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That was a pretty long minute


Greene's watch is either very slow or he was just making it harder on Corky.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

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yeah it definitely wasnt in real time

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They do this often in many plays, shows, and movies. It is done to advance the plot or to give a point.

No matter where you go there will always be critics.

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This scene is some of the best acting I have ever seen in any film. When he says he is not going to make it...yikes.


It wasn't me who was murdered, was it?

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it wasn't that far off you know!

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It was to show how far gone he really was. To a normal sane person it would be no sweat but the fact that he was dependent on "Fats", that first minute seemed like a lifetime.

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To the sane people, that minute was just what it was. 60 seconds.

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