matrix would be included, Rush Hour might not. I'm going to push for the entire Coen brothers back catalogue but apart from that I'm open to suggestions..

Now it's over to you.

The_Vottanator wrote:
> And neither am I.....Waz! :-D
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Nah, that just doesn;t work. HAH!

The original Planet of the Apes. Classic adventure film with hidden meanings.

The Thing - true classic

Spinal Tap - the first ever 'Rockumentery'.

Private Ryan - Speilburg brings realism to the war genre.

American History X - If only for the controvercy.

Matrix - Effects.

Shrek, because it's damn funny and the computer facial
effect stuff.

Fight Club - Which reminds me...

The Graduate

Good Will Hunting - Great script.

Mulholland Drive (when it comes out) - Just so you can hear the cries of 'WTF????'

Tron - Special Edition just been released.

Usual Suspects - Ditto.

Shawshank

Battle Royale

Original Jurrassic Park

The simpsons series one. The show is a record breaker that must be worth something.

Traffic
Close encounters of the 3rd kind
clueless
Thin Red Line
The Siege

Theres probably more but its hard to choose ones that have something other than entertainment value lol

Die Hard(wait for the box set)
Shawshank Redemption(if that isnt in your final list i will be seriously pi****
Gladaitor
The Rock

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And neither am I.....Waz! :-D

Sigh, I'm not getting into this argument again, Woss.

Stryke wrote:
> A.i sucks Ross. Just accept it. I prefered Pearl Harbour, and I haven't seen
> that.


Nor have you seen A.I. :-D