Best Classic Films

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Leonard and Jessie asked you—our listeners—what films you consider to be classics. That’s the springboard for this week’s conversation about films that have stood the test of time, from the 1930s and 40s and even the 1980s. Everyone’s list is personal, of course. See how many you’d put on your list of all-time classics.

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0:00.0	Now Entering Nerdist.com.
0:10.0	Hi, I'm Leonard Malton.
0:11.5	And I'm Jesse Malton.
0:12.9	And you're listening to Malton on movies, and thank you for doing so.
0:16.1	And today we're going to talk about classic movies.
0:18.8	And what are classic movies?
0:20.2	What fit the term or the category?
0:22.9	And is it something that's flexible?
0:26.2	Yeah.
0:27.0	You know, do you have to stick to that?
0:28.8	There used to be something called a five-foot bookshelf in olden days that every educated person should have read all of these books.
0:35.8	Well, that exploded years ago.
0:38.3	You know, today, when you were going to school, I used to ask you if we were reading some of the books that I'd read and that all of my generation had read.
0:46.9	Treasure Island.
0:48.0	Books like that.
0:48.8	And you said, no.
0:49.8	No.
0:50.7	There are a few.
0:51.6	There are a few that remain.
0:53.0	No, we're reading Island of Blue Dolphins.
0:54.8	We're not reading Treasure Island.
0:55.9	Hey, that movie, that book, that book was upsetting as hell.
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