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Shakesthecoffecan:
As BayCityJohn pointed out on facebook, 2014 is the first year we can nominate BBM. Lets make this happen.

http://www.loc.gov/film/vote.html

 Now Accepting Your Selections
for the 2014 Film Registry
Your voice is important!

    Librarian of Congress James H. Billington seeks nominations for the National Film Registry. Public nominations play a key role when the Librarian of Congress and Film Board are considering their final selections. To be eligible for the Registry, a film must be at least 10 years old and be “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

    Congress first established the National Film Registry in the 1988 National Film Preservation Act, and most recently extended the Registry with passage of the Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2008 (PL110-336). Along with mandating continuing implementation of a plan to save the American film heritage, this law authorizes the Librarian of Congress (after reviewing public suggestions and consulting extensively with film experts and the 44 members and alternates of the National Film Preservation Board) to select up to 25 films each year for inclusion in the Registry. New selections are usually announced at the end of December.

    The 600 films chosen to date illustrate the vibrant diversity of American film-making, and range from well-known Hollywood classics (Born Yesterday, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Casablanca, A Christmas Story, Forrest Gump, A League of Their Own, and Silence of the Lambs) to landmark independent, documentary and avant-garde masterpieces (One Survivor Remembers, Two-Lane Blacktop, They Call It Pro Football, and The Times of Harvey Milk).

    For consideration, please forward recommendations (limit 50 titles per year) via email to: [email protected]. Looking for ideas on possible films to nominate? Check here for hundreds of titles not yet selected to the National Film Registry. Please include the date of the film nominated, and number your recommendations, please. And if you would, please tell us how you learned of the Registry.

    Email is preferred; however, to submit via regular mail, send your nominations to:
    National Film Registry
    Library of Congress

Penthesilea:
But BBM came out in 2005. Doesn't this mean it has to wait at least one more year? Or rather even two years, since the newest movies on their possibly list are from 2003, not 04.

Can someone clarify?

Shakesthecoffecan:
That is a good point.

drossloc:
You are correct: Brokeback Mountain is not eligible to be considered for the National Film Registry until 2015. But please feel free to nominate it then. In the meantime, you may send your nominations for the 2014 Registry to me at [email protected]. Thanks for recognizing the National Film Registry and the work of the Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board.

Donna Ross
Boards Assistant
National Film Preservation Board

Shakesthecoffecan:
WOW! That is cool. I understand from BayCityJohn that the 2015 nomination can begin in October of 2014, so we'll have to bump this thread up a bit when then time nears.

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