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Christian Bjorgen
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 996
From: Kvinnherad, Norway
Registered: Oct 2009

- posted February 20, 2013 01:32 PM      Profile for Christian Bjorgen   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I am interested in doing a poll, or survey if you want, as to what us "film collectors" consider our favorites! This is just for fun, but I'd love to get a big amount of answers here, so I can do a graph to see if there's any patterns or likenesses between us [Smile]

Wanna join in? Copy and fill out below:

What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?:
... film?:
... actor?:
... director?:
... band/artist?
... album?:
... author?
... book?
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?:
... leisure activity outside film?:

I'll start!

What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?: Twin Peaks
... film?: The Godfather, Part II
... actor?: Sean Connery
... director?: Stanley Kubrick
... band/artist?: Pink Floyd
... album?: "Pet Sounds" - The Beach Boys
... author?: Stephen King
... book?: The Shining
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 1960s
... leisure activity outside film collecting?: Writing and music

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Well who’s on first? Yeah. Go ahead and tell me. Who. The guy on first. Who. The guy playin’ first base. Who. The guy on first. Who is on first! What are you askin’ me for? I’m askin’ you!

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

Posts: 3523
From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

- posted February 20, 2013 01:40 PM      Profile for Pasquale DAlessio     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?:Today Show NBC
... film?:Valley Of The Dolls
... actor?:Daniel Craig
... director?:Steven Speilberg
... band/artist? Taylor Swift
... album?:Beatles Number 1 Hits
... author? Ian Fleming
... book?Jaws
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?:1960-1970's
... leisure activity outside film?:Music

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Vidar Olavesen
Film God

Posts: 2232
From: Sarpsborg, Norway
Registered: Nov 2012

- posted February 20, 2013 02:40 PM      Profile for Vidar Olavesen   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
TV show?: Draw between Battlestar Galactica (both old and new) and Stargate (including the Atlantis and so on)
... film?: Wild at Heart and Alien
... actor?: Nicholas Cage (before, not so much now) and Phoebe Cates
... director?: Woody Allen
... band/artist? Thin Lizzy
... album?: 1487 Witchhammer (Norwegian speed thrash band)
... author? Shaun Hutson
... book? Necessary Evil (Shaun Hutson)
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 1970 or 80
... leisure activity outside film : Video games

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

Posts: 3468
From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

- posted February 20, 2013 03:16 PM      Profile for Janice Glesser     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
.. TV show?: Moonlighting
... film?: Pulp Fiction
... actor?: Ewan McGregor
... director?: Quentin Tarintino
... band/artist? The Heater's/Bruce Willis (don't laugh)
... album?: The Return of Bruno
(...and yes Bruce Willis did make an album and it's my favorite [Smile] )
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... author? Sorry...I hardly read anything more than my email, Facebook... and this site of course.
... book? n/a
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 80's
... leisure activity outside film?: Vegetable Gardening

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Janice

"I'm having a very good day!"
Richard Dreyfuss - Let It Ride (1989).

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

- posted February 20, 2013 04:01 PM      Profile for Jean-Marc Toussaint   Author's Homepage   Email Jean-Marc Toussaint   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hey, Janice, I love Bruce's version of "Good Lovin". I saw him in concert a few years ago in Disneyland Paris.

... TV show?: CSI (all three)
... film?: All That Jazz
... actor?: Jean Gabin - Lino Ventura (tie)
... director?: John Carpenter
... band/artist? Metallica (before the Monopoly affair...)
... album?: "Ride the Lightning" (Metallica's 2nd)
... author? Theodore Roszack
... book? "Flicker"
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 90s
... leisure activity outside film?: Golf & rollercoasters

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Janice Glesser
Film Goddess

Posts: 3468
From: Sunnyvale, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2011

- posted February 20, 2013 05:05 PM      Profile for Janice Glesser     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Jean-Marc...YES! Good Lovin' is one of my favorites too. Listening to Bruce just makes me happy [Smile]

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Janice

"I'm having a very good day!"
Richard Dreyfuss - Let It Ride (1989).

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Bill Phelps
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1482
From: USA
Registered: Jan 2009

- posted February 20, 2013 05:20 PM      Profile for Bill Phelps     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?: Lois and Clark:New Adventures of Superman
... film?:Phantom of The Paradise
... actor?:Jimmy Stewart
... director?:Brian De Palma
... band/artist? Frank Zappa
... album?:Jimi Hendrix Axis:Bold As Love
... author? the Apostle Paul
... book? any reference book about film or music
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?:70's
... leisure activity outside film?:music and disc golf

Bill
[Smile]

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Steve Klare
Film Guy

Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted February 20, 2013 09:21 PM      Profile for Steve Klare   Email Steve Klare   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
... TV show?: The Big Bang Theory
... film?: Waterwalker
... actor?: Rex Harrison
... director?: Ron Howard
... band/artist?: Mannheim Steamroller/Jackson Berkey
... author?: Bill Bryson
... book?: A Walk in the Woods
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 1960s
... leisure activity outside film?: Canoeing/Hiking/Camping

