Friday, September 23, 2011

Best 5 Movies of Director : Stanley Kubrick

1.  Paths of Glory (1957)

When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them.

Cast

  • Kirk Douglas as Col. Dax
  • Ralph Meeker as Cpl. Philippe Paris
  • Adolphe Menjou as Maj. Gen. George Broulard
  • George Macready as Brig. Gen. Paul Mireau
  • Wayne Morris as Lt. Roget
  • Richard Anderson as Maj. Saint-Auban
  • Joe Turkel as Pvt. Pierre Arnaud
  • Christiane Kubrick as German singer
  • Jerry Hausner as Proprietor of cafe
  • Peter Capell as Narrator of opening sequence and Judge of court-martial
  • Emile Meyer as Father Dupree
  • Bert Freed as Sgt. Boulanger
  • Kem Dibbs as Pvt. Lejeune
  • Timothy Carey as Pvt. Maurice Ferol
  • Fred Bell as Shell-shock victim
  • John Stein as Capt. Rousseau (Battery Commander)
  • Harold Benedict as Capt. Nichols (Artillery spotter)

Best 5 Movies of Director : Martin Scorsese

1.  Taxi Driver (1976)

A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process.

Cast

  • Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle
  • Jodie Foster as Iris "Easy" Steensma
  • Harvey Keitel as Matthew "Sport" Higgins
  • Cybill Shepherd as Betsy
  • Albert Brooks as Tom
  • Leonard Harris as Senator Charles Palantine
  • Peter Boyle as "Wizard"
  • Harry Northup as Doughboy
  • Martin Scorsese as a passenger in Travis' taxi
  • Victor Argo as a grocery store owner
  • Steven Prince as "Easy Andy"
  • Joe Spinell as Travis' personnel officer at the taxi depot


Best 5 Movies of Director : Alfred Hitchcock

1. Psycho (1960)

A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.

Cast
         
  • Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates
  • Janet Leigh as Marion Crane
  • Vera Miles as Lila Crane
  • John Gavin as Sam Loomis
  • Martin Balsam as Det. Milton Arbogast
  • John McIntire as Sheriff Al Chambers
  • Simon Oakland as Dr. Fred Richmond
  • Frank Albertson as Tom Cassidy
  • Pat Hitchcock as Caroline
  • Vaughn Taylor as George Lowery
  • Lurene Tuttle as Mrs. Chambers
  • John Anderson as California Charlie
  • Mort Mills as Highway patrolman
  • Virginia Gregg, Jeanette Nolan, and Paul Jasmin (all uncredited) as the voice of Norma Bates
  • Ted Knight (uncredited) as a police officer