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I've taken on the list - the Oscar list that is. Every day I will watch a "best picture" nominated film from 1928-present. And then I'll blog about it. This coming from the girl who's never seen "Gone with The Wind." Wish me luck.

We wish you the very best.


Hi Leah-

We want to thank you for coming to interview for the Casting position at Alyson Horn Casting. Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer you a position at this time. We enjoyed meeting you but feel that, at this point, you don't have the level of experience necessary to fill this position. We wish you the very best in your future endeavors.

Thanks,
The Alyson Horn Casting Team

.......

1) It's Ramani.
2) "level of experience"? by this do mean making phones or scheduling auditions? didn't realize both require more than a college degree and half a brain.
3) if you really wished me the best for my future, you wouldn't keep me unemployed.

xo.

Lottery


It's a been a minute. I could lie and say the entire time I've been gone, I was watching movies. That I've been SO busy watching movies that I couldn't even spare a minute to update you on whether Wings was actually worth the 3 hours of silent, black & white drama. It wasn't. So I'm moving on. Why give up now? Because watching a movie a day is getting in the way of my new, improved, highly entertaining new blog called: Operation: Get This Girl a Job. It's almost been a year since I moved out to Jollywood. That is scary to think about. I feel my "career" (or lack there of) has been running around me in circles. It seems as though it's no longer who you know, but "who you'll blow." I hate to be blunt, but it's tough out here. Getting a job is like winning the lottery. Don't worry, I still plan on watching movies. Someone recently told me I should probably get a job before I sat around watching movies all day, and at this point, I'll take all the advice I can get. So here goes the memoirs of my adventures, romps, triumphs, sorrows, awkward networking parties, premiers, trips to the dollar store, and more. Welcome to the semi-beginnings of a girl who's trying to do the impossible: get a job in Hollywood.

416


There have been 456 films nominated for best picture from 1927-2009. I've seen 40 of them. A pretty rough number for someone who went through film school. Well I think it's time to raise that number...by around 416. Someone once told me to appreciate movies I should be watching one a day. I laughed and told them to get a life. And now here I am, about to watch a movie a day in order to reach my goal of seeing every movie ever nominated for an academy award for best picture. With the help of Netflix, frozen yogurt, and some yummy trader joe's snacks, that's exactly what I plan on doing...starting tomorrow. Hey, it's late. So, tomorrow, it starts:

Day one of 416.
Movie of choice = Wings, 1927
Produced by Lucien Hubbard.

