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21,000 | [
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21,001 | [
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21,002 | [
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21,003 | [
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21,004 | [
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21,005 | [
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21,006 | [
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21,007 | [
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21,008 | [
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21,009 | [
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21,010 | [
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21,011 | [
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21,012 | [
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21,013 | [
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21,014 | [
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21,015 | [
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21,016 | [
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21,017 | [
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21,018 | [
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21,019 | [
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21,020 | [
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21,021 | [
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21,022 | [
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21,023 | [
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21,024 | [
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21,025 | [
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21,026 | [
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21,027 | [
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21,028 | [
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21,029 | [
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21,030 | [
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21,031 | [
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21,032 | [
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21,033 | [
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21,034 | [
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no more, no more, no more, NO MORE!" Who would've thought... | 1 |
21,035 | [
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21,036 | [
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21,037 | [
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21,038 | [
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21,039 | [
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21,040 | [
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21,041 | [
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21,042 | [
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21,043 | [
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21,044 | [
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21,045 | [
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21,046 | [
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..<br /><br />Well this certainly is one of my very fav. Biographic movie. This movie came as a Total Surprise to me. I had been avoiding this movie for a very very Long time. Now that was because I am not a fan of Jamie Foxx. I still am not a Big Fan of him But I sure am a FAN now.<br /><br... | 1 |
21,047 | [
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21,048 | [
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21,049 | [
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21,050 | [
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21,051 | [
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21,052 | [
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21,053 | [
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21,054 | [
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21,055 | [
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21,056 | [
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21,057 | [
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21,058 | [
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21,059 | [
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21,060 | [
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21,061 | [
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21,062 | [
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21,063 | [
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21,064 | [
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21,065 | [
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21,066 | [
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21,067 | [
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21,068 | [
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21,069 | [
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21,070 | [
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21,071 | [
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21,072 | [
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21,073 | [
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21,074 | [
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21,075 | [
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21,076 | [
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21,077 | [
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21,078 | [
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21,079 | [
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21,080 | [
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21,081 | [
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] | 194 | 243 | Absolute grabber of a movie, and given its age, years ahead of its time. I first saw this the week my dad came home with a neighbor's TV, that the guy had thrown on the scrap heap. A tinkerer with all things electrical, dad had it working inside two days. This was July 1955...and then probably only the third house in t... | 1 |
21,083 | [
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] | 168 | 194 | So many early British sound films that I've seen on video suffer from either poor print transfer quality or poor sound or both. Fortunately, I was able to obtain a copy of this movie on a video of excellent quality, enabling me to focus on the story itself.<br /><br />And, an excellent story it was. At first sight, the... | 1 |
21,084 | [
