Each year the Library of Congress selects 25 films that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant to American culture to add to the National Film Registry. This year, “Forrest Gump,” “Bambi,” “War of the Worlds” and 22 other films were selected to bring the number of films in the registry to 575.

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said:

“These films are selected because of their enduring significance to American culture. Our film heritage must be protected because these cinematic treasures document our history and culture and reflect our hopes and dreams.”

More than 2000 films were nominated to be included in the National Film Registry this year. The 25 films selected range from 1912 to 1994 and include Oscar winners, silent films, and Disney cartoons.

Here are the 25 films that were added to the National Film Registry this year.

• “The Cry of the Children” (1912)
• “A Cure for Pokeritis” (1912)
• “The Kid” (1921)
• “The Iron Horse” (1924)
• “Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies” (1930s-40s)
• “Twentieth Century” (1934)
• “Bambi” (1942)
• “The Negro Soldier” (1944)
• “The Lost Weekend” (1945)
• “The Big Heat” (1953)
• “War of the Worlds” (1953)
• “Porgy and Bess” (1959)
• “Allures” (1961)
• “Crisis: Behind A Presidential Commitment” (1963)
• “Faces” (1968)
• “Growing Up Female” (1971)
• “A Computer Animated Hand” (1972)
• “Hester Street” (1975)
• “I, an Actress” (1977)
• “Norma Rae” (1979)
• “Fake Fruit Factory” (1986)
• “Stand and Deliver” (1988)
• “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991)
• “El Mariachi” (1992)
• “Forrest Gump” (1994)

Each title will be preserved by Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. The films are preserved through the library’s massive motion-picture preservation program or through collaborations with motion picture studios, independent filmmakers, and other archives.

How many movies on this list have you seen?

Library of Congress Adds ‘Forrest Gump,’ ‘Bambi’ and Chaplin’s ‘The Kid’ to National Film Registry is a post from: The Inquisitr

Barry Bonds the disgraced former base ball player has provided a “celebrity” endorsement for Christensen Arms who make high powered hunting rifles. Who would have thoight that Barry Bonds and Sarah Palin had that much in common.

Now I’m no vegetarian, card carrying member of PETA, but I am appalled by his whopping for joy, and posing with the dead buck.

He also provided a written endorsement

With this super wide whitetail closing in, the only thing I had to worry about was putting the crosshairs on the front shoulder, and the rifle would do the rest. One blast is all it took.

By closing in he means the buck was wandering in a field minding its own business. And I guess he would know all about how “one blast was all it took”.

If you must there is a video on the Christensen website where you can watch him kill Bambi a “monster white tail” deer in Canada, fast forward to the 7 minute mark unless you want to watch all the awkward macho talk about rifles and pumping blood etc.

I guess the roids would explain it- although why Christensen would want him to endorse their product is beyond me. In other news the perjury trial against Bonds continues despite a couple of the charges being dropped.

Barry Bonds Killed Bambi is a post from: The Inquisitr

WTOPnews.com is reporting that Gilbert Genn, a Maryland lobbyist was attacked by a deer outside his home which stabbed him with its antlers when he went to take his dog Yuffie (not a typo) for a walk.

Genn tried to stop the deer attacking Yuffie and was a little too successful as it decided to take him on instead. You can’t make this stuff up.

“It came right at me, from about 10 feet away. I tried to run at an angle, but it caught me flush in the back right leg, impaled me with its weight, knocked me to the ground. It started to come right at my face with its antlers.”

The buck gored Genn in the chest, but he managed to kick it in the belly.

“It impaled me in the groin area. At that point, literally, I took the antler and pulled it out of me.”

Genn said one of his first thoughts was Steve Irwin, although Genn obviously lived to tell the tale and presumably doesn’t randomly yell CRIKEY!

Genn went on to accuse the deer of being a Republican.

“Not to get too partisan, but I’m convinced it was a Republican deer, because it happened right where we had our Obama sign. And all the deer could do was attack, attack, attack. So it had to be a Republican deer.”

This claim is suspicious because clearly no self respecting deer would suppport a ticket that had Palin on it, that would be like voting for genocide.

Vicious Bambi 1: Maryland Lobbyist 0 is a post from: The Inquisitr