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Arthur Penn’s 1970 anti-establishment Western, “Little Big Man,” starred Dustin Hoffman as a 121-year-old white man who was raised by Cheyenne Indians.
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Moby-Dick, the title character of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby Dick, is a giant, mostly white sperm whale. Captain Ahab is determined to hunt down Moby-Dick because the whale bit off Ahab’s leg and killed his son during a previous voyage
Ahab’s monomaniacal pursuit of the white whale is used here as a metaphor for Mahbod Moghadam’s monomaniacal desire to recruit Kanye West as a Rap Genius “Verified Artist.” (Tom Lehman’s “white whale” is rumored to be Vanilla Ice.)
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In space, no one can hear you scream.
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This 1982 movie is very underrated. Scott Glenn plays the coach of a women’s college track team, and Mariel Hemingway is a star pentathlete who can’t decide if she likes boys or girls better.
Mariel’s lesbian lover in the movie was played by Patrice Donnelly, who competed in the 100-meter hurdles for the U.S. in the 1976 Olympics.
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Spike Lee’s 1989 movie featured Bill Nunn as a character called “Radio Raheem,” who walked around carrying a big-ass boom box that was always playing Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power.”
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The 1949 movie version of Ayn Rand’s libertarian classic – one of Paul Ryan’s favorite books – starred Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal.
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“The Seven-Ups” is sort of a sequel to “The French Connection” – the two movies shared a director (Philip D'Antoni), a star (Roy Scheider), and a great car chase scene. Unfortunately, “The Seven-Ups” did not have Gene Hackman.
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Federico Fellini’s famous 1963 movie, “8 ½,” inspired the 2009 American movie, “Nine” (which starred Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren, Judi Dench, and Fergie).
