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Around the World in 80 DVD's
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December 29, 2007, 04:48:18 AM »
My new challenge - Around the World in 80 DVD's
Watch 80 dvds, films linked in some way to 80 different countries, starting and finishing in London aka Phileas Fogg, in 80 days or less, following a specific route viewing movies in order to cross the globe. Ideal was to include as many as possible unwatched DVDs
Beginning January 1st, to finish before 21st March.
Map of journey and ongoing progress can be followed here with details of all films to be viewed en-route -
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104729732379288247668.00044104e7f5007afa007&ll=13.239945,138.515625&spn=123.585916,326.953125&z=2&om=1
(Click on pins to view dvd details)
Copy of route map
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England
London
Jan 1st
3/10
2
Scotland
Restless Natives
Jan 1st
5/10
3
Norway
633 Squadron
Jan 1st
5/10
4
Finland
Hacking Democracy
Jan 2nd
6/10
5
Latvia
Odessa File
Jan 3rd
6/10
6
Denmark
Breaking The Waves
Jan 4th
4/10
7
Germany
Stalingrad
Jan 4th
5/10
8
Netherlands
Black Book (Zwartboek)
Jan 5th
8/10
9
Belgium
Waterloo
Jan 5th
6/10
10
France
Amelie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
Jan 6th
6/10
11
Switzerland
Ashanti
Jan 7th
2/10
12
Austria
Extreme Ops
Jan 7th
1/10
13
Croatia
No Man's Land (Nicija zemlja)
Jan 8th
4/10
14
Vatican City
Stigmata
Jan 9th
6/10
15
Italy
Rome, Open City (Roma, città aperta)
Jan 10th
5/10
16
Spain
Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno)
Jan 11th
7/10
17
Portugal
Cockleshell Heroes
Jan 12th
5/10
18
Morocco
Casablanca
Jan 13th
8/10
19
Algeria
Patton
Jan 15th
7/10
20
Tunisia
English Patient
Jan 15th
7/10
21
Sicily
Godfather
Jan 16th
10/10
22
Malta
Maltese Falcon
Jan 16th
6/10
23
Hungary
Evita
Jan 17th
3/10
24
Czech Republic
Amadeus
Jan 18th
8/10
25
Poland
Where Eskimos Live
Jan 20th
1/10
26
Ukraine
Everything Is Illuminated
Jan 20th
4/10
27
Romania
Cold Mountain
Jan 20th
8/10
28
Greece
Guns of Navarone
Jan 21st
6/10
29
Kefalonia
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Jan 23rd
7/10
30
Crete
In Which We Serve
Jan 24th
3/10
31
Egypt
Bubba Ho-Tep
Jan 24th
5/10
32
Israel
Mossad
Jan 27th
1/10
33
Jordan
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Jan 28th
6/10
34
Lebanon
A Different Loyalty
Jan 29th
4/10
35
Saudi Arabia
Malcolm X
Jan 30th
8/10
36
Iraq
No End In Sight
Jan 31st
6/10
37
Somalia
Black Hawk Down
Feb 2nd
9/10
38
U.A.E.
Lawrence of Arabia
Feb 3rd
6/10
39
Iran
House of Sand and Fog
Feb 5th
5/10
40
Turkey
Midnight Express
Feb 5th
6/10
41
Georgia
Georgia Rule
Feb 8th
5/10
42
Russia
Come and See (Idi i smotri)
Feb 10th
5/10
43
Pakistan
The War Within
Feb 11th
3/10
44
Afghanistan
Kandahar
Feb 12th
4/10
45
Sri Lanka
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Feb 13th
4/10
46
India
Gandhi
Feb 15th
7/10
47
China
Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
Feb 17th
4/10
48
Bhutan
Tribe: The Adi - Series One Ep 1
Feb 19th
9/10
49
Burma
Return From the River Kwai
Feb 20th
5/10
50
Thailand
Beautiful Boxer
Feb 22nd
3/10
51
Malaysia
Anna and the King
Feb 23rd
8/10
52
Singapore
China Seas
Feb 23rd
2/10
53
Malaysia
The Touch
Feb 24th
4/10
54
Cambodia
Killing Fields
Feb 25th
8/10
55
Laos
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: The Special
Feb 28th
6/10
56
Vietnam
Uncommon Valor
Feb 29th
4/10
57
Hong Kong
Hard Boiled
Mar 1st
5/10
58
Taiwan
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Mar 2nd
8/10
59
Korea
Old Boy
Mar 4th
5/10
60
Japan
Seven Samurai
Mar 5th
5/10
61
Philippines
Hamburger Hill
Mar 6th
6/10
62
Australia
Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
Mar 7th
6/10
63
New Zealand
Whale Rider
Mar 8th
5/10
64
Tahiti
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mar 9th
6/10
65
Hawaii
From Here to Eternity
Mar 10th
6/10
66
Alaska
On the Beach
Mar 10th
6/10
67
Canada
Crash
Mar 10th
8/10
68
USA
No Country For Old Men
Mar 11th
5/10
69
Mexico
Mask of Zorro
Mar 12th
5/10
70
El Salvador
Salvador
Mar 14th
6/10
71
Panama
Tailor of Panama
Mar 14th
7/10
72
Ecuador
End of the Spear
Mar 15th
7/10
73
Colombia
Blow
Mar 15th
7/10
74
Cuba
Before Night Falls
Mar 16th
3/10
75
Virgin Islands
Weekend at Bernies 2