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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God

Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012

- posted February 20, 2013 10:29 PM      Profile for Hugh Thompson Scott   Email Hugh Thompson Scott       Edit/Delete Post 
TV Show ; "Arthur of the Britons"
Film ; "The Wicker Man" (original)
Actor ; Christopher Lee
Director ; Sergio Leone
Band ; Pink Floyd
Album ; "UmmaGumma" by 'Floyd
Author ; Edgar Rice Burroughs
Book ; The Greek Myths by Robert Graves
Decade ; The '70s
Activity ; Walking my Dogs/ Reading

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Matt McBride
Film Handler

Posts: 62
From: Starkville, MS USA
Registered: Oct 2012

- posted February 20, 2013 11:09 PM      Profile for Matt McBride     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
... TV show?: Tie between Monk and The Walking Dead
... film?: A Clockwork Orange
... actor?: Tie between Johnny Depp and Jack Nicholson
... director?: Christopher Nolan
... band/artist? Don't have one
... album?: Tom Petty's Greatest Hits
... author?: Tie between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton
... book?: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 80's
... leisure activity outside film?: playing my drums and video games(mainly from 80's til mid 00's)

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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 654
From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010

- posted February 21, 2013 12:05 PM      Profile for Bryan Chernick   Email Bryan Chernick   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
... TV show?:Star Trek (original series)
... film?:The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
... actor?: Marlon Brando
... director?: Alfred Hitchcock
... band/artist? Jimi Hendrix
... album?: Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon (side 2)
... author? Don't read enough books to have an opinion.
... book? NA
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?:60's
... leisure activity outside film?: Snowboarding, vinyl records, Dogs.

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David Ollerearnshaw
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1373
From: Penistone Sheffield UK
Registered: Oct 2012

- posted February 21, 2013 12:30 PM      Profile for David Ollerearnshaw   Author's Homepage   Email David Ollerearnshaw   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
... TV show?: Dr Who Old Series
... film?: Where Eagles Dare
... actor?: Peter Cushing
... director?:
... band/artist?
... album?:
... author? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
... book? Mysterious Island
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: I need to cheat here 20th Century
... leisure activity outside film?: Model Railways, Internet, Walking, Real Ale.

I'll fill in the others later

[ February 21, 2013, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: David Ollerearnshaw ]

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1149
From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

- posted February 21, 2013 07:28 PM      Profile for Claus Harding   Email Claus Harding   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?: Depending: "The Twilight Zone" or "Twin Peaks"
... film?: "King Kong" (1933)"
... actor?: Orson Welles/Emil Jannings/Frank Langella (among others)
... director?: Welles/Stroheim/Dreyer/Bergman...and Ed Wood :-)
... band/artist? Elvis/Orbison/JL Lewis...just for starters.
... album?: Not possible to answer; way too many.
... author? Hemingway/Hunter S. Thompson/Kazuo Ishiguro..many others.
... book? Same as with album...
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 40/50es
... leisure activity outside film?: Playing/composing/recording music, writing, cooking, photography and 8mm shooting, running the newsletter at our condo.

[ February 21, 2013, 08:48 PM: Message edited by: Claus Harding ]

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Dino Everette
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008

- posted February 21, 2013 11:39 PM      Profile for Dino Everette     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
... TV show?:-- Friends
... film?: -- Gance's Napoleon
... actor?: -- Clara Bow
... director?: -- Roland West
... band/artist? -- Johnny Thunders
... album?: -- Never Mind the bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
... author? -- Anthony Slide
... book? -- Nitrate Won't Wait
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: - 1970's - punk rock baby..
... leisure activity outside film?: playing in bands

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"You're too Far Out Miss Lawrence"

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Graham Ritchie
Film God

Posts: 4001
From: New Zealand
Registered: Feb 2006

- posted February 22, 2013 02:49 AM      Profile for Graham Ritchie   Email Graham Ritchie   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
...TV show?..MASH
...film?...The Sand Pebbles
...actor?...Jodie Foster
...director?...Steven Spielberg
...band/artist?...Simon and Garfunkel
...album?....Tumbleweed Connection {Elton John}
...author?..Alistair MacLean
...book?...Bear Island
...decade?...the 60s
...leisure activity outside film?...zapping around the nearby plantation on me old mountain bike, plus a bit of walking.

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Lee Mannering
Film God

Posts: 3216
From: The Projection Box
Registered: Nov 2006

- posted February 22, 2013 03:56 AM      Profile for Lee Mannering     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
What/who is your favorite:
... TV show?: Friday Show (1960)
... film?: Tons of Trouble (1956)
... actor?: Richard Hearne O.B.E.
... director?: Alan Parker
... band/artist? Blonde
... album?: Ultimate Blonde
... author? David Quinlan
... book? British Sound Films (1928 to 1959)
... decade (in terms of popular culture)?: 1960 the MOD era
... leisure activity outside film?: British Scooter Scene, riding my Vespa and playing many music instruments.

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