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glaeken777 Donating Member (334 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 09:36 PM
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Missing (1982)
Edited on Wed Jun-16-10 09:39 PM by glaeken777
Just finished watching this on Netflix Watch Instantly. What a haunting (and excellent) film. Jack Lemmon had a lot of competition for the Oscar that year, but after seeing this I think he was robbed.

That scene in the Stadium Nacionale where Ed Horman pleads for his son Charles to show himself, while the Pinochet junta and CIA goons standing around him knew Charles was already executed there. Ugh. Heartwrenching... and unfortunately a true story.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 09:41 PM
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1. Pinochet!
I think the US should stop all manipulating in the world and be a good role model.
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 09:41 PM
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2. With the casket foreshadowing the white death South Anerica would exact on the U.S.
yeah that was good.
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 09:44 PM
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3. Wow. We were just talking about this today.
What a horrific piece of history.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 11:05 PM
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4. Agree with you, glaeken777. MISSING is a terrific film.
One of Jack Lemon's best performances.
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mackerel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 09:22 AM
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5. Powerful Film! It was happening all over S.A. too
Peru, Chile, Argentina and Colombia.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 04:39 PM
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6. Yes. The sad shadow of the film is that it was based on a true account,
one of many, sad to say.

The good part is that the people involved with the film did it in a way that opened a lot of eyes in St. Louis and Dayton.
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