The Twelve Greatest Opening Credits in Movie History, Part 2

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Mike — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:33:33 GMT

I know you had a lot of movies from 1964, but "The Pink Panther" is a must.

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Michel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:13:46 GMT

what about the opening title of Funny Games, it makes you feel really odd right at the beginning and that feelling stay until the end of the movie...

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Kim — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:06:47 GMT

Nothing from the Pink Panther(s)? I would have left off Panic Room in favor of something pink.

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JOhnny — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:25:33 GMT

MIB ? This should be a academy award category !!!

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dAVeM — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:27:26 GMT

I don't really think you can include Lord of the Rings - there's a couple of company credits but it's not really a credits sequence like the ones on the list.

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Ebony — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:41:51 GMT

How about Napoleon Dynamite? That's a good example of low-budget inventiveness. It's use of sandwiches, index cards, chalkboards, and other school-related objects very clearly establishes who and what the movie is about.

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Kelly — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:29:08 GMT

How could you forget The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring?! In the opening credits, Cate Blanchett recites the monologue, "The world has changed..." One of the most powerful moments in the WHOLE trilogy!

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Gabe — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:03:26 GMT

Jesus christ I can't believe neither Touch of Evil or Star Wars was on the list. I was scrolling down to see which of those two was number one.

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Claude — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:28:38 GMT

Wheer are Contact and The Unusual Suspects?

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Norman Bates — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:50:24 GMT

And what about Pink Floyd ''The Wall'' movie

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Rob Grizzly — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:35:23 GMT

Nice work with the number 1

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Denis — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:39:14 GMT

And what about Robert Altman's The Player (1992) ? From IMDb: " The opening tracking shot (8 minutes) includes people talking about famous long tracking shots in other movies. The scene was rehearsed for a day, shot for half a day. Fifteen takes were done, five were printed, and the third one was used in the film. The entire sequence was unscripted, and all the dialogue is improvised."

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Andrea — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:21:09 GMT

Where's Napolean Dynamite?

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Nick — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:09:36 GMT

it's a shame that Raising Arizona is not included.

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cathy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:27:44 GMT

To Mary in Texas - Kyle Cooper is the designer of the opening title sequence. He's done over a hundred title sequences and has built a career out of doing only that.

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Sara — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:17:18 GMT

I'd nominate the opening credits for "Mirrormask," which are definitely among the most vivid and unusual I've ever come across.

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Kat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:24:54 GMT

Ginger Snaps has to have the best opening credits, a montage of the sister's suicide recreations with very creepy music - definitely the best part of the movie.

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Mike — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:02:56 GMT

You guys that are griping about Star Wars not being on the list.....the list is of great OPENING CREDITS. Star Wars does not have opening credits.

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Patrick — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:27:00 GMT

I'm a little disappointed that neither Taxi Driver nor Indiana Jones (the first one) find their place in the list... Did somebody thought of Star War?

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LE — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:14:23 GMT

Come on, give a goof movie it's due - Napoleon Dynamite. It's been copied since, but it was the original.

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Eric Friedmann — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:35:56 GMT

Of the twelve chosen, I'd have to say that SUPERMAN-THE MOVIE is the one that grabs me the most. But I think I should give honorable mention to the opening credits of CHARIOTS OF FIRE; the beach, the mist, the runners, the surf, and oh yeah, that classic score by Vangelis!

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Mary in Texas — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:21:50 GMT

Glad to see that the credits for "Seven" are included -- that gets my vote for most memorable opening credits. I get the creeps just watching it!

I have a question: in the article for "Seven," it says "it also launched director Kyle Cooper’s career." "Seven" was directed by David Fincher -- who is Kyle Cooper?

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Marissa — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:47:30 GMT

I think the opening sequence of The Big Chill is great with all the characters learning of their friend's suicide set to Marvin Gaye's version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." We get a lot of exposition and tone out of it.

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Kevin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:35:27 GMT

Yeah. The intro to Star Wars isn't too famous. Probably a good thing you left that off the list.

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cris — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:25:58 GMT

yep- Catch Me if You Can is a good one. Nice throwback to movies like The Pink Panther which is also awesome.

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Kenneth Miller — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:15:21 GMT

This list misses on so many levels.

First, the dig at John Williams nearly shoots all credibility of this entire venture. There is no other composer in modern cinema that is more prolific, inspiring, and on-the-mark as Williams.

Second, where are the openings to Leone's "Man With No Name" films?

And as far as James Bond is concerned, I think more props go to Casino Royale for how well it established the "new" Bond from it's very first frame.

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chris — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:59:24 GMT

This list is a joke if it doesn't include Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can"

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John W — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:48:02 GMT

For your consideration:

Alien (sets the tone of the movie)

Terminator/Terminator2 (cool music)

Night of the Demons (best thing of the movie)

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Phil — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:27:59 GMT

I loved the credits for Getting Straight (1970) starring Elliott Gould and Candace Bergen. Gould's character is a Graduate Assistant at a California university (Berkeley?). As the film starts, we're looking at a quad of contemporary buildings. No one's around. Then we hear the bell ring, and students pour out of the classrooms to scurry to their next classes. As the credits display, we see the students tossing an apple around; we follow the apple, and finally see that someone has carved on it "There is no gravity." At the end of the credits, we see someone finally turn the apple around, and on the other side it says "The earth sucks!"

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C-Doll — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:38:20 GMT

Sorry to nitpick, but they'll take away my Tom Waits Fan credentials if I don't point out that the song referenced in the entry for Se7en is "What's He Building in There?"