MOST INFLUENTIAL MOVIES
INSTINCT
(1999, Cuba Gooding Jr. & Anthony Hopkins)THE CORPORATION
(2003,Mark Achbar & Jennifer Abbott, co-directors)
NETWORK
(1976, Faye Dunaway,William Holden,Peter Finch)
INHERIT THE WIND
(1960, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March,
& Gene Kelly)
AMORES PERROS
(2000, Emilio Echevarría & Gael García Bernal)
BREAD & ROSES
(2000, Pilar Padilla & Adrien Brody)
AMERICAN HISTORY X
(1998, Edward Norton & Beverly D'Angelo)
ERIN BROCKOVICH
(2000, Julia Roberts & David Brisbin)
MINDWALK
(1990, John Heard,Liv Ullmann & Sam Waterson)
BAMBOOZLED
(2000, Damon Wayans & Savion Glover)
FIGHT CLUB
(1999, Brad Pitt, Meat Loaf & Edward Norton)
RAGTIME
(1981, Elizabeth McGovern, Moses Gunn, & Howard E. Rollins)
SWEET NOVEMBER
(2001, Charlize Theron & Keanu Reeves)
V for VENDETTA
(2005, Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea)
MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver
Blessed Unrest
by Paul Hawken
The Shock Doctrine
by Naomi Klein
Biomimicry
by Janine Benyus
Ishmael, My Ishmael & Beyond Civilization
by Daniel Quinn
Living Downstream & Having Faith
by Dr. Sandra Steingraber
Making Peace with the Planet
by Barry Commoner
The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices
by Michael Brower and Warren Leon
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser
"Racial" Economy of Science
ed. by Sandra Harding
The Carbon Wars
by Jeremy Leggett
Mismeasure of Man
by Steve J. Gould
Internal Combustion
by Edwin BlankMOST ENJOYABLE MOVIES
A FISH CALLED WANDA
(1988, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Kevin Kline & Michael Palin)
RUNAWAY TRAIN
(1999, Jon Voight & Eric Robets)
DR. STRANGELOVE
(1964, Peter Sellers and George C. Scott)
LAGAAN
(2001, Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh & Rachel Shelley)
CAR WASH
(1976, Richard Pryor & Arthur French)
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
(1975, John Cleese & Michael Palin)
HOOP DREAMS
(1994, William Gates & Arthur Agee)
AMERICAN BEAUTY
(1999, Kevin Spacey & Annette Bening)
THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY
(1966, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach)
ABRE LOS OJOS
(1997, Penelope Cruz, Fele Martinez & Eduardo Noriega)
WHAT'S COOKING?
(2001, Director: Gurinder Chadha)
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
(1994, Morgan Freeman & Tim Robbins)
MOST ENJOYABLE BOOKS
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald DahlHotspots
by Russell Mittermeier, Norman Myers,
& Cristina MittermeierThe Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
by C.S. LewisThe Futurological Congress & Solaris
by Stanislaw LemThe Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan KunderaCrime and Punishment
by Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupery