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Shooter, 2007. directed by Antoine Fuqua, and stars Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Levon Helm, and Ned Beatty.





Most of the film was shot on location in New Westminster, Kamloops, Mission, Ashcroft and Cache Creek in British Columbia, Canada. For example, Swagger's escape was filmed in New Westminster along the Fraser River, standing in for the Delaware River. The car chase that ends when it plunged into the river was filmed down 6th Street and off the Westminster Quay. The following scene of Swagger clinging to the side of a dredger was also filmed on the Fraser River near the Pattullo Bridge.

The assassination scenes were filmed in Independence National Historical Park in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The sniper location was created from using the exteriors of the church steeple at the junction of New Street and North 4th Street and combining them with an elevated view from another building to create a fictional vista of the park. The final scene was in Mammoth Lakes, California, in the lakes basin.

The mountaintop confrontation was shot on the glaciers of Rainbow Mountain, near the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia.

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Political satire black comedy now with the 2017, The Death of Stalin. It stars Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Whitehouse, Olga Kurylenko, and Jeffrey Tambor.




On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 243 reviews, with an average rating of 8.06/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Death of Stalin finds director/co-writer Armando Iannucci in riotous form, bringing his scabrous political humor to bear on a chapter in history with painfully timely parallels." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 88 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "universal acclaim"

Never seen this but I'll look out for it. Steve Buscemi and Paddy Considine are two of my favourite actors.

[Pigmy Pony]

Shooter, 2007. directed by Antoine Fuqua, and stars Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Levon Helm, and Ned Beatty.





Most of the film was shot on location in New Westminster, Kamloops, Mission, Ashcroft and Cache Creek in British Columbia, Canada. For example, Swagger's escape was filmed in New Westminster along the Fraser River, standing in for the Delaware River. The car chase that ends when it plunged into the river was filmed down 6th Street and off the Westminster Quay. The following scene of Swagger clinging to the side of a dredger was also filmed on the Fraser River near the Pattullo Bridge.

The assassination scenes were filmed in Independence National Historical Park in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The sniper location was created from using the exteriors of the church steeple at the junction of New Street and North 4th Street and combining them with an elevated view from another building to create a fictional vista of the park. The final scene was in Mammoth Lakes, California, in the lakes basin.

The mountaintop confrontation was shot on the glaciers of Rainbow Mountain, near the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia.

Really like this film, seen it a few times. My favourite has to be Levon Helm's character. Just great, I wish he'd been in it more.

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I can't understand anyone not being into The Sopranos. Best thing that's ever been on telly.

I've seen the entire series of The Sopranos three times, so I suppose that makes me a fan. Although I'd say "The Wire" would give it some competition.

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I've seen the entire series of The Sopranos three times, so I suppose that makes me a fan. Although I'd say "The Wire" would give it some competition.

Could not get into that, I only watched first few episodes but it didn't grab me. I thought it was all a bit false, I didn't believe the characters were real people. Whereas with the Sopranos you had to remind yourself that it wasn't real.

[Pigmy Pony]

Could not get into that, I only watched first few episodes but it didn't grab me. I thought it was all a bit false, I didn't believe the characters were real people. Whereas with the Sopranos you had to remind yourself that it wasn't real.

Maybe that's because some of the characters were real people, just not great actors. Including a former police commander, and a previous high up Baltimore drug dealer who played a deacon in the series.

Some things do take a while to get into, and I couldn't even understand half of what was said during the first series.

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Really like this film, seen it a few times. My favourite has to be Levon Helm's character. Just great, I wish he'd been in it more.

yeah he was very good; they all were tbh.. loved the quote... "welcome to Tennessee, patron state of shootin' stuff".

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Free State of Jones,2016. American historical war film inspired by the life of Newton Knight and his armed revolt against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi, throughout the American Civil War. Written and directed by Gary Ross, the film stars Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, and Keri Russell.





The story is based on the history of Jones County, Mississippi, during the Civil War and the period immediately after it. The overall story follows the history of Jones County; some of the events portrayed are true. The film is credited as being "based on the books The Free State of Jones by Victoria E. Bynum and The State of Jones by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer."

film was a financial flop.

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...nes-180958111/

some info on this story.

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For anyone who hasn't seen the film