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Well, a terrible month last month for me and the scavenger hunt, with only 2 out of 31 films actually watched and reviewed. Here's hoping the August hunt will go a little better for me! As always, I've tried to duplicate selections from previous hunts whenever possible, so that I can knock two or even three tasks off my lists all at the same time.

#1: Watch a film set in my home state of Kansas. Any Superman type movies don't count folks
FINISHED: Paper Moon

#2: Watch a film from the Road to... series with Crosby, Hope and Lamour
Road to Singapore

#3: Watch a film from my friend Zā's list of films that define them
All About My Mother (also in my July scavenger hunt list)

#4: Watch a film starring a Summer Under the Stars on TCM star Barbara Stanwyck
FINISHED: Sorry, Wrong Number

#5: Watch a film starring a Summer Under the Stars on TCM star Sidney Poitier
FINISHED: In the Heat of the Night
and They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!

#6: Watch a film based on a Pulitzer Prize Winning novel
American Pastoral

#7: Watch a film that was nominated for Best Animated Feature BUT DID NOT WIN
Kubo and the Two Strings (also in my March scavenger hunt list)

#8: Watch a film from the landmark year 1967. Bonus if you watch one of the 5 featured in Mark Harris' Pictures at a Revolution
FINISHED: Doctor Dolittle

#9: Watch a film with Chicano characters
FINISHED: El Mariachi

#10: Watch a film Berry Jenkins took from the Criterion Collection closet
Rashomon (also in my February scavenger hunt list)

#11: Watch a film with a score by John Williams THAT IS NOT A Steven Spielberg film OR Star Wars film
The Witches of Eastwick

#12: Watch a film made by Centron Corporation
Why Study Home Economics?

#13: Watch a film from the year one of your parents or guardians was the same age as you are now
The Grifters (my dad was 48 in 1990)

#14: Watch a miniseries
FINISHED: Shōgun

#15: Watch a film from the top 100 grossing Foreign language films on Box Office Mojo
Kung Fu Hustle

#16: Watch a film from the BBS Production Company
The King of Marvin Gardens

#17: Watch a film that won the Oscar for Best Documentary
The Ten-Year Lunch

#18: Watch a film featured in The Celluloid Closet PREFERABLY LGBTQ+ RELATED
Cabaret (also in my February and July scavenger hunt lists)

#19: Watch a film featuring the Wilhelm Scream
Hollywood Boulevard

#20: Watch a film featuring the songs of Stephen Sondheim
Into the Woods

#21: Watch a film set in 1917
Reds

#22: Watch a film featuring a character who has diabetes
Steel Magnolias

#23: Watch a film directed by Agnés Varda
Cleo From 5 to 7 (also in my June scavenger hunt list)

#24: Watch a film where the main character/characters do not have a real first name
Dogtooth

#25: Watch a film that is LIVE ACTION from Walt Disney in the 1960s
FINISHED: Swiss Family Robinson

#26: Watch a film about a teacher
FINISHED: Half Nelson

#27: Watch a film featured on Elvira's Movie Macabre
Murders in the Rue Morgue

#28: Watch a film featuring a song/songs by Johnny Cash
Red Rock West

#29-30:Watch a science fiction DOUBLE FEATURE film from the 1950s
Godzilla and Forbidden Planet