Editing Sullivan's Travels (section)

==Legacy==
In 1990, ''Sullivan's Travels'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gamarekian|first=Barbara|date=October 19, 1990|title=Library of Congress Adds 25 Titles to National Film Registry|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/19/movies/library-of-congress-adds-25-titles-to-national-film-registry.html|access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref> In 2000, the [[American Film Institute]] listed the film at No. 39 on [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624052741/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref> In 2006, it was ranked No. 25 on [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/cheers100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624052507/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/cheers100.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref> In 2007, it was ranked at No. 61 on the anniversary edition of their [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|100 Years...100 Movies]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – 10th Anniversary Edition |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/100Movies.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624052446/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/100Movies.pdf |archive-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>

The [[Writers Guild of America|Writers Guilds of America]] voted the screenplay for ''Sullivan's Travels'' as the 29th greatest ever written,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list |title=101 Greatest Screenplays |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America West]] |access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> as well as the 35th funniest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-funniest-screenplays/list |title=101 Funniest Screenplays |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America West]] |access-date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> The film's poster was ranked as No. 19 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by ''Premiere''. A 2010 special issue of ''[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]'' magazine ranked ''Sullivan's Travels'' 25th among the 100 greatest train films.<ref>Trains Magazine Special Edition No. 5-2010, p. 81</ref>

''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'', the fictional book that Sullivan wants to adapt for the screen, was used as the title of the [[O Brother, Where Art Thou?|film of the same name]] by the [[Coen brothers]] in 2000.