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Your Favorite Stanley Donen Film Is...

On the Town
0 (0%)
Royal Wedding
0 (0%)
Love Is Better Than Ever
0 (0%)
Singin' in the Rain
21 (51.2%)
Fearless Fagan
0 (0%)
Give a Girl a Break
0 (0%)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
4 (9.8%)
Deep in My Heart
0 (0%)
It's Always Fair Weather
0 (0%)
Funny Face
3 (7.3%)
The Pajama Game
0 (0%)
Kiss Them for Me
0 (0%)
Indiscreet
0 (0%)
Damn Yankees!
0 (0%)
Once More, with Feeling!
0 (0%)
Surprise Package
0 (0%)
The Grass Is Greener
0 (0%)
Charade
6 (14.6%)
Arabesque
0 (0%)
Two for the Road
1 (2.4%)
Bedazzled (1967)
0 (0%)
Staircase
0 (0%)
The Little Prince
0 (0%)
Lucky Lady
0 (0%)
Movie Movie
0 (0%)
Saturn 3
0 (0%)
Blame It on Rio
0 (0%)
haven't seen any
3 (7.3%)
don't like any
3 (7.3%)

Total Members Voted: 41

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Donen, Stanley
« on: August 14, 2008, 11:43:50 PM »
1. Singin' in the Rain    
2. Funny Face    
3. Two for the Road
4. Charade
5. On the Town 
6. Royal Wedding
7 .Seven Brides for Seven Brothers    
8. Bedazzled (1967)
9. Indiscreet
10. The Pajama Game    
11. Staircase
12. The Grass Is Greener
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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2008, 11:51:03 PM »
Great director to pick.  Rain is his greatest film, but I think Charade may be his personal Best, one of the most entertaining films ever made.  A perfect mix of mystery, comedy, and romance.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2008, 12:28:47 AM »
how can anything be better than Singin' in the Rain?  So fabulous!
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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2008, 02:57:31 AM »
Hmm, but is that 'a Stanley Donen film'?  Where my auteurists at?

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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2008, 04:29:25 AM »
Impossible to pick just one.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2008, 10:41:40 AM »
Great director to pick.  Rain is his greatest film, but I think Charade may be his personal Best, one of the most entertaining films ever made.  A perfect mix of mystery, comedy, and romance.

Agree, although Rain would be in my top 5 movies I'm ashamed I haven't seen.

Charade is in my top 20.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2008, 10:52:25 AM »
Charade. Personal favorite of mine. Put Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant together and you get the most charming movie ever made. Plus, you get a supporting cast of some of the best personalities of the 60s.
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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2008, 10:55:23 AM »
It's gotta be Singin' in the Rain - one of my all time favorite movies!

(Really love Charade, too, though.)

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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #8 on: August 15, 2008, 11:00:35 AM »
I'm tempted to vote for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers or Two for the Road, just because those films need some love.  I thought Bedazzled would get a vote or two as well; it seems to be a favorite of everyone who's seen it, a group that does not yet include me.

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Re: Directors Best Poll - Stanley Donen
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2008, 11:32:41 AM »
1. Singin' In The Rain
2. Funny Face
3. Charade
4. It's Always Fair Weather
5. Two For The Road
6. On The Town
7. Royal Wedding
8. Once More, With Feeling
9. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
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