"The National Film Registry has unveiled its latest list of 25
American cinematic works selected for historical preservation, and
heading up the class of 2003 are director Ridley Scott's 1979
franchise-launching sci-fi masterpiece Alien, John Singleton (news)'s
Boyz N the Hood and Rob Reiner's side-splitting 1984 faux
rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.
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And like previous years, this batch is about as diverse as can be,
with kiddie offerings like 1979's The Black Stallion and Disney's
1991 'toon Beauty and the Beast riding alongside Gene Autry (news)'s
1938 Western Melody Ranch and indie auteur Jim Jarmusch (news)'s
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)."

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