It was really difficult coming up with this list, and I know I have rather varied tastes, but here are some of my favourite films and why I like them:

• Gone With the Wind-wonderful scenery, glamorous costumes
• It's A Wonderful Life-timeless favourite
• The Sound of Music-another heartwarming timeless classic
• White Christmas- wonderful choreography and music-they don't make movies like this now
• A Christmas Carol-just love Scrooge
• Auntie Mame-riotous and outrageous (the Rosalind Russell version)
• Lean On Me-as a teacher, I find it very inspiring
• Blade Runner-well crafted and darkly optimistic
• Fried Green Tomatoes-a wonderfully spirited tale of life
• The Name of the Rose-medieval mystique and mystery (Sean Connery-enough said)
• Contact-a movie to address the fears of our times, it was very well done
• The Big Chill-icon of a generation
• The Breakfast Club-definition of the 1980's
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights-hopelessly funny and witty
• Kindergarten Cop-silly but fun, love seeing Arnold buried in small children
• Sleepless in Seattle-warms the heart
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade-I love the combination of action, humour, and history.
• Raiders of the Lost Ark-same as above, action/adventure
• The Wedding Banquet-east meets west-1990's style-I mostly like it for its portrayal of modern Chinese life
• Like Water for Chocolate-a wonderfully descriptive tale of life and love
• Harold and Maude-quirky and offbeat, pokes fun at our obsession with youth and avoiding death
• Abbott and Costello movies
• James Bond movies.
• Whoopi Goldberg (no particular movie, I like them all)

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If I were stranded on a desert island, other than the requisite gardening manuals and hut building books, these are what I'd take. If I thought coming up with a list of favourite movies was hard, this was twice so. But again, here goes:

Favourite Books

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• The Hiding Place
• Gone With The Wind
• The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
• Robinson Crusoe
• The Bell Jar
• Not Wanted on the Voyage
• Anne of Green Gables-the complete series
• The Hobbit
• Owls in the Family
• Alias Grace
• Tao Te Ching -I haven't  finished reading it yet, but it is quite interesting (For the complete text of the Tao Te Ching located on my friend's web page, click here)

• Erma Bombeck
• Anne Rice
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Agatha Christie
• C. S. Lewis
• Robert Heinlein
• Robert Fulghum (He wrote books like "Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" and "Uh-oh")
• Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes)
• Peg Bracken
• Ben Wicks
• Scott Cunningham

Favourite Artists

• Sarah McLachlan
• Ani diFranco
• Alanis Morrisette
• Peter, Paul, and Mary
• The Mamas and the Papas
• Marty Robbins-I know he seems out of place in this collection, but he was one of my father's favourites and I just sort of absorbed it involuntarily.
• Sarah Brightman
• Loreena McKennitt-Celtic ballads like "The Lady of Shalot" and "The Highwayman"
• Boney M
• Nina Simone
• Billie Holliday
• Allan Sherman (remember "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" and "Sarah Jackman"?)-I have quite a collection of his work.

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