Tag: john wayne

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March 16, 2018March 15, 2018

AFI Countdown Challenge #79: The Deer Hunter

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment AFI, AFI Challenge, AFI Countdown, Apocalypse Now, Christopher Walken, Fredo Corleone, Heaven's Gate, John Cazale, John Savage, john wayne, MASH, Meryl Streep, Michael Cimino, Platoon, Robert De Niro, Rocky, The Deer Hunter, The Godfather, The Green Berets, Vietnam war

Three men go to war, and only one of them seems to come back in any way whole.

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January 17, 2018January 15, 2018

AFI Challenge Countdown #96: The Searchers

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment AFI, AFI Challenge, AFI Countdown, Clint Eastwood, Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, john wayne, Natalie Wood, Pulp Fiction, The Searchers

John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter won’t give up the search for a girl kidnapped by Comanches in this John Ford Western.

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January 15, 2018January 12, 2018

AFI Challenge Countdown #97: Bringing Up Baby

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment AFI, AFI Challenge, AFI Countdown, Bringing Up Baby, Cary Grant, Coen Brothers, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Howard Hawkes, John Ford, john wayne, Katherine Hepburn, Manic Pixie Dream Girl, The Searchers

Cary Grant is a quiet scientist who catches the eye of ditzy socialite Katherine Hepburn in this 1938 screwball comedy.

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January 12, 2018January 9, 2018

AFI Challenge Countdown #98: Unforgiven

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment AFI, AFI Challenge, Bringing Up Baby, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, john wayne, Morgan Freeman, popeye, Richard Harris, Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood rode off into the sunset with this, his last Western and a beautiful meditation on the effects of legend and violence on the West.

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January 16, 2015

Stars Who Only Play Themselves

Posted By: wittywats 0 Comment 127 Hours, 21 Jumpstreet, 22 Jumpstreet, 48 Hours, A Few Good Men, Academy Award, Al Pacino, Arrested Development, August: Osage County, Ben Stiller, Beverly Hills Cop, Biloxi Blues, Capote, Channing Tatum, Christopher Walken, Coming to America, Danny mcbride, Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, Dreamgirls, Eddie Murphy, Foxcatcher, GI Joe, Glenngary Glen Ross, Godfather, Gumby, James Franco, Jerry Maguire, john wayne, Julia Roberts, Knocked Up, Les Grossman, Magic Mike, Maverick, Michael Cera, Nutty Professor, Ocean 12, Oscars, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pineapple Express, Pretty Woman, Pulp Fiction, Rain Man, Saturday Night Live, Scent of a Woman, Searchers, Seth Rogan, shootist, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Trading Places, Tropic Thunder

Some actors have great range.  They disappear into their roles like chameleons with such success, you forget they are acting.  Then there are the

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