Winnebago River by Troy Richard Thomas

                                                 Rockford, Iowa

Harbor at Grand Marais, Minnesota by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                    Lake Superior

My Favorite Movies by Troy Thomas

 This is a list of my favorite movies. Most of the movies are from my childhood, growing up in Newton, Iowa watching channel 13 the noon time movie after the Floppy Show. Most of the movies are from the 1960s and 70s. I also picked up some great shows from the BBC on Iowa public television. At the time there were only 4 channels to view.

It's a Wonderful Life /  Fort Apache the Bronx

Apocalypse Now /  Star Wars

Kid Blue /  Bringing out the Dead

Super Cops 1970s /  Taxi Driver

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean / Slap Shot

The Verdict / Nobodys Fool / Harry and Son

The Drowning Pool / Road to Perdition

Serpico / And Justice For All / Easy Rider

Lawrence of Arabia / Doctor Zhivago / Casablanca

The Bridge on the River Kwai / The Maltese Falcon

The African Queen / Sabrina with Bogart / Roman Holiday

The Big Country / The Guns of Navarone

Heaven Knows Mr. Allison / Patton / Bulworth

The Big Sleep with Robert Mitchum / Miracle on 34th Street

The Long Goodbye with Elliot Gould / Freebie and the Bean

Catch 22 / Slaughter House Five / The Thief

Cinderella Liberty / Roller Ball / Sleeper / Gattaca

Alien / Annie Hall / The Thing with Kurt Russel

Escape from New York / Used Cars / Grindhouse / Dark Blue

Guardians of the Galaxy / The Dirty Dozen / Kelly's Heroes

Irma La Douce / Some Like it Hot / The Graduate

Mister Roberts / Missing / Platoon / The Doors

Dr. Strangelove / Spartacus / 2001 A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange / One Eyed Jacks / China Town

Mutiny on the Bounty with Brando / Last Tango in Paris

The Missouri Breaks / The Last Detail / The Shining / Garp

Good Morning Vietnam / Tootsie / Little Big Man

A Man Called Horse / The Molly Maguires / Wild Geese

Man in the Wilderness / Smillas Sense of Snow / Steelyard Blues

King of Hearts 1966 / The Train with Burt Lancaster

Monty Python Series / Shogun with Richard Chamberlain

The Dirty Dozen / American Beauty / Bad Day at Black Rock

The Wild Bunch / Network / The Third Man / Woodstock

Red Rock West / Bringing Up Baby / Racing with the Moon

Barbarosa / Magnificent Seven / His girl Friday / Untamed Heart

Young Frankenstein / Blazing Saddles / Breaking Away

My Bodyguard / A Little Romance / Emerald Forest / Heathers

Pump up the Volume / Name of the Rose / Beetle Juice

Stranger Things / Donnie Darko / The Mutant Chronicles

Game of Thrones / Silent Running / Coming Home

Support Your Local Sheriff / The Great Escape / The Road Warrior

The Year of Living Dangerously / Payback / Air America

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang / Dune with David Lynch/ V for Vendetta

Dune Sci Fy Channel / Wide Sargasso Sea / The Lover 1992

The Paper / Time Bandits / Brazil / Barton Fink / Serenity

Monty Pythons the Meaning of Life / The Big Lebowski

Millers Crossing / The Chronicles of Riddick / I Claudius BBC

Caligula 1979 / The Hospital with George C Scott / Starman

Quest for fire / Robin Hood with Eroll Flynn / Altered States

Edge of Darkness British Series 1985 / Sniper / The Terminator

Smileys People wit Alec Guiness / The Good, the Bad, The Ugly

Roger and Me / Battle Beyond the Stars / Wonder boys

All Quiet on the Western Front with Thomas / Live and Let Die

Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon / Fahrenheit 451 1966

The Landlord / Bad Company with Jeff Bridges / Rancho Deluxe

Blue Velvet / North Dallas Forty / Blade Runner / Cooley High

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy BBC / Joe vs the Volcano

The Dogs of War / How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1966

Sin City / Dark City / The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951

