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David Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 7 Apr 1995 19:18:48 CDT
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>Has to be the Wild Bunch. Ernest Borgnine was great. It's out now in release
>at your local theatre. As Judith Christ said of the movie,"We watch
>endless violence to assure us that violence is not good". This was one of
>Peckinpah's best!!
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I'm sorry, I just have to disagree. WILLARD has a subtlety which is
completely lacking in THE WILD BUNCH. Of course, as Steven Scheuer
said in his _1992-1993 Movies on TV and Videocassette_, WILLARD
is "for hardcore rat fans only." I think it was his only accurate
review.
 
David Smith
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