Iconic Images from the Movies [under construction]
Submitted by bertie on Mon, 09/04/2006 - 06:29
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- CAUTION - POSSIBLE SPOILERS
- A Trip to the Moon (1902) - The projectile in Mr Moon's eye.
- The Great Train Robbery (1903) - The robber shooting into the camera.
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) - The baby carriage on the steps
- Un Chien Andalou (1928) - The razor slicing the girl's eyeball.
- The Public Enemy (1931) - Tom Powers pushing a half grapefruit into his girlfriend's face.
- King Kong (1933) - King Kong on top of the Empire State Building.
- Citizen Kane (1941) - The burning sled.
- Great Expectations (1946) - Miss Havisham in her dark and dusty mansion with the dessicated remains of her wedding breakfast.
- Strangers on a Train (1951) - Mrs Haines's strangling reflected in the lens of her glasses.
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) The first appearance of Gort, standing at the entrance to the spaceship.
- The Searchers (1956) - Ethan Edwards standing framed in the doorway of his brother's house.
- North by Northwest (1959) - Roger Thornhill being chased by the crop duster.
- Ben-Hur (1959) - Good versus evil in the chariot race.
- Psycho (1960) - Marion Crane's blood swirling down the drain.
- Spartacus (1960) - Spartacus standing among his men as they all say, "I am Spartacus!"
- Dr. Strangelove (1964) - Major Kong whooping and hollering and waving his hat as he rides the H-bomb.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Moonwatcher's bone becomes an orbiting nuclear weapon.
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - The freeze frame final image: Butch and Sundance come out shooting.
- Easy Rider (1969) - Captain America and Billy on their 'cycles on the highway and born to be wild.
- Patton (1970)- Opening shot. Patton beneath a huge Stars and Stripes.
Suggestions are welcome but will not necessarily be taken.