WASHINGTON — Just in time for a new movie about the making of “Mary Poppins,” the 1964 Disney classic starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke has been selected for preservation at the Library of Congress.
On Wednesday, the library inducted 25 films into the National Film Registry to be preserved for their cultural, historical or cinematic significance. This year’s selections also include Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” the space-race film “The Right Stuff” and Michael Moore’s documentary confronting the auto industry, “Roger and Me.”
The films chosen this year span from 1919 (the silent film “A Virtuous Vamp”) to 2002 and include Hollywood classics, documentaries, silent films, independent flicks and experimental pictures. Congress created the program in 1989 to ensure that gems from American movie history are preserved for years to come.
