Movies 'Return of the Jedi,' 'Fellowship of the Ring,' 'Wall-E,' 'Selena,' 'Nightmare on Elm Street' among films added to National Film Registry

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'Return of the Jedi,' 'Selena' and 'Sounder' added to National Film Registry

WWW.NPR.ORG

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The Library of Congress annually picks 25 movies to be preserved for posterity. Selections this year range from 'WALL-E' to 'Who Killed Vincent Chin?'

 

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1. Ringling Brothers Parade Film (1902)
2. Jubilo (1919)
3. The Flying Ace (1926)
4. Hellbound Train (1930)
5. Flowers and Trees (1932)
6. Strangers on a Train (1951)
7. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
8. Evergreen (1965)
9. Requiem-29 (1970)
10. The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
11. Pink Flamingos (1972)
12. Sounder (1972)
13. The Long Goodbye (1973)
14. Cooley High (1975)
15. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
16. Chicana (1979)
17. The Wobblies (1979)
18. Star Wars Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983)
19. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
20. Stop Making Sense (1984)
21. Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987)
22. The Watermelon Woman (1996)
23. Selena (1997)
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
25. WALL-E (2008)

 

[Kamusha]

Pink Flamingos being added to the national film registry is pretty notable.

[silentbob]

2 hours ago, Komusha said:

Pink Flamingos being added to the national film registry is pretty notable.

You see kids. If you can eat dog shit from the ground, you too can be on National Film Registry. 
 

 

 

I haven’t seen the film but do remember seeing this news during some film show I was watching.