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Entries from December 2005

Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

December 29th, 2005 · No Comments

Jeremiah Johnson (Robert Redford) heads into the Rockies in the mid 19th century to live as a trapper, hoping to find something in the mountains that he couldn’t in civilization. He starts off so green that a Crow Indian […]

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Tags: Road trip · Western

Barefoot In The Park (1967)

December 20th, 2005 · No Comments

 
Romantic comedy stars a perfectly cast Robert Redford and Jane Fonda as Paul and Corie Bratter, newlyweds crammed into a tiny sixth floor walkup apartment near Washington Square.
Paul is a hungry attorney while Corie - when it was still permissible to do so - is to be a housewife, until they discover that they’re […]

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Tags: Drunk scene

Being There (1979)

December 8th, 2005 · No Comments

A simple-minded gardener named Chance (Peter Sellers giving the performance of a career) has had no contact with the outside world other than what he watches on TV. When his employer dies, Chance is forced into the street, with his tidy clothes, umbrella and TV remote, which he quickly learns does not work on real […]

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Tags: Ambiguous ending

Bound For Glory (1976)

December 6th, 2005 · No Comments

In Pampa, Texas, July 1936, some men congregate at a dusty filling station in the middle of the day. Economic depression has them debating what’s going to happen to their town. In California, it’s said, you can just plop a seed in the ground and you’ll find a sprout the next day. Woody Guthrie (David […]

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Tags: Music · Road trip