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(Remember, this was back in 1973)

Economy Hardware on Main Street and the Co-Op on 10th Street both had it.

Farmers and loggers - two of the three industries North Idaho had at the time - use it in their work. Mining also uses it, but St. Maries isn't in the Wallace Mining District and they have explosives dealers in Wallace already.

my neighbor had some, i am told

wisconsin in red area

what was the famous Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento wearing?

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Didn't Crazy Joe have nightmares about Huple's cat lying on his face and smothering him, and then he'd wake up and Huple's cat WAS lying on his face?

(The character I was thinking of was one of Yossarian's friends)

He dreamed about the cat sleeping on his face, and woke to find that it was sleeping on his face, so he gets into a fistfight with the cat because of it - an all out knock-down, drag-em-out brawl.

That scene really captures the whole spirit and tenor of the book for me, the absurdity and circular reasoning. Like how Milo makes money for the syndicate by buying eggs from Malta for 7 cents and selling them for 5 cents. And the need to bomb their own base in order to turn a profit. Or the old man explaining how Italy is actually strong because it is so weak and poor...

The dream of the cat isn't a dream at all, even though he is dreaming it. I think that's my favorite book ever!

It's been a while since I last read it, or saw the movie (I really am overdue for both)... I can't remember which friend of Yossarian was written out of the film.

Milo had bought enough unginned Egyptian cotton to fill 100 warehouses in hopes of flipping it for profit. Unfortunately for Milo, there was a glut on cotton and no one wanted Milo's cotton. (It was probably also worthless because you have to gin cotton very shortly after harvest, but that's another issue.) The Germans offered to trade the cotton for the unit bombing their own airbase.

He tried to get rid of it previously in other creative ways, like dipping it in chocolate and serving it in the mess hall as a dessert. "People eat cotton candy, don't they? Well, this stuff's better - it's made out of real cotton."

The bombing of the base was part of a deal with the Germans, in order to turn a profit for the syndicate. That was the whole point of it. He justifies all the treason for the sake of profit, and that capitalism makes it patriotic.

("The Matchmaker" starred Janeane Garofalo, Milo O'Shea and Denis Leary)

He was also in "Under Siege" among many other well-known movies.

Janeane Garofalo, Milo O'Shea, Denis Leary & David O'Hara are all great in it, and it's a very funny movie.

I think you'd like it, Hark.

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What is one big difference between Jaws the Movie and Jaws the book?

I also think that Hooper was killed by Bruce in the book.

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"My daughter said that you're half Jewish ?"

of Major Stovall in Twelve O' Clock High?

who used all his civilian lawyer skills and legal skullduggery to keep things moving smoothly for Savage?

A fine movie, my personal #1 WW2 film.

Jack sang it in As Good as It Gets.

What was the number in the working title of what would be published as "Catch-22", and what novel's prior publication led to the change?

I want to say it was because of a Leon Uris novel... Mila 18? Or was it QB VII?

I'm going with 18, final answer!

Right on all counts, JoseBalow.

"Catch-VII" sounds (and looks) pretty good, too, though.

I recall that Heller and his publisher went back and forth between so many numbers before they landed on 22. I can't remember the justification for it, but it was just right for some reason.

Catch-22 is one of my favorite books, and Leon Uris is one of my favorite authors too. Now if I could only remember where I left that damned Phillips head...

On the subject of numbers in titles, "Three Days of the Condor" was based on James Grady's novel "Six Days of the Condor."

Must have been in a hurry.

The polite Czech who played juror #11, what was his occupation?

Which is what the deleted one below said.

What a fine film.

mentioned by name?

in a Kurosawan "after the rain" moment.

to be nominated for Best Picture and nothing else?

based on mob mentality.

Another favorite of mine.

witnessed a lynching?

A semi-educated guess.

There is a common thread with the three films I mentioned.

