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as spotted in [livejournal.com profile] trollprincess' journal

three to watch:

Brassed Off, the story of some brass bandsmen set in the UK during the miners' strike. It's not always an easy film to watch, but it has wonderful performances and a wonderful plotline. And serves to remind that we should never, ever elect a Tory government again. Except that, as [livejournal.com profile] perlmonger points out, we've got one.
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The American President is, for me, the movie equivalent of "comfort food". I know every word of every scene, and never tire of it. Written by Aaron Sorkin, it is the forerunner to that most excellent TV series The West Wing, although that's not anything like as good as it was when Sorking was writing it.
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Strictly Ballroom - if you read the blurb, you'd probably never watch it, unless the name of Baz Luhrmann was enough. It's about a ballroom dancer in Australia, determined to break out of the mould of the accepted way of dancing, and is an utterly charming film. I never fail to cry at the end :)
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now tell more people to do it. Hopefully, we'll all have lots and lots of recommendations by the end of the day.

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Date: 2004-09-16 06:39 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] flickgc.livejournal.com
Hmmm... I've never heard of the secon one, but I love the other two, so I think I might have to give it a try!

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Date: 2004-09-16 12:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robsoft.livejournal.com
Not only is Brassed Off a really great film, but it features the frankly gorgeous and totally underrated Tara Fitzgerald, who is a joy to watch and a pretty reasonable actress to boot. And a certain E. McGregor, long before he took up the lightsabre (but curiously enough, Brassed Off is from the same year as Trainspotting, and I'd have thought that BO was an older film by at least a couple of years. Most strange).


Politics aside, it's a good movie. If anyone hasn't seen it, I heartily second Mac's recommendation.

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Date: 2004-09-18 04:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] burkesworks.livejournal.com
...and if you haven't seen Brassed Off yet, the DVD is free with today's (Saturday's) Daily Mirror. So you can enjoy your film, line your cat litter tray and still have change out of 50p.

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