100 Great Movies You Must Watch Before You Die

26 02 2007
1.Z(1969)
2.WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
3.WILD STRAWBERRIES (1957)
4.WAGES OF FEAR (1953)
5.VERTIGO [1958]
6.UMBERTO D (1955)
7.UGESTU (1953)
8.THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
9.TITANIC (1997)
10.THREE COLOURS:- BLUE, WHITE, RED (1993,1994)
11.THE TIN DRUM (1979)
12.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [1968]
13.THRONE OF BLOOD (1957)
14.TOKYO STORY (1953)
15.THE SOUND OF MUSIC(1965)
16.THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS(1991)
17.THE SEVEN SAMURAI(1954)
18.THE SEVENTH SEAL(1956)
19.SCHINDLER’S LIST(1993)
20.STARWARS(1977)
21.SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN(1952)
22.SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS [1938]
23.RED SORGHUM [1988]
24.RAIN MAN [1988]
25.ROMAN HOLIDAY(1953)
26.RASHOMON(1950)
27.PICNIC AT THE HANGING ROCK(1975)
28.PATTON(1970)
29.PSYCHO(1960)
30.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’ NEST(1975)
31.ON THE WATER FRONT(1954)
32.NOSTALGIA(1983)
33.NAZARIN [1958]
34.MEPHISTO(1981)
35.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
36.MY FAIR LADY(1964)
37.A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966)
38.THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD  [1938]
39.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
40.THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003)
41.THE LAST EMPEROR (1987)
42.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
43.LA STRADA (1954)
44.THE LADY VANISHES [1938]
45.KRAMER VS KRAMER (1979)
46.HAMLET [1948]
47.KNIFE IN THE WATER (1962)
48.JURASSIC PARK (1993)
49.JAWS (1975)
50.IVAN THE TERRIBLE (1945)
51.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
52.HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959)
53.HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)
54.GANDHI (1982)
55.GABBEH (1996)
56.THE GODFATHER (1972)
57.THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)
58.GIGI [1958]
59.THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)
60.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
61.FORREST GUMP (1994)
62.FANNY AND ALEXANDER (1982)
63.THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
64.THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS (1959)
65.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
66.E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTIAL (1982)
67.THE EXORCIST (1973)
68.EIGHT AND A HALF (1963)
69.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
70.THE DEER HUNTER [1978]
71.DERSU UZALA (1975)
72.DAY FOR NIGHT (1973)
73.THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972)
74.DOUBLE SUICIDE (1969)
75.BICYCLE THIEVES (1947)
76.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
77.DOUBLE INDEMNITY(1944)
78.CHICAGO (2002)
79.CINEMA PARADISO [1988]
80.CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981)
81.CRIES AND WHISPERS (1973)
82.CABARET (1972)
83.A CLOCK WORK ORANGE (1971)
84.CASABLANCA (1942)
85.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
86.THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1983)
87.BREATHLESS (1959)
88.BEN-HUR (1959)
89.THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
90.THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
91.BLOW UP (1966)
92.AMADEUS (1984)
93.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
94.ANNIE HALL (1977)
95.ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
96.AMARCORD (1974)
97.AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (1972)
98.ASHES AND DIAMONDS [1958]
99.AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
100.THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)

Source:MANORAMA





Who is James Bond

14 12 2006

A fictional character created by

Ian Fleming

  • born:1952 while Fleming was on a holiday at his Jamaican estate named GOLDENEYE
  • named after an American ornithologist(birds) of the same name
  • nationality: Scottish
  • birth date:11-Nov-1920 (Armistice Day:offical ending of WWI-1918)
  • started with CASINO ROYALE in 1953 as “007,Licensed to Kill” & later transformed into series of films(under EON Productions)doing daring espionage acts filled with danger,enemies,cool gizmos/gadgets,his sleek autocars(from Bentley to Aston Martin) and of course beautiful women.
  • portrayed by »»

1.Sir Thomas Sean Connery (1962–1967; 1971):

»Dr. No (1962)
»From Russia With Love (1963)
»Goldfinger (1964)
»Thunderball (1965)
»You Only Live Twice (1967)
»Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
»Never Say Never Again (1983) » Unofficial Bond Film

2.George Robert Lazenby(1969)

»On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

3.Sir Roger George Moore KBE(1973-1985):

»Live and Let Die (1973)
»The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
»The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
»Moonraker (1979)
»For Your Eyes Only (1981)
»Octopussy (1983)
»A View to a Kill (1985)

4.Timothy Peter Dalton(1987-1989)

»The Living Daylights(1987)
»License to Kill(1989)

5. Pierce Brendan Brosnan(1995-2002)

»GoldenEye(1995)
»Tomorrow Never Dies(1997)
»The World is Not Enough(1999)
»Die Another Day(2002)

6.Daniel Wroughton Craig(2006-present)
»praised to be the best among all six
»signed for three films contract
»Casino Royale(16-Nov-2006)
»Bond 22 (under production):official release date:-7-Nov-2008