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Fascinating

posted 21 years ago by Gonzo2000
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Perhaps this is one of the greatest movies ever made.

I say this because it shows the beginning of the insanity of Howard Hughes, the singular acting range of John Wayne, and proves that sometimes, just sometimes, a drama can be comedy, like a Greek tragedy. Sad, yet unintentionally hilarious at the same time.

I've seen this movie both sober and f*cked to the sky. Either way, seeing this movie in all of its glory will leave you laughing so hard, you may herniate yourself.

See it. Believe it.

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[–] resistance01 20 years ago

Not important since it's just as outragous. And Instead of Mongolia, we have Utah...

[–] The_Magical_Negro 20 years ago

Jesus, this movie sounds like one of those "it's so bad, it's good" kinda deals. Hope to be able to see it someday...............

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[–] ragreen259 19 years ago

Well, the location is no more absurd than the shooting locale of "Cold Mountain," Starring a bunch of Australians and New Zealanders as people from the Confederacy... but Wayne as a Mongolian only reflects the racism of Hollywood at the time.

[–] johnrupertg 18 years ago

Surprisingly, Genghis Khan was Caucasian.

[–] wenjaman 17 years ago

What the flying *beep* are you smoking?

[–] calishreveguy 15 years ago

No he's right. The movie was shot near a nuclear testing site in Utah. That’s probably why the sand looked red (not Hollywood magic). And if you look at the pages of all the people who worked on this film, a lot of them died from cancer at one point. I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but those two coincidence are just too far fetched. I read all about it in JW's biography John Wayne: America, great read.

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[–] wilmawilcat 15 years ago

Ninety one of the 220 people working on the film died of cancer:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/374/did-john-wayne-die-of-can cer-caused-by-a-radioactive-movie-set

[–] rjm2238 10 years ago

Why do you say having John wayne play a Mongolean was racist? Don't you think there was a fair chance that they didn't have too many Mongolean actors with John Wayne's drawing power and star quality at the time, or now for that matter. I can't think of a derned one, can you?
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[–] brupey-1 10 years ago

Who is the New Zealander in Cold Mountain? And the only Australian was born the uSA!

[–] dana_peltier 19 years ago

As a big John Wayne, I sometimes get into arguments with friends about him. Then my friends bring up this movie....I can't defend it.

John Wayne is still the best. You do over 150 movies, and you'll have a stinker too.

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[–] chocolatepiazza 19 years ago

It is a pity John Wayne never got to play Shakespeare in the movies. He would have put some guts into it. Imagine Henry V's call to battle at Agincourt, ending with the words "Let's go kick the Dauphin's ass, Pilgrim!" The mind boggles.

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[–] ArmandFancypants 18 years ago

He would have put some guts into it?! And Olivier didn't? Or even Branagh?!

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[–] dannerlc 17 years ago

today pilgrim is our st. crispans day! Now lets moooove out!

lol

You know what boggles my mind even more. that most everyone in this film died of cancer because it was filmed on a nuclear testing ground. SAY WHA!!!

I can't believe the locations folks didn't do some better research than that. This is POST WWII, we knew what dropping a bomb would do to the area. No one thought to go, hey ummm maybe we shouldn't play out here.

Good grief. Only in hollywood

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