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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, 1973. directed by Sam Peckinpah and stars James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Barry Sullivan, Jason Robards and Bob Dylan(who also did the score).

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John Wick. 2015. A vigilante action-thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski, in his directorial debut, and written by Derek Kolstad. It stars Keanu Reeves.






I liked this first film. I wasnt keen on second and have not seen any more.

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The Man Who Never Was, 1956. A 2k bluray version from 2012 in original AS of2:55:1(cinemascope).. It was directed by Ronald Neame and stars Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame and features Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin and Stephen Boyd.





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Operation Mincemeat involved the acquisition and dressing up of a human cadaver as a "Major William Martin, R.M." and putting it into the sea near Huelva, Spain. Attached to the dead body was a briefcase containing fake letters falsely stating that the Allied attack would be against Sardinia and Greece rather than Sicily, the actual point of invasion. When the body was found, the Spanish Intelligence Service passed copies of the papers to the German Intelligence Service which passed them on to their High Command. The ruse was so successful that the Germans still believed that Sardinia and Greece were the intended objectives weeks after the landings in Sicily had begun.

The exact identity of the "man who never was" has been the centre of controversy since the end of the war. On the one hand, certain accounts claim the true identity of "Major William Martin" was a homeless, alcoholic rat-catcher from Aberbargoed, Wales, Glyndwr Michael, who had died by self-administering a small dose of rat poison. However, in 2002, authors John and Noreen Steele published the non-fictional account of The Secrets of HMS Dasher, about an ill-fated escort carrier that exploded and sank in the Firth of Clyde around the time Operation Mincemeat had commenced. The Steeles argued that "Major Martin's" body was actually that of seaman John Melville, one of the Dasher's casualties. Further, it has been reported that the accuracy of this claim was verified by the Royal Navy in late October 2004, and a memorial service was held for Melville, in which he was celebrated as one whose "memory lives on in the film The Man Who Never Was...we are gathered here today to remember John Melville as a man who most certainly was." But in fact, Professor Denis Smyth, a researcher at the University of Toronto, has counter-argued that Glyndwr Michael was indeed the real "Major Martin." To support his claims, Smyth published the contents of a secret memo and an official report, both authored by Ewen Montagu himself, confirming the Glyndwr Michael story.

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The Day Of The Jackal, 1973. Stars Edward Fox, Terence Alexander and Tony Britton.





An Arrow(2018) 2k scan on BluRay of the classic Fredrick Forsyth novel directed by Fred Zinnemann.


The film did well at the box office and was well liked.. Among those who praised the film was Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who gave it his highest rating of four stars, writing:

I wasn't prepared for how good it really is: it's not just a suspense classic, but a beautifully executed example of filmmaking. It's put together like a fine watch. The screenplay meticulously assembles an incredible array of material, and then Zinnemann choreographs it so that the story — complicated as it is — unfolds in almost documentary starkness.

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The Day Of The Jackal, 1973. Stars Edward Fox, Terence Alexander and Tony Britton.

Proper movie that. Even if Tony Britton's brummie accent is a bit over-egged at times.

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Pulp Fiction, 1994. directed by Quentin Tarantino, and stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman.






Pulp Fiction premiered in May 1994 at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was unveiled at a midnight hour screening and caused a sensation. It won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, generating a further wave of publicity. It was nominated for seven awards at the 67th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Original Screenplay;

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Pulp Fiction, 1994. directed by Quentin Tarantino, and stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman.

One of the most amazing films ever. First time I saw it, I just thought WOW!

Wonder if Marco's seen it? Just his sort of thing I'd think.

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One of the most amazing films ever. First time I saw it, I just thought WOW!

Wonder if Marco's seen it? Just his sort of thing I'd think.

willis going through better weapons reminds me of you

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marco is Marsellus

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willis going through better weapons reminds me of you

Cant imagine why.