MJ’s ‘Thriller’ enters US Film Registry
December 31st, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI ( Leave a comment )
Washington, Dec 31 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s 1983 video for ‘Thriller’ has made it into the National Film Registry.
The famed video is among the 25 motion pictures that have been selected this year for preservation by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, reports Discovery News.
Others added to the list include the 1911 silent film ‘Little Nemo’, 1995’s ‘Scratch and Crow’, the 1957 sci-fi classic ‘The Incredible Shrinking Man’ and 1979’s ‘The Muppet Movie’.
The total number of films in the registry is now 525.
The Librarian of Congress selects 25 films and videos to add to the registry each year.
The complete list of 2009 selections appears below.
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)The Exiles (1961)Heroes All (1920)Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)Jezebel (1938)The Jungle (1967)The Lead Shoes (1949)Little Nemo (1911)Mabel’s Blunder (1914)The Mark of Zorro (1940)Mrs. Miniver (1942)The Muppet Movie (1979)Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)Pillow Talk (1959) Precious Images (1986)Quasi at the Quackadero (1975)The Red Book (1994)The Revenge of the Pancho Villa (1930-36)Scratch and Crow (1995)Stark Love (1927)The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)A Study in Reds (1932)Thriller (1983)Under Western Stars (1938) (ANI)
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