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An interesting list............

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In Reply to: My personal top 25 movies. posted by Hepcat on February 24, 2004 at 17:35:21:

And while most would not be in my top 25, your choices are all fine films.
I love "The Americanization of Emily." It's a sadly overlooked antiwar film that really should be better known. Not only is it a well-written satire on politics/military/public-relations, it's also brilliantly acted, especially by James Garner and Julie Andrews -- in what was, I believe, her screen debut.
I hope your choice of "Blow Up" is the 60s David Hemmings version rather than the inferior remake with John Travolta. The remake is very good but not the classic the original is.

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Julie Andrews: not quite... - djprobed 13:06:17 02/25/04 (2)
MARY POPPINS was in fact her screen debut. THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY, which I also like a great deal, was her first *non-singing* role.
When I first saw AMERICANIZATION, every time the camera would do a close-up on her, I expected her to start singing...

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- I recall reading an interview with Julie Andrews.... - Hepcat 13:48:03 02/25/04 (1)
  ...back then. She said "Thank God for Emily - otherwise I'd end up playing nanny roles forever".
  - Don't forget her bOObies in S.O.B. -n - albee33 16:24:20 02/25/04 (0)
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No, I did mean Blow Out. - Hepcat 08:21:19 02/25/04 (0)
Being an audio buff, I really liked those aspects of this movie and of The Conversation.
Plus, I sorta had a thing for Nancy Allen.
Re: An interesting list............ - rico 07:09:45 02/25/04 (0)
The DePalma "remake" is called "Blow OUT" and is a combination of "Blow Up" and Coppola's "The Conversation".

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