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30 years later and there still hasn't been a better heist movie than Heat

No, it's not too long. No, Al Pacino doesn't act "too c...
Out-of-control hairy legs
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its one of my favorite movies. i give it a 10. perfect score...
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razzmatazz anal mental disorder
  08/18/18
180 movie, very rewatchable, I think Pacino does go slightly...
galvanic personal credit line
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180 to the last sentence!
Mind-boggling Amethyst Therapy
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razzmatazz anal mental disorder
  08/18/18
Try to watch it at least once a year. One of my favorite mov...
razzmatazz anal mental disorder
  08/18/18
Random story. I ran into Val Kilmer a few years ago in Lagun...
Out-of-control hairy legs
  08/18/18
Lol 180
razzmatazz anal mental disorder
  08/18/18
Should’ve went with the Christopher Knight reference.
Blathering rehab
  08/21/18
Ronin
Hairraiser copper orchestra pit
  08/18/18
na. and it starts sucking hard in the third act.
Mind-boggling Amethyst Therapy
  08/18/18
My poast was flame. Flame possst
Hairraiser copper orchestra pit
  08/21/18
great film (best car chase ever), but nothing on Heat
180 nursing home
  08/21/18
One potential contender might be Layer Cake, if you want to ...
Startling hospital associate
  08/18/18
seriously under-rated film
swashbuckling half-breed volcanic crater
  08/18/18
Its an all time classic imo and pacino clearly acts too craz...
Frum Histrionic Old Irish Cottage Stain
  08/18/18
Pacino’s character was meant to be coked up, there were scen...
galvanic personal credit line
  08/18/18
you mean Catherine Zeta-Jones in Entrapment
bright school cafeteria
  08/18/18
#3 is The Score. Love that movie. DeNiro, Norton, BRANDO.
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yapping ruddy deer antler lodge
  08/18/18
It wasn't salma Hayek, it was Catherine zeta jones
heady idiotic alpha house
  08/21/18
Hello? Ocean's 8.
sepia mentally impaired ape friendly grandma
  08/18/18
Watch your background, get clean shots.
narrow-minded stead haunted graveyard
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Stimulating Giraffe Gay Wizard
  08/18/18
Thief is right up there with Heat imo. All Mannmos need to s...
mustard big box office
  08/18/18
The shootout outside the bank was masterful
effete self-absorbed legal warrant
  08/18/18
Heat does have the best shootout. Tight and modern without t...
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  08/21/18
Could have been GOAT but Val Kilmer's elbow ruined it for me...
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yapping ruddy deer antler lodge
  08/18/18
The Dark Knight, The Town (Ben Affleck’s character even watc...
Stimulating Giraffe Gay Wizard
  08/18/18
Baby Driver was also terrible.
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Lake Tanning Salon
  08/18/18
I watched this piece of shit movie a few months ago and it i...
ruby cowardly laser beams gas station
  08/18/18
Rififi beats every other Heist movie mentioned above. You...
ruby cowardly laser beams gas station
  08/18/18
it was 23 years ago and the minuscule part of Dark Knight th...
Painfully Honest Excitant Casino Sex Offender
  08/18/18
yuge guy ritchie filmmo here and I think you should strongly...
electric pungent famous landscape painting
  08/21/18
clean up, go home.
vigorous pocket flask native
  08/18/18
CLEAN UP, GO HOME!
Buck-toothed church building
  08/21/18
Why has nobody mentioned Snatch as the goat potus of crime f...
swashbuckling half-breed volcanic crater
  08/18/18
i was about to mention it but i didn't see it as a heist. t...
Painfully Honest Excitant Casino Sex Offender
  08/18/18
(guy from 2025)
olive principal's office
  08/18/18
This Norwegian heist movie is really good and a true story ...
Lake Tanning Salon
  08/18/18
cr
Self-centered aphrodisiac abode
  08/18/18
also underrated element of the movie: sound engineering
Self-centered aphrodisiac abode
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yapping ruddy deer antler lodge
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Blathering rehab
  08/21/18
Heists have gone cyber these days
Sexy kitty cat brunch
  08/18/18
(Michael Mann circa 2015)
electric pungent famous landscape painting
  08/21/18
I assume professional, sophisticated robbery crews like this...
narrow-minded stead haunted graveyard
  08/20/18
There was a pro crew working in Palm Beach in the late 90s. ...
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mustard big box office
  08/21/18
Believe it or not, Deniro’s character and his crew were base...
galvanic personal credit line
  08/21/18
i was gobsmacked to find out that the wife of val kilmer's c...
Translucent quadroon
  08/21/18
didn't she also do Devils Advocate? her tits were 180
180 nursing home
  08/21/18
NOT Charlize Theron
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Date: August 18th, 2018 5:52 PM
Author: Out-of-control hairy legs

