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Strangely enough, Brazil is a Thanksgiving tradition here

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It makes no difference if your really into westerns or not, this is a great movie, very entertaining, although, not well known!

Purgatory

Between somewhere and nowhere in the untamed West is the small town of Refuge. There, neither the sheriff nor his deputy carry a sidearm. There's no jail either, because shooting, carousing and bad blood are not in the town's character. What folks live there? Wild Bill Hickok. Doc Holiday. Jesse James. Billy the Kid. All long dead. All mysteriously given a chance to undo their violent pasts in Purgatory. All put to a stern test when Blackjack and his ornery gang ride into town. Actors: Peter Stormare, Donnie Wahlberg, Eric Roberts, Randy Quaid, Sam Shepard.

Director Uli Edel helmed this tale of the Old West in 1999. Set in a town called Refuge, Wild Bill Hickok (Sam Shepard), Doc Holliday (Randy Quaid), and Jesse James (J.D. Souther) are among the inhabitants, even though they've long since passed away. The town is actually Purgatory, a middle ground for reckless outlaws who must prove themselves to be worthy of a place in Heaven, or face an eternity rotting in the pit of Hell. No one who resides in Refuge is allowed to carry a gun, nor is there any jail, or even swearing. So when a wild bunch of desperadoes turn up, led by Blackjack Britton (Eric Roberts), they are surprised at what they find. Britton and his men soon realize they are among some illustrious company, and set about taking the town for their own. The TNT channel originally aired this compelling sci-fi western that saddles up its horse and rides out of town to a satisfyingly explosive conclusion.

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Tampopo

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...X97_SY140_.jpg

An odd little Japanese movie. It's a "foodie" movie in that, at the center of the major plotline, it has to do with a Noodle Shop. You could draw parallels to it being kind of a Japanese Western. (No cowboys, though.)

Here's a more standard description:

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect fast-food noodle restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a gangster who mixes hot sex with food to an old lady terrorizing a shopkeeper by compulsive squeezing of his wares.

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Jacob's Ladder

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099871/

One freaky movie starrring Tim Robbin's as a former Vietnam Vet who has trouble seperating what's reality and what's hallucination. One that must be watched more than once to truly appreciate.

Into the Wild

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/

Sean Penn directed and wrote the screenplay for this biographical movie about Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) about a guy who after graduating from college, gives away his entire savings account and hitchikes to Alaska to live only on his whits and the land. And in the process he meets many people and with that has many different life experiences. This movie explores what happens when man abandons his need for money and possessions and lives off what the land provides, which shows all of us how easy life really is in these modern times. A must see iimho.

Snatch

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/

Directed by Guy Ritchie and with an all star cast that includes such notible actors as Brad Pitt, Jason Statham, Benicio Del Toro and Dennis Farina. This movie ties many stories into one and is very humorous and quirky, and incluse everthing from Boxers, bookmakers, Russian mobsters and many others all trying to track down a stolen diamond. Another very good off beat movie and a must watch.

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I'll add

Repo Man to the mix

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/

and ummmmmmm

Eraserhead

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/

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Sordid Lives

A black comedy about white trash.

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That movie was great. I don't know if I've laughed so hard in a long time.

Also check out Super Sucker.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293624/

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Reservior Dogs

and if you like heavy drama: Bad lieutenant with a great Harvey Keitel.

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Ramen classic! I saw this film twice, both times on the IFC.

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Bubba Ho-Tep http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281686/

Starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley living in a nursing home, and Ossie Davis as John F. Kennedy, who says he was patched up after the assassination, dyed black and abandoned by Lyndon Johnson. Elvis and JFK have to fight against an Egyptian mummy who sucks the souls out of the other senior citizens in the home. Awesome movie.

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Time to bump this thread. Bubba Ho-tep is awesome. I saw that movie in an indie film house in Portland Oregon. The entire room was into it, it was great. Also, In Bruges is VERY funny too, recommend that one. I have all the movies listed here I have not seen in my blockbuster queue. Looking forward to them.

I am going to chuck Death at a Funeral into the mix. Great british comedy. The one liners and situations in this film are rediculous!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/

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Big Wensday

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077235/

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Bigger, Faster, Stronger
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151309/
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream

A great movie.

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Bigger Faster Stronger is an excellent documentary. Highly recommended from me too.

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Gunga Din

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For winter weather blues, I recommend On Any Sunday

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I have 2:

1. Being John Malkovich, John Cusack finds a secret tunnel to see through the eyes of John Malkovich

2. Donnie Darko, Jake Gyllenhall is haunted by a vision of a demonic rabbit

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Jeff Daniels best movie IMHO...

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Awesome film
Gunga Din was a good one as well.

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Scotland, PA.
Shakespeare's MacBeth told in a fast food restaraunt setting.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265713/