Topic: Back to the Future

25 films get a “Close Encounter” with historic film registry

By David W. Shelton | December 27, 2007 |

The United States National Film Preservation Board announced today that 25 new films would be added to the historic film registry begun in 1989. To date, 475 films have been added to the list. The new additions include Stephen Spielberg’s classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the 1985 hit Back to the Future.

The US National Film Preservation Board was established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988 by Congress. Each year, 25 new films are added to the National Film Registry of films for preservation in the Library of Congress.

Today’s additions also include the Steve McQueen classic Bullitt, which fully propelled the star to iconic status, and Kevin Costner’s historical opus, Dances with Wolves. Grand Hotel, 12 Angry Men, and Wuthering Heights are also among the additions. «Read the rest of this article»

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