Consider for a moment your go-to movies or television shows. You know, the ones you stream decades (or perhaps just a year or two) after their release and they still make you laugh, make you cry, or just stir something inside you. Would you consider these works to be “classics” and, if so, why? The answers often spur intense debate because the subject is personal. In this episode, we discuss what makes a classic and expound on it with plenty of cinema that exemplifies it.

So, what are your criteria for a film industry classic? Send us a note to let us know!

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References

David Rubin and Jacqueline Stewart. Academy Conversations 2020: What Makes a Movie a Classic. Turner Classic Movies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGLXg8u7RFc

Hare, Breeana. (2019 July 5). What Makes a Movie a Classic? CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/05/entertainment/movies-what-makes-a-classic

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Last fall, COTC reviewed the Peacock series, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, starring Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, and Don Cheadle. The series is based on a true story about a robbery that occurred at a party after the Muhammad Ali‑Jerry Quarry fight in Atlanta in 1970. Big afros, platform shoes, and even plaid suits abound in this story. Seeing the eight‑part series took Terry and I back to our days as children, and Brandon and Chris began to reminisce on films that reminded them of their own childhoods. In this episode, we discuss nostalgia and throwback films. How do these productions make us feel and how do filmmakers pull it off?

Throwback films are meant to spur feelings of nostalgia in us. Which films do this for you and how so?

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References

Nostalgia. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/nostalgia#:~:text=Nostalgia%20is%20a%20longing%20and,a%20coherent%20sense%20of%20identity.

The Psychology of Nostalgia. University of Florida. (8 January 2025). https://online.aging.ufl.edu/2025/01/08/the-psychology-of-nostalgia/

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Remember movies like Little Big League, Any Given Sunday, Mighty Ducks, Major League, and Sandlot? From the 1990s to the early 2000s, the film industry released about four sports movies like these every year. But in recent years, we’re lucky to see two such films in theaters. What happened? Why have sports movies all but disappeared from the big screen? Join us as we discuss several contributing factors.

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References

How is the success of films and TV shows measured? IMDBPro. https://pro.imdb.com/content/article/entertainment-industry-resources/featured-articles/how-is-the-success-of-films-and-tv-shows-measured/GLFTC8ZLBBUSNTM3

Smith, Chris. Whatever happened to the sports movie? Sports Business Journal. (2024 June 6). https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/06/24/whatever-happened-to-the-sports-movie/#:~:text=Adjusting%20for%20inflation%2C%20no%20sports,in%20the%20prior%2014%20years

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