Terminator selected by U.S. Library of Congress

[johnarnold101]

Protected for all time!

Time will not destroy " The Terminator " the way actor turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger mangled everything he encountered when he starred in the 1984 action movie.

The low-budget film , which spawned the popular catch-phrase "I'll be back", was one of 25 movies listed for preservation on Tuesday by the U.S. Library of Congress for their cultural, historic or aesthetic significance.

The other titles included "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), "Deliverance" (1972), " A Face in the Crowd" (1957) , " In Cold Blood " (1967) and "The Invisible Man" (1933).

The library said it selected "The Terminator" for preservation because of Schwarzenegger's star-making performance as a cyborg assassin, and because the film stands out in the science fiction genre .

[raven1138]

nice. i wonder what the steps are for preservation.

[Red Hood]

Originally Posted by raven1138

nice. i wonder what the steps are for preservation.

The film will be encased in glass, behind steel doors that will require two keys to be simultaneously inserted and turned at the same time to be unlocked.

[KingRadicalPhil]

Originally Posted by Pyre

The film will be encased in glass, behind steel doors that will require two keys to be simultaneously inserted and turned at the same time to be unlocked.

you forget about the 100 terminators

[peter008]

i'm very proud of arnold, the guy was a nobody when he made conan and now he is the governor of the state of california and he gave us some very good movie in-between. the guy has work hard over the years he deserve every reward he receive.

[airwedge1]

Originally Posted by Pyre

The film will be encased in glass, behind steel doors that will require two keys to be simultaneously inserted and turned at the same time to be unlocked.

I hope you are being sarcastic.

If not...god that is a huge waste of tax dollars

[neos_peace]

Originally Posted by airwedge1

I hope you are being sarcastic.

If not...god that is a huge waste of tax dollars

agreed they could use that money to get us more BD titles.

[DC_Street]

government funding for the ultimate Terminator blu-ray...I like that

[dialog_gvf]

The film will be encased in glass, behind steel doors that will require two keys to be simultaneously inserted and turned at the same time to be unlocked

Originally Posted by airwedge1

I hope you are being sarcastic.

If not...god that is a huge waste of tax dollars

T2 - The vault where the arm and CPU are stored.

[quexos]

First I thought Hollywood protected the older films anyways (or we could not see Gone with the wind, Citizen Kane and so on, on new formats) so except for the semi-political stunt, I don't see how this matters much.

Second if you listen carefully, the famous line is not "I'll be back" but "I'll Pe Pack"

[Sussudio]

rock onnnnnnnn

[broganreynik]

If memory serves me correctly they did this with The Outlaw Josey Wales too. Kinda cool to see the goverment protecting films like these.

[Charles3669]

Originally Posted by quexos

First I thought Hollywood protected the older films anyways (or we could not see Gone with the wind, Citizen Kane and so on, on new formats) so except for the semi-political stunt, I don't see how this matters much.

Second if you listen carefully, the famous line is not "I'll be back" but "I'll Pe Pack"

Yes Hollywood does but the US Library of Congress has catalogued millions upon millions of newspapers, magazines, sound bytes, radio broadcasts, tv broadcasts, photographs, and films all to preserve our American culture for the American people. And these films are going into the archives as part of our history so future generations of Americans can see them.