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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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Great summary. I was there then .

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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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