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Off-Topic Discussion / ESPN 30 for 30

« on: June 25, 2013, 11:51:27 AM »

Highly recommended some good titles here and most of them are on youtube....but catch them if you can, because they might not be there for long. 


> The Two Escobars
> The Real Rocky - story about  Chuck Wepner v Ali
> June 17, 1994
> Muhammad and Larry Holmes Fight
> Charismatic - The run of Charismatic and its jockey, Chris Antley, at the 1999 Triple Crown.
> The Legend of Jimmy the Greek - Las Vegas bookmaker
> Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
> 9.79 - Ben Johnson 
> Tim Richmond: To the Limit
> Holy Grail: The T206 Honus Wagner
> Silly Little Game - story about how fantasy football league started
> One Night in Vegas -  The murder of Tupac after the Tyson fight
> Catching Hell
> Spano vs The Islanders - How John Spano was able to dupe the National  Hockey League

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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly / Eli´s picture on wiki taken in 1966.

« on: May 30, 2013, 03:23:50 AM »

Looks much older than the tuco that we know and love.




(if moved to general discussion, I will apologise in advance)

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General Discussion / Did Clint ever like Sergio.

« on: May 23, 2013, 07:14:32 AM »

I know they made up in latter years...

but when Clint talks about SL its like as if he is reading it off a pre-written script in a v. dry manner.  Not the warm and affectionate way that Eli talks about him with a smile in his eye, and Sergio tried to kill him off a number of times.  

Maybe its a hint of envy because everytime anyone speaks about movies to him, 9 times out of 10 they probably bring up Leone.


Or is it just Clint being old Clint.

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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly / How easy would it have been to disperse all those confederate gold coins?

« on: May 23, 2013, 01:52:44 AM »

Especially after when the Confederates had lost the war.

I mean were they still legal tender?

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Off-Topic Discussion / Best non-Morricone/non-classical soundtracks

« on: May 03, 2013, 10:50:44 AM »

In no particular order....

Blues Brothers
Boogie Nights
Reservoir Dogs
Goodfellas
Scarface
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting
Jackie Brown

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Off-Topic Discussion / Allan Arbus aka Dr. Sidney Freedman from M*A*S*H has passed away

« on: April 23, 2013, 11:18:19 AM »

Aged 95.

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Off-Topic Discussion / What do the Americans on here rate as the best British movie of all time?

« on: April 15, 2013, 03:13:11 AM »

....and please don´t say Mary Poppins.

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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly / If Eli Wallach got killed in the making of the film....

« on: March 14, 2013, 04:15:53 AM »

I wonder how SL would have dealt with the rewrite.  I cant imagine Angel eyes running thru sadhill with the Ecstasy of gold ringing in our ears.

I wonder if the secret of the cemetery would have been migrated to Cpl Wallace.

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General Discussion / Does having a beard make you a better director?

« on: March 13, 2013, 05:34:38 PM »

From Ron Howard to Ben Affleck, but who was the first one to start off the trend?

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Off-Topic Discussion / Forget everyone else....Your movie plot that YOU'D like to see on big screen.

« on: March 13, 2013, 03:54:57 PM »

Man builds a time machine to stop his father being shot dead in a heist from the 1970's ...and the subsequent problems that has arisen from manipulating the time line.

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Off-Topic Discussion / Oscar winning actors that can nail comedy.

« on: March 13, 2013, 03:40:25 PM »

Dustn Hoffman (Tootsie)
Jack Nicholson (One flew over)
Tom Hanks (Splash)

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Off-Topic Discussion / Audrey Hepburn the latest star to be resurrected via CGI for an advert

« on: March 11, 2013, 05:14:17 PM »

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFw8NjZF-Qk

any idea what film/scene this was taken from?

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Off-Topic Discussion / $1m Bounty put on the head of the US 'Cop Killer'

« on: February 10, 2013, 03:30:05 PM »

http://news.sky.com/story/1050325/1m-reward-offered-to-catch-us-cop-killer


$1m Reward Offered To Catch US 'Cop Killer'




Police in America have offered a $1m (£632,000) reward for information leading to the capture of ex-LAPD cop Christopher Dorner.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the reward as Dorner - suspected of three murders - remained at large for a fourth day.

"We will not tolerate anyone undermining the security, the tranquility of our neighbourhoods and our communities," Villaraigosa said at a news conference announcing the reward.

"We will not tolerate this reign of terror that has robbed us of the peace of mind that residents of southern California deserve. We will not tolerate this murderer remaining at large," he said.

The mayor said local leaders, businesses, unions, law enforcement and community groups had pooled resources to raise the reward money.

Police have been hunting the snow-blanketed California mountains for Dorner, 33, a disgruntled former LA Police Department (LAPD) officer.

He has threatened to murder police in a chilling online manifesto.

More than 100 police have searched for Dorner after his car was found in a nearby area, reportedly with weapons and a broken axle.

The search has focused on cabins above the ski resort of Big Bear, two hours east of Los Angeles, where Dorner's burnt-out pickup truck was found in nearby woods.

Dorner, a naval reservist, is suspected of killing a couple on February 3 then ambushing two policemen early on Thursday, killing one. He is also suspected of injuring another officer in a separate incident.

In an Internet manifesto threatening police and their families, Dorner pledged to "bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty."

The LAPD, backed by agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is protecting over 40 possible targets, some of them identified in Dorner's rambling online manifesto.

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Off-Topic Discussion / Do American ever remember the loss and sacrifice of the Civil war...

« on: January 18, 2013, 10:05:47 AM »

or even the Gettysburg Address

Im talking about like on milstone anniversaries i.e 100, 125 or the up and coming 150 years (Gettysburg Address).

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Off-Topic Discussion / Best Comedies....

« on: January 12, 2013, 03:23:42 AM »

1 Midnight run
2 Young Frankenstein
3 Trading Places