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1 . CAST AWAY Artist Unknown Property Master Robin Miller One of the best props ever conceived is Cast Away's Wilson and my vote for 2000 Best Supporting Actor. This poster is not the original theatrical release one-sheet, but it's the iconic prop we all remember from this movie. Great prop work throughout. No. 1 on my list. 2. CITY LIGHTS Artist Unknown Property Master Unknown Perhaps the oldest and most iconic prop in movie history is Charlie Chaplin's cane from City Lights. Chaplin's Little Tramp was born in front of a mirror, at a costume house. Examples like this make it clear why the Property Master should always be included in an actor fitting. Can you imagine the Little Tramp without his cane? Film historians consider this movie one of the greatest films of all time. 3. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Artist Robert McCall Property Master Frank Bruton As seen here on this poster, as well as in the movie, Stanley Kubrick conceptualized the iPad 40 years before Steve Jobs could deliver it. Check out the PLSS (Primary Life Support Systems) and tripod unit. No detail was too small for Kubrick to dive into. This is an Italian Style B, 58" x 78" poster. I would love to have the wall space for this poster. 4. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Artist Unknown Property Master Robert Goodstein If you are over 50, you probably grew up watching this Cecil B. DeMille Easter classic on primetime network television. I still get chills thinking of Charlton Heston's Moses. His long hair and beard turned gray after speaking with God. Coming down from Mount Sinai with those grand tablets in his hands. Movies didn't get any better or bigger as a kid. One of the all-time great movie props. 5. OPPENHEIMER Artist Unknown Proprty Master Guillaume Delouche Going full biblical with Moses's tablets at no. 4, I'm staying with the motif. Guillaume Delouche's armageddon atomic bomb for Oppenheimer easily comes in at no. 5 on my list. Check out this poster! When I heard Chris Nolan was making American Prometheus into a movie, I thought "how depressing." I'll admit, I was wrong. After I saw Oppenheimer at the Chinese Mann, l called Guillaume and told him, "I just saw the best picture of the year. I ended up seeing it two more times on MAX. Not only did it win Best Picture, but seven Academy Awards in total. Very deserved, it will go down as one of the greatest Hollywood movies ever. Want to see the rest of the Top 25 list? Check them out here. Affiliated Property Craftspersons Local 44 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees is a labor organization that represents over 7,500 members working in the professional and diverse crafts of Property Persons, Propmakers, Property Masters, Set Decorators, Construction Coordinators, and Special Effects technicians in Los Angeles County, the United States, and throughout the world. Local 44 members bring their specialized skills and talents to various productions throughout the entertainment industry where they work on a variety of motion pictures, television shows, commercials, music videos, and signatory shops. Our members have been building and decorating the sets, propping the casts, and blowing up the motion picture industry for over 85 years. IATSE LOCAL 44 www.local44.org 818.769.2500