You are marooned on a deserted island never to be rescued, you have a TV and DVD player, and an infinate power supply. You only have 5 DVDs......Which 5 would you want with you ??

My choises are:

1. The Shawshank Redemption

2. Master and Commander: The far side of the world

3. The Godfather

4. Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn

5. Star Wars

Shane's Slumber Party Numbers 1-5. :thumbsup:

What? No Gilligan's Island???!!!

1. Lion in Winter
2. Emporer of the North
3. Dirty Dozen
4. Money Pit
5. Day the Earth Stood Still

Wooooooo Hoooooooo 2 Lee Marvin Flicks!!

Can I count Mr. Ed season one as one DVD? :jest:

"How to Survive on a Desert Island"
Disks 1 thru 5.

My Bible...

The Wizard of Oz
North by Northwest
To Kill a Mockingbird
Chinatown
Apocalypse Now

1. How to turn a TV and DVD player into phone.
2. How to turn a TV and DVD player into motor for a boat.
3. How to build a boat on a deserted island.
4. How to survive on a deserted island with only a DVD player and a TV.
5. How to paint a face on a Wilson volleyball.

The complete Playboy DVD collection. A guy can get pretty lonely, that wilson volleyball might start looking good!

ABBA THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (Music videos)

BYE BYE BIRDIE

GREASE

ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN

ELVIRA MISTRESS OF THE DARK

Don't forget Showgirls!

I'd like to. :freak:

Something with dancing to attract native girls from other islands. The TV at night will catch their attention....or the old people will paddle over to say 'turn down that dam TV!'

In no particular order:

Lawrence of Arabia
The Good, The Bad, And the Ugly
Road To Perdition
Dr. Strangelove
My Cousin Vinny

I'd trade all of those for the "Palm Tree Carpentry and Boat Masters" series.:cool:

Funny, no one's mentioned "Cast Away"...


José

"Paths of Glory"

"Lolita"

"Dr. Strangelove"

"2001: A Space Odyssey"

"Barry Lyndon"


1st Alternate: "A Clockwork Orange"

Nobody stated the Obvious "CASTAWAY" HA HA
Seriously
Planet Of The Apes (And it's Four Sequels!!) Now would we be ALONE on this Island? Cause IF We are Alone then I MUST HAVE one Barbra Carrera Film! lol Ahem Anyhoo Yeah that would be all I'd need lol
JOHN/LONFAN

Oh Sorry Jose' I did not see your Entry!
JOHN/LONFAN

BUT my list still stands lol

Interesting thread. I'll bet it would be interesting (if only to ourselves) to have to decide which single movie we would take if we could only have one. I thought about that recently and was surprised at first by my answer -- but I am more and more certain I would not change my mind.

1. Mary Poppins (would be my choice if only allowed one title)
2. Lilo & Stitch
3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Monsters, Inc.

The Disney-centric lineup wasn't planned when I started this post. All save one (the third one) make me cry and all five give me joy. What more could I ask?

Qapla'

SSB

Now that you mention Poppins, what an excellent choice! Its a damned good piece of film making that just happens to be a musical, as well being the best example of a Disney classic. Ya, I'd probably bump one of my 5 to have it around the island.

John O.
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Now that you mention Poppins, what an excellent choice! Its a damned good piece of film making that just happens to be a musical, as well being the best example of a Disney classic.
Yeah. It probably strikes some people as ironic that I would call it Disney's crowning glory, given that it is mostly live-action. But for whatever reason, it means more to me to than any other Disney film (which is saying quite a lot!). It isn't because of any connection to my childhood -- I first saw it at 16, IIRC.

Disney recently released a 40th Anniversary, two-disc edition of the film that is the first release to really do it justice.

I'm sure others might not agree, but I find it hard, if not impossible, to see a way this movie could be improved. Every one of the songs is memorable, and all of the performances are indelible (and I couldn't care less that Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent comes and goes; it isn't as if it is shot as a documentary). The fact that it was all shot on sound stages (making the "exteriors" obviously "fake") only heightens the film's sense of fantasy. I suppose there are ways one could do an improved version of the animation/live-action composite in the "Jolly Holiday" sequence, but only in a technical sense. I don't see how it could possibly be made more charming.

If anyone can watch this film and still not understand the meaning of the term "Disney magic," I don't think there's much chance such a person could ever understand it. YMMV, I suppose ...

Qapla'

SSB

1. It's a Wonderful Life

2. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

3. Jaws (depending on just how small an island this may be)

4. Slingblade

5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

I'm sure others might not agree, but I find it hard, if not impossible, to see a way this movie could be improved. ...I suppose there are ways one could do an improved version of the animation/live-action composite in the "Jolly Holiday" sequence, but only in a technical sense. I don't see how it could possibly be made more charming.

Exactly right. Poppins is perfect case of where technical improvements, which absolutely could be made, would do nothing to improve and might risk detracting from the strong character of the piece.

I think the closest Disney has come recently to the benchmark MP made, live action or not, might be Little Mermaid, Aladdin, or Beauty & the Beast. Helps when you have real song writers I guess - Howard Ashman and Alan Menken.

Oh Sorry Jose' I did not see your Entry!
JOHN/LONFAN

That's OK John, no one does :cry:

As for my list:

1) ST II
2-4) Mazinger Z Disc 1, 2, 3
5) ST VI

If only allowed one title, well, then I guess I won't play that game.

José

1. Young Frankenstein
2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
3. The Great Race
4. Star Wars
5. The Wizard of Oz

Well, certainly not pirated ones! :lol: (Thanks, Scott!)

Okay, I'll play:

1) Star Trek: First Contact
2) Star Wars
3) Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (4-disc version :D )
4) The Incredibles (being possabily bumped for Airplane!)
5)

....damn, hard to think of that last one. I'll have to get back to ya'.
<grumble... stupid work... grumble>

The Shawshank Redemption

The Green Mile

Star Wars

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Bikini Carwash Company :-)