No, it's not too long. No, Al Pacino doesn't act "too crazy" (he's pitch perfect actually). And no, the side plot with Natalie Portman wasn't pointless. It was the catalyst for the entire climax. And even if it's not perfect, there still hasn't been a better movie about armed robbers since then. Frankly there probably never will be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640378)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:25 PM
Author: razzmatazz anal mental disorder



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Date: August 18th, 2018 5:53 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Amethyst Therapy

its one of my favorite movies. i give it a 10. perfect score.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640383)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:25 PM
Author: razzmatazz anal mental disorder



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640502)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 5:54 PM
Author: galvanic personal credit line

180 movie, very rewatchable, I think Pacino does go slightly overboard but Deniro is pitch perfect. The scene towards the end driving through the tunnel with the white light washing over his face is something nearly transcendent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640390)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 5:55 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Amethyst Therapy

180 to the last sentence!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640392)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:25 PM
Author: razzmatazz anal mental disorder



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640504)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:26 PM
Author: razzmatazz anal mental disorder

Try to watch it at least once a year. One of my favorite movies.

Let’s not forget about XO Val Kilmer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640506)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:48 PM
Author: Out-of-control hairy legs

Random story. I ran into Val Kilmer a few years ago in Laguna Beach. I was star struck but managed to tell him that I loved him as Chris Shiherlis in Heat. He looked at me like I was insane.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640594)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:58 PM
Author: razzmatazz anal mental disorder

Lol 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640633)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 6:57 AM
Author: Blathering rehab

Should’ve went with the Christopher Knight reference.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653582)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:30 PM
Author: Hairraiser copper orchestra pit

Ronin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640514)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:41 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Amethyst Therapy

na. and it starts sucking hard in the third act.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640557)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 4:52 AM
Author: Hairraiser copper orchestra pit

My poast was flame. Flame possst

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653491)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 6:53 AM
Author: 180 nursing home

great film (best car chase ever), but nothing on Heat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653573)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:43 PM
Author: Startling hospital associate

One potential contender might be Layer Cake, if you want to consider it to be a heist film.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640570)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:06 PM
Author: swashbuckling half-breed volcanic crater

seriously under-rated film

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641611)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:52 PM
Author: Frum Histrionic Old Irish Cottage Stain

Its an all time classic imo and pacino clearly acts too crazy and the natalie portman shit went nowhere.

For heist movies after that

1. The town

2. Trance

3. That one where edward norton pretends to be "slow".

4. That one where salma hayak went under the lasers in the 90s

Thats about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640617)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:55 PM
Author: galvanic personal credit line

Pacino’s character was meant to be coked up, there were scenes of him explicitly bumping but they were cut, might explain his GIMMEE ALL YOU GOT GIMMEE ALL YA GOT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640624)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:03 PM
Author: bright school cafeteria

you mean Catherine Zeta-Jones in Entrapment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640654)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 7:44 PM
Author: Stirring lilac turdskin

#3 is The Score. Love that movie. DeNiro, Norton, BRANDO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640787)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:10 PM
Author: yapping ruddy deer antler lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641634)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 5:00 AM
Author: heady idiotic alpha house

It wasn't salma Hayek, it was Catherine zeta jones

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653499)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 6:59 PM
Author: sepia mentally impaired ape friendly grandma

Hello? Ocean's 8.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36640634)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 8:30 PM
Author: narrow-minded stead haunted graveyard

Watch your background, get clean shots.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641007)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 8:37 PM
Author: Stimulating Giraffe Gay Wizard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641027)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 8:38 PM
Author: mustard big box office

Thief is right up there with Heat imo. All Mannmos need to see it at least. It has a bit of personal drama like Heat but it's more integral to the plot. In Heat they could cut a lot of that shit and it wouldn't seem like you're missing anything.

