Our film critic (Jeff Mitchell) is a proud member of the Online Film & Television Association, and on April 4, 2021, the OFTA announced its Hall of Fame inductees!
They include 30 movies, 6 actors, 6 actresses, 10 writers, directors, and producers, 10 creative talents, 20 songs, 20 scores, and 20 film characters.
Wow, right?
To learn more about the Online Film & Television Association, please check out their website.
Here are all of the 2020 Hall of Fame inductees:
FILMS:
Airplane (1980)
Badlands (1973)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
The Great Escape (1963)
Guys & Dolls (1955)
Hud (1963)
Intolerance (1916)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Matrix (1999)
The Omen (1976)
Panther Panchali (1955)
Persona (1966)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Quiet Man (1952)
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Social Network (2010)
Speed (1994)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Suspiria (1977)
Wings (1927)
ACTORS:
Javier Bardem
Michael Douglas
Clint Eastwood
James Earl Jones
Heath Ledger
Gene Wilder
ACTRESSES:
Cate Blanchett
Dorothy Dandridge
Whoopi Goldberg
Rita Hayworth
Emma Thompson
Dianne Wiest
DIRECTORS, WRITERS, AND PRODUCERS:
Richard Attenborough
Joon-ho Bong
Wes Craven
Peter Jackson
Kathleen Kennedy
Georges Melies
Ridley Scott
Frank Oz
Satyajit Ray
Robert Zemeckis
TECHNICIANS:
Vic Armstrong – Stunts
Alan & Marilyn Bergman – Songwriting
Michael Giacchino – Music
Bob Fosse – Choreography
Hoyte van Hoytema – Cinematography
Eiko Ishioka – Costume Design
Dorothy Jenkins – Costume Design
Thomas Newman – Music
John Seale – Cinematography
Peter Travers – Criticism
SONGS:
“9 to 5” – 9 to 5
“As Time Goes By” – Casablanca
“Bare Necessities” – The Jungle Book
“Beauty and the Beast” – Beauty and the Beast
“Circle of Life” – The Lion King
“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” – The Breakfast Club
“Eye of the Tiger” – Rocky III
“Falling Slowly” – Once
“Fight the Power” – Do The Right Thing
“Ghostbusters” – Ghostbusters
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – Meet Me in St. Louis
“Moon River” – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
“My Heart Will Go On” – Titanic
“Over the Rainbow” – The Wizard of Oz
“Singin’ in the Rain” – Singin’ in the Rain
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” – Mary Poppins
“Under the Sea” – The Little Mermaid
“When Doves Cry” – Purple Rain
“When You Wish Upon a Star” – Pinocchio
“White Christmas” – Holiday Inn
SCORES:
Back to the Future
Beauty and the Beast
Chariots of Fire
E.T. and the Extra-Terrestrial
The Godfather
Gone with the Wind
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Halloween
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Lawrence of Arabia
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring
Psycho
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Requiem for a Dream
Schindler’s List
Shaft
Star Wars
Superman
Titanic
CHARACTERS:
Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) – Annie Hall
Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) – To Kill a Mockingbird
Batman/Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) – Batman
Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) – Citizen Kane
Darth Vader (James Earl Jones/David Prowse) – Star Wars
Det. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) – In the Heat of the Night
Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) – The Wizard of Oz
Dr. Strangelove/Lionel Mandrake/Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) – Dr. Strangelove
Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) – Alien
Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) – A Nightmare on Elm Street
Han Solo (Harrison Ford) – Star Wars
Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) – The Silence of the Lambs
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) – Raiders of the Lost Ark
James Bond (Sean Connery) – Dr. No
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) – Star Wars
Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) – Mary Poppins
Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) – Psycho
The Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) – The Terminator
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) – Taxi Driver
Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) – The Godfather