6th Edition
12.28.02
( 
= vote for Audience Award)
RUN LOLA RUN [Chris]
opening credits
TOY STORY 2 [Chris]
Buzz's mission to Zurg's planet
SUMMER STOCK [Paul]
Squeaky board and newspaper 
OSCAR AND LUCINDA [Laura]
Confession
GHOST WORLD [Miriam]
Evaluating the art projects
EXISTENZ [MD'A]
An unusual meal 
HIGH NOON [Deirdre]
Countdown to twelve o'clock
WING CHUN [Harriet / Tallulah]
Trying to smash the tofu
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH [Anne / Christa]
Korean Army wife backing band
THE KID BROTHER [Aimee]
Shipboard chase; monkey shoes 
RIO BRAVO [Tod]
Dean & Ricky sing
GO [Tony]
La Macarena
MONKEY BUSINESS [Perry]
Drinking the formula
HELP! [Tim]
Opening credits
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN [Chris]
"Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"
< intermission >
MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY [Kate]
Crooked paintings
GHOSTBUSTERS [Matt]
ESP testing
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER [Warren]
The cook speaks
RATCATCHER [Tod]
House under construction; wheat field
BEST IN SHOW [Diane]
Meeting at Starbucks
A CLOSE SHAVE [Patrick/Catherine]
Gromit sentenced to jail
ZOOLANDER [Christa]
Hansel award ceremony montage
QUICK CHANGE [Emily]
"Flores para los muertos"
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS [Laura]
Becky succumbs
WATERBOYS [Chris]
Broken vending machine
PI [MD'A]
Subway station
MAGNOLIA [Paul]
Suicide / homicide
ROMAN HOLIDAY [Christa]
Boca de la Verita (The Mouth of Truth) 
HEIST [Perry]
Routine police stop
BREAD AND TULIPS [Chris]
An intimate accordion recital
SPIRITED AWAY [Warren]
Bathing the stink god
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID [Tim]
Walking away from the poker game
GALLIPOLI [Deirdre]
Ending 
- break -
THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION [Chris]
Whorfin's oratory
THE CIRCUS [Paul]
High-wire monkey trouble
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE [MD'A]
Meeting Lena
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN [Laura]
Luisa climbs in back to try her luck with Julio
SHANGHAI NOON [Christa]
Cowboy training
THE DEEP END [Deirdre]
Retrieving the car keys
SANJURO [Tod]
The final faceoff
CADDYSHACK [Matt]
"a Cinderella story"
TREKKIES [Christa]
the guy who built a replica of Captain Pike's chair
THE HOUSE OF YES [Tony]
Explaining wine to Lesly
DOGMA [Chris]
E.T. or Krush Groove
PROMISES [MD'A]
Rules of the Sabbath; chair trouble
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD [Tod]
Opening credits 
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS [MD'A]
The moral of the story
THE BOOK OF LIFE [Chris]
Ending
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COMMENTS
What a great year. Light on musicals perhaps, but a bit more classic and international cinema than we've seen. After five years we've managed to scratch the surface of a century of motion picture history, and are beginning to unearth a few surprises. (I note with a feeling of accomplishment that this year featured five clips from films our resident cineaste Mike has never seen--previous years have turned up at most two.)
Thanks also to all those who submitted clips two minutes in length and shorter -- it helps to break up the rhythm of the evening, particularly when others are sneaking in clips towards four minutes (or longer). Weasels.
AWARDS
This year's Audience Award went to the opening credits of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, selected by newcomer Tod. And while we've discontinued the award for Best Clip Selection, it is worth noting that all four of Tod's clips (including RIO BRAVO, RATCATCHER, and SANJURO) earned at least one vote for the best clip of the night.
The Jessie, awarded to a clip that hits an emotional note amidst the general atmosphere of zaniness and style, goes to the ending moments of GALLIPOLI (contributed by Deirdre) for its final freeze frame and fade to black, an image of loss striking even to those of us who've never seen the film.
Realizing that the best motif of the evening need not be by design, I'll award an Accidental Baxter in recognition of monkeys. The two silent monkey clips were highlights--THE KID BROTHER (Aimee) and THE CIRCUS (Paul), rounded out by Perry's quick clip from Howard Hawks' MONKEY BUSINESS. Other favorite subthemes of the night: Owen Wilson (Christa), Ricky Jay (Paul/Perry), Bill Murray (Matt/Emily) and the appearance of both HIGH and SHANGHAI NOON.
Mike keeps the What the Hell Was That? award upon his mantelshelf with Jude Law's curiously disgusting dinner from David Cronenberg's eXistenZ.
And, two new award categories appear this year:
To classic clips that, after five years, provoke a "why haven't we seen this yet?" response, I'll award the Montalban, so named for my criminally previously absent clip from STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN. This year I'll hand it to Christa for the best remembered scene from ROMAN HOLIDAY. Photo-finish runner-up status goes to Matt, for his choice of Bill Murray's classic Masters Tournament daydream from CADDYSHACK.
Finally, we're ready to institute an award for the best wordless clip. At previous parties we've not seen enough of these to single any one out, but this year there were so many great ones: RATCATCHER, HIGH NOON, MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY... But even trained monkeys couldn't top the evening's nonverbal highlight: Gene Kelly's softshoe dance with a squeaky board and a newspaper from SUMMER STOCK. The Teller award goes to Paul.