Orlando Orlando / Kill Bill / Kill Bill 2 / War of the Worlds 1953

Caddyshack / Blues Brothers / Animal House / Paper Moon

Edge of Tomorrow / Mother Juggs and Speed / Pink Floyd the Wall

Quadrophenia / Band of Brothers HBO / A Boy and his Dog

Flesh Gordon / Flash Gordon with Queen / DOA 1950

Ready Player One / Avatar / Shane / The Breakfast Club

Never Cry Wolf / American Graffiti 1 and 2 / Spinal Tap

An American Werewolf in London / Prophecy / Dead Zone

The Girl Most Likely to with Stockard Channing / Nevada Smith

Earth girls are Easy / The Fifth Element / Amadeus / High Noon

The Man from Snowy River / Warriors / 3:10 to Yuma Glenn Ford

Conan the Barbarian / Meatballs / For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943

The Fountainhead 1949 / Sullivans Travels 1941 / Angel Heart

Minority Report / Total Recall with Schwartzenegger / Lucy

Vacation / Stripes / Cat People / Ran / Bugsy Malone / Zardoz

The Island of Dr. Moreau with Micheal York / Firefly Series

Clerks / Watchmen / Sharps Rifles BBC series / Das Boot

Legion with Paul Bettany / Election / Priest with Paul Bettany

The Last Kingdom Netflix Series / Raiders of the Lost Arc

Kung Fu Hustle / Romancing the Stone / Naked Lunch Cronenberg

Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels / Hidalgo / Zulu / Barfly

Summer of 42 with Jennifer Oneil / Office Space / Eating Raoul

Midnight Run / The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds / Matewan

Bad Boys with Sean Penn / Robocop with Peter Weller / 

Paris Texas / Clear and Present danger / Five Corners / Ben Hur

Get a Life with Chris Elliot / Emperor of the North / 

The Quiet Man with John Wayne / The Wrestler 2008

Magic city Series / Under Fire with Nick Nolte / Mortal Engines

Death Race 2000 with David Carradine / Pascali's Island

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea with Kirk Douglas / 

The Good Life Series 1975 to 1978 / A Charlie Brown Christmas

The Bad News Bears with Walter Matheuw

Kellog Wildlife Area by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                   Kellog, Iowa

The Kellog Wildlife Area is just off highway 6. I have been going here since the 70's hiking and picking blackberries.

Coralville Reservoir by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                              North Liberty, Iowa

Prairie at Maquoketa Caves by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                Maquoketa, Iowa

Upper Mississippi River by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                              Bemidji, Minnesota

Flooded Forest Mississippi River

                                                 McGregor, Iowa

Prairie at Swiss Valley by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                    Dubuque, Iowa

Kayak practice at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area

 

Flint Creek at Star Cave by artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                             Burlington, Iowa

Color Repetition by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Fossil and Prairie Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                              Rockford, Iowa

Woodpecker and Squires Point Trails by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Campground at Washburn by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                               Chequamegon Bay

Dolliver State Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                              Fort Dodge, Iowa

Mines of Spain Recreation Area by artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                 Dubuque, Iowa

Lake Macbride State Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                        Solon, Iowa

Bark Bay by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                           Cornucopia, Wisconsin

Riecks Lake Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                   Alma, Wisconsin

Wickiup Nature Center by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                         Palo, Iowa

Beach at the Onion River by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                            Bayfield, Wisconsin

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Bridge at Swiss Valley Nature Center by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                      Dubuque, Iowa

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Wildcat Den State Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                    Muscatine, Iowa

Star Cave Preserve by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                   Burlington, Iowa

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Untitled by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Krumm Preserve by Troy Richard Thomas

                                              Krumm Prairie Preserve

Hiked nine miles of trail through prairie and oak woodlands. 

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Geode State Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 Lake Trail 7 1/2 Miles Up and Down ravines and switchbacks.  Lowell, Iowa

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Party Mask Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Red Trail Blaze at Sockum Ridge Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                   Washington, Iowa

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Sunset at Lake Red Rock by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                            Pella, Iowa

Cat Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Rooster by Troy Richard Thomas

 

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Pattern by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

 

Blackeyed Susan at F W Kent Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                              Tiffin, Iowa

Swinging Bridge at Eden Valley Park by Artist Troy Richard Thomas

                                                         Baldwin, Iowa

Untitled Abstract by Artist Troy Richard Thomas