Mar 16th
0/10
76
Iceland
Hostel Part II
Mar 17th
4/10
77
Northern Ireland
Hidden Agenda
Mar 18th
8/10
78
Ireland
Evelyn
Mar 18th
7/10
79
Wales
How Green was My Valley
Mar 18th
6/10
80
England
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Mar 19th
8/10
COMPLETED IN 78 DAYS
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m.cellophane
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Re: Around the World in 80 DVD's
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December 29, 2007, 06:40:56 AM »
Wow. It's a really cool idea. How long did it take to pull the list together, and how did you do it?
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richierich
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December 29, 2007, 01:08:59 PM »
Thanks to google maps on and off just a few hours work.
Hardest bit was trying to find some form of link for some of the more obscure countries
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December 29, 2007, 01:19:54 PM »
My spot should I participate here.
It's hard to find titles in my collection for a lot of the countries. I started now with using the IMDb keyword search looking for titles.
If we do other marathons like a January marathon parallely, we could make this one open-ended. Otherwise I think it will be too much to fit in.
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January 01, 2008, 02:45:17 PM »
The journey begins...
When Syd (Chris Evans) learns that his ex-girlfriend London (Jessica Biel) is leaving New York without telling him, he responds by impulsively crashing her going away party. Once there fear catches up to him, rather than confront her, he holes up in the bathroom with a pile of cocaine and Bateman (Jason Statham), an enigmatic Englishman he just met. As the two engage in a drug-fueled conversation that runs the gamut from entropy to S&M to the meaning of life, Syd struggles to work up the nerve to talk to London before it's too late.
Despite being a fan of Jason Statham this was a disappointing film, miserable and self-indulgent machismo crap with excessive foul language and drug abuse without much purpose in supporting the films story. It's not your typical Statham action film, but the acting is okay albeit deep. Impossible to recommend this unless you want a downer. 3/10
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January 01, 2008, 05:06:56 PM »
and through bonnie Scotland...
Ronnie and Will, two lads from Edinburgh, embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. Dressing up in bizarre costumes the duo act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the Highlands; eventually earning them the tag, the Clown and the Wolfman. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
An 80's budget film, pretty poor dvd transfer but despite this the film still manages to hold it`s own and has surprisingly aged well. Worth viewing, with some really classic hilarious parts, but don't spend a lot purchasing this unless you are a nostalgic Brit. 5/10
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January 01, 2008, 05:17:34 PM »
Richie, you ARE the man! Or should we call you Fogg for the next 80 days
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richierich
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January 01, 2008, 11:39:29 PM »
Fogg is fine Rick - it's how my head feels after last night anyway
And on through the Fjords of Norway...
The brave 633 Squadron have enjoyed many successful sorties, but they are now assigned a seemingly suicidal mission - to bomb a water plant in occupied Norway which is shielded by mountain terrain and guarded by heavy, anti-aircraft artillery. Their task is made even more hazardous by German air raids and the capture of a resistance leader who has been helping them.
Don't watch this expecting to be challenged. Wooden acting, posh accents, an implausible script but plenty of entertainment.
Despite the wooden airplane models repeatedly shown and the poor acting, this war film is good viewing and has a better score than Dambusters. Keep your eye out for Jonny Briggs too
5/10
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January 03, 2008, 01:29:28 AM »
A very thin link for Finland (a Finnish hacker) but was a documentary I was keen to watch...
