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It took Jack Nicholson 2 minutes to ignite the entire screen


From the second he enters Keaton's presence the film starts smoldering and within a few minutes he's burned everything up. Was this chemistry, acting, true to life or all of the above? Compared with Nicholson/Keaton the pairing of Beatty/Keaton was about as exciting as a bologna sandwich to me. Perhaps I am not supposed to care about the love story and just focus on the politics? I'd give anything for a moment of that smoldering chemistry...

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I agree. I looked forward to seeing the character on the screen.

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