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To compile the final list, AFI distributed a ballot with 500 Nominated Films (50 per genre) to a jury of over 1,500 leaders from the creative community, including film artists (directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, cinematographers), critics and historians. In previous years, the AFI has also produced other lists of the following:
AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars/Legends (1999) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs (2000) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills (2001) AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions (2002) AFI's Heroes and Villains (2003) AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs (2004) AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes (2005) AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers (2006) AFI's 100 Greatest American Films - 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies
(1998) (original) AFI asked jurors to consider the following criteria in their selection process:
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Film Genres Part 5 (Westerns) |
Western Films: AFI described western films as "a genre of films set in the American West that embodies the spirit, the struggle and the demise of the new frontier. Brimming with subtext and mythology, westerns offer iconic images of a time gone by and perhaps a time that never was. A man of action with an unspoken code of honor, the western hero faces gun-toting opponents, hostile natives, lawless towns, the harsh forces of nature, and the encroachment of civilization. But the westerner keeps going, drawn to the freedom of the open plains and the promise of a new life." Nominees: 11 of the 50 movies featured John Wayne; 10 of the 50 movies were directed by John Ford. Seven of these 21 movies featured both John Ford and John Wayne. Winners: Comments: Cat Ballou (1965) doesn't belong in the top 10 - it's basically a comedy. |
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