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What movie do you like that most people never seen?
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Posted on 06/26/2011 2:32:31 PM PDT by Yorlik803

What movie do you love that most people never heard of or seen? Mine is a movie called "Evenhand". I first saw it on IFC, then ordered a copy from Amazon. It is about two policemen in a small Texas town. One is meek and kind while the other is hard. They form a unlikley friendship. It is more plot driven, with little violence. The writing is pretty good.


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To: Yorlik803; humblegunner; RikaStrom; Eaker

The Lost Skeleton of Cadaver - A dedicated scientist, aided by his clueless wife, rolls up his shirt sleeves and tries to save the world from a radioactive monster.


61 posted on 06/26/2011 3:14:39 PM PDT by TheMom (I wish mosquitoes sucked fat instead of blood.)
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I also highly recommend "Restrepro". A combat film maker lives with an infantry platoon through it's tour on the front lines in Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan. They are ordered to build an outpost on dirt no one before has been able to hold. They do so and name it Restrepro after the first man in their unit KIA... a very well liked young man...a medic who they knew would come to their aid no matter how many bullets were flying.

The young soldiers represent their country and their generation very well. We owe it to them to listen to their story.

62 posted on 06/26/2011 3:15:24 PM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (I got a fever and the only prescription is more watermelon trickworm, better known as bass crack.)
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To: Yorlik803

King Rat


63 posted on 06/26/2011 3:15:36 PM PDT by Elderberry
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To: Gena Bukin
I also liked Ride with the Devil, but I prefer the novel it was based on entitled Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell.
64 posted on 06/26/2011 3:15:41 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: Yorlik803

Sometimes a Great Notion (1972): Paul Newman and Henry Fonda


65 posted on 06/26/2011 3:16:10 PM PDT by Jim Noble (The Constitution is overthrown. The Revolution is betrayed.)
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To: Yorlik803

Galaxy Quest


66 posted on 06/26/2011 3:17:10 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Yorlik803
Cannery Row a 1982 film directed by David S. Ward. It stars Nick Nolte and Debra Winger adapted from John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday.

For years it was not available either on tape or DVD. Recently found it on DVD. One of my favorite movies of all times and an excellent light-hearted take on Steinbeck. For me it was pure entertainment.

67 posted on 06/26/2011 3:17:40 PM PDT by Cannoneer (No matter how I resist, the work seems to get done.)
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To: DwFry

I have lived within the same 10 square mile area of central WV for my entire life. Even I was amazed by that movie.

Accurate, but extraordinary. Usually, you’d have to drive far up a “holler” to find such people, and I don’t run into them often. Even though it paints WV in a negative light, I have to say that it is one of the most fascinating movies that no one has ever seen, and I would recommend it.

It is easy to get caught up in all that is going on and have a good laugh, until you realize that this is really how these people live, and they have children.

Personally, though, my favorite is Buffalo ‘66. I challenge you to find a character in that movie that’s not a complete basket case, in an exaggerated, but still almost believable way. Hilarious from start to finish.


69 posted on 06/26/2011 3:17:51 PM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (Are you better off than you were $4 trillion ago?)
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To: TheMom

Should be *Cadavra*


70 posted on 06/26/2011 3:18:17 PM PDT by TheMom (I wish mosquitoes sucked fat instead of blood.)
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To: Yorlik803

“The Straight Story.” Starring Sissy Spacek and Richard Farnsworth with a cameo by Harry Dean Stanton, it was Richard Farnsworth’s last film.

This entire little film is wonderful and the final scene will choke up anyone with a beloved but seldom seen brother.


71 posted on 06/26/2011 3:18:29 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (The 2012 election is coming. Seems we have MORE TRASH TO REMOVE!)
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To: Yorlik803

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Sean Penn)

Yes, I know, I don’t agree with his politics or attempts at international diplomacy either, but I do enjoy his acting.


72 posted on 06/26/2011 3:18:52 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck
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To: Yorlik803
President's Analyst - 1967 with James Coburn.

Funny, clever and captures the insanity & culture of the late 60's as well as being a bit prophetic.

Trailer

73 posted on 06/26/2011 3:19:07 PM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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Le testament du Docteur Cordelier/Experiment in Evil (1959), w/ Jean-Louis Barrault. Jean Renoir dir. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in contemporary setting.
74 posted on 06/26/2011 3:19:18 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Yorlik803

“Moon.” Sam Rockwell was robbed of an Oscar. Excellent movie.
“The Counterfeiters.”
“Cinema Paradiso.”


75 posted on 06/26/2011 3:19:18 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Yorlik803

Tampopo


76 posted on 06/26/2011 3:19:41 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Yorlik803
I Am David (2003).

Summary from IMDB: David, a 12-year-old, escapes from a Communist concentration camp with little more than a compass, a sealed letter, a loaf of bread, and instructions to carry the letter to Copenhagen, Denmark. David is thrust into the free world for the first time in his young life as he travels across Europe. His spiritual voyage of discovery, where David slowly loses his instinctive mistrust of humanity and begins to smile, share, trust and ultimately, love, addresses the cruelties, politics, and suffering of warfare while celebrating the resilience of youth and the unbreakable spirit of a child.

77 posted on 06/26/2011 3:19:45 PM PDT by paudio (The differences between Clinton and 0bama? About a dozen of former Democratic Congressmen.)
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To: Jim Noble
Sometimes a Great Notion

A great movie, Henry Fonda and Paul Newman battling the union. I can't think of a movie that had a better character than the one Fonda played.

It's never been released on DVD as far as I know but it's recently become available on Netflix instant view. Highly recommend it be checked out while it's still available.

78 posted on 06/26/2011 3:20:08 PM PDT by Proud_texan (Scare people enough and they'll do anything.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I happened to see both of those, too. I read so voraciously and went through a binge of renting foreign and films I didn't get to see when they were in the theaters, if they were even in our theaters, but I sometimes don't remember much about them.

I liked Lady Chatterly's Lover, Hanover Street, and many foreign films. One I remember quite a bit was about Victor Hugo's daughter but can't remember the title without looking it up, think it was her first name.

79 posted on 06/26/2011 3:20:08 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Yorlik803

For gory geekdom- Repo, The Genetic Opera.


80 posted on 06/26/2011 3:20:08 PM PDT by mnehring
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