How does America count its votes? From Florida and California to Ohio and Washington State, filmmakers Simon Ardizzone, Robert Cohen and Russell Michaels starkly reveal a broken system riddled with secrecy, incompetent election officials, and electronic voting machines that can be programmed to steal elections. Equipped only with a powerful sense of righteous outrage, the activists take on the voting machine industry, exposing alarming security holes in America's trusted voting machines. They even go dumpster diving at a county election official's office in Florida, uncovering incendiary evidence of miscounted votes. But proving our votes can be stolen without a trace culminates in a duel between the Diebold voting machines and a computer hacker from Finland — with America's democracy at stake.
Staggering, do we really live in a democracy and how much we believe is true is actually just manipulated political spin and wrongdoing. This revealing documentary exposes the severe security problems with electronic voting machines in the U.S. A jaw-dropping exposé which I am sure could be mirrored for many other countries voting practices. 6/10
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January 03, 2008, 03:54:19 AM »
My wish list is now +1
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richierich
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January 04, 2008, 12:06:41 AM »
A quick trip through Latvia...
The plot begins on November 22, 1963, the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Peter Miller, a young German reporter happens to see an ambulance on a highway. He chases the ambulance and discovers it contains an elderly Jewish Holocaust survivor who had committed suicide. The reporter obtains the diary of the man, which contains information on his life in the World War II camps, and the names of members of the SS who ran the camp. He makes up his mind to hunt the Nazi Eduard Roschmann who is mentioned in the diary, not just for a sensational cover story, but for a more serious personal reason.
Another powerful post-holocaust movie, superbly directed and acted. Based on thriller writer Freddie Forsyth book, the film masterfully blurs fiction and reality, mixed with tense action and suspense, to make a gem of a production. Recommended 6/10
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January 04, 2008, 10:08:23 PM »
a trudge through Denmark
In a small coastal village, young and naive Bess marries an oil rig worker despite a strict community's opposition. It is a marriage of spiritual and sexual bliss until an accident severely paralyzes him. Out of open-eyes self-sacrifice and love, she ignores her own safety in the hope that a miracle will bring her husband back to her.
Filmed like a low-budget documentary, a naive young woman who believed her desire to reunite with her offshore oilrigging husband caused the accident that paralysed him. She repents by submitting to his wish that she sleep with other men. The more she degrades herself, the healthier he becomes. Emily Watson is brilliant (clothed and naked), but the movie itself, whilst being gritty and original, was not to my taste, so I could only give it a 4.
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January 04, 2008, 10:46:18 PM »
I had difficulty getting through that one as well.
Next stop: Germany!
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durch kaltes Deutschland
This film is a gritty, devastating retelling of the battle for Stalingrad during World War II, in which more than a million and a half soldiers lost their lives. Told from the point of view of the German soldiers, who were under orders to neither retreat nor surrender, this film realistically portrays the brutality of combat.
Having read so many good reviews for this film, I felt slightly disappointed afterwards. It certainly would have more impact in it's original language, the dubbing sounded Monty Pythonesque and detracted from the films moving content. Graphic war scenes, harsh and bitter tale from the soldiers perspective, the film just didn't quite have enough to make it a classic IMO 5/10
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A pleasant jaunt through the Netherlands...
September 1944 - Nazi Occupied Holland'. When her temporary safe house is destroyed by a bomb, the beautiful young Jewish chanteuse Rachel Steinn joins fellow refugees in an attempt to reach safe Allied territory by boat.
Tragedy strikes when a Nazi patrol intercepts their escape, ruthlessly killing everybody onboard including Rachel's family; only Rachel escapes the massacre. Embittered and desperate for revenge, she joins the Resistance where, assigned a new identity as the blond Ellies de Vries, she is charged with infiltrating the German Security Service by seducing senior officer Muntze (Sebastian Koch).
Twenty years in the making, this stunning, sexy war film from the internationally acclaimed blockbuster director Paul Verhoeven ('Basic Instinct', 'Total Recall', 'Starship Troopers') is an epic and moving tale of great courage and fierce emotion - played out against the dying explosive months of WWII.
Now this what makes marathons so appealing, a film that has sat on the unwatched backburner for ages is finally watched, and it's a real masterpiece. Paul Verhoeven's return to his homeland is marked by this excellent movie, and a reason to forgive him for Showgirls. Brutal,sexy,bold and revealing, these stories should be told, and viewed from a Dutch perspective, culminates in a wonderful viewing experience. Highly recommended. 8/10
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