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] | 125 | 145 | This film has an excellent premise and is really crying out to be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster. As I recall (and it's a few years since I've seen the film) the action starts with a London omnibus filled with people. There is an horrific crash and one passenger dies. The rest of the film is then told in flashback... | 1 |
21,085 | [
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] | 125 | 146 | This movie pops up now and again on the ABC in Australia at about 3 am in the morning.<br /><br />It starts off with the scene of a bus crash in London.<br /><br />The films has got flashbacks of each character as the film progresses, plus the lapsed photography of Big Ben winding back, to symbolise what events occurre... | 1 |
21,086 | [
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] | 144 | 166 | This is an exceptional film. It is part comedy, part drama, part suspense. The dialog is exquisite. Most of the actors and actresses were very famous in their time, and for good reason. You will probably recognize someone, even if you don't usually watch older movies. They are also each in a role that particularly suit... | 1 |
21,087 | [
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] | 113 | 143 | Despite its age, this film retains its undoubted charm and attraction, and is a fine, surviving example of early British cinema. It has an underlying air of eeriness, interspersed with shafts of humour which are not out of place, and serve to demonstrate the assured direction & production values involved. So many episo... | 1 |
21,088 | [
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] | 192 | 250 | Why Jessie Matthews, one of Britains top musical stars, was in this movie in between her sparkling "The Good Companions" and the classic "Evergreen" is a good question? When I first saw it I was really disappointed. I wanted to see her sing and dance - she was billed as "Millie - the non - stop variety girl" but there ... | 1 |
21,089 | [
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] | 107 | 138 | With looks that could kill, and a willingness to display her charms, Paget's sensuality leaves no doubt as to where her assets lay... <br /><br />She plays a sultry-innocent 13th-century princess who rouses her people to save Egypt from the ambitions of a powerful Beduin (Michael Rennie) and joins her forces with the s... | 1 |
21,090 | [
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] | 262 | 389 | Even the Maria Montez/Jon Hall technicolored baubles of the '40s are eclipsed by "Princess of the Nile," Fox's entry in Hollywood's mid-'50s obsession with things Egyptian (see "Land of the Pharoahs," "Valley of the Kings," etc.) Pure, unadulterated, mindless hokum, lavishly produced (low-budgeted, actually, but using ... | 1 |
21,091 | [
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] | 200 | 249 | For the most part, I only enjoy the kind of movie that allows one to escape the current time into the future or past. This movie is pure escapism. The dancing starts almost immediately, and Debra Paget in her "purple harem" bikini dress simply has no equal in film in my opinion. Her dancing, while sultry, is surpassed ... | 1 |
21,092 | [
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] | 291 | 378 | This is one of my favorite films for many reasons. To begin, there are standout performances from lovely Debra Paget as a princess/dancing girl, from Michael Rennie as the villain, handsome young Jeffrey Hunter investigating crime in her city/state and others. The film is an unusually colorful adventure, and we even se... | 1 |
21,093 | [
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] | 174 | 195 | I watched Princess of the Nile for the first time when I was about 10 years old. I am 63 now and have never forgotten the movie. Nor have I gotten over my fascination with Egypt. I have searched the internet trying to buy the movie, but have not been able to locate it. It makes me wonder if this is one of the lost movi... | 1 |
21,094 | [
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] | 156 | 233 | algernon4's comment that Ms Paget's "ultra lewd dance in (this film) is the most erotic in the history of films" is certainly one doozy of an exaggeration. It isn't even Debra Paget's most erotic dance. Her near nude gyrations in Fritz Lang's "The Indian Tomb" make this number look decidedly tame. As for being the most... | 1 |
21,095 | [
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] | 195 | 246 | I saw a test screening of Blurred recently, and I am surprised to say that it was actually pretty good! Its a film about different groups of kids, your hillbillies, your rich snobs, your typical teenage couple, plus two geeky guys and one post hippie babe. Together, but as separate storylines, each group is travelling ... | 1 |
21,096 | [
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] | 127 | 143 | All i can say is that, i was expecting a wick movie and "Blurred" surprised me on the positive way. Very nice teenager movie. All this kinds of situations are normal on school life so all i can say is that all this reminded me my school times and sometimes it's good to watch this kind of movies, because entertain us an... | 1 |
21,097 | [
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] | 55 | 64 | I thought this movie was brilliant. It was so funny and so true too. A great idea for a movie. Five groups of friends on their way to schoolies. I've got to say that Matt Newton as Mason was probably my favourite character. I wish i could give this movie more than a 10 rating. | 1 |
21,098 | [
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] | 149 | 247 | Track Listing: 1. Spiderbait - Outta My Head 2. Lash - Take Me Away 3.Lavaland - Everwonder 4. Machine Gun Fellatio - The Girl Of My Dreams(Is Giving Me Nightmares) 5. Butterfly 9 - Growing Pains 6. Grace -Good Thing 7. Katchafire - Giddy Up 8. James - Lick A Lounge 9. K-lee -1+1+1 10. The International Noise Conspirac... | 1 |
21,099 | [
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] | 133 | 150 | I read most of the comments here were everybody saw only the flaws of the movie. I agree, the director it's not Kuprik, the actors are not Oscar winners, but it has something everyone could relate to. I don't want to spoil but telling more then the plot - the finishing of school and the trip to a big party, or if you l... | 1 |
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