' 'A League of Their Own' among 25 movies added to US Film Registry Washington-
"Breakfast at tiffany's,"''Dirty Harry"And"A league of their own"Will be
preserved for their enduring significance in american culture by the library of
congress, along with"A christmas story"Andsome pioneering sports movies. They
are among 25 selections the library is inducting wednesday into the national
film registry.Congress created the program in 1989 to preserve films for their
cultural or historical significance.The latest additions bring the registry to
600 films that include hollywood features, documentaries, independent films and
early experimental flicks. The newest movie chosen for preservation is
1999's"The matrix,"Noted for its state-Of-The-Art special effects and
computer-Generated animation with a style that drew on hong kong action films
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curators noted. The oldest film being preserved,"The corbett-Fitzsimmons title
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fight,"Dates back 115 years to 1897.Film curators said the boxing movie helped
establish the film industry as a successful business, drawing on the sport's
popularity and controversy to generate $750, 000 in income.Boxing was illegal in
many states at the time but had been made legal in nevada, which hosted the
fight.The film, with a running time of about 100 minutes, became the longest
movie ever produced at the time, showing the full course of the fight. Another
pioneering sports film,"They call it pro football"From 1967, was chosen for how
it changed the way football was portrayed on screen.Before then, football films
were mostly highlight reels.National football league commissioner pete rozelle
decided the success of the nfl depended on its television image, to capture
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info the struggle of football and not just the end result on the
scoreboard. The librarian of congress makes the selections each year after
conferring with members of the national film preservation board and receiving
public nominations.To be considered, the films must be at least 10 years old.
"These films are not selected as the 'best' american films of all time, but
rather as works of enduring importance to american culture,"Said librarian of
congress james billington in announcing the selections.Film critics and the
audience decided capote was wrong and hailed hepburn's portrayal. "A league of
their own"From 1992 received many public nominations for the film registry over
the years.With a cast that included geena davis, tom hanks, madonna and rosie
o'donnell, it told the story of the all-American girls professional baseball
league. Numerous public nominations also were received for"Born yesterday"From
1950 and"A christmas story"From 1983.Both were chosen this year.Other hollywood
features on the list include"Anatomy of a murder"From 1959 and"3:10 to Yuma"From
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the library's packard campus for audio visual conservation, built partially in a
bunker in culpeper, va., or through collaborations with other archives or
studios. Documentaries chosen this year include"The times of harvey milk,"Made
in 1984 about san francisco's first openly gay elected official who was
assassinated in 1978, and"Samsara:Death and rebirth in cambodia"From 1990 about
the struggle to rebuild after pol pot's rule. The library will also preserve the
first"Kodachrome color motion picture tests"From 1922.The two-Colour film
features leading actresses posing and miming for the camera to demonstrate the
new colour film.Before then, to show film in colour, black and white images
either had to be hand-Painted or colored with a stenciling process.Inventors,
including scientists at kodak, began experimenting with ways to create true
colour film. The kodachrome test shown at paragon studios in new jersey was the
first publicly demonstrated colour film that would attract interest from the
american film industry.Later technicolor would become the industry standard.
"Most every major hollywood film from 1922 through the end of the silent era
would have either a kodachrome colour sequence in it or technicolor colour
sequence as a way of attracting audience interest,"Said pat loughney, chief of
the library's audio visual preservation campus.
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