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Originally Posted by cinderella

Really? Didn't know that. I will try.

Ok, so my choice was for Burt Lancaster, and Seven Days in May. This film has both Burt and Kirk Douglas in it, and is a war movie, so I think it would be a good pick seeing we've been discussing war films. What do you think of this film as a choice for discussion?

I love that movie because I really like Kirk Douglas' character's principles in it. For the benefit of those who don't know, this movie is about a military conspiracy and a plot to take over the US government by a general gone Judas against the government (played by Lancaster). This flick is intense in its implications especially in the early 60s at a time we were just coming off the Cold War.

Movies like this and The Manchurian Candidate and Fail-Safe with Henry Fonda were very sensitive in light of the current politics.

As matter of fact, comrade, those three films would make a great FlixMix.
Seven Days in May, The Manchurian Candidate and Fail-Safe

All three were from the 60s, same genre/themes, shot in black and white, and all starring major headliners from the old guard including Lancaster, Douglas, Frederic March, Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Martin Balsam, Angela Lansbury, Henry Fonda et al.

Okay, back to "....May" I like the dialogue and the whole story and movie, really. Good choice, comrade.