A Few of My Favorite Things

Movies

• "Ran"
  Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Masayuki Yui, Peter.
  Directed by Akira Kurosawa (1985 AcademyAward Winner - Costume Design, Nominated for Best Director, Art Direction)
  
• "Seven Samurai"
  Starring Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura.
  Directed by Akira Kurosawa (1954)
  
• "Throne of Blood"
  Starring Toshiro Mifune. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
  
• Sanjuro
  Starring Toshiro Mifune. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
  
• "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
  "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
  Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortenson, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Cate Blanchett. Directed by Peter Jackson.
• "Bernard and the Genie"
  Starring Lenny Henry, Alan Cumming, Rowan Atkinson.
  
• "My Fair Lady"
  Starring Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn
  
• "The Music Man"
  Starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford, Hermione Gingold, Ronnie Howard
  
• "Guys and Dolls"
  Starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Stubby Kaye
  
• "Star Wars"
  Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guiness
  
• "The African Queen"
  Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, Robert Morley
  
• "Young Frankenstein"
  Starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Robert Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman. Directed by Mel Brooks. (1974)
  
• "Miracle on 34th Street"
  Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood, John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, William Frawley.
  
• "A Christmas Carol"
  Starring Alastair Sim
  
• "The Princess Bride"
  Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Cary Elwes
  
• "The Naked Prey"
  Cornell Wilde

Books

• "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien
  
• "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien
  
• The Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  
• "Dandelion Wine", "The Illustrated Man" by Ray Bradbury
  

Radio Programs

• Prairie Home Companion
  
• Heartfelt Music
  
• Folkscene
  
• Digital Village
  

TV Programs

• Mystery
  
• Antiques Roadshow
  
• The O'Reilly Factor
  
• C. S. I.
• Scrubs
  

Composers

• Franz Schubert
  
• Johann Sebastian Bach
  
• Ludwig van Beethoven
  
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  
• Frédéric Chopin
  
• Felix Mendelssohn
  

Musical Artists & Groups

• Marley's Ghost
  
• The Rincon Ramblers
  
• The Tatters
  
• Neal & Leandra
  
• Battlefield Band
  
• Martin Simpson
  
• Don Shirley
• Joel Cohen & the Boston Camerata
  

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