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From: Lisa D'Arrigo...
Latest Update: Feb 2008...
I thought I'd send you my list of top ten performances by males for the moment.
1. Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE
3. Peter Sellers - BEING THERE
4. Daniel Day Lewis - IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER
5. Kevin Spacey - THE USUAL SUSPECTS
6. Al Pacino - DOG DAY AFTERNOON
7. Dirk Bogarde - THE SERVANT
8. James Mason - LOLITA
9. Jon Voight - MIDNIGHT COWBOY
10. Sean Penn - DEAD MAN WALKING/Henry Fonda - ONCE
UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
I really just wanted to put P.S. Hoffman and Ledger on a list. Yes, I think Ledger was all that. Pretty upset. Hoffman, I know, steals everything in every movie. One of the best of the best.
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On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 08:21 AM, Lisa D'Arrigo wrote:
Hey Ted,
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if you have time, sometime, you might like to change some of my lists. That would be so cool. Awesome.
I was thinking that my favourite original soundtracks of the top of my head are also favourite films of mine.
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002
Subject: New lists for tedstrong.com
These lists are unlikely to remain the same tomorrow but generally they don't change. I like a lot of films and actors that Ted likes but don't bother writing Juliette Binoche Steve McQueen etc because he does it anyway. The idea is he agrees with me or slags me off for having a shite opinion and it's big fun.
Favourite 100 films:
north by northwest 1959
psycho 1960
the deadly affair 1966
the godfather 1972
rear window 1954
dial m for murder 1953
rebecca 1940
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the
lady vanishes 1938
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notorious
1946
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gone
with the wind 1939
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casablanca
1943
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vertigo
1958
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the
servant 1963
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hannah
and her sisters 1985
-
radio
days 1987
-
annie
hall 1977
-
the
taking of pelham 123 1974
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a
touch of larceny 1959
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breakfast
at tiffany's 1961
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dirty
harry 1971
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once
upon a time in the west 1968
-
charade
1963
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midnight
cowboy 1969
-
the
exorcist 1973
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on
the waterfront 1954
-
2001
a space odyssey 1968
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lolita
1962
-
blood
simple 1983
-
fargo
1996
-
miller's
crossing 1990
-
airport
1970
-
the
towering inferno 1974
-
rope
1947
-
frenzy
1972
-
family
plot 1975
-
love
serenade 1996
-
gallipoli
1981
-
short
cuts 1993
-
se7en
1995
-
alfie
1966
-
the
ipcress file 1965
-
the
usual suspects 1995
-
chinatown
1973
-
american
beauty 1999
-
jackie
brown 1998
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the
seventh veil 1945
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the
godfather part two 1974 (part one is the best)
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all
about eve 1950
-
the
verdict 1982
-
sunset
boulevard 1950
-
double
indemnity 1945
-
seance
on a wet afternoon 1964
-
5
fingers 1952
-
sleuth
1972
-
deathtrap
1981
-
network
1976
-
dog
day afternoon 1975
-
twelve
angry men 1957
-
frantic
1988
-
the
talented mr ripley 1999
-
plenty
1985
-
my
brilliant career 1979
-
l.a.
