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David Baldacci's Favourite Movies (10 titles)

David Baldacci is a best-selling American novelist. His breakthrough novel was Absolute Power in 1996, which was adapted into the film of the same name starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman. Baldacci has since published another 16 novels and his latest, thriller Stone Cold, is available from July 4th. Here are his favourite movies...

by: David Baldacci from Virginia

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The Godfather

Hey, I'm Italian, how could I leave this one out? The greatest mob film of all time.

The Godfather on DVD (1972)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Richard Conte, James Caan
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola's epic masterpiece features Marlon Brando in his Oscar winning role as the patriarch of the Corleone family. Director Coppola paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan's rise and near fall from power in America, masterfully balancing the story between the Corleone's ..read more »
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Schindler's List

The only film I've ever watched where I had to turn it off for a while because I became too emotional.

Schindler's List on DVD (1993)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts,..read more »
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Rear Window

The greatest voyeurism movie of all time and also one of the most suspenseful.

Rear Window on DVD (1954)
Starring: Thelma Ritter, James Stewart, Georgine Darcy
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock playfully explores the role of the voyeur in one of his best-loved suspense thrillers. After breaking his leg during a shoot, photo-journalist L.B. 'Jeff' Jeffries (James Stewart) is forced to spend a humid summer recuperating in his Greenwich Village apartment. The wheelchair-..read more »
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Some Like It Hot

Even thriller writers like some comedy occasionally. Easily Marilyn Monroe's best film.

Some Like It Hot on DVD (1959)
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Mike Mazurki, Billy Gray
Director: Billy Wilder
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Billy Wilder's classic Oscar nominated comedy. In February 1929, unemployed musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) go on the run after witnessing the St Valentine's Day Massacre. Pursued by gangsters, the duo are forced to disguise themselves as women and join Sweet Sue's all-girl band ..read more »
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Chinatown

One of the best scripts ever. I never tire of watching it. And Jack is so cool, even with the bandaged nose.

Chinatown on DVD (1974)
Starring: Beulah Quo, Darrell Zwerling, Denny Arnold
Director: Roman Polanski
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One of the seminal American films of the 1970s, Roman Polanski's detective yarn sees murder and scandal emerge from the drought of 1930s Southern California. Private eye Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired to follow water commissioner Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling), only to see him turn up ..read more »
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To Kill A Mockingbird

One of the best book-to-movie adaptations of all time and a great, classic study of race in America, warts and all.

To Kill A Mockingbird on DVD (1962)
Starring: Rose, Gregory Peck, Mary Badham
Director: Robert Mulligan
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Gregory Peck gives an Oscar-winning performance as lawyer Atticus Finch in this crime drama adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. In Alabama in the 1930s, Atticus defends a black man accused of raping a young white woman while his children, Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (..read more »
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Unforgiven

My buddy Clint's best film and one that completely changed the genre of the western.

Unforgiven on DVD (1992)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Gene Hackman
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Dedicated to his mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar-winner examines the mythic violence of the Western, taking on the ghosts of his own star past. Disgusted by Sheriff Little Bill Daggett's decree that several ponies make up for a cowhand's slashing a whore's face, Big ..read more »
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The Maltese Falcon

A classic, simply.

The Maltese Falcon on DVD (1941)
Starring: Peter Lorre, Gladys George, Barton MacLane
Director: John Huston
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John Huston made his directorial debut with this classic film noir adaptation of Dashiel Hammett's novel, starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. Sam Spade (Bogart) is a cynical private eye caught up in the hunt for a jewel-encrusted falcon while searching for the murderer of his partner, Miles ..read more »
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The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Leaves all other fantasy stories in the dust.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of... on DVD (2001)
Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian Holm, Sean Bean
Director: Peter Jackson
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Part one of the fantasy trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. Frodo (Elijah Wood) is a hobbit living in the Shire, a quiet, peaceful part of Middle Earth. When it turns out that his elderly relative Bilbo (Ian Holm) is harbouring the ultimate Ring of Power and the evil Nazgul riders of Sauron are coming to ..read more »
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Dr. Strangelove

A story that makes you wonder how humans got to the top of the species chain.

Dr. Strangelove on DVD (1963)
Starring: George C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick's Oscar-nominated black comedy starring Peter Sellers and Sterling Hayden. When lunatic General Jack D. Ripper (Hayden) launches a nuclear attack on Russia, President Merkin Muffley of the United States (Sellers) consults his advisors, among them the wheelchair-bound, ex-Nazi ..read more »
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