Update 8/14/17: And with that, two year and seven months after it started, we are DONE! Thanks to everyone who donated, and thanks especially to Robert Hamer, who very kindly agreed to let me save his for last, to make a great big grand finale of it, and so added something like 20 months to his wait for the review. Apologies all around to those of you who had to wait so unreasonably long while I started this whole “grad school” nonsense, and know that everyone on this list has my deepest thanks for making this such a massively successful event. Except that fella who requested The Truman Show, he seems like a shady asshole.
Let’s do it again sometime! And absolutely in no uncertain terms not until after I have my PhD!
Previously: Drumroll – the 2015 Second Quinquennial Antagony & Ecstasy Cancer Fundraiser has ended, with a total of 173 donations reaching the AMAZING total of $5360 raised for the American Cancer Society and other cancer research foundations. That’s almost four and a half times the total we raised in 2010! So a huge round of applause to everybody who gave.
It’s especially gratifying for me to announce this at this point in time: quite by coincidence, on 18 June 2015, shortly before the fundraiser ended, I was given the all-clear by my oncologist. After 10 years without a trace of cancer in my body, I’m completely out of the woods and don’t ever have to go back for a check-up. So this day isn’t just exciting to me for the sheer fact of the fundraiser; it’s personal celebration too.
Thank you again to everyone who donated, for making this such a roaring success.
List of Donors
Anonymous
–Requested The Day of the Crows
Anonymous
–Requested 2016: Obama’s America
Anonymous
–Requested Cuba
Anonymous
–Requested Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie – Beginnings
–Also requested Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie – Eternal
–Also requested Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie – Rebellion
Anonymous
–Requested Jackie’s in Trouble
Anonymous
–Requested Jeremiah Johnson
Anonymous
–Requested Ugetsu
–Also requested Rashomon
–Also requested Floating Weeds
Anonymous
–Requested Diva
Anonymous
–Requested Wadjda
–Also requested Rock-a-Doodle
Alex, Greece
–Requested Attenberg
Alison, Canada
–Requested Madonna: Truth or Dare
Hunter Allen, United States
–Requested Rope
Jordyn Auvil, United States
–Requested The English Patient
Jenny B, United Kingdom
–Requested To Be or Not to Be
Kaitlyn B, United States
–Requested The Night of the Hunter
Rich B, United States
–Requested One, Two, Three
Vianney B, California, United States
–Requested The City of Lost Children
–Also requested Delicatessen
Arlo Banta, New York, NY, United States
–Requested Over the Garden Wall
Will Beckley, New York, NY, United States
–Requested 25th Hour
Beef Jerky Guy
–Requested The Wizard of Speed and Time
Matthew Blackwell, Edmonton, AB, Canada
–Requested Vertigo
Branden, Tri-Cities
–Requested The American Friend
Tim Brayton, Trieste-Zürich-Madison
–Requested The Truman Show
Teo Bugbee, United States
–Requested Quartet (1981)
Zev Burrows, Owings Mills, MD, United States
–Requested The Natural
–Also requested The Last of Sheila
–Also requested Stavisky…
Bryan C, Columbus, OH, United States
–Requested Happy Together
Grace C, Auckland, New Zealand
–Requested Mortdecai
CJ, San Francisco, CA, United States
–Requested My Beautiful Laundrette
Cammy, Melbourne, Australia
–Requested High Fidelity
–Also requested Gattaca
Coco, New York, NY, United States
–Requested The Milk of Sorrow
Marshall Y. Craig, Pennsylvania, United States
–Requested a list of the ten best avant-garde films
James Cronan, Glasgow, United Kingdom
–Requested Tokyo Story
Alex D, Sydney, Australia
–Requested Fight Club
Anna D, New Zealand
–Requested What We Do in the Shadows
Chris D, Victoria, Australia
–Requested The End of Evangelion
–Also requested Battle Royale
Julian D, St. Louis, MO, United States
–Requested The Passenger
–Also requested The Lady Eve
Scott D, Florida, United States
–Requested The Wild Bunch
Mat Daniel, New Zealand
–Requested The Trial
Nick Davis, Chicago, IL, United States
–Did not request Frances, but got it anyway
Deeper Understanding
Trevor Downs
–Requested Labyrinth
Nik Evans, Seattle, WA
–Requested Laura
Brian F, United States
Requested The Night of a Thousand Cats
Dave F, United States
–Requested Four Lions
Tristan F, United Kingdom
–Requested The Last Unicorn
Mark Falconer, New York, NY, United States
–Requestd A Star Is Born [1954]
Jakob G, United States
–Requested Baraka
Salim “STinG” Garami, Miami, FL, United States
–Requested Class of 1984
Mike Gibson, Fall Church, VA
–Requested Se7en
Rob Graham, Ewing, NJ
–Requested Messiah of Evil
David Greenwood, Alice Springs, Australia
–Requested L’âge d’or
–Also requested Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
John Grimes, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
–Requested Foodfight!
–Requested Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still
Ben Gruchow, United States
–Requested Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Kent H, San Francisco, CA, United States
–Requested Escape from New York
–Also requested The Fog
Shoumik H, Dhaka, Bangladesh
–Requested Romancing in Thin Air
Tim H, Washington, DC, United States
–Requested Grosse Pointe Blank
Robert Hamer, Norfolk, VA, United States
–Requested The Thief and the Cobbler
Thomas Hartwell, Phoenix, AZ, United States
–Requested Sweet Charity
Fedor Ilitchev
–Requested Umbrella
Robert J, United States
–Requested Roger Dodger
Ryan J, United States
–Requested Breathless
Jackie Theballcat
–Requested Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
–Also requested The Room
John, Lake Orion, MI, United States
–Requested Almost Famous
Andrew Johnson, San Diego, CA, United States
–Requested Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
–Also requested Duel
–Also requested The Time Machine (1960)
–Also requested Runaway Train
Kari Johnson, Utah, United States
–Requested Curious George
Josep
–Requested Big Deal on Madonna Street
Mark K, Chicago, IL, United States
–Requested The Blues Brothers
Robert K, California, United States
–Requested The Apple
KayMartha12, United States
–Requested Titan A.E.
