CINEMATIC HOLY MOMENTS: 1999

by Toby

[re-upload from the now defunct thewanderingimage.tumblr.com]

my personal favorite moments from films to receive a 1999 U.S. release. Not all of which made my actual “Best Films of 1999” list, but at least had incredible segments that stayed with me since first viewing. Scenes that I’m sure I’ll want to re-visit again and again.

+ = was actually featured on Toby's 1999 "Best of"

Cole finally reveals his paranormal secret to his mother

- THE SIXTH SENSE (Shyamalan) 

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"When somebody loved me." 

Jessie's memory of her previous owner

- TOY STORY 2 (Lasseter/Unkrich)

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finale heist to "return" the Monet painting 

**the bowler hat, Museum sprinklers, etc.** -

THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 

                      [remake] (McTiernan)

Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite" sequence. That Mother Nature sprite felt like something out of a Miyazaki film

- FANTASIA 2000 [IMAX] 

                          (lots of dudes)

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the big Podrace at Mos Espa. 

The thrills of BEN-HUR's chariot race updated to the digital age

- STAR WARS EP. 1: 

THE PHANTOM MENACE (Lucas)

That creepy ritualistic masked ball over red carpet + the unmasking interrogation 

  - EYES WIDE SHUT (Kubrick)

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Mandrake’s big finale touchdown 

  - ANY GIVEN SUNDAY 

      [Director's cut] (Stone)

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Lotte bangs Maxine via the Malkovich vessel -

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH 

                           (Jonze)

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the red carpet movie premiere of "Chubby Rain". So damn funny & genuinely uplifting. 

  - BOWFINGER  (Oz)

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Dickie is bludgeoned with an oar -

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY 

                     (Minghella)

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The asthma patient flashback. 

             **snow falling in reverse** 

- BRINGING OUT THE DEAD 

                        (Scorsese)

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A rain of toads. 

"This is something that happens"

    - MAGNOLIA 

            (Paul Thomas Anderson)

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Officer Kurring’s final monologue. 

 “Sometimes people need to be forgiven“ 

         - MAGNOLIA 

               (Paul Thomas Anderson)

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Neo dodges bullets for the first time on the skyscraper rooftop. **"Bullet-time"-photography centrepiece**

     - THE MATRIX (Wachowskis)

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The giant declares he is "NOT a gun." 

       **Nuclear missile finale**

- THE IRON GIANT (Bird)

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Alvin's brother Lyle is actually home. 

              **reunion scene**

- THE STRAIGHT STORY 

                           (Lynch)

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Baby "kodama" spirits running beside Ashitaka 

- PRINCESS MONONOKE 

                       (Miyazaki)

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also; 

this moment courtesy of the beautiful and brilliant Uncle Bill

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Toby’s Favorite Movie Moments

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