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60. Lincoln,12 angry men,Grand Torino,Frost/Nixon,Quiz Show,Downfall,41,Being There

Lincoln stands above and beyond all prior political movies.
The single best showing how Washington works.

Just about anything Henry Fonda did,where he had artistic control, he did because he wanted to send a message.

Grand Torino because he gave the finger to the NRA and to bullets/guns.

And like Henry Fonda, Clint Eastwood was robbed at Oscar Time, time and again
(Fonda finally winning the best actor he so rightfully deserved four times prior, only when on his
death bed).
Eastwood of course was robbed of the best actor and not even nominated due to the archaic(now changed) system of points used to be one of the nominees (with the most important being #1,
and it showed, like 2000 election showed, that a few votes made Eastwood go from a lock on winning the award itself, to not even being nominated at all.)
That voting system has now been changed, thankfully.
Everyone else thought everyone else would vote for him, so they gave their nom. to someone else.

And so it goes.

Frost/Nixon though the play, which I saw, was even better.
Frank Langella looked nothing like Nixon, yet after five minutes, truly became Richard Nixon.

and though some say The Candidate, I suggest Quiz Show is the best Political Movie ever
made by Robert Redford, using the game show as analogy in one of the most claustrophobic
movies of all time.

and special mention to
Downfall.
With one of the single greatest acting jobs ever by German actor Bruno Ganz
(note-Bruno is now filming a Showtime series, where he plays the Pope).

others would be
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Holocaust (early Meryl Streep)
The Contender (Sam Elliott/Joan Allen(she should have won best actress)/Beau Bridges)

and my favorite two tv political would be
Get Smart (amazing how true everything in that 1960s show is in 2013, and I truly am on the side
of Control over Kaos).
The Prisoner (where Patrick McGoohan, who legend has it refused to be the first James Bond, not wanting to accept the contract as it stood, went out and one bettered Bond by playing
(and of course, wink wink, he denied it, but a good secret agent man would always deny their name
wouldn't they) Drake after he wasn't Drake just #6.
(and what people forget is #6 of course was a cool cold assassssin just like Bond was, yet millions
adore them).

Yes, Drake is Drake. (except for contractual reasons).

A movie with the worst ending of all time, but up to then, one of the best was
"Being There" staring Peter Sellers. Why that tacked on ending, I will never know.

and this year's movie about Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey-
41.
Showing how 70 years apart, from Mr. Jackie Robinson to Mr. Trayvon Martin, nothing at all has changed in Sanford Florida.