"Star Trek II," "Dirty Dancing," "Beverly Hills Cop" among films named to National Film Registry for 2024
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"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," the Eddie Murphy action-comedy "Beverly Hills Cop," the romantic drama "Dirty Dancing," "The Social Network," about the founding of Facebook, and the Coen Brothers' modern western "No Country for Old Men," are among the films named today to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, to be preserved for future generations.Each year since 1989, the Library has selected 25 motion pictures to be preserved given their cultural, historic and aesthetic importance to America's film heritage.The Registry includes movies from all genres, after being nominated by filmmakers, academics and fans.Also among this year's additions: Cheech & Chong's stoner comedy "Up in Smoke"; the James Cagney-Humphrey Bogart crime drama "Angels with Dirty Faces"; Andy Warhol's underground classic "The Chelsea Girls"; the children's fantasy-adventure "Spy Kids"; and the gruesome horror film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." The full list of this year's additions reflects advances in film technology, from the earliest (an Edison short from 1895 called "Annabelle Serpentine Dance") to the most recent (David Fincher's slickly edited and shot "Social Network," from 2010), as well as the breadth of the American experience.
Edward James Olmos stars in two Registry additions ("American Me" and "My Family/Mi familia") depicting the lives of Latino immigrants, while "Powwow Highway" tells a story of Native Americans, and "Compensation" dramatizes the lives of deaf characters."Films reflect our nation's history and culture and must be preserved in our national library for generations to come," said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden."We're honored by the responsibility to add 25 diverse new films to the National Film Registry each year as we work to preserve our cultural Heritage." On Wednesday, Dec.
18, at 8 p.m.ET, Turner Classic Movies will screen a selection of this year's Registry additions.
Select titles are also freely available online in the Library's ...