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Precious Images is a 1986 short film directed by Chuck Workman . It features approximately 470 half-second-long splices of classic movies and movie moments through the history of American film. The "scenes" are organized by genre, while matching it with appropriate music - e.g., the "musicals" section is accompanied by the title song of Singin' in the Rain ( 1952). Films featured range chronologically from The Great Train Robbery ( 1903) to Rocky IV ( 1985), and range in subject from comedies such as Modern Times ( 1936) and Monty Python's Meaning of Life ( 1983), dramas such as High Noon (1952) and The Godfather ( 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un), and alternative titles such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped) and Fritz the CatFritz the Cat is a comic book character created by Robert Crumb during the height of the underground comics movement of the 1960s. Crumb cast his character of Fritz as a trouble-making, anti-establishment, college-age figure whose adventures consisted of ( 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un).Its purpose is to evoke hundreds of "fleeting memories" in the viewers to look back on all the great films they have seen. The film won the Academy AwardBob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (often better known as Oscars) are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a p for Live Action Short FilmThis name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films. The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 u during the 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train ceremony, where it was featured in its entirety.
Because of the numerous copyrights involved with each of the four hundred-plus films, Precious Images cannot be sold commercially.
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List of all films featured in Precious Images
1986 films
