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Giant

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Apr 28, 2014

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Podcast #51 hits us with racism, sexism and probably 1 or 2 other Giant Rock Hudson “isms”. The Texas soap opera ends the run of AFI movies for director George Stevens and star James Dean, maybe not a moment too soon. There’s much to discuss in this 200-moment movie, so time’s a-wastin’.

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Apr 28, 2014

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Ryan and Bev Ellis are partners in film nerdery who share their often humorous musings on the AFI's 1998 & 2007 lists of the greatest 100 American films ever made. But we finished with that in December 2015, so now we just review anything we feel like!

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