Author Topic: ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!  (Read 2532338 times)

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"V" is Virgin Suicides, The (1999)
« Reply #1170 on: November 05, 2007, 07:09:40 pm »

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"W" is Wings of Desire (1987)
« Reply #1171 on: November 05, 2007, 07:11:35 pm »
 

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"X" is Malcolm X (1992)
« Reply #1172 on: November 05, 2007, 07:13:35 pm »

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"Y" is Yossi & Jagger (2002)
« Reply #1173 on: November 05, 2007, 07:30:06 pm »
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Some folks here may remember rt...he is the one who made me aware of this movie. From Israel.

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"Z" is Zardoz (1974)
« Reply #1174 on: November 05, 2007, 07:30:41 pm »
"Z" is "Zardoz"  (1974)
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“Mr. Coyote always gets me good, boy,”  Ellery said, winking.  “Almost forgot what life was like before I got me my own personal coyote.”


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Re: ABCs at the Movies: Round "I Can't Believe We Didn't Play That Movie!"
« Reply #1175 on: November 05, 2007, 07:42:35 pm »
Man this one went fast!  I think I only got 3 in, lol!

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Re: ABCs at the Movies: Round 1966
« Reply #1176 on: November 05, 2007, 07:50:37 pm »
Yes, it was fast...and fun!

Thanks for participating. We may have future specialty rounds....but for now....

Back to our regularly scheduled feature: Round 1966!
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Comment: A Few Statistics
« Reply #1177 on: November 05, 2007, 08:05:46 pm »
In our specialty round, just concluded, there were 18 different years that had movies selected.

15 years had movies that were selected once
4 years had movies that were selected twice
and 1 year (1994) had three movies posted: Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; The Professional; and Speed.

Okay, back to Round 1966!

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"A" is Au hasard Balthasar
« Reply #1178 on: November 05, 2007, 08:18:10 pm »
Maybe if Ari from The Amazing Race had seen this Bresson film....


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"B" is A Big Hand for the Little Lady
« Reply #1179 on: November 05, 2007, 08:26:07 pm »