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Top 7 Most Powerful Moments in Movie History (vanity)
PA Times | 12/12/05 | Santa Pissant

Posted on 12/12/2005 7:57:17 AM PST by pissant

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To: jocon307
The death scene he does is I think the finest piece of film acting I've ever seen. It gets me every single time.

Only one better death scene....Slim Pickens and Katy Jurado in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. They play an older married couple who are still very much in love. There's a shoot-out and she picks up a rifle when he gets in trouble. It looks like he's ok at the end but then he sits on a log by the stream, opens his coat and we see the blood. The series of looks that these two actors exchange as they wordlessly acknowledge everything, with Dylan's "Knocking on Heaven's Door" in the background, is about the best forty seconds ever put on film.

341 posted on 12/13/2005 10:50:47 AM PST by wtc911 (see my profile for how to contribute to a pentagon heroes fund)
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To: pissant

King Kong - at that moment when the music changes and you know for sure that the planes are getting to him.


342 posted on 12/13/2005 10:52:16 AM PST by wtc911 (see my profile for how to contribute to a pentagon heroes fund)
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To: wtc911

"Slim Pickens and Katy Jurado in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid."

You see, you are making me cry just describing it. I'm not big on westerns, although hubby likes them so I see plenty of them. Never saw this one, but maybe I will one day, I'll make a point to remember it.


343 posted on 12/13/2005 11:45:01 AM PST by jocon307
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To: jocon307

I'm a writer and film-maker. For me that scene is the gold-standard. (Plus I think that Katy Jurado was one of the most powerfully beautiful women ever on screen).


344 posted on 12/13/2005 12:10:33 PM PST by wtc911 (see my profile for how to contribute to a pentagon heroes fund)
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To: dagoofyfoot
Definitely worth watching. A true modern classic, IMO.
345 posted on 12/13/2005 1:07:54 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: NewLand
That scene in Casablanca gets my vote too. I read somewhere that a lot of the "extras" in that scene were actual war refugees and that their tears were real.
346 posted on 12/14/2005 12:53:01 AM PST by Tony in Hawaii (Lookin' for the joke with a microscope)
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To: pissant

Ronald Reagan, "Win One For The Gipper"


347 posted on 12/14/2005 12:55:33 AM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: pissant

Bill Clinton, "Win One For The Zipper"


348 posted on 12/14/2005 12:55:50 AM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

ROFL!!!

John Kerry: "Win One for the Flipper"


349 posted on 12/14/2005 4:40:44 AM PST by pissant
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To: pissant

Murtha, "Lose One For The Quitter"!


350 posted on 12/14/2005 7:41:13 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

Saddam: Feed one Thru the Chipper.


351 posted on 12/14/2005 8:02:25 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant
Michael Jackson, "Watch Me Hit The High Notes With The Vice-Gripper"!
352 posted on 12/14/2005 8:08:05 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

Gilligan: "I was a hut bitch for the Skipper"


353 posted on 12/14/2005 8:12:18 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant
"Let one go for the ripper"

Guys always get around to the fart jokes! :-)

354 posted on 12/14/2005 8:15:12 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: pissant
"Women, Don't Ever Take A Car Ride From The Sipper"


355 posted on 12/14/2005 8:17:51 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

Nice!

Suzanne Somers: "I had a Queer Roomie named Jack Tripper"


356 posted on 12/14/2005 8:20:08 PM PST by pissant
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To: A CA Guy; Dashing Dasher

Dasher: "For Pissant I wanna be a Stripper"


357 posted on 12/14/2005 8:23:21 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant
"Women Beware The Bend Dipper"


358 posted on 12/14/2005 8:26:56 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

I still tear up when Mongo changes allegiences and agrees to help the Sheriff.


359 posted on 12/14/2005 8:27:31 PM PST by InvisibleChurch (The search for someone to blame is always successful. - Robert Half)
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To: A CA Guy

Algore: "I'd Rather Have Barney than Tipper"


360 posted on 12/14/2005 8:31:23 PM PST by pissant
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