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DECEMBER 31, 2008 5:29PM

National Film Registry List 2008

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The Library of Congress has added 25 more titles to its National Film Registry for 2008. According to their website:

The National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) is the nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage. We support activities nationwide that preserve American films and improve film access for study, education, and exhibition.

The NFPF started operations in November 1997, thanks to the generous support of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and The Film Foundation. Many in the entertainment and foundation community have pitched in to help.

Our top priority is saving American films that would be unlikely to survive without public support. Over the past ten years, we have developed grant programs to help libraries, museums, and archives preserve films and make them available for study and research. Our grants award federal funds secured through the leadership of the Library of Congress and preservation services donated by public-spirited laboratories and post-production houses.

We also organize, obtain funding, and manage cooperative projects that enable film archives—large and small—to work together on national preservation initiatives. Published through these collaborations are the award-winning and critically acclaimed Treasures DVD seriesThe Film Preservation GuideThe Field Guide to Sponsored Films, and the international database for locating silent films.

The list of movies added for 2008 are:

1) The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

2) Deliverance (1972)

3) Disneyland Dream (1956)

4) A Face in the Crowd (1957)

5) Flower Drum Song (1961)

6) Foolish Wives (1922)

7) Free Radicals (1979)

8) Hallelujah (1929)

9) In Cold Blood (1967)

10) The Invisible Man (1933)

11) Johnny Guitar (1954)

12) The Killers (1946)

13) The March (1964)

14) No Lies (1973)

15) On the Bowery (1957)

16) One Week (1920)

17) The Pawnbroker (1965)

18) The Perils of Pauline (1914)

19) Sergeant York (1941)

20) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

21) So’s Your Old Man (1926)

22) George Stevens WW2 Footage (1943-46)

23) The Terminator (1984)

24) Water and Power (1989)

25) White Fawn’s Devotion (1910)

Check out the official Press Release for more information on each title. 

Go HERE to see the full list of films on the Library of Congress' National Film Registry List. 


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