
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 15, 1993                   TAG: 9312150296
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

`CUCKOO'S NEST' ON FILM REGISTRY

Two films that won five Oscars - "It Happened One Night" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" - were added to the National Film Registry Tuesday, along with other movie classics like "An American in Paris" and "A Night at the Opera."

Also among the 25 films chosen for preservation at the Library of Congress were some relatively recent titles, like the sci-fi thriller "Blade Runner" (1982), and "Badlands" (1973), starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek.

The aim of the registry is to preserve films for the future. But films don't have to be old to be endangered, said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, who makes the final selections.

Films chosen for the registry don't have to be classics.

\ The films selected for the National Film Registry, in alphabetical order: "An American in Paris" (1951) "Badlands" (1973) "The Black Pirate" (1926) "Blade Runner" (1982) "Cat People" (1942) "The Cheat" (1915) "Chulas Fronteras" (1976) "Eaux D'Artifice" (1953) "The Godfather, Part II (1974) "His Girl Friday" (1940) "It Happened One Night" (1934) "Lassie Come Home" (1943) "Magical Maestro" (1952) "March of Time: Inside Nazi Germany - 1938 (1938) "A Night at the Opera" (1935) "Nothing But a Man" (1964) "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) "Point of Order" (1964) "Shadows" (1959) "Shane" (1953) "Sweet Smell of Success" (1957) "Touch of Evil" (1958) "Where Are My Children?" (1916) "The Wind" (1928) "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942)

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