Posted today. Have little problem with AFI's best film list, but geez, its best-of-TV list is strange; how in the heck "Desperate Housewives" made the "top 10" is a real head-scratcher.
-d.
============================
AFI Names Its Top 10 Movies of the Year Dec 12, 7:05 PM (ET) ASSOCIATED PRESS
AFI TOP 10 FILMS, 2004 (NOT RANKED) The Aviator Collateral Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Friday Night Lights The Incredibles Kinsey Maria Full of Grace Million Dollar Baby Sideways Spider-Man 2
AFI TOP 10 TELEVISION SERIES, 2004 (NOT RANKED) Arrested Development Curb Your Enthusiasm Deadwood Desperate Housewives Lost Something the Lord Made Nip/Tuck The Shield The Sopranos South Park
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The superhero adventures "Spider-Man 2" and "The Incredibles" made the American Film Institute's list of 2004's top 10 movies.
Also on the list released Sunday were the not-yet-released Howard Hughes film biography "The Aviator" and boxing drama "Million Dollar Baby."
Rounding out the group's list, which did not rank the films, were the hit-man thriller "Collateral"; the quirky romances "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Sideways"; the football drama "Friday Night Lights"; the drug-smuggling drama "Maria Full of Grace"; and "Kinsey," a film biography of sexuality researcher Alfred Kinsey.
The institute's top 10 television programs of the year were HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm,""Deadwood,""The Sopranos" and "Something the Lord Made," ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost," FX's "Nip/Tuck" and "The Shield," Fox's "Arrested Development" and Comedy Central's "South Park."
The lists were chosen by 13-member panels of filmmakers, critics, scholars and AFI board members. Top films and shows will be honored at an AFI luncheon Jan. 14.
Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
___________________________________________________________________
How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
