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Oct 15, 2023Liked by Simon Sweetman

Watched The Exorcist with my daughter last weekend. She’d been aching to watch it. Followed it up with Harold and Maude. Maximum dad brownie points

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I would add…

Charley Varrick

The Last Detail

Sleeper

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Way We Were (if only for the line: “Katie - everything that happens, doesn’t happen to you personally.”)

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Sleeper, the Last Detail and Way We Were nearly made my bonus-mention list

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But not Charley Varrick?

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Nope

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Wha-? But-!

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Sorry - it’s a list of 5. A personal selection. Can’t fit everything- that’s the point.

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A very young Schwarzenegger in The Long Goodbye. The film has many other hidden gems: e.g., Jim Bouton (!) and the $5000 bill.

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And the cat who would only eat food from a fancy can.

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Yep - so good

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Oct 8, 2023Liked by Simon Sweetman

Great summary. I was there then .

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Oct 8, 2023Liked by Simon Sweetman

Such a wonderful year for film it’s nigh on impossible to narrow down a favourite list to just a few.

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