National Film Registry 2010 Announced

Happened to be up to see this break: the National Film Registry picks for 2010. It's probably the best all-around bunch I've seen-- nice job this year. Three of my votes made it (THE EXORCIST, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK). The list spans over a hundred years, from 1891 to 1996— certainly the longest time span of any NFR 25.

Here's a link to the LA Times article.

The AP article is here and offers the tidbit that more than 2,100 films were nominated by the public this year.

Here's the list:

AIRPLANE! (1980)

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)

THE BARGAIN (1914)

CRY OF JAZZ (1959)

ELECTRONIC LABYRINTH: THX 113B 4EB (1967)

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

THE EXORCIST (1973)

THE FRONT PAGE (1931)

GREY GARDENS (1976)

I AM JOAQUIN (1969)

IT'S A GIFT (1934)

LET THERE BE LIGHT (1946)

LONESOME (1928)

MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (1937)

MALCOLM X (1992)

MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971)

NEWARK ATHLETE (1891)

OUR LADY OF THE SPHERE (1969)

THE PINK PANTHER (1964)

PRESERVATION OF SIGN LANGUAGE (1913)

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)

STUDY OF A RIVER (1996)

TARANTELLA (1940)

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (1945)

A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET (1906)