Pat King, United States
–Requested Pearl Harbor
Bryan L, Chicago, IL, United States
–Requested Amadeus
Sara L, Tennessee, United States
–Requested Memories
–Also requested Princess Arete
–Also requested The Ring
David Lewellyng, Dyersburg, TN, United States
–Requested Space Jam
Liz, Virginia, United States
–Requested The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Aaron Loehrlein, Vancouver, BC, Canada
–Requested Trainspotting
Robert Lovejoy, Florida, United States
–Requested F for Fake
Marc Lummis, New York, NY, United States
–Requested The Conformist
John M, Denver, CO, United States
–Requested Shakes the Clown
Mark M, Cincinnati, OH, United States
–Requested The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Maciej, Brooklyn, NY, United States
–Requested Miracle in Milan
Brian Malbon, Alberta, Canada
–Requested Meet the Feebles
–Also requested Amélie
–Also requested The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
manwithpetgull
–Requested The Woman Chaser
Eric “Sssonic” Mason, Massachusetts, United States
–Requested Versus
M.C., Chicago, IL
–Requested Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Max, New York, United States
–Requested Little Manhattan
McAlister, Florida, United States
–Requested Ball of Fire
James Miller, Manteo, NC, United States
–Requested The Swan Princess
Andrew Milne, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
–Requested A Bittersweet Life
–Also requested Black Dynamite
Nathan Morrow, Nashville, TN, United States
–Requested Mind Game
Geoffrey Moses, Casablanca, Morocco
–Requested The Lion in Winter
David N, Berkeley, CA, United States
–Requested Days of Eclipse
Travis Neeley, Austin, TX, United States
–Requested Phantom of the Paradise
–Also requested Speed Racer
David Nemes, Louisville, KY, United States
–Requested The Asphalt Jungle
–Also requested Yankee Doodle Dandy
Andy P, Arlington, VA, United States
–Requested Horrors of Malformed Men
Gabe P, San Francisco, CA, United States
–Requested Mulholland Dr.
–Also requested Drop Dead Gorgeous
James P, Minneapolis, MN, United States
–Requested Hope and Glory
Rachel P, Cleveland, OH, United States
–Requested Sense and Sensibility
Patton, Birmingham, AL, United States
–Requested Deep Blue Sea
Pip, United States
–Requested Galaxy Quest
Christopher Pufall, Los Angeles, CA, United States
–Requested Dances with Wolves
David Q, United States
–Requested The Exterminating Angel
Nathaniel R, New York, NY, United States
–Requested Love with the Proper Stranger
Michael R, Massachusetts, United States
–Requested Candyman
–Also requested Electric Dreams
Ryan R, Washington, United States
–Requested Valley of the Dolls
Monica Reida, Milwaukee, WI, United States
–Requested An American in Paris
K. Rice, South Carolina, United States
–Requested Paheli
–Also requested Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
–Also requested The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
–Also requested The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
T. Rice, Lexington, KY, United States
–Dedicatee of Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
André Robichaud, Canada
–Requested Andrei Rublev
Thor Rudebeck, Chicago, IL, United States
–Requested When the Wind Blows
Daniel S, San Francisco, CA, United States
–Requested Coherence
Mia S, Canada
–Requested A Zed & Two Noughts
Rebecca S, Los Angeles, CA, United States
–Requested Toys
Scott, New Jersey, United States
–Requested Horus, Prince of the Sun
Frankie Shoup, Chicago, IL, United States
–Requested Akira
Carter Smith, Atlanta, GA, United States
–Requested Napoleon Dynamite
John Smith, Ontario, Canada
–Requested Our Miss Brooks
Jonathan Storey, London, United Kingdom
–Requested Dog Day Afternoon
Andy Stout, Pasadena, CA, United States
–Requested Martyrs
Steve T, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
–Requested When Harry Met Sally…
Will T, Georgia, United States
–Requested The Swarm
John Taylor, Toronto, ON, Canada
–Requested Grand Hotel
Andrew Testerman, Bozeman, MT, United States
–Requested Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
theizz, United States
–Requested Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Tyler Thibodeaux, Spring, TX, United States
–Requested Goodfellas
Allison Tooey, California, United States
–Requested Tales of the Night
Matt U, Sydney, Australia
–Requested Sideways
Zev Valancy, Chicago, IL, United States
–Requested Cabaret
Tim Van Autreve, Gent, Belgium
–Requested Manon of the Spring
Ben Verschoor, New York, United States
–Requested Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Chris W, Georgia, United States
–Requested Out of the Past
–Also requested Leaving Las Vegas
Lisa W, Canberra, Australia
–Requested Crackerjack
Phil Wiese, San Francisco, CA, United States
–Requested Empire Records
K. Wild, California, United States
–Requested Evita
–Also requested The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Bryce Wilson, Austin, TX, United States
–Requested Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
–Requested Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance
–Requested Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo
Caleb Wimble, Philadelpha, PA, United States
–Requested The Iron Giant
Nathaniel Winer, Bethesda, MD, United States
–Requested TiMER
Kin Wing Yan, Hong Kong
–Requested A Simple Life
Andrew Yankes, Pennsylvania, United States
–Requested Glengarry Glen Ross
–Also requested Tale of Tales