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Celebrate the Fourth With These American Movie Classics
Celebrate the Fourth With These American Movie Classics
If you’re in the mood for something black and white but also bursting with red, white and blue pride, try either of these movies. Both are great to watch alone or with older (patient) kids, especially if they haven’t seen them before. — Monica Castillo
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Briefly escape the sourness of recent political rhetoric and watch this eternally hopeful 1939 Frank Capra classic. The naïve head of a local Boy Scout-like group (a wide-eyed James Stewart) heads to Capitol Hill after being appointed to an open Senate seat with the hopes of improving his community, but instead he finds an entrenched and corrupt political machine. (This sounds negative, but trust me, it gets inspirational.) “Mr. Smith” is a David and Goliath story that does the improbable — it makes you feel good about government and about the power of the individual. (Rent on iTunes and Amazon)
Yankee Doodle Dandy: For many, James Cagney is the mean-mugged bad guy from movies like “The Public Enemy” and “White Heat.” But he was magically light on his feet, and in this 1942 fictionalized account of the life of the Broadway impresario George M. Cohan, Cagney dances off with the entire picture. “Yankee Doodle Dandy” follows the proud American son from his birth on the Fourth of July to the day he meets President Franklin D. Roosevelt. If you’re looking to hum old-timey patriotic tunes like “Over There,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” pick this star spangled film. (Rent on Amazon)
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Some Goose picks
Selma
The Patriot
The Right Stuff
Saving Private Ryan
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Re: Celebrate the Fourth With These American Movie Classics
Living in southern York County in a community where its 19th century residents' journaled having heard the thunder of the cannons from Gettysburg, this holiday weekend is also a time for remembering those awful three days and the American Civil War.
Last night we watched Gods and Generals--a profoundly moving film which sets the stage for
Gettysburg which we watch tomorrow on the anniversary of Pickett's Charge.
And for July 4 my all time favorite musical 1776
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