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# 1999 National Film Registry inductees
# Source: https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9912/nfb.html
NFR_1999 = {
"Civilization": {
"year": 1916,
"description": "Epic anti-war film depicting the horrors of warfare and advocating for peace."
},
"Do the Right Thing": {
"year": 1989,
"description": "Spike Lee's powerful examination of racial tensions in a Brooklyn neighborhood on the hottest day of summer."
},
"The Docks of New York": {
"year": 1928,
"description": "Josef von Sternberg's atmospheric silent film about a stoker who falls for a woman he saves from drowning."
},
"Duck Amuck": {
"year": 1953,
"description": "Chuck Jones' innovative Warner Bros. cartoon featuring Daffy Duck tormented by an unseen animator."
},
"The Emperor Jones": {
"year": 1933,
"description": "Adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play featuring Paul Robeson in a powerful leading role."
},
"Gunga Din": {
"year": 1939,
"description": "Adventure film set in colonial India, loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's poem."
},
"In the Land of the Head-Hunters": {
"year": 1914,
"description": "Edward S. Curtis' ethnographic film documenting Kwakwaka'wakw culture and traditions."
},
"Jazz on a Summer's Day": {
"year": 1959,
"description": "Documentary capturing the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival performances."
},
"King: A Filmed Record ... Montgomery to Memphis": {
"year": 1970,
"description": "Documentary chronicling Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights leadership."
},
"The Kiss": {
"year": 1896,
"description": "Early Edison film depicting a couple's brief kiss, considered scandalous at the time."
},
"Kiss Me Deadly": {
"year": 1955,
"description": "Robert Aldrich's violent, apocalyptic film noir featuring detective Mike Hammer."
},
"Lambchops": {
"year": 1929,
"description": "George O'Hara comedy short film."
},
"Laura": {
"year": 1944,
"description": "Otto Preminger's stylish film noir about a detective obsessed with a murder victim."
},
"Master Hands": {
"year": 1936,
"description": "Chevrolet-sponsored industrial film documenting automobile assembly."
},
"My Man Godfrey": {
"year": 1936,
"description": "Screwball comedy about a socialite who hires a forgotten man as the family butler."
},
"Night of the Living Dead": {
"year": 1968,
"description": "George A. Romero's groundbreaking horror film that redefined the zombie genre."
},
"The Plow that Broke the Plains": {
"year": 1936,
"description": "Documentary examining the Dust Bowl's ecological and social devastation."
},
"Raiders of the Lost Ark": {
"year": 1981,
"description": "Steven Spielberg's adventure film introducing archaeologist Indiana Jones."
},
"Roman Holiday": {
"year": 1953,
"description": "Romantic comedy featuring Audrey Hepburn as a princess exploring Rome incognito."
},
"The Shop Around the Corner": {
"year": 1940,
"description": "Ernst Lubitsch's romantic comedy about pen pals who are unknowing co-workers."
},
"A Streetcar Named Desire": {
"year": 1951,
"description": "Elia Kazan's adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play featuring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh."
},
"The Ten Commandments": {
"year": 1956,
"description": "Cecil B. DeMille's epic retelling of the Exodus story starring Charlton Heston."
},
"Trance and Dance in Bali": {
"year": 1938,
"description": "Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson's ethnographic documentation of Balinese rituals."
},
"The Wild Bunch": {
"year": 1969,
"description": "Sam Peckinpah's violent revisionist Western about aging outlaws in the changing West."
},
"Woman of the Year": {
"year": 1942,
"description": "First pairing of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in a romantic comedy about marriage and careers."
},
}