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twenty five best sequences
in film history (unranked) |
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| chariot race in "Ben Hur",
without a doubt the best sequence in film history |
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| approach to jupiter light
show in "2001, a Space Odyssey" |
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| Gene Kelly "Singin' in the
Rain" |
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| Joel McCrea & Bogie
gun battle in "Dead End" |
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| landing on Omaha beach
from "Saving Private Ryan" |
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| the car chase in
"Bullit" |
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| follow the yellow brick
road from "Wizard of OZ" |
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| the"Maltese Falcon" final
gathering |
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| climax to
"Casablanca" |
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| bringing the monster to
life in "Frankenstein"…it's alive, it's alive… |
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| "King Kong" escapes from
Rockefeller Center & scaling the Empire State |
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| opening space battle from
"Star Wars" |
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| boat ride to cuba from
"Key Largo" |
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| release of the toy
soldiers in "March of the Wooden Soldiers" |
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| "Orpheus" descending into
Hell with Huertebise |
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| Busby Berkeley's aquatic
dance sequence from "Footlight Parade" |
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| final gun battle from "the
Wild Bunch" |
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| Jimi Hendrix playing the
Star Spangled Banner at "Woodstock" |
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| the three & a half
minute crane shot that opens "Touch of Evil" |
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| shower murder in
"Psycho" |
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| airplane chase over the
wheat field in "North by Northwest" |
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| the chase in "the French
Connection" |
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| "the Titanic" sinking for
a whole hour |
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| Ice Planet battle from
"Empire Strikes Back" |
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| landing on the moon from
"le Voyage dans le Lune" |
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| honorable mentions for above |
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| motorcycle-truck duel in
"Terminator II" (90's version of Ben Hur's chariot race!) |
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| final pep talk & game
from "Any Given Sunday" |
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| Alan Ladd's gunfight with
Jack Palance in "Shane" |
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| bar room gunfight at the
end of "Unforgiven" |
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| Steve McQueen's attempted
motorcycle escape in "the Great Escape" |
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| final boxing match in
"Rocky" |
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| John Wayne takin' on 3 of
'em at the end of "the Shootist" |
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| retreat & battle with
the "Aliens" when the soldiers arrive |
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| final sequence from "It's
a Wonderful Life" |
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| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of
Company B from "Buck Privates" |
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