confidential 1997
-
brief
encounter 1945
-
howard's
end 1991
-
leaving
las vegas 1995
-
suburbia
1996
-
saturday
night fever 1977
-
the
heiress 1949
-
klute
1971
-
cinema
paradiso 1988
-
such
is life 1996
-
naked
1993
-
odd
man out 1974
-
rosemary's
baby 1968
-
the
tenant 1976
-
lawrence
of arabia 1962
-
working
girl 1988
-
jfk
1991
-
taxi
driver 1976
-
after
hours 1986
-
the
slender thread 1964
-
all
the president's men 1976
-
the
untouchables 1987
-
the
lost weekend 1945
-
beautiful
thing 1995
-
the
days of wine and roses 1964
-
the
suspect 1944
-
the
lodger 1944
-
harold
and maude 1971
-
kramer
vs kramer 1979
-
in
the name of the father 1993
-
wait
until dark 1967
-
jaws
1975
-
bullitt
1968
-
the
pink panther 1964
-
shallow
grave 1994
-
cry
freedom 1988
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dr
strangelove 1964
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the
matrix 1999
-
three
colours red 1994
-
lone
star 1996
-
boogie
nights 1997
my
favourtie films of the new millenium
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you
can count on me
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timecode
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croupier
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the
woman chaser
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mulholland
drive
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an
affair of love
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amores
perros
-
requiem
for a dream
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wonder
boys
-
the
five senses
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dancer
in the dark
-
wonderland
-
gosford
park
favourite
ten performances by a bird
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faye
dunaway - network
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vivien
leigh - a streetcar named desire/gone with the wind
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emily
watson - breaking the waves
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lee
remick - the days of wine and roses
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judith
anderson/joan fontaine - rebecca
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ellen
burstyn - requiem for a dream
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olivia
de havilland - the heiress
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judy
davis - husbands and wives
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shelley
winters - lolita
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naomi
watts - mulholland drive
ten
favourite performances by a bloke
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james
mason - lolita
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james
mason - north by northwest/a touch of larceny
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james
mason - bigger than life
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james
mason - a star is born
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james
mason - the seventh veil/odd man out
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james
mason - the pumpkin eater
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james
mason - lord jim/the deadly affair
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james
mason - spring and port wine
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james
mason - five fingers/the reckless moment
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james
mason - the verdict/salem's lot
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matt
damon - the talented mr ripley
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kevin
spacey - the usual suspects
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al
pacino - the godfather/dog day afternoon
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robert
de niro - king of comedy/taxi driver/godfather 2
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ian
hart/stephen dorff - backbeat
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michael
caine - sleuth/deathtrap/hannah and her sisters
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jeremy
irons - dead ringers
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peter
sellers - being there
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paul
newman - the verdict
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dirk
bogarde - the servant
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cary
grant - north by northwest
(i still think
hoffman and voight were fabulous in midnight cowboy)
these are
my ten preferred james mason films for quality rather than mason himself.
- north by northwest
- lolita
- bigger than life
- odd man out
- five fingers
- the deadly affair
- spring and port
wine
- the verdict
- the seventh veil
- the reckless
moment
films
i really dislike. i hate them. i loathe them. i detest them. these films
are poo. they are ca-ca.
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pearl
harbour
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the
haunting
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showgirls
-
crash
-
the
bodyguard
-
striptease
-
a
thousand acres
-
hush
-
stepmom
-
mandingo
-
father's
day
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lake
placid
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corrina
corrina
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conspiracy
theory
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from
dusk 'til dawn
my
favourite aussie films
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the
interview
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love
serenade
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gallipoli
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the
year my voice broke
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brides
of christ (it's a mini series but brilliant)
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the
dish
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muriel's
wedding
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my
brilliant career
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lantana
-
the
sum of us
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alfred
hitchcock
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woody
allen
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roman
polanski
-
sidney
lumet ( i know he's inconsistent)
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joseph
l. mankiewicz
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mike
figgis
-
stanley
kubrick
-
david
mamet
-
don
siegel
-
joseph
losey
-
columbo
-
the
bill
-
our
friends in the north
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sopranos
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absolutely
fabulous
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murder
most horrid
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ruby
wax
-
peak
practice
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holby
city
-
casualty
-
fawlty
towers
-
seinfeld
actors
that are around today (as in alive and not all that old) that i really
dig. a couple are beyond young but they're good. there are many more
but my brain is not working too well.
