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Mon Nov-29-04 02:02 PM
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What is your favorite political film? |
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For me, it's "A Very British Coup" with the late great Irish charactoer actor Ray McAnally.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:04 PM
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1. Does Rude Boy count? Does the political discussion Joe and Ray |
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:09 PM
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the part where Joe says that revolution just means different people will be riding around in the long black cars. A neglected great film.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:12 PM
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10. So then it does count! |
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Yes, it is a pretty good movie.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:11 PM
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:04 PM
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2. The Battle of Algiers... |
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...very relevant right now.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:12 PM
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:07 PM
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Oliver Stone, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Sorvino as Kissinger, etc.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:14 PM
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15. I really liked this movie |
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:09 PM
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"Battle of Algiers," "Nashville," "Bullworth."
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:11 PM
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:12 PM
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a film no one saw. It's one long monologue by an actor portraying Nixon. Brilliant.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:13 PM
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14. Philip Baker Hall, I think |
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:51 PM
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22. I'd forgotten the actor |
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his name any way. Thanks. Also, directed by Bob Altman. Surprised anyone else saw it.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:13 PM
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is my favorite movie of all time. It's a romantic drama but with a lot of political themes and issues.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:25 PM
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:18 PM
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Even tho the pols in the movie were shown to be fickle, shallow, and mercernary, their machinations ended up serving a higher national purpose. The point of the movie seemed to be (in part) that petty bureaucratic nitpicking and retail populist stunts is how democracies work to produce great things. We can romanticize things later--right now we have to make the pitch, close the sale, and cross the finish line. Cynical idealism, if you will. I think that's what makes America great.
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Mon Nov-29-04 03:25 PM
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31. I love the scene with Ike...... |
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Where his advisors are showing footage of various ridiculous types of people who might make good astronauts. Ike, sounding exactly like Elmer Fudd, says, "No, no, no...I want test pilots!"
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:18 PM
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...with Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:20 PM
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Inherit the Wind with Spencer Tracey..as Clarence Darrow...Great historical fiction based on the Scopes trial....
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:24 PM
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:52 PM
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23. Does "Dr. Strangelove" count? |
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Because that's my favorite.
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:52 PM
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24. "All the President's Men" and "Parallax View" |
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Alan J. Pakula :thumbsup:
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Mon Nov-29-04 02:57 PM
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"Rebels are we Born to be free Just like the fish in the sea." ;-)
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or Lil Abner
"Three rousing rahs, A few huzzahs And a hip-hip-hip hoorrah, What's good for General Bullmoose, Is good for the USA."
or The Mouse That Roared.
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Mon Nov-29-04 03:18 PM
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28. "Duck Soup", which contains Bush's 2nd Inaugural Address: |
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(Note: These lyrics USED to be funny)
Firefly: These are the laws of my administration. No one’s allowed to tell a dirty joke. And whistling is forbidden (He whistles and conducts the guests)
Guests: We’re not allowed to tell a dirty joke Hail, hail Freedonia.
Firefly: If chewing gum is chewed The chewer is pursued, And in the hoose-gow hidden. (He chews)
Guests: If we choose to chew, we’ll be pursued.
Firefly: If any form of pleasure is exhibited. Report to me and it will prohibited. I’ll put my foot down, So shall it be. This is the land of the Free.
The last man nearly ruined this place, He didn’t know what to do with it. If you think this country’s bad enough now, Just wait till I get through with it.
The country’s taxes must be fixed, And I know what to do with it. If you think you’re paying too much now, Just wait till I get through with it.
I will not stand for anything That’s crooked or unfair. I’m strictly on the up and up, So everyone beware.
If anyone’s caught taking graft And I don’t get my share, We stand ‘em up against the wall… And pop goes the weasel!
(So everyone beware, Who’s crooked or unfair, No one must take a bit of graft Unless he gets his share.)
If any man should come between A husband and his bride, We find out which one she prefers By letting her decide.
If she prefers the other man, The husband steps outside. We stand him up against the wall, And pop goes the weasel!
Guests: The husband steps outside, Relinquishes his bride.
Firefly: (simultaneously) Ah-ah-ah….
Guests: They stand him up against the wall, And take him for a ride.
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Mon Nov-29-04 03:20 PM
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At least it was, until we started living it.
A case of life imitating art if ever there was one.
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Mon Nov-29-04 03:24 PM
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30. All the Presidents Men nt |
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Mon Nov-29-04 03:28 PM
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The first one. But I really liked the new one too.
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Mon Nov-29-04 03:47 PM
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James Garner and Jack Lemmon.
This movie was released in 1996, and though it's fiction, it strikes pretty close to home with regard to corruption and vice in government and both good and bad "bad guys". Characters include a doofy Dan Quayle-like VP, the corrupt President Haney, (which interestingly rhymes with Cheney), and a gay Secret Service agent who saves republican ex-president Jack Lemmon's life.
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