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deutsey

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3. It's been a while since I've seen it

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 03:07 PM

Feb 2012

but I remembered it being amazingly prescient (I saw it in the '90s).

I liked it and would like to see it again. In my memory, it's ranked up there with Network as one of the few movies to pull back the curtain on what's going on behind the scenes.

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Your thoughts on the film 'A Face in the Crowd' [View all] WI_DEM Feb 2012 OP

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Great movie. Right up there with Capra's best. raouldukelives Feb 2012 #12