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john
simm
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ian
holm
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clive
owen
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giovanni
ribisi
-
nick
shaw
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jason
flemying
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jason
statham
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billy
crudup
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joaquin
phoenix
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janeane
garofalo
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parker
posey
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stuart
townsend
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patrick
warburton
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mary
louise parker
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rachel
griffiths
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samantha
morton
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rebecca
pidgeon
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ralph
fiennes
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joseph
fiennes
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luke
wilson
-
rebecca
pidgeon
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owen
wilson
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jim
broadbent
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naomi
watts
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judy
davis
-
cate
blanchett
-
toni
collette
-
emily
watson
-
philip
seymour hoffman
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hadyn
gwynne
-
fiona
gillies
-
libby
davison
-
marcia
gay harden
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mary
mcdonnell
-
jake
gyllenhaul
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ben
mendelsohn
-
robert
carlyle
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stephen
dorff
-
tobey
maguire
-
gina
mckee
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christopher
eccleston
-
daniel
craig
-
steve
buscemi
-
peter
stormare
-
jack
black
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ray
winstone
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christian
bale
-
kristin
scott thomas
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benicio
del toro
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kevin
spacey
-
kerry
fox
-
jennifer
jason leigh
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katrin
cartlidge (she JUST died but counts)
Top
27 Films of All-Time
1. Psycho/North By Northwest
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. The Godfather
Once Upon a Time in the West
Rear Window/Rebecca
Blood Simple
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Gone with the Wind
Hannah and Her Sisters/Radio Days
2001: A Space Odyssey
Five Fingers/Sleuth
Dirty Harry
Chinatown
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
Casablanca
Saturday Night Fever
The Exorcist/Rosemary's Baby
Harold and Maude
The Seventh Veil
The Servant
Lolita (1962)/A Star Is Born (1954)
Network
Top
20 Films of the 1990s
1. LA Confidential (1997)
2. Three Colours: Red (1994)
3. Fargo (1996)
4. Howard's End (1991)
5. Love Serenade (1996)
6. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
7. Seven (1995)
8. Jackie Brown (1998)
9. Cinema Paradiso (1990)
10. The Usual Suspects (1995)
11. Shallow Grave (1994)
12. Boogie Nights (1997)
13. Olivier, Olivier (1993)
14. Lone Star (1996)
15. Beautiful Thing (1995)
16. Naked (1993)
17. Damage (1992)
18. Once Were Warriors (1994)
19. Such Is Life (1997)
20. Hate (La Haine) (1995)
21. Heavenly Creatures
Um,
I was wondering if you could possibly pop this on to the Movie List Page.
And then I'll let you alone.
My
favourite Australian films:
Love Serenade
Death in Bruswick
My Brilliant Career
Dead Calm
Country Life
Muriel's Wedding
The Year My Voice Broke
Galipolli
Children of the Revolution
The Interview
Love and Other Catastrophes
Worst
20 Films of All-Time
1. Pearl Harbor
2. The Haunting
3. Stepmom
4. Showgirls
5. Hush
6. A Thousand Acres
7. The Bodyguard
8. Crash
9. From Dusk Till Dawn
10. (tie) When a Man Loves a Woman/Striptease
Plus: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Mandingo, Godzilla (1998), Father's
Day, Crimes of Passion, Lake Placid, Corrina Corrina, Conspiracy Theory,
Coneheads, Nell.
New
additions!
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June 20, 2001:
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You
know how I have a list of my favourite worst movies on your page?Ê Well
PEARL HARBOR deserves to go to number one - ahead of THE HAUNTING.Ê Are
you able to do this please?Ê I want it known that the film is puke.Ê I'm
afraid this year I've seen more bad films than good.Ê STATE AND MAIN and
AMORES PERROS this weekend.
Top
10 Male Performances --
Peter Finch - Network
James Mason - Lolita
James Mason - A Star Is Born
Al Pacino - Dog Day Afternoon
Al Pacino - The Godfather
Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy
Jon Voight - Midnight Cowboy
Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
Daniel Day Lewis - In The Name of the Father
Anthony Hopkins - The Remains of the Day
Hi,
tedstrong.com here. I'll comment on this if I may. Finch is great in Network
but Holden is better with a less showy performance. Mason's great in both
those. Pacino's great in both those. Haven't seen Midnight Cowboy. I know,
I know. Milland is great and kick-ass in Lost Weekend. DDLewis in the
IRA thing? Whatever. Hopkins is great in Remains of.
Top
10 Female Performances --
Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind
Vivien Leigh - A Streetcar Named Desire
Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
Lee Remick - The Days of Wine and Roses
Gloria Swanson - Sunset Boulevard
Judy Garland - A Star Is Born
Judith Anderson - Rebecca
Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking
Judi Dench - Her Majesty Mrs Brown
Faye Dunaway - Network
Hi,
tedstrong.com here. I'll comment on this if I may. Leigh was special,
but I don't particularly like Streetcar. I think it's overdone. I like
Watson. I love Lee Remick. Haven't yet seen Wine and Roses though. Swanson
is fun in Sunset Blvd. Garland in A Star is Born? I don't think so. Talk
about ham. Judith Anderson, Rebecca, good. I don't like Sarandon and I
haven't yet seen Dead Man Walking -- although Jack Black is in it. Judi
Dench is outstanding -- always. Love her. Dunaway is great. She made some
really great movies all in this little tiny space of less than 10 years:
Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, Thomas Crown Affair, Little Big Man, Network..
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