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War epic tops all-time favorite films: survey

Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:01pm EST
A mosaic depicting a scene from the film ''Gone with the Wind'' is shown on fencing surrounding the offices of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in Encino, California, October 30, 2007. They may be lacking from this year's Oscar best film list to be awarded Sunday, but a new U.S. survey shows war epic ''Gone with the Wind'' tops the list of all-time favorite movies. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - They may be lacking from this year's Oscar best film list to be awarded Sunday, but a new U.S. survey shows war and sci-fi epics top the list of all-time favorite movies.

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Nearly 70 years after it was made, the U.S. civil war classic "Gone with the Wind" beat out science fiction space adventure "Star Wars" in the Harris poll of people's favorite films that stand the test of time.

Coming in third was the sweeping Oscar-winning World War II romance film "Casablanca" followed by fantasy film "The Lord of the Rings" in the online January poll of 2,279 U.S. adults.

Harris noted the gender and generational differences among the results with men and younger people such as Generation X favoring "Star Wars" and women and older baby boomers liking "Gone With the Wind."

"Gone With The Wind" won eight Oscars in 1939 including best picture and best actress for Vivien Leigh. In 1977 "Star Wars" failed to win a best picture Oscar, losing out to Woody Allen's "Annie Hall."

Rounding out the top ten in the survey were musicals "The Sound of Music" and "The Wizard of Oz" at numbers five and six, followed by "The Notebook" at number seven and "Forrest Gump" at number eight. Tied for number nine was "The Princess Bride" and "The Godfather" starring Al Pacino.

Nominees for best film for this year's Oscars include crime drama "No Country For Old Men," teen pregnancy comedy "Juno," oil drama "There Will Be Blood," legal thriller "Michael Clayton" and romance film "Atonement."

(Reporting by Christine Kearney, editing by Patricia Reaney)
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