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Classic Films

Graybeard

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2. You can't go wrong with Powell-Pressburger.

Reply to CBHagman (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 11:35 AM

Nov 2012

Some of their films are simply masterpieces. One of the best (and my fave) is The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943).

As an anti-war film in 1943 it was daring for it's time. And as far as epic film making goes it is superb.

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I don't know "The Lion Has Wings." CBHagman Nov 2012 #1

You can't go wrong with Powell-Pressburger. Graybeard Nov 2012 #2

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