# 2003 National Film Registry inductees with LOC descriptions # Source: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-03-211/25-films-added-to-national-film-registry/2003-12-16 NFR_2003 = { "Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman": { "year": 1974, "description": "Documentary on musician-conductor Antonia Brica's life and struggles to become a symphony director despite gender discrimination." }, "Atlantic City": { "year": 1980, "description": "Louis Malle's drama about aging Atlantic City and its transformation, featuring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon." }, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid": { "year": 1969, "description": "One of the most popular American films of all time with critically acclaimed performances by Paul Newman and Robert Redford." }, "The Chechahcos": { "year": 1924, "description": "The first feature film produced in Alaska featuring spectacular location footage of the lonely and unfathomable Alaskan wilderness, frenzied dogsled pursuits and life-and-death struggles on the glaciers." }, "Dickson Experimental Sound Film": { "year": 1894, "description": "A very early attempt by W.K.L. Dickson of the Thomas Edison Company to combine film image and sound." }, "Film Portrait": { "year": 1970, "description": "Avant-garde exploration of memory and family by Jerome Hill, a railroad tycoon descendant." }, "Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band": { "year": 1928, "description": "Culturally important newsreel footage of the renowned African American touring musical group of Charleston, S.C." }, "Gold Diggers of 1933": { "year": 1933, "description": "Arguably the definitive Depression-era musical, rife with visually stunning Busby Berkeley productions featuring elaborate choreography and social commentary on unemployed veterans." }, "The Hunters": { "year": 1957, "description": "Seminal anthropological film chronicling a giraffe hunt by Kalahari Desert tribesmen." }, "Matrimony's Speed Limit": { "year": 1913, "description": "Work by pioneering woman filmmaker Alice Guy Blache depicting a man financially compelled to marry by noon, thanks to some sneaky encouragement." }, "Medium Cool": { "year": 1969, "description": "Haskell Wexler's groundbreaking film blending fiction and documentary during the 1968 Democratic National Convention." }, "National Velvet": { "year": 1944, "description": "Enduring family film classic with Elizabeth Taylor as a young girl whose wild ambition is to have her horse run in the Grand National Steeplechase." }, "Naughty Marietta": { "year": 1935, "description": "Cinema's first pairing of the electrifying singing duo Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, who captivated audiences with songs." }, "Nostalgia": { "year": 1971, "description": "Avant-garde exploration of memory and family by Hollis Frampton." }, "One Froggy Evening": { "year": 1956, "description": "Classic Chuck Jones creation features crooning frog Michigan J. Frog, who drives his owner insane by singing only in private, but never in public." }, "Patton": { "year": 1970, "description": "Biographical war film about General George S. Patton featuring George C. Scott's iconic performance." }, "Princess Nicotine; or The Smoke Fairy": { "year": 1909, "description": "A dazzling special effects landmark from 1909, where fairies bedevil one man's attempt to light his pipe for a relaxing smoke." }, "Show People": { "year": 1928, "description": "Classic silent comedy that showcases actress Marion Davies' deft touch for light comedy." }, "The Son of the Sheik": { "year": 1926, "description": "Film featuring Rudolph Valentino in this slightly tongue-in-cheek adventure-romance released before his death." }, "Tarzan and His Mate": { "year": 1934, "description": "Rather steamy pre-Production Code Tarzan film, generally considered the finest in the series, with Tarzan and Jane battling poachers." }, "Tin Toy": { "year": 1988, "description": "Early innovative short animation from Pixar Studios, which revolutionized American animation." }, "The Wedding March": { "year": 1928, "description": "Erich von Stroheim's lavish romantic drama set in pre-WWI Vienna." }, "White Heat": { "year": 1949, "description": "Pulsating gangster film with James Cagney as a mother-obsessed, psychopathic gangster with an iconic ending." }, "Young Frankenstein": { "year": 1974, "description": "Mel Brooks' affectionate parody of classic horror films, particularly the Frankenstein series." }, "Young Mr. Lincoln": { "year": 1939, "description": "John Ford's biographical drama about Abraham Lincoln's early years as a lawyer." }, }