Movie Marathon (Part 2)

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Not at all. It didn’t take long to google-up an earlier example, even excluding more ‘innocent’ uses like virgin forest, or Virgin Mary.

From Stingaree (1934):

Mrs. Clarkson: …Why, the very foundation of empire is woman’s virginity.
Sir Julian Kent: Chastity, madame, chastity. No empire would get very far with virginity.

Movies you know you should watch, but just never have

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
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The 1980 film? I haven’t seen that, but I saw the 1946 Sherlock Holmes film, and I’m pretty sure it didn’t happen there, albeit, I saw it a looooong time ago.

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Movies you know you should watch, but just never have

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
  3. The Godfather
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Movies you know you should watch, but just never have

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
  3. The Godfather
  4. The Caine Mutiny
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Movies you know you should watch, but just never have

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
  3. The Godfather
  4. The Caine Mutiny
  5. The Ten Commandments
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Movies you know you should watch, but just never have

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
  3. The Godfather
  4. The Caine Mutiny
  5. The Ten Commandments
  6. Jurassic Park (the first one that started it all)

Seriously … I have never sat down and watched the whole thing all the way through.

-“BB”-

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Movies you know you should watch, but just never have

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
  3. The Godfather
  4. The Caine Mutiny
  5. The Ten Commandments
  6. Jurassic Park (the first one that started it all)
  7. Avatar
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Movies you know you should watch, but just never have

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
  3. The Godfather
  4. The Caine Mutiny
  5. The Ten Commandments
  6. Jurassic Park (the first one that started it all)
  7. Avatar
  8. Rashomon
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Movies you know you should watch, but just never have

  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
  3. The Godfather
  4. The Caine Mutiny
  5. The Ten Commandments
  6. Jurassic Park (the first one that started it all)
  7. Avatar
  8. Rashomon
  9. Casablanca
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  1. Schindler’s List
  2. Rocky
  3. The Godfather
  4. The Caine Mutiny
  5. The Ten Commandments
  6. Jurassic Park (the first one that started it all)
  7. Avatar
  8. Rashomon
  9. Casablanca
  10. No Country for Old Men
    Been scouring lists of “Must-see” movies for days looking for something besides Rocky and The Godfather that I haven’t seen. Hate mob movies and Sylvester Stallone. Actually do want to see #10 some day.

NEXT: Movie which you thought were as good as the book.*

  1. Housekeeping

*or better
One requirement-- the book had to come FIRST!

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NEXT: Movie which you thought were as good as the book.*

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange

*or better

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Movie Which You Thought was as Good as the Book (or better)

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange
  3. Breakheart Pass

Not surprising, though, when you consider that the guy who wrote the book (Alistair MacLean) also wrote the screenplay.

-“BB”-

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Movie Which You Thought was as Good as the Book (or better)

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange
  3. Breakheart Pass
  4. The Silence of the Lambs
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Movie Which You Thought was as Good as the Book (or better)

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange
  3. Breakheart Pass
  4. The Silence of the Lambs
  5. The Godfather
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Movie Which You Thought was as Good as the Book (or better)

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange
  3. Breakheart Pass
  4. The Silence of the Lambs
  5. The Godfather
  6. The Razor’s Edge

I am aware that this is not a common opinion and I agree that Bill Murray was not up to the starring role despite this being his own vanity project, but the script really trimmed and tightened up a lot of the pretentious twaddle in Somerset Maugham’s book and, Murray aside, the cast was great.

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Movie Which You Thought was as Good as the Book (or better)

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange
  3. Breakheart Pass
  4. The Silence of the Lambs
  5. The Godfather
  6. The Razor’s Edge
  7. L.A. Confidential
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Movie Which You Thought was as Good as the Book (or better)

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange
  3. Breakheart Pass
  4. The Silence of the Lambs
  5. The Godfather
  6. The Razor’s Edge
  7. L.A. Confidential
  8. The Green Mile
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Movie Which You Thought was as Good as the Book (or better)

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange
  3. Breakheart Pass
  4. The Silence of the Lambs
  5. The Godfather
  6. The Razor’s Edge
  7. L.A. Confidential
  8. The Green Mile
  9. Blade Runner
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Movie Which You Thought was as Good as the Book (or better)

  1. Housekeeping
  2. A Clockwork Orange
  3. Breakheart Pass
  4. The Silence of the Lambs
  5. The Godfather
  6. The Razor’s Edge
  7. L.A. Confidential
  8. The Green Mile
  9. Blade Runner
  10. Jaws

Films of John Heard

  1. Home Alone
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Films of John Heard

  1. Home Alone
  2. Big