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