In this study group we will view American movies that, when released, were often trashed by the critics and bombed at the box office. Many of these movies now are on the lists of top films of all time. An example would be It’s a Wonderful Life which was hated by the critics and snubbed by moviegoers. RKO thought so little of the film that it let its copyright expire in 1974, releasing the movie to the public domain where it could be broadcast without fees. Now it is considered one of the best American films ever made. Films being considered are: Bringing Up Baby (Hawks,1938), The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles, 1942), Ace in the Hole (Wilder,1951), The Night of the Hunter (Laughton,1955), Sweet Smell of Success (Mackendrick, 1957), A Face in the Crowd (Kazan, 1957), Lonely Are the Brave (Miller,1962), Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Stuart, 1971), Harold and Maude (Ashby, 1971), Blade Runner (Scott, 1982), The Thing (Carpenter,1982), The Shawshank Redemption (Darabont, 1994), The Big Lebowski (Coen Brothers, 1998) and, Children of Men (Cuaron, 2006). Please join us as we discuss why these films transitioned from flops to classics.
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