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Edit: nevermind. Further research shows this is not true. The movie Dear Ruth appeared in 1947 with the name "William HOLDEN" over "Joan CAULFIELD" but while Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951, the character Holden Caulfield appeared in a short story as early as 1941. While this is not true, it should be.

What was the room number?

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Can you name any or all of them?

Best known as the Swamp Fox.

Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Rod Steiger all turned down the role in this film. What role was it?

Gene Hackman was good, but he wouldn’t have been my first choice.

I got nothing.

Rod Steiger deeply wished he had taken the role.

“I tried pushing her out a window once in Little Rock.” Who is “her?”

She must have the bladder the size of a peanut. Great Movie. I always wondered what happened to Imogene. She was kinda summarily dismissed after she and Addy Got rid of Trixie.

Better known in a Mel Brooks film.

So creepy he wasn’t creepy.

Burton something or other

An old movie that never gets old. Even in black and white. It had to be in black and white.

He was also Lyle, 2nd in charge to Slim Pickens in Blazing Saddles.

Made enough of an impression on director Lawrence Kasdan that he gave him a major part in, "Silverado?"

was the top grossing film of 1981. What was 2nd?

such as The Thin Man and Bringing Up Baby?

Lived a good dog life 1931-1951

Skippy got paid more than most actors at the time

"I like my whisky old and my women young" ?

But not the first dog to ever appear in a Hollywood film. Petey from Our Gang was also a famous Hollywood silent film star, but I'm not sure if he first appeared anywhere before Rin Tin Tin or not.

There were a bunch of other famous film dogs pre-Hollywood that were famous, one early German Shepherd star from Germany, and a couple of popular stars from Britain and France I think.

I'm going with Rin Tin Tin, final answer!

(It was one of the dogs you made reference to)

If it's just early film from anywhere then I think the German dog, but I do not recall it's name.

He was in many silent films in the 1920s & 1930s and was the most famous dog in the world.

His story is related in the book "Kinship With All Life" by J. Allen Boone (Great book)

How much money did Signor Ferrari have to offer Sam to leave Rick's Cabaret and come work at the Blue Parrot?

Kindding. What was the amont?

Earlier Sam had said he didn't have time to spend what he made at Rick's when Rick asked him if wanted to work at the Blue Parrot.

About asking a question after the answer, why not?

And btw, it was Captain Renault who left with Rick to begin a beautiful new friendship at the free-French garrison at Brazzaville.

The scene called for about 5 or 6 archers to fire many of those arrows. Certain arrows used guided wire or even stop motion.

and quite a few came to mind.

He made some harrowing films.

"Mrs. Robinson", "my wife", and "my mother"?

It was largely about her lack of individuality.

I can also see where she's something of an archetype as well.

Thanks!

Which film was this?

Luc Besson had fleshed out the "Divine Language" Leeloo spoke well enough that it it was usable in conversation.

Which film is it?

Perhaps “traditional” animated film is throwing me. Can you volunteer the decade it was made?

Bambi?

It wasn't Disney. It wasn't Dreamworks.

The studio's first animation works was in the early 2000s.

Claymation, or old school cells?

Digital animation has replaced using cells. However, it still is regarded as "traditional" animation. Most TV cartoons are done digitally.

A traditional animation with 3D elements would be Beauty and the Beast. Need more hints?

The main characters (not the villain) can be described as a selfless hero; a masked idiot; a coward; cute but deadly. A fifth character is a trained soldier, but has no indoor voice.

Masked man set during WW1? - I got nothing

The major villain in the film has dream/hypnosis powers.
The masked idiot cannot for the life of him, quite remember the main hero's name. The mask itself is in the shape of an animal, and covers his whole head.
The coward is most powerful when he's asleep/unconscious.

Can we rule out Russian?

However, it's still ongoing, and the final season will come out sometime next year. Yes, it's also a TV series.

I’m officially giving up.

I’m riffing on scenes I’ve seen from a fictionalized Rasputin film.

Still chewing!

That's my "The Price is Right" bid.