HMS Defiant: MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

Friday, July 12, 2013

MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

I saw the Manchurian Candidate tonight for the first time. I'm surprised it took me so long to get around to watching such a classic flic. Anyway, when Janet Leigh introduced herself on the train to Frank Sinatra and said her name was Eugenie all I could see was:

Diabolical.

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BuckJuly 13, 2013 at 12:29 AM
We shall now give away our age: I saw the flick as a first-run thing, in a real theatre.

Aiiieee.
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virgil xenophonJuly 13, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Ditto me, Buck, lol.
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HMS DefiantJuly 14, 2013 at 1:00 AM
I just heard about it for decades. We may well try the 2004 version too.
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Friday, July 12, 2013

MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

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NO GARDENING, NOT EVER