The List

Year Film
1927–1928
(1st)
The Racket
Seventh Heaven
1928–1929
(2nd)
Alibi
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
In Old Arizona
The Patriot
19291930[B]
(3rd)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1929–1930
(3rd)
The Big House
Disraeli
The Divorcee
The Love Parade
19301931
(4th)
Cimarron
1930–1931
(4th)
East Lynne
The Front Page
Skippy
Trader Horn
19311932
(5th)
Grand Hotel
1931–1932
(5th)
Arrowsmith
Bad Girl
The Champ
Five Star Final
One Hour with You
Shanghai Express
The Smiling Lieutenant
19321933
(6th)
Cavalcade[H]
1932–1933
(6th)
42nd Street
A Farewell to Arms[H]
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Lady for a Day
Little Women[H]
The Private Life of Henry VIII
She Done Him Wrong
Smilin' Through
State Fair
1934
(7th)
It Happened One Night[I]
1934
(7th)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street[I]
Cleopatra
Flirtation Walk
The Gay Divorcee
Here Comes the Navy
The House of Rothschild[I]
Imitation of Life
One Night of Love
The Thin Man
Viva Villa
The White Parade
1935
(8th)
Mutiny on the Bounty[J]
1935
(8th)
Alice Adams
Broadway Melody of 1936
Captain Blood[J]
David Copperfield
The Informer[J]
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Les Misérables
Naughty Marietta
Ruggles of Red Gap
Top Hat
1936
(9th)
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
(9th)
Anthony Adverse
Dodsworth
Libeled Lady
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Romeo and Juliet
San Francisco
The Story of Louis Pasteur
A Tale of Two Cities
Three Smart Girls
1937
(10th)
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
(10th)
The Awful Truth
Captains Courageous
Dead End
The Good Earth
In Old Chicago
Lost Horizon
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Stage Door
A Star Is Born
1938
(11th)
You Can't Take It With You
1938
(11th)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Boys Town
The Citadel
Four Daughters
Grand Illusion
Jezebel
Pygmalion
Test Pilot
1939
(12th)
Gone with the Wind
1939
(12th)
Dark Victory
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights
1940
(13th)
Rebecca
1940
(13th)
All This, and Heaven Too
Foreign Correspondent
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Dictator
Kitty Foyle
The Letter
The Long Voyage Home
Our Town
The Philadelphia Story
1941[C]
(14th)
How Green Was My Valley
1941
(14th)
Blossoms in the Dust
Citizen Kane
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Hold Back the Dawn
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
One Foot In Heaven
Sergeant York
Suspicion
1942
(15th)
Mrs. Miniver
1942
(15th)
49th Parallel
Kings Row
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Pied Piper
The Pride of the Yankees
Random Harvest
The Talk of the Town
Wake Island
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943
(16th)
Casablanca
1943
(16th)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
The Human Comedy
In Which We Serve
Madame Curie
The More the Merrier
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Watch on the Rhine
1944[D]
(17th)
Going My Way
1944
(17th)
Double Indemnity
Gaslight
Since You Went Away
Wilson
1945
(18th)
The Lost Weekend
1945
(18th)
Anchors Aweigh
The Bells of St. Mary's
Mildred Pierce
Spellbound
1946
(19th)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
(19th)
Henry V
It's a Wonderful Life
The Razor's Edge
The Yearling
1947
(20th)
Gentleman's Agreement
1947
(20th)
The Bishop's Wife
Crossfire
Great Expectations
Miracle on 34th Street
1948
(21st)
Hamlet
1948
(21st)
Johnny Belinda
The Red Shoes
The Snake Pit
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949
(22nd)
All the King's Men
1949
(22nd)
Battleground
The Heiress
A Letter to Three Wives
Twelve O'Clock High
1950
(23rd)
All About Eve
1950
(23rd)
Born Yesterday
Father of the Bride
King Solomon's Mines
Sunset Boulevard
1951
(24th)
An American in Paris
1951
(24th)
Decision Before Dawn
A Place in the Sun
Quo Vadis
A Streetcar Named Desire
1952
(25th)
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
(25th)
High Noon
Ivanhoe
Moulin Rouge
The Quiet Man
1953
(26th)
From Here to Eternity
1953
(26th)
Julius Caesar
The Robe
Roman Holiday
Shane
1954
(27th)
On the Waterfront
1954
(27th)
The Caine Mutiny
The Country Girl
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Three Coins in the Fountain
1955
(28th)
Marty
1955
(28th)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Mister Roberts
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
1956
(29th)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
(29th)
Friendly Persuasion
Giant
The King and I
The Ten Commandments
1957
(30th)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
(30th)
Peyton Place
Sayonara
12 Angry Men
Witness for the Prosecution
1958
(31st)
Gigi
1958
(31st)
Auntie Mame
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones
Separate Tables
1959
(32nd)
Ben-Hur
1959
(32nd)
Anatomy of a Murder
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Nun's Story
Room at the Top
1960
(33rd)
The Apartment
1960
(33rd)
The Alamo
Elmer Gantry
Sons and Lovers
The Sundowners
1961
(34th)
West Side Story
1961
(34th)
Fanny
The Guns of Navarone
The Hustler
Judgment at Nuremberg
1962[E]
(35th)
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
(35th)
