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Republican presidential candidates name their favourite movies
100gg- Politics and Computers ^ | October 30, 2011 | Sarah Bosdiccia

Posted on 10/29/2011 11:01:35 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

The Republican presidential candidates have named their favourite movies, and while everyone plays it pretty safe, there are some surprises in there.

Herman Cain says his favourite is The Godfather (a hilarious reference to his past in the pizza business), while Newt Gingrich goes for something old and grey: Casablanca. Michele Bachmann, meanwhile, goes for Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan, which both feature plenty of gallant losers.

Rick Santorum settled on the corny Field of Dreams, which is about getting people to come, while Ron Paul said he doesn’t watch a lot of movies but that his wife likes musicals such as The Sound of Music. Gary Johnson opted for the anti-Bolshevik epic Dr Zhivago.

Mitt Romney went for the Coen brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Rick Perry opted for the somewhat surprising Immortal Beloved, in which Gary Oldman plays Beethoven. Somehow, the prospect of a movie night with the GOP candidates seems less appealing than ever.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Politics; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: gopprimary; movies; perry; perryastroturfing; silly
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Barry’s favorite is Zardoz, right?


21 posted on 10/30/2011 2:24:06 AM PDT by Rashputin (Obama stark, raving, mad, and even his security people know it.)
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To: Rashputin

Obama: The Godfather, Godfather 2, and Lawrence of Arabia.


22 posted on 10/30/2011 2:34:45 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

‘Groundhog Day’ is mine. Every day when I wake up, liberals are still running/ruining our country.


23 posted on 10/30/2011 2:54:06 AM PDT by greenhornet68
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To: greenhornet68

That’s a nightmare!


24 posted on 10/30/2011 2:54:49 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Ron Paul wouldn`t name a fav movie, so “Grumpy Old Men” might be a suggestion.


25 posted on 10/30/2011 3:04:40 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Hurrah me boys, for FREEDOM! `Tis the risin` o` the moon!)
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To: ThunderSleeps

I thought he broke his arm working for Mexican Coyotes smuggling illegal immigrants into the U.S. during his teens?


26 posted on 10/30/2011 3:14:30 AM PDT by ThermoNuclearWarrior (Support Herman Cain in the Republican Primary! Donate and Campaign for Herman Cain!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This question sounds like something out of Tiger Beat.


27 posted on 10/30/2011 3:25:30 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: ScottinVA

I could watch Apocalypto every day, even if the producer/director is an idiot and I have to read subtitles. Don’t you think Obama resembles the Mayan king a little?


28 posted on 10/30/2011 3:37:35 AM PDT by Bassfire (Remember the Alamo!)
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To: Persevero

“Mitt Romney names one of my by golly favorite movies, I play the soundtrack all the time, uh oh.”

Yes, that was REALLY surprising, it’s like wow, there must be a whole ‘nother side to Romney. Also Perry’s choice of “Immortal Beloved”, I had heard of that movie but had to look up and see what it was.

I’m thinking I’d like to watch it now, because if it is Rick Perry’s fave flick, it must be pretty good in some way.

This sort of reminds me of a time when we were staying at my mom-in-law’s summer place and I convinced a bunch of guys to watch “The Duelists” which was on the TV very late. I fell asleep almost immediately. Now, I always get annoyed when someone persuades me to watch a movie and then falls asleep during it, so I thought they’d be annoyed with me.

But they all LOVED the movie. They all said: it was great, it was about HONOR.

I still need to see that movie.

So, maybe that’ll be my double-bill, Immortal Beloved and The Duelists. Sounds pretty good, actually.


29 posted on 10/30/2011 3:45:15 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The winner and still champeen!


30 posted on 10/30/2011 3:58:50 AM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (When is the Queen Haters reunion tour?)
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To: crazyhorse691
I am still waiting for any candidate to even say that they have watched Zulu...and understand what it is all about.

Well, don't keep us on tenter-hooks! What is it about, in your opinion?

Regards,

31 posted on 10/30/2011 4:18:31 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If I was voting based on this I would go with Newt and Casablanca. Mitt would have won if he had chosen a different Coen brothers movie. Raising Arizona.


32 posted on 10/30/2011 4:53:40 AM PDT by willk
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To: willk

Well, Gary Johnson is right about Doctor Zhivago, but not much else.
That movie has a phrase or situation that correctly and perceptively addresses every “There was room for 13 families in this one house!” argument we are hearing from the bolsheviks in America today.
Plus the cinematography is purely Rembrandt on celluloid.


33 posted on 10/30/2011 6:30:53 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Oct 29th on TCM my favorite movie was broadcast.

"The Great Race" contains many of the issues including womens rights but the most important scene parallels the GOP debates!

Debakery!

34 posted on 10/30/2011 7:02:58 AM PDT by Young Werther
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Ron Paul’s favorite movie is THE EXORCIST. He likes the dance numbers.


35 posted on 10/30/2011 7:48:20 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Hey, what about Huntsman & Roemer?


36 posted on 10/30/2011 8:15:33 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: alexander_busek
The (English vs. the Boars and the Welsh and the Irish) vs. the Zulu set against the backdrop of paradise lost with lots of guns, spears, and topless girls.
37 posted on 10/30/2011 8:49:49 AM PDT by crazyhorse691 (Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I wish Cain would have said Atlas Shrugged.


38 posted on 10/30/2011 3:20:54 PM PDT by killermosquito (Buffalo, Detroit (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
I like classics such as Birth of a Nation, Wings and Gone With the Wind, but I also like musicals such as Hollywood Revue of 1929, Pigskin Parade and Gold Diggers of 1933. I also like spy films such as Big Jim McClain and Pickup on South Street.
39 posted on 11/13/2011 4:18:57 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Interesting fact about Perry having played the piano until getting injured.

One of my favorites-The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
40 posted on 11/13/2011 4:32:01 PM PST by novemberslady
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