One thing that you notice is that Mann knows how to direct a shootout. So many films have unrealistic shit happening like bad guys inexplicably missing and shit, but Mann knows how to direct that shit. Heat is probably the best in that regard.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641028)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:12 PM
Author: effete self-absorbed legal warrant

The shootout outside the bank was masterful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641645)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 5:07 AM
Author: electric pungent famous landscape painting

Heat does have the best shootout. Tight and modern without the split-second jump cuts like in Manhunter and Thief. But Thief is still my favorite - much neater script, happy ending, plus who can say no to Tuesday Weld?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653503)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: exciting citrine public bath fat ankles

Could have been GOAT but Val Kilmer's elbow ruined it for me. Sorry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641520)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:10 PM
Author: yapping ruddy deer antler lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641628)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 10:50 PM
Author: Stimulating Giraffe Gay Wizard

The Dark Knight, The Town (Ben Affleck’s character even watches Heat during the movie), Baby Driver, The Departed and countless other movies have been influenced by Heat. One of my favorite movies and one of the best crime dramas ever made.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641559)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 10:57 PM
Author: ruby cowardly laser beams gas station

Baby Driver was also terrible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641580)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:11 PM
Author: Lake Tanning Salon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641641)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 10:56 PM
Author: ruby cowardly laser beams gas station

I watched this piece of shit movie a few months ago and it is utter garbage and has not aged well at all.

Completely overacted and 100 minutes too long. Congratulations you have HORRIBLE taste in movies and have apparently seen very few heist movies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641575)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 10:59 PM
Author: ruby cowardly laser beams gas station

Rififi beats every other Heist movie mentioned above.

You all are prole retards and are collectively more responsible than the Chinese box office for the decline of modern cinema.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641586)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:01 PM
Author: Painfully Honest Excitant Casino Sex Offender

it was 23 years ago and the minuscule part of Dark Knight that was a heist was 100x better

Lock Stock was also better

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641596)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 5:08 AM
Author: electric pungent famous landscape painting

yuge guy ritchie filmmo here and I think you should strongly consider suicide

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653504)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:07 PM
Author: vigorous pocket flask native

clean up, go home.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641616)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 7:58 AM
Author: Buck-toothed church building

CLEAN UP, GO HOME!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653752)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:08 PM
Author: swashbuckling half-breed volcanic crater

Why has nobody mentioned Snatch as the goat potus of crime films - is it technically not in the heist genre?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641620)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:10 PM
Author: Painfully Honest Excitant Casino Sex Offender

i was about to mention it but i didn't see it as a heist. that's why i said lock stock instead

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641630)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:09 PM
Author: olive principal's office

(guy from 2025)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641624)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:10 PM
Author: Lake Tanning Salon

This Norwegian heist movie is really good and a true story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toWARMFeMn0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641632)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:11 PM
Author: Self-centered aphrodisiac abode

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641636)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:11 PM
Author: Self-centered aphrodisiac abode

also underrated element of the movie: sound engineering

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641640)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:12 PM
Author: yapping ruddy deer antler lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641646)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 7:01 AM
Author: Blathering rehab



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653585)



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Date: August 18th, 2018 11:17 PM
Author: Sexy kitty cat brunch

Heists have gone cyber these days

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36641660)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 5:09 AM
Author: electric pungent famous landscape painting

(Michael Mann circa 2015)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653505)



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Date: August 20th, 2018 9:52 PM
Author: narrow-minded stead haunted graveyard

I assume professional, sophisticated robbery crews like this are very rare. Or at least I haven't heard of them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36651904)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 5:13 AM
Author: electric pungent famous landscape painting

There was a pro crew working in Palm Beach in the late 90s. Dinner plate crew or something the local cops called them. Legit cat burglars - they would jetski or scuba up to waterfront houses around dinnertime, throw a rope up to the 2nd floor, and grab all the jewelry out of the bedrooms, leave by the street. 5 minutes later the jewelry would be in an envelope in a mail drop box waiting to be shipped off to some other state, everyone would be in separate cars driving off.

100% not flame, ask any palm beach cop. I think they were either caught by the FBI or moved on to south america or new york.

Edit : It might have been before the 90s, come to think of it. It's been a while since I've heard the stort

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653508)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 7:09 AM
Author: mustard big box office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653597)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 8:00 AM
Author: galvanic personal credit line

Believe it or not, Deniro’s character and his crew were based on a real life crew, right down to the name Neil McCaughley. The real Neil even had coffee with the real Vincent just like in the movie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653758)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 5:28 AM
Author: Translucent quadroon

i was gobsmacked to find out that the wife of val kilmer's character was played by ashley judd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653512)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 6:53 AM
Author: 180 nursing home

didn't she also do Devils Advocate? her tits were 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653575)



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Date: August 21st, 2018 7:59 AM
Author: Buck-toothed church building

NOT Charlize Theron

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055018&forum_id=2#36653756)