The Longest Day
The Music Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
To Kill a Mockingbird
1963
(36th)
Tom Jones
1963
(36th)
America, America
Cleopatra
How the West Was Won
Lilies of the Field
1964
(37th)
My Fair Lady
1964
(37th)
Becket
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Mary Poppins
Zorba the Greek
1965
(38th)
The Sound of Music
1965
(38th)
Darling
Doctor Zhivago
Ship of Fools
A Thousand Clowns
1966
(39th)
A Man for All Seasons
1966
(39th)
Alfie
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
The Sand Pebbles
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967
(40th)
In the Heat of the Night
1967
(40th)
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1968
(41st)
Oliver!
1968
(41st)
Funny Girl
The Lion in Winter
Rachel, Rachel
Romeo and Juliet
1969
(42nd)
Midnight Cowboy
1969
(42nd)
Anne of the Thousand Days
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hello, Dolly!
Z[K]
1970
(43rd)
Patton
1970
(43rd)
Airport
Five Easy Pieces
Love Story
MASH
1971
(44th)
The French Connection
1971
(44th)
A Clockwork Orange
Fiddler on the Roof
The Last Picture Show
Nicholas and Alexandra
1972
(45th)
The Godfather
1972
(45th)
Cabaret
Deliverance
The Emigrants[K]
Sounder
1973
(46th)
The Sting
1973
(46th)
American Graffiti
Cries and Whispers[K]
The Exorcist
A Touch of Class
1974
(47th)
The Godfather Part II[O]
1974
(47th)
Chinatown
The Conversation
Lenny
The Towering Inferno
1975
(48th)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
(48th)
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Nashville
1976
(49th)
Rocky
1976
(49th)
All the President's Men
Bound for Glory
Network
Taxi Driver
1977
(50th)
Annie Hall
1977
(50th)
The Goodbye Girl
Julia
Star Wars
The Turning Point
1978
(51st)
The Deer Hunter
1978
(51st)
Coming Home
Heaven Can Wait
Midnight Express
An Unmarried Woman
1979
(52nd)
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979
(52nd)
All That Jazz
Apocalypse Now
Breaking Away
Norma Rae
1980
(53rd)
Ordinary People
1980
(53rd)
Coal Miner's Daughter
The Elephant Man
Raging Bull
Tess
1981
(54th)
Chariots of Fire
1981
(54th)
Atlantic City
On Golden Pond
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Reds
1982
(55th)
Gandhi
1982
(55th)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict
1983
(56th)
Terms of Endearment
1983
(56th)
The Big Chill
The Dresser
The Right Stuff
Tender Mercies
1984
(57th)
Amadeus
1984
(57th)
The Killing Fields
A Passage to India
Places in the Heart
A Soldier's Story
1985
(58th)
Out of Africa
1985
(58th)
The Color Purple
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Prizzi's Honor
Witness
1986
(59th)
Platoon
1986
(59th)
Children of a Lesser God
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Mission
A Room with a View
1987
(60th)
The Last Emperor[O]
1987
(60th)
Broadcast News
Fatal Attraction
Hope and Glory
Moonstruck
1988
(61st)
Rain Man
1988
(61st)
The Accidental Tourist
Dangerous Liaisons
Mississippi Burning
Working Girl
1989
(62nd)
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
(62nd)
Born on the Fourth of July
Dead Poets Society
Field of Dreams
My Left Foot
1990
(63rd)
Dances with Wolves
1990
(63rd)
Awakenings
Ghost
The Godfather Part III
Goodfellas
1991
(64th)
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
(64th)
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides
1992
(65th)
Unforgiven
1992
(65th)
The Crying Game
A Few Good Men
Howards End
Scent of a Woman
1993
(66th)
Schindler's List
1993
(66th)
The Fugitive
In the Name of the Father
The Piano
The Remains of the Day
1994
(67th)
Forrest Gump
1994
(67th)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption
1995
(68th)
Braveheart
1995
(68th)
Babe
Apollo 13
Il Postino[K]
Sense and Sensibility
1996
(69th)
The English Patient
1996
(69th)
Fargo
Jerry Maguire
Secrets & Lies
Shine
1997
(70th)
Titanic
1997
(70th)
As Good as It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
1998
(71st)
Shakespeare in Love
1998
(71st)
Elizabeth
Life Is Beautiful[K]
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
1999
(72nd)
American Beauty
1999
(72nd)
The Cider House Rules
The Green Mile
The Insider
The Sixth Sense
2000
(73rd)
Gladiator
2000
(73rd)
Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon[K]
Erin Brockovich
Traffic
2001
(74th)
A Beautiful Mind
2001
(74th)
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge!
2002
(75th)
Chicago
2002
(75th)
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
2003
(76th)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
(76th)
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
2004
(77th)
Million Dollar Baby
2004
(77th)
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways
2005
(78th)
Crash
2005
(78th)
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich
2006
(79th)
The Departed
2006
(79th)
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima[K]
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
2007
(80th)
No Country for Old Men
2007
(80th)
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
2008
(81st)
Slumdog Millionaire[O]
2008
(81st)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
2009
(82nd)
The Hurt Locker
2009